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Hello, I want to create a quiz that students take individually and then take a second time with a group. Then I want to average the scores together for each student. How could I do this in Canvas?

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I keep getting an error message with 400 in the message.  I need to post a new version of some ppts and canvas won't let me. 

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Hello,I am trying to integrate turnitin with canvas assignments on my free for teacher accounts. The instructions for the new LTI 1.3 require an administrator to connect from the canvas side (https://help.turnitin.com/feedback-studio/canvas/lti13/adm...

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Within the Assignments link, Modules to which the assignments have been added are no longer showing. Now it is only showing dates and points. When did this change occur and why?

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Hi all,   When you write a comment giving feedback to a student, you can add spaces, use enter, bullet points to make the text more readable. When you post this comment, this lay-out is still visible for the poster. But the student receives a flat te...

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If I have published all Assignments, why are they not visible to students?

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I'd like to request a "Message Students Who" toggle to be added to the "Total" column in the grade book to send out failure notices faster. We can "Message Students Who" for an assignment but not under the "Total" column. Thanks! 

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Ten students in my class of 180 are peer TAs, able to help classmates with their assignments. The peer TAs are expected to submit their own assignments early. I know how to make an assignment available to a student early. Do I need to paste in all te...

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Early in the school year I was enrolled in a course that I ended up dropping to take online. Ever since, I have been stuck in this class' ecampus course and have been getting notifications for it's coursework and assignments. I spoke to the teacher i...

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Hello. I've tried searching for this answer, but can't find it. When I'm viewing the gradebook in the "Student View," the Name column is too narrow to fit most assignment names. (See Grades 1 attachment). I can fix that by using Ctrl and - to decreas...

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Is there a limit for the number of pages created or displayed? I created individual pages for each lesson that alligns with the number of days of in-class instruction. I got to my last unit and the pages tab stops displaying pages created on the disp...

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A student did not submit the quiz/mid-term on time (2 hours late) and then claimed it was the "cookies" issue or her chromebook.  Is this a possibility or is she scamming me?  All my other students had no problem with submission.  Also, is there a wa...

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I an instructor and I created a Canvas quiz with a number of fill-in-the-blank questions. I want students to complete this quiz every week. I can't copy the quiz so I exported it and then I imported it the number of times I needed it. The problem is ...

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I am trying to differentiate for my students by tagging questions in their daily warmup (created in New Quizzes) with certain standards. I created Outcomes for each standard and tagged each question appropriately. Each question shows an Outcome align...

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I would like to record an audio message to accompany an Inbox message in Canvas. When Canvas asked for access to my webcam I said No (block) because I only wanted audio. Now I cannot record anything at all because I get a mesage that says "Please all...

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Hello, I am attempting to link Canvas to Connect. I successfully paired it but only with one section. Apparently, I have four sections in one course. How can I connect my Canvas to those four sections? I am concerned that students from the other thre...

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Hello! I'm not quite sure how to report a bug that needs to be fixed, so I'm starting here. Whenever I use the "Andale Mono" font from the drop down menu, the html includes "Times" and displays the text in Times, rather than Andale Mono across all de...

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Is there a way to add a picture or slide on a CANVAS quiz without also having a question? I want the individuals that is taking the quiz to only have the option to read the material on the slide. Every time I try to add a stimulus without a question ...

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Hi folks! I'm creating pages of recordings for my students in piano classes, and I want to simplify the interface of the Media recordings. I've uploaded all of my recordings to my files section, and when I try to insert them into a page they get a hu...

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Hello,I have a question regarding my current situation. I currently have one course enabled with four sections, each having multiple students. I have created a baseline course shell, but I am unsure about how to make it visible to the right section/s...

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When we have a student with an accommodation, such as extra time on quizzes, it will be for the entire semester. Right now, if a student needs double time on a quiz, I need to manually go into each quiz and double the time for that one student. If th...

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Is there a way to change the default font size in Quizzes?  As it is, I have to change it for every question and answer choice individually.  

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Hello.  A new student has moved in and I was wondering how to find the Join Code for creating a student account.

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As an instructor, I keep getting messages every time I embed a google doc that this feature is going away this year.  I'm curious why this is and what will replace it.  I find google docs so useful and thus don't understand why CANVAS would stop usin...

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I've just notices that in the grade totals column in a course, there is an "OI" or "OC" after the calculated percentage grade. I've searched the documentation, and I don't see anything. What does that mean?

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In one course -- Hum 304.01 -- students cannot see the Discussion prompts I've posted.

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I want to see each class's average grade. When I use the new analytics, it will not allow me to remove all sections. I want to see the section by itself. How do I remove "all sections" from the search bar? Thank you!

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When cleaning up a course import for next semester, I accidentally deleted an already graded assignment for my class and I need to recover their submitted work.I already know and have already done  /undelete at the end of my course homepage url and t...

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Currently, my CANVAS Gradebook will not change the scores on assignments that I edit the number of days late. The status will change (None, Late, Missing, Except) but the number of days late will only display the whole number I enter, but not the dec...

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