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I need to upload a PDF that is designed to be viewed in two-page view.  Is there a way to edit the Canvas PDF viewer so that the document appears in two-page view, rather than single page view?  Attaching a photo of what this view looks like in Adobe...

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Currently, the instructor guide of Canvas states:For the calculation of the Late Penalty, days late will be rounded up to the next whole number. For example, if a student submits 1.3 days late, the Late Penalty will treat the student as 2 days late. ...

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Currently, if a quiz is anonymous, and "Show student quiz results" feature is selected: (attached image 1)Then, a list of "Student 1" until "Student N" is displayed: (attached image 2)Nevertheless, this is not the correct list of students who have su...

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When I try to upload an empty file to Canvas, I get an error. (Image attached below.) Is this a bug?

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Hi, newbie here, I am trying to complete an assignment or a Quiz and have the Excel CSV download the name of the student, the set task and, most importantly for my filing system, I need the DATE they completed the Quiz/ Assignment. In a perfect world...

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Hi all! Is there a way to bulk download all the students submissions for an assignment but only from a specific section? Section filters in Gradebook do not seem to affect what you download (i.e. you still download all of the submissions from all sec...

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Hi everyone, Weird technical question here. I have an assignment designed as a group assignment, so I would like the students to sign themselves up for groups in the specific group set that I've linked to the assignment. When I've done this in prior ...

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Is there a way to remove the link to the assignments in the gradebook? We use ALEKS for assignments and exams. In the gradebook the link takes them directly to ALEKS. I have too many students that are not using the learning materials in the modules a...

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Update #2 (5/7/24): The original functionality has been restored! Our tech department wrote to me yesterday saying that Instructure had pushed a solution for this issue. Once again, we are able to drag the sidebar to resize the rubric in the Canvas, ...

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I am finalizing our end of quarter grades and the students did not do as well as I thought they would on the final exam. I'd like to adjust the grades so that the highest grade (47 out of 50) gets a 100%, with everyone else's grade adjusted up by 3 p...

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Is there an auto regrade available for Quizzes when one forgets to update the "external points" from 0 so that once students take the quiz and get a 0, I can ask Canvas to regrade it?(Every so often I forget to update the total points from "0", on th...

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When I try to launch "Upload/Embed" image from the tool bar (the apps icon) of the rich content editor, the window pops up, but does not load anymore. I've updated my browser and computer, allowed pop ups, tried other browser, and cleared my cache. N...

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Why am I not able to link my Canvas course and Schoolnet?

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Is an online-only course in Canvas considered part of "single campus" as stated in #2 below? PBS responded to a question about showing a DVD to students.  This series used to stream on PBS but has since been removed so the college has purchased a DVD...

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I posted a quiz I wanted to access across different campuses.   I shared a quiz from CSULA hoping to then access it from my CSULB account -  but it doesn't show up in any search even though I know I shared it.  Is there a waiting period?

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I have students do self- and group-evaluations.  When these evaluation demonstrate a significant lack of participation by one or more students, or a significant over-and-above effort, I change the individual scores for each student.  It happens about...

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All of a sudden, the graders and instructors are no longer able to see text comments when we make them or files with comments when we upload them in Speedgrader. This is true for multiple assignments. We cleaned our caches, cookies, etc., we tried to...

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Our teachers have been reporting issues with student submissions where the text is 'invisible', and the issue for them is becoming more frequent. They are seeing this in SpeedGrader, on discussions, when students submit to essay questions, etc. Basic...

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I am a TA and I have uploaded PowerPoint into modules for some reason, it continues to show in the student view that no modules have been defined. Does anyone know what I need to do to fix this issue? Thank you. 

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I've never used Canvas before.  I am a faculty member who previously taught at a different school that used a different system.I have three assignments—participation, midterm, and final exam—that show up in the Grades. Now, I would like to simply add...

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This is the first semester I have had this issue. The quizzes on my Canvas course automatically show up as a zero on students grade right from the first day of class. Typically the quizzes don't count until the day that the quiz is due on Canvas. The...

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Hello, This is a emergency. Someone reply as fast as possible. Today I saw that all my modules got deleted in all my courses and someone was exporting them. So i changed my password and returned them. Minutes later,  I find my courses being deleted o...

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Hello!So, what I am trying to do is to connect multiple questions together so that if I am pulling from a quiz bank, I can pull the questions as a group, and they won't separate from one another.Here is an example. Say I have a quiz bank with 40 ques...

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In MyLab through Pearson I see there are weights in my gradebook. In canvas all my groups are also weighted. Do I need to delete weights in Pearson? Dana

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I find that when I create or edit a rubric, I often want to rearrange the order of my listed criteria. For example, late in the process, I will remember a criterion that I want located at the beginning of the rubric. As far as I know, I do not have t...

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What does a student experience when a classic quiz's time ends? When a student is taking a timed class quiz. what happens when the time is up? Does the quiz close? Freeze? Are they allowed to complete the quiz because they STARTED the quiz within the...

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Are individuals not associated with schools able to purchase a canvas account to publish online classes?

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I work with faculty to support the implementation of student accommodation plans. An accommodation provided to students in a higher education classroom include splitting a quiz over two days. One solution to this is to duplicate the quiz twice, split...

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Hola! Tengo un pequeño problema, las tareas y trabajos en clase no muestra los enunciados que pongo para que el estudiante pueda saber que debe hacer. ¿Alguien sabe que debo hacer? !Por favor es muy urgente, muchas gracias!

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I have a published course that I am trying to enroll students in, however when I enroll students it says Canvas cannot send enrollment emails to students because the course is not published. I have verified it is published and their are students who ...

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