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As a former professor, the following article inspired me to look at the vocabulary used  in some Canvas course rooms in terms of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) levels: Studie: Vissa universitetslärare inte bättre än g...

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While grading a quiz, I entered some fudge points and updated score. Then I decided against the fudge points, and deleted them. But when I then updated the score, the fudge points came back. I cannot seem to get rid of them!! (Do i maybe have to ente...

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I want to view Quiz (Classic) Action Log for each student to monitor progress, look for departures from Quiz Page, etc. I have 50 students. As far as I know, I must open the exam page itself, then click 3-dot menu and open "Slow student quiz results"...

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we have created a page with the title Course Home Header, it used to have the url   pages/course-home-header, but after some messing with the page it now has the url pages/course-home-header-13  and no matter what we do, we can't get the URL back to ...

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On Friday, half of my written assignments disappeared. They are not in the undelete folder. I spoke with a canvas representative and they said that an admin would be contacting me. Can you please get in touch with me? English 097 at Community College...

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A colleague has alerted me into a peculiar issue that I haven't seen before. What we'd like to do is get a sense of the grade distribution and, preferably, a list of students with their respective grades to that this information is available to the M...

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How I can create a new course shell in my CANVAS

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My teacher and I are trying to figure out how to send an assignment through canvas after the class was removed. Who do I contact to help send the assignment?

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Does anyone have any information about the apparent scheduled maintenance that is causing Canvas to be down at the moment? I've been through all communications, roadmap, community pages and social media and I can't find anything. We have 2 Profession...

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Hello everybody, I have built a course template for my institution and I have included a "Syllabus" navigation button at the bottom of the home page. Our institution requires instructors to use Simple Syllabus to build and present their syllabi. Sinc...

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My PI wants to allow students to pick the day they'll be taking the final exam. The assignment will be offered over 4 days. However, he wants the submission to be limited to 24 hours based on the time of download of the document within the assignment...

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Is there a way to print student submissions from the assignments they have completed?  I would like to mass print what they have submitted so they can use them like a study guide for an open note test.  

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I have about 15 separate  Latin chapter outlines for next semester. I want to record for later playback me lecturing and the students being able to see online the notes for that lesson, maybe even just see the notes and not my face, just listen to me...

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While researching how to prevent downloading of proprietary videos and content, I came across a 2015 post discussing a workaround for locking files. The post mentions the need to "Go to Files and choose the option to lock the file unless you link to ...

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I know how to add a single answer to an existing FITB question by clicking "add answer" and having to type in a new answer.  But it is a cumbersome process, and when we have a class of 120 or more, having to do this for each answer that could be adde...

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When working in a  Canvas page, when the link icon is used to open the Course Link right hand menu, it quickly opens and shuts the first time "Course Link" is selected.  When Course Link is pressed a second time, then the menu side bar opens and sta...

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Hello,   I use a Canvas quiz to do spot-checks on lecture attendance, made available only during (some) class times.  It seems that all students get notified when I post the quiz, so some having been filling it out even though they're not present.   ...

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we have 2 semesters ( 2 grading periods),  and we have weighted groups  of assignments. We would like to have it drop the lowest assignment from a group for each semester ( one per semester) does the drop rule handle that or is it going to drop one q...

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The new update to the Canvas Inbox has some issues. While it is easier to scroll through your courses, there doesn't seem to be a way to click on your Favorites, it is just one big long list depending on how long you have taught. Also, all formatting...

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Is there a feature to allow a student to automatically listen to a succession of audio (and/or video) replies in a discussion board thread?  I would like my nursing students to be able to post and listen to student discussions in a podcast-like forma...

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When setting up a discussion for the class in under options section I check "users must post before seeing replies." I found out this semester a student can actually post a reply, which then automatically gives them access to other posts, then they c...

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I have setup all the assignments of a course to be posted manually, so that students can only see their grades after the assignment of all students have been graded for everyone. That means that after I grade, I have to go to the gradebook in Canvas ...

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Hi Canvas community As a professor (instructor), is it possible to create new Canvas courses to facilitate informal teaching and discussion with my six PhD students?  I do not want the material to be part of any formal module, such as "ENVS444" (a mo...

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First time poster with what is probably a simple question. I've searched and can't find exactly what I'm looking for.  I have a published page in a live course with students.   I need to edit that page to fix something like a typo. How do I do that w...

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I gave an exam in my class and it had 4 short answer questions at the end. Usually when I grade these and press update, the gradebook updates as well, however, with this one, I can see the updated score in Speed Grader, but the gradebook does not upd...

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Hi All!I'm trying out "new" quizzes for the first time. And immediately got this error:"There is a problem with this assessment. Please contact your instructor."All I did was create it and save it. I know it's supposed to then give me all the options...

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Hi all,On the Hidden Canvas Permissions thread there was some discussion of sharing permission structures that work for people. I don't want them to get lost on the other thread, so I thought we could start this place to compare notes and give new ad...

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