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The tool display( Dashboard Calendar To Do Notifications Inbox) on my IPAD has changed from being on the bottom of my screen to being at the top in a horizontal bubble. This change is not functional and I want to know how I can change it back to bein...

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It would be very helpful to have the immersive reader feature on canvas app on mobile devices as well.

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Hi everyone, I'm reaching out because one of my students is having trouble accessing peer reviews on the Android Canvas app. Despite trying to locate the feature, both the student and I have been unsuccessful. Is there a specific way to access and re...

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Is there away to go back to the old darkmode look that was the black and dark grey version? Or away to downgrade the app to an older version? I don’t understand why it was change to a blue color and it’s in my opinion not a great look. An option in s...

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I have turned my iPad off twice and deleted the app twice and reinstalled it and the canvas app still won’t open. What do I do please? It happened after I updated it.

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Canvas features such as grouping courses per child, and learning mastery gradebook are available using a browser but not when using the App. Can you make these features available on the App? Thank you!

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I recently discovered that canvas supports IOS widgets. Currently the only widgets are to display announcements. Unfortunately most of my teachers do not use the announcements feature. I find that the to-do list and calendar features are more useful ...

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I am using an iPhone with iOS 18.0.1, and whenever I click any link embedded in a notification email from Canvas, it opens the Canvas website and asks me to log in each time. Is there a way to make it so that when I click on the link, it opens direct...

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How do you add a module and assignment using the IOS app?

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Hi, I hope this message finds you all well.  I am having a problem with the Canvas Mobile App as a student. For some reason, I go into the inbox where I message the instructor, and it keeps saying "Retry to refresh." Can someone help me resolve this ...

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We use Google Drive LTI 1.3 for students to submit assignments. It works for the most part but we've been encountering an issue for our students that use ipads. When they click the drive tab or logo is simply says Launch Error. Attempted fixes:Resett...

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Hello, I've encountered an issue while annotating student submissions on an iPad. When I annotate and save the annotations, they appear perfectly placed on the iPad, but when I view the same annotations on the web version of Canvas, they are slightly...

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Teacher uploaded a landscape video from her iPad into Canvas. When the video imported, it was distorted and squished into portrait dimensions instead of landscape.She's done these steps many times before (recording on iPad and uploading to Canvas) an...

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I am having trouble with the Canvas Teacher App on the iPad. I use the app and the "To Do" button to grade things by hand (so I can annotate student work with my Apple Pencil). That app is not opening student work this morning, and the few times that...

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If a student did not turn in an assignment, the assignment is labeled as missing even after the availability date and due date have passed.  If a student removes this assignment from their to-do list, will it reappear?

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Has Canvas changed the way it displays essays/assignments in Speedgrader? I used to be able to view student essays/submissions in full screen mode, but now it's forcing the view of seeing half the screen as the essay and the other half as the "grade/...

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I haven't seen an answer to this yet.I got kicked out of my canvas app which I was using regularly for my classes. When I tried to log back in, I was able to select my school and hit "NEXT". Nothing loads. It stays a white screen. How do I fix this?

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User: StudentI recently installed the Canvas app on my new phone (android). While I can see the list of announcements, attempting to open any specific announcement results in a blank white page. I've tried troubleshooting by reinstalling the app, cle...

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Students have iPads and use the Canvas student app. I use a MAC with chrome browser to enter comments on assignments in speed grader. When students view comments on an assignment on their iPads in the Canvas app, the text is jumbled with random chara...

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when I go to Apps, no apps are popping up 

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We have students that are submitting assignments through the Canvas app but the time is different from what is showing as when it was submitted for the instructor. It is showing a later time and not simply to the hour as it would be with a time zone ...

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Opening any discussion or content in dark mode makes the content not viewable; the content becomes transparent with a white background (assuming it’s white text) a

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Step to produce:1. Using Canvas web version on Mobile device 2. Open the hamburger menu on the most left top 3. Click on the navigation link of the LTI tool. Expected: The link should navigate me to the LTI tool's launch URL Actual: I'm not being dir...

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I am noticing on the iOS app that HTML tags are showing in the assignment comments. I assume this is because there were HTML tags from the rich text editor from the desktop Version of Canvas. It makes assignment comments difficult to read on the iOS ...

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I am trying to grade quizzes that are a combination of multiple choice and, at the end, a short answer question.  When I grade the multiple choice question on either my iPad or my iPhone, I cannot advance to the next student by swiping. Instead, I ha...

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When I add my own To Do for a course, it doesn’t show up on the To Do tab in the mobile app (it shows up with all my assignments on the Desktop version though). I have to scroll to that date in the calendar. It would be beneficial to have it under th...

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My courses for the current semester are not showing up on Canvas 

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I am having trouble logging in to the canvas app. My login doesn't work on the app even though it works when I do it on the computer. I asked my teacher and they told me to use a qr code to sign in, but when I scan the qr code it doesn't sign me in o...

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In the Teacher app, my students’ assignment submissions (text-based) don’t show! When I go into the assignment to do some grading, Everything pulls up as normal EXCEPT for the screen showing just a white page. No text actually appears. 路 Bug?

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I filled out the participation in classes form, to secure my financial aid before September 12th deadline which is 21 days after the start of classes. Financial Aid sent me an email saying all my classes are verified attendance except ECN221. I don't...

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