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Hi - I have multiple students who are not receiving repeated email invitations for them to join our class (we've checked the inbox and spam folders). I tried removing them from the course and adding them back in, but they still are not received anyth...

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I am an instructor trying to turn on LockDown browser for a test we are to take tomorrow but it has been saying "Please Wait" with the wheel of death for about an hour now. Any suggestions on what could be causing this? Thanks  

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An instructor is sharing student submitted assignments to Canvas with student names on them. There is no actual grade stated, however there are comments from the professor providing grading feedback.The instructor is sharing assignments of the same c...

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In the Certificate I deliver, there are about 85 different assessments to be resulted in the Outcomes Report. The problem is that some of the might be grouped together (2 theory an 1 practical), while same others are split, making it very difficult t...

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Hi,I just started my training. I am asked to embed stuff/links. Where am I supposed to do this?Am I supposed to follow along and practice on my Sandbox Course?  

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I have been told by our school ITS personnel that Respondus Lockdown Browser only locks the student into Canvas. In other words, it does not lock them into just the page with the quiz that employs the Lockdown Browser. Is my understanding correct?

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Is there a way to submit multiple file types in one Canvas Assignment Submission?  For example, if I want a student to turn in a video from STUDIO in addition to a PDF file turn-in sheet, can both be turned in at the same time?  It seems when a video...

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is there a way to select a couple of students and download just their submissions for an assessment? I know I can do 1 students or all submissions for the assignments. I'm seeing this as a problem where the student file can be quite large or i want t...

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I set up my courses to use groups for discussions.  All discussions are set as group discussions, but occasionally, around midnight, some students wind up outside of their group discussion and in the main area which should not been seen by them.  Whe...

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Hello! As a teacher in a large district, my students have found they can inbox message students from any section -- our librarian has all the students in her canvas, so they have access to students in the whole school.  Therefore they are arranging m...

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Is there any way to reformat multiple pages in a Canvas Course or does that need to be done individually? 

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When enabling tasks for specific users after the task expiration closes, these results have been overwritten for the original task. How can I recover the original results?

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I recorded 3 teaching modules on Sunday (from one Zoom meeting). I understand how to copy the link and paste into Canvas. But I'd like to download and have these for more than 180 days. But each recording is 4-7 files. I'm confused about why there ar...

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Hi there,  I'm looking for a very specific kind of function and unsure whether or not there's a good way to do what I'm looking for in Canvas. ContextI teach AP U.S. History and one of the key kinds of assessments is the DBQ (Document-Based-Question)...

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When I try to print the Item Analysis from a classic quiz, the printout is offset on the left margin (it cutoffs a portion of the left margin).     Anyone else has this problem? I believe it's a configuration of the webpage, but for its worth I have ...

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I am seeking ideas from the community about how to optimise our regulator-mandated self-assessment process. Our current process is: At the start of a course, students rate themselves in a range of skills, using a Classic Quizzes survey.At the end of ...

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Is there a way to reattach profile pictures to copied/imported course announcements? As you all know, Canvas strips out your profile picture from announcements that are copied into a new course. I get it. They want to prevent careless instructors fro...

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Is there a way to export Item Banks as QTI zip files? I am aware that quizzes can be exported. However, my question is about Item Banks. 

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I have created an "On paper" assignment and I'm not sure about the submission status.Students cannot submit an on paper assignment but I would assume that as the teacher I can record that the assignment has been submitted.When I look in SpeedGrader t...

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I seek to create the capacity to monitor and control a live social seminar in an in-person class on the Canvas platform. Testing the following functions has not been successful. Any help from the community would be very much appreciated.  The require...

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What is the process needed to troubleshoot technical issues for students' needs, such as resetting passwords, downloads, etc.  I know teachers can reset student passwords (at least I think we can), but I have not idea how to troubleshoot other issues...

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Does Canvas provide the ability to build keyboard shortcuts for repeated text (like macros in excel)?When building questions and in other rich content editor environments, does Canvas have a way to build a macro or keyboard short cut to paste repeate...

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Hello, thanks for your help. I am a teacher who has used canvas this year. I am moving to another state and that school district also uses canvas. Is there an easy way to transfer my current course with my current district/account to my future distri...

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Please can someone advise?There is a 25 to 30 second lag from my typing to text appearing in the Comment boxes on Speed Grader.This is making marking impossible!Nothing else is running slow on my laptop.  Have used Chrome and Int Exp.Windows 10Thanks...

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Our institution would like to copy all past courses (including all materials uploaded within the course) to our new term. Is there any way to use csv file to copy all courses simultaneously instead of doing manually for every single course?

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Hello I would like to find a way for a student to view an automated message (not feedback) after completing a quiz. Something like: "Thank you for completing the assignment. The professor will review the score and get back to you within a week." I ha...

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Is a function available that will allow the banking of Stimulus questions?For example, I'd like to structure a quiz to randomly select one of the following Stimulus question sets:Stimulus 1Question 1aQuestion 1bQuestion 1cStimulus 2Question 2aQuestio...

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When I try to enter grades I can no longer utilize my cursor to move from student to student because a box with auto suggestions pops up.  Using the cursor simply moves me through the suggestions rather than to the next student.  This has significant...

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Hi,    I told my students that moving away from the quiz to other windows/tabs would be cheating. Can you help me interpret the quiz log to see if the evidence there establishes this was happening? (I know Canvas itself is not a lockdown browser, but...

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Do all edits in any new quiz save to the course for future course imports?Whether it is edited before publishing, after publishing, before students take, or after students take it, will it always update as the latest quiz moving forward?This is not s...

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