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hlively · 2024-08-12

I've read the instructor guide on Quiz Setting Options (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/What-options-can-I-set-in-a-quiz/ta-p/683), but I'd like to do something that perhaps is not an option (yet!). It would be helpful if there wa...

gfaurote · 2024-08-12

I am a tech coach and a teacher came to me with an issue I have never seen. When she is looking at a Module, she is seeing these boxes instead of the green publishing circles. It was working one day and then changed on her. No one else, that I know o...

JennieSmith5 · 2024-08-12

Our institution just switched from Blackboard to Canvas. I rely heavily upon SCORM in one of my online classes, and everything worked well in Blackboard. One major issue with using SCORM in Canvas, however, is that Canvas only keeps the most recent g...

elizabeth_rundi · 2024-08-11

The redirect tool is not showing up when you filter by name in the search bar. When I go and manually add it tells me that it has already been added, but it doesn't show up when searching for it. I need to use the redirect tool to add a google doc i...

jorossi · 2024-08-11

I'm putting a new Canvas course together. Because of the idiotic non-inclusion of sub-folders in Canvas Modules, I have an enormous number of modules set up in my course. Because my slide narrations are sometimes spoken quickly, I decided to offer ...

marjeta · 2024-08-10

The process for one page is: open the pageclick "Edit"scroll downfind "Add to student to-do" box and click itenter dateclick "Save" I need to do this for some 100 pages! Is there a simpler way than going through all those steps for each page? Also, I...

skwatkins · 2024-08-10

In the Canvas Gradebook, there was an option in the Grade column for an assignment to send a Canvas message to students who were missing the assignment. Where did this go? This is frustrating as a teacher who wishes to send communication quickly to...

sargonza · 2024-08-10

We will be creating questions banks, each with about 300-400 questions. The total number of questions across all assigned readings will be in the thousands. It will be almost impossible to manually add titles, alighn outcomes, and add tags to each qu...

LouisRosche · 2024-08-10

Hello Dear Reader!I'm struggling to get my code block to save and display properly when utilizing the embedding function in a Page; it quite literally only saves and runs the first 27 lines of code.Any suggestions or fixes?Code:"""<!DOCTYPE html><htm...

KatGorringe · 2024-08-10

Good morning all!I am trying to receive course material from another instructor at my school (common assessments), but I receiving an "Access Denied" message when I try to access the material.We checked the steps on her end to ensure the sending proc...

allegromus · 2024-08-10

I am a lab coordinator for a large chemistry lab course with 14 sections (and 9-10 instructors). These sections meet on five different days of the week and require different open, due and closing dates depending on their meeting day. In the past I wa...

jgraham7 · 2024-08-09

In my course, I use prerequisites to help keep students completing the work in the correct order. The orientation process in-particular. I have them do the following: Welcome module (view) -> Syllabus Module (view) -> Orientations... The trouble i...

Zooropa9476 · 2024-08-09

I have 4 sections of a class cross-listed with a new "empty" Canvas shell (this allows me to give the cross-listed mega-class of 4 sections a unique title). In this course, I have 1 group set and had Canvas auto-assign students to groups of 5-6 (stud...

JLeuenberger · 2024-08-09

Does anyone have an effective way to incorporate layered curriculum into Canvas?Short summary: layered curriculum allows students to choose which assignments they want to do to achieve mastery. C-level are base knowledge (75 points), B-level are more...

AshleyBrown0525 · 2024-08-09

I would like to put a link to the Canvas calendar on a page, within a module, for students and parents to quickly access. Is there a way to do this?

Lindsay1313 · 2024-08-09

I teach many different subjects, half of which are anatomy courses designed from an introductory non-majors course on up to a graduate-level course. Many of the questions I use require identification, so I have built hundreds of question banks (usua...

augustyn · 2024-08-09

When I am copying content from one course to another, and use the select content feature, why is the content in the parent course (the course I am copying from) not alphabetized. I spend a lot of time hunting for the content. Seems like this should b...

