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I need to view a report by section/class. I have several classes taking the same quiz and I would love to be able to view a report on each class individually. Is this possible with new quizzes? If not please add this function.

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Within Canvas assignments, I would like the option to create questions where credit is awarded for completion only (and not correctness).  Students should not be able to view that these questions are graded for completion only.   For example, I would...

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I was really excited about the recent release where importing course content with a group assignment would result in the group sets being brought over. I maintain a number of master courses that include group assignments and I was hopeful this would ...

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I understand from this "How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook?" page that Blue represents: "Late submission".But my gradebook has 2 different shades of blue, with the light blue submission not being late (whereas the dark blue submission...

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Hello,I am unable to access My Media. I am getting the following error message:  "It seems your browser is blocking 3rd party session cookies which are required for the Kaltura application. To resolve this issue, please update your settings to allow ...

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I have great functionality when I'm building a new quiz as I can both moderate the quiz and I can get detailed reports on it as well, including outcome-based analysis. My question is whether I can generate reports and moderate non-quiz assignments as...

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Hello Canvas Community, I was wondering, can we use Canvas other than for school? Or are all the features for school rather than others? Please answer my intriguing question. 樂❓

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I am hoping to find a way to have answers/examples on pages, but the students will have to "click to reveal hint" or "click to reveal answer" when reviewing the content. Is there a feature that could work like this when building out content on a page...

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Hi everyone,I’m a system administrator for my institution’s Canvas instance, and I’ve been asked to adjust the placement of a custom “Pronto ” icon on the navigation bar. Currently, the icon is located at the bottom of the navigation bar, and I need ...

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How does a student download lockdown browser needed for a quiz when it does not appear in the menu on the Canvas home page?

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We are new to using an LMS let alone Canvas, but how do most schools do the Course Start and End Dates? We based ours on our semester dates, but grades are due 1 week after the semester end date. Some faculty give assignment extensions, etc., but are...

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I am trying to create a math assessment in Canvas 2 2/3 + 1 3/5 =? I am having trouble figuring out how to fill in the answer which is a mixed number while building the quiz. Thank you.

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Grades for some students do not occur in gradebook, despite rubric marked - why?  

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Multiple instructors are receiving error messages when creating Inbox messages. Is this just my instance or is it widespread? As the field admin for my instance, I submitted a help request to Canvas Support, who said that engineering is working on it...

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I used to be able to "moderate" a quiz so a student could have multiple attempts on a quiz - I am unable to find that option now. Need some help with this - thanks.

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I am the instructor for the course and I accidentally submitted an assignment for the wrong student. Now there is no way to remove the submission. Can you help with this?

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Wondering if anyone knows how an instructor can see the usage of a particular file by all students on the roster. They want to know how effective a particular study guide file is before creating more like them for all the assessments. An individual s...

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Hello Canvas Community, I am using a tablet and can't log in. I've checked to make sure my password is correct, checked my email, etc., but nothing is working. I need help 

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Our group is beginning to utilize Canvas Outcomes for reporting for ABET on a mastery (0-4) scale along with the previously utilized 0-100% scale for specific assignments. Utilization of free-form comments prevents the rubric from also being able to ...

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Can students see the actual grade change in a grade change notification? For example, if I entered a new grade for a student by mistake and then (a few minutes later) entered the original lower grade again, will the student get a notification that in...

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3 questions,  all dealing with how canvas arranges assignments in the gradebook.  1) In Canvas Gradebook Settings, under View Options, I have Arrange By set to Due Date - Newest to Oldest.  However it won't stick and I frequently find it set back to ...

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Looking for a way that my colleagues and I can input assessment dates onto a calendar for our student body.We are teaching online via Canvas and need to maintain a “working” calendar throughout the year for our entire cohort of students in each year....

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In the past (more than a year ago) when I posted an Announcement in Canvas, it was also sent to students via email.That doesn't seem to be happening now, and I don't see any reference to this in my class settings.

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I'm one of the few people doing Learning Mastery having to input my own outcomes, so I don't have help from my district or site, so hoping someone can help me. I have inputted my own outcomes in my courses (so much work!). I have linked each individu...

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How does Canvas determine the "average" grade for a "Category" ? For instance, if the category is "Lecture quizzes", but individual quizzes within that category are worth different amounts of points, is each quiz "weighted" equally???? This is import...

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I have been using the free canvas app with my students as my school is a private school without an LMS, and I have not been able to find a way to disable student to student messaging on inbox. I saw a supposed checkbox that I could unmark in the sett...

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I'm an instructor. I've published an assignment, but students don't find a window to submit it. Also Student View shows no "Submit" button.  What do I need to do to enable students to submit the assignment?

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I have an instructor who has lost his modules through no fault of his own. both modules from previous courses and recent course are not visible and no content is visible. we were unable to use the delete command to restore the data. How can we find o...

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I have folder with 70 files, one for each student group, that I want to link to from the Assignment page, but I cannot seem to get a link to the folder, which is inside the course's Canvas page. None of the (archived) suggestions help: https://commun...

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I am my school's Canvas admin.  A teacher accidentally deleted 29 assignments from a course.  He meant to delete only one but was distracted while in class with his students - separate discussion, so let's not go there.  If I am correct, there is a q...

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