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I have a faculty member who can no longer minimize or hide the grading slider window/comments window when doing handwritten annotations on her Ipad with an Apple pencil. I believe this functionality was taken away during an update last fall. Can we p...

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is there a thing you can take notes in canvas??? If so I haven't found it yet if not then there should be.. Would be helpful to students

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I like to use Canvas Mobile Teacher to take attendance.  I can walk around the classroom and make sure I get everyone.  During the day I need to change from one class (section) roster to another using the funnel (filter) icon.   If I use one roster a...

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Hi, We are creating a Canvas site/course that is dedicated to teaching and assessing physical skills.  We have set up assignments with marking rubrics for the main areas of each skill that should be assessed. The assignment is set to 'no submission' ...

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I have to use CANVAS for two different college. So, I need it on my mobile and lap tab.please advise how to manage?Thank you

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Why is there often such a gap between student submissions in Canvas and when it shows in the parent/ observer’s Canvas section?  Sometimes I end up accusing my daughter of not being timely with her work when Canvas is the issue.  You (Canvas) need to...

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Hey Canvas Admin, been using your app for a long time and have wanted this feature for a while. I want to be able to access my average category grade and do what if scores on the mobile version of canvas. This would make things a lot better instead o...

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so when I try to open the app I only get a white screen. can anyone help with that?

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I had Canvas on my old phone and it worked just fine. I got a brand new phone about a week ago, and now I cannot log in at all. I know the password is correct because I can still log in on my laptop. I'm sure it's related to the fact that my phone is...

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I have links that work correctly on a computer, but those same links in the Canvas app on my iPhone point to files in a different course of mine.  Any ideas why that might be?

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I wish to suggest the feature of an Alarm section in the Canvas student app. This feature should enable students to set alarms in the Canvas student app with labels like normal digital alarm clocks on phones. These alarms can pop up as notifications ...

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I use the Canvas Student App on both my iPhone and my iPad. My To Do list used to show me assignments that were coming up within the next week. Now it has stopped updating and only shows two assignments due within the next few days. I know that I hav...

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I am trying to figure out where in admin settings I can fix the URL for parent notifications. Parents receive email notifications and when they click the "Click to View" link they get a 403 error, app_not_configured_for_user.  I am guessing it's link...

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The Canvas Teacher iOS app will not load for me.  (See attached screenshot.) Anyone else experience this?

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One of the teachers in my building cannot attach photos or files to her messages in the Canvas Teacher App on her iPad. Every time she tries, it gives her an error and says it can not upload or upload failed and cannot be sent. She is updated to iOS ...

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The last couple of months, the Canvas mobile app (I’m on iPad specifically) has been closing the files I’m viewing if I open another app or switch over to answer a text message. It didn’t used to do this. Previously, I was able to go from reviewing f...

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personally dont know if everyone agrees but when you want to know what events are occuring at your school, you need to go to facebook or a social media page, but not everyone has social media, like me, so there should be a page that shows when tryout...

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SmartSearch doesn't  appear to work with Android phones is this a known issue?

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When I add tasks to my to-do list in Canvas in a browser, my to-do items do not show up in the mobile app. Is there a setting I need to change to be able to see my whole to-do list in the mobile app for students?

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How to find my daughter’s report card ?

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I was having trouble submitting my homework. It said file unable to upload. it was a PDF from Word?

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I am not sure if this is a bug or just a design decision.Currently I'm a student using the To Do widget on an Android phone and it displays calendar events on it. However when opening the Canvas app and selecting the To Do tab, it only shows actual t...

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Hi all, As required for an online course at a city college I am taking a deeper dive into the vast and deep resource we all know as CANVAS. I have set my preferences and tested to see if I set everything up correctly. Aside from that, how do I access...

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Is there a way to request access and participation in the current Canvas Teacher Testflights?  I'm using Canvas for 100% of my teaching and have been so for quite some time (and have been gifted not one but two pairs of official Canvas socks from our...

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Hello, A recent update to Canvas Teacher removed the ability to view the rubric criteria by holding down on the score...any chance this can come back ASAP?  It makes it very difficult to grade in Speedgrader with no access to the rubric criteria.

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I am experiencing an issue concerning the Canvas Student Mobile application on iOS. I am unable to log in despite several tries through the option of selecting the school/district first before logging in, QR login, and even the Canvas Network option ...

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On the Android app (but seemingly not the iOS version), following a URL from a course page, assignment, etc, will open in a built-in browser view. The problem happens if you follow more links, as the only way to exit this view is to hit the back arro...

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Canvas calendar used to have all due assignments but now it doesn’t. How can I access that feature again? My classes show on dashboard and on the timeline but not directly on Calendar to look ahead for the to do list.

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When we upgraded to the Discussions Checkpoints, we noticed that the speedgrader in the App no longer was easy to use. Can't enlarge the view and can't view the full replies or rubric. Anyone else encounter this?

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I created an assignment that required my students to submit their answer via text box, however the text book is not showing up for them. They have district issued iPads - could an apple product be the issue? Is there something I missed on my end when...

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