LukeMcLellan · 2024-08-09

If I posted an assignment to an unpublished course, would students receive an email notification?

RachelMcconne11 · 2024-08-08

I have created the quiz and assignment and published it but it doesn't show up under modules? Some of them do and some don't but the only way they can view it in student view is under assignment or quiz, but I want it to show up under the modules so...

gioinguyen · 2024-08-08

Hi everyone, I just embeded this audio from Google drive on my Quiz (Rich content editor) but the embeded audio player is way too big. I tried but couldn't find any way to adjust the size. I hope someone can help me with this. Thank you! My role: te...

BSchmidt0413 · 2024-08-08

Hello. Is there a way to disable the To Do list for student view?

IsaacHclark · 2024-08-08

I am working as a TA and am working to make some matlab assignments. I want some sections of this assignment to be simple short answers and some to be autograded by MATLAB Grader LTI. Is it possible to have all this in one assignment?

ddamschen · 2024-08-08

Is there a way to change the default "Hide grade distribution graphs from students" from not being 'checked' to being 'checked'? Without having each teacher remember to select that option? We have been told by both student and instructors that this f...

mnewhart · 2024-08-08

We are preparing a new program and are considering enabling "Improved Outcomes management." I cannot find any documentation of how this affects existing Outcomes. We tried enabling this tool a few years ago, and it messed up the exisitng outcomes and...

jbielecki · 2024-08-08

I've had discussions in my courses for years, and as I'm preparing copied courses for publication in the coming semester, I've noticed the option to click "This is a Group Discussion." What does that mean? I thought all discussions were "group" becau...

VPundir · 2024-08-08

We use Talis integration to show resource lists for various courses, and generally it works reasonably ok. Is it possible to attach multiple Talis resource lists to one course? The use case is that for their final project course, students are permitt...

NancyMelucci · 2024-08-08

I have a problem with my Canvas LMS for a class the community has no solution for. I need help from a professional IT person. The thread directs us to "contact the Instructure Help Desk," but a search of this site shows no link to that thing if it ex...

RebekahHadley · 2024-08-08

Greetings, Students are mistakenly enrolled in Canvas, Course 3 instead of Canvas, Course 2. To avoid assignment overlap, the students must be transferred to the correct course. What are the steps to solve this issue? Thank you

AmandaAtkinson · 2024-08-07

Currently, I have CANVAS set up to give an automatic 0 for assignments not completed by the due date. Previously, assignments that had not been attempted showed up with a ' - ' mark in Grades. Now, students get a false impression of their grades, as...

vanvleck · 2024-08-07

I have a question/problem related to due/available dates and access to materials course materials. I have already consulted the Canvas community resources (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/What-is-the-difference-between-assignmen...

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Withhold Feedback & Correct Answers until Date (Classic Quizzes)

Green Publish circles not showing - boxes appear instead

SCORM keep highest grade--still no response from Canvas?

redirect tool

Drag and drop files works from within some modules but not in others in the same canvas course. Why...

As an Instructor, I want to add several pages to student to-do. Can I do it in bulk?

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I need to upload a large test bank where each question has a unique title, explanation for answer ch...

Does Canvas only allow for 27 lines of embedded html code?

"Denied Access" for material shared between instructors

Assigning different due dates to multiple sections

Prerequisites and Assign to

Canvas Groups for Cross-Listed Sections

Layered Curriculum

Is there a way to put a link to the canvas calendar in a module?

Possible to Turn on or Off Question Banks from Other Courses?

Select Content

Canvas Email Notifications

assignment and quiz not posting under modules

How to adjust the size of an embeded audio on a quizz

To do list

Combine Matlab Grader LTI and short answers

Grade distribution graphs from students - can this be hidden globally? Not course by course?

Effect on outomes when Improved Outcomes Management is enabled

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One course, multiple resource lists

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CANVAS is giving 100% credit for all assignments when they have not been attempted. How do I fix it...

Hard "due date" for eBook graded extra credit while material remains available longer

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