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I have copied the content from a previously used shell. It has also copied over the grade book with students names and grades therein. How do I remove the names/grades from there and therefore be able to publish the assessment?

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My new midterm exam has several "previews" showing up. How do i remove them, they are confusing, Thanks

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Are the good folks at Canvas considering amending the “Canvas Instructor Guide” to include how-tos for using AI to build things in Canvas courses? A few examples might be: Using AI to  Generate Quizzes and Upload to CanvasA step-by-step tutorial on h...

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Problem: As of this morning, rubrik grading has the submit button on the right (It has always been on the left).  This is a major step backward in design.  When grading on just about any size screen the discussion post is on the left and the rubrik i...

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I have a blueprint course that I would like to associate with a new course. However, when I search for courses the new course doesn't appear.The new course was originally associated with our school's default blueprint but I went in and removed this a...

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While I am able to attach a rubric to the whole quiz, it is not really possible to attach a rubric to the individual question. It is possible to give a rating to each criterion, but these points will not sync with the gradebook. I need to assign poin...

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I sometimes want to email the students in all of my courses a reminder... For instance a reminder that class is cancelled on monday because it is a holiday. Or a flier to an important on campus event.Is there a feature to post an announcement and che...

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Hi, fellow friends.  Students' answers on their quizzes were marked correct whether answers were upper or lower case.  Since the new quiz changed, the auto capitalization has caused most if not all answers wrong especially answers in lower case.  I'm...

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My overall grades for students don't match their overall grade in Infinite Campus after syncing grades from Canvas to IC. The percentages are approximately 1% off. How do I fix this?

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Hi everyone, I have a question about security and activity tracking on Canvas during exams. Does Canvas track when we switch tabs or close the window? And is there any difference in this between Canvas Demo and the full version? Also, is there any ot...

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  As with other Canvas users we have experienced past issues with images in Canvas Quizzes and Quiz Banks, particularly associated with copying and importing to alternate Canvas courses. We understand that this has been under investigation by our Can...

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Please can someone advise how I set up 1-1 appointments for my group to sign up for their 1-1 sessions?Thanks in advance

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One of our Music instructors has created a New Quiz with m4a audio clips. Some quiz questions contain a proper iframe URL linking to the course Files tab, while others show up as @@PLUGINFILE@@ links with no closing bracket.The audio is playable for ...

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I am working with several teachers that have created lots of unique video content that they have uploaded to YouTube. They are exploring the variety of ways to embed those videos in their Canvas courses and I was excited to show them how to use the Y...

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Hi all, In New Quizzes, when creating/updating questions and possible answers, one must click a field in order for it to expand into the RCE. In some workflows, this becomes inefficient and requires a lot of clicking. Is it possible to just auto-expa...

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 Does anyone know why we can't duplicate "text headers" in a module on Canvas?  Thanks in advance. 

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Hello,Is there any way to translate text into another language in the LockDown browser? I have a L1 Language speaker in my class who is struggling to complete quizzes within the allotted time due to having to use a Spanish-English dictionary for tran...

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   Good day.I am having a issue with canvas.I am trying to edit the percentage assigned to the Assignment Group but keep getting the message shown below:Assignment group weights can't be edited because there are assignments in one of the groups whose...

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In the following update: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Releases/Canvas-Deploy-Notes-2024-11-06/ta-p/619719 The notes state for the Notification Option for Announcements in Blueprint Courses "When creating a new announcement in a blueprint...

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In earlier versions of canvas i could upload an mp3 file in pages or in assignments, and the students could just right-click the file and download it. That doesn't work anymore for some reason. Does anybody know how to solve this? 

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In pretty HTML editor mode, when I make any changes that is outside the current frame. The cursor or position is reset in the beginning. This makes it very hard to do any editing. Could you advise on how to solve this? Thank you. 

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  Hi Team I'm currently working on developing Canvas courses for a range of grade levels, from Kindergarten to Grade 9, and I was wondering if anyone could kindly share any sample course module templates or frameworks that they've found effective for...

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I only realized after my students completed their Canvas quiz that the responses I marked as being correct in the Canvas answer key are in fact not correct. I have since corrected the answer key, but I cannot get Canvas to regrade the students' submi...

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I want to just see a list of my students in my course, not all the user details. It formerly just showed the user list. Now all my courses show the user details. How can I change it to just show the list of users when I click People?

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I am an instructor. I teach the same course, with the same content, at two separate universities that have their own Canvas systems. Is there a way to keep them in sync with each other that is better than doing so manually? In 99% of cases, if I make...

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Is there a way to disable the "drop this course" option in a self-enroll or manual enroll course? 

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Is there a way to create folders to organize tiles? such as favorite, training, etc.

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Need help urgently!Our orientation program needs to track student progress across different modules in Canvas. Has anyone used Canvas to monitor completion and engagement in a detailed way?Would love some tips 

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Has anyone set up an orientation on Canvas that works well for both in-person and remote students?We’re expecting students from various locations this time, and I want to make sure it’s accessible for everyone.

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Ok have read the guide https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-view-and-manage-grading-schemes-in-a-course/ta-p/1188 but am looking at an answer to the following that I can't see answered anywhere. I am an admin, and can add/edit...

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