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I use the annotation tools. Just this week, all of a sudden, I am no longer able to add annotations to ".txt" submissions. Instead, I get the error message: "Annotations are not available for this document." Is this an intended change in functionalit...

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As I was saying from the title ....the top listed default results by just entering the Common’s page, so that preferred results are already at the top of the page by default. It would be great for communicating with new Canvas users how to access des...

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It seems that my institution updated Canvas yesterday and now I cannot annotate any flat text files (specifically .cpp, .py, .sql). When I go to the next assignment, I get a warning box saying that I cannot annotate that file type.  Another issue I a...

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Hello wonderful community I've adding an email link (mailto:) into a canvas page, but it is not opening in my gmail. I'm using Chrome browser and gmail is my default email client. When I clink the link it opens a new tab (labeled untitled) with 'abou...

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I want to post one quiz but I want that quiz to be available in two or more weekly modules. I want only one column item for the quiz score on the Grades page. It appears the option to make one quiz available in two or more weekly modules is not avail...

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Hello there, I would like to know this:Is it possible to distinguish roll call attendance from in-person and online?Thanks, 

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Hi there,I've noticed that when I or a student view their grades, the assignment names are condensed to to the left side of the screen.  How do I expand that so that it is easier for my students to read the assignment names?Thank you in advance!Eliza...

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I just got an invitation, as a new instructor, for Growing with Canvas. But when I try to dig into the tutorials all the videos don't work and have the message "Sorry, because of privacy settings this video cannot be played here." I tried it more tha...

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We are using BBB recorded analytics to evaluate if a student participated in class discussions/Talk. For some students I see lots of activities in the Talk section while I don't remember they said anything during the session. I am wondering even if t...

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Hi, I published a quiz and students have taken the quiz.I want to regrade one of the questions such that all students have full credit.I follow the guidance on the regrade page, by making a modification of the question, and then chose "give full cred...

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Instructor: Someone brought up this issue a couple of years ago...but the developers REALLY need to find a way in the Gradebook to either show the horizontal scrollbar when Gradebook is opened, or put it at the TOP of the page. In order to see (and g...

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Hi all, I've been trying to use stylus to grade math papers with my HP Envy. My computer & stylus do great with all other programs but Canvas. When I try and use the pen tool in speedgrader, if I pick up the pen at all (even to create a T), it shifts...

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One of my students has reported that he cannot collapse the modules using the small arrow on each module.  I advised him to close the app, also to refresh his page, and even to empty the cache.  The report back is that it still doesn't work. The prob...

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Several of my students submitted a Google Doc for a Canvas assignment where I am the Instructor. However, when they did so, their Table of Contents did not appear to me in SpeedGrader. Downloading their submission as a Word document/docx does show th...

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In new quizzes, I would like for students to be able to see all of the possible answers, especially for questions they missed, so they can send me corrections for partial credit. I do not want them to see which one is correct. Currently they can only...

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When moving from a specific module to an assignment in the module and then going back to the module, why does the back movement take you to a different area of the modules listed? It seems all I do is scroll up or down to do anything and can never go...

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Are there abreviations for all 5 status options? For example, ex for excused and mi for missing. What about Resubmission and late? Also, why when I enter in scores and I edit a status do I only see late, missing, and excused, but I cannot see resubmi...

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I have a Canvas teacher account and I want to become an observer for my son but I do not want to make a new account. is there a way to become an observer through my teacher account?

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I created a survey as a quiz on Canvas, and previously I was able to download the results in an Excel/CSV, but cannot find that option now. Did something change and how do I do this now?

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I link HMH through Canvas. Students are required to "...load (HMH) in new window" to access activity. Most students have no issues accessing activity by loading in a new window. Recently, a couple students were taken back into Canvas after attempting...

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I think this might be a one-time strange bug, but has anyone ever seen something like this before? I have an instructor who copied some PDF from an old course, but they all came over without a .pdf extension. Students can still download the files and...

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I was grading in canvas in one class. I switched to a different class and did some grading there too. I went back to the first class and realized the Grades button/link was missing. I don’t know how to get it back. 

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Hello!I have created some question banks with 2-3 questions each. However, when building a quiz and selecting the option "Item Banks" to insert questions from my question banks, none of the banks (and therefore their corresponding questions) show up ...

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I would like to import Exam View tests into New Quizzes / Quiz Banks.  I can find how to do it into classic quizzes, but my district has classic quizzes turned off.   Can anyone help?   I have imported a few times. I can see the files in my Files, bu...

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Wondering if this is just in our instance of Canvas. When creating a rubric and you have a range of marks to allocate, you put the highest mark in first and then to lowest mark. EG. if you want the range of 5 to 10 marks, the system puts it like 10 t...

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good morning, I am having issues with my login into my canvas account, after putting my credentials and password it takes me into a muti-factor authentication page. I do not know where to get that code or how to access my OCPS account. thank you 

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Hi all,   I need to add accommodations for a student who just received approval. I'm trying to use the moderate feature to add time for when they take it, but that option appears to be missing.   None of the other similar posts have answered this que...

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I have emailed twice and gotten nowhere.  I have no help button.  My IT cannot answer my questions.  How do I contact someone in person at Canvas?? I am an instructor.  I am having issues with my Canvas quizzes and exams.  Correct questions are marke...

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Hello!I am an observer for my son in an online academy.  I use my personal email for that.I am a teacher in a different section of that academy. I use a school email for that.I am a student who uses Canvas. I use my personal email for that.The proble...

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Where do I get the link for files, and how do I get that link to students?My goal is to allow only students who have submitted homework to see the solutions file.

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