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What is the current status of the accuracy of "Page Views" for a student who has accessed Canvas via the mobile app? I'm talking about the "page views csv" you can download from a user's profile. I know that in the past there were problems with accur...

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When I make annotations while grading using my Apple Pencil in the Canvas Teacher app on iPad, the annotations initially appear to be recorded correctly. However, when I complete grading, the ends of most of the annotations disappears (so the last fe...

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Our 1st term has closed in Canvas.  I expected that assignments from first term that were missing would no longer appear as missing items on the student's schedule view. However, those assignments still appear as missing.  For the purpose of keeping ...

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We have added customized JS to create another button in the global navigation. It works correctly in a desktop web browser, but not in a mobile device web browser. The Theme Editor supports mobile JS files, but it is only applied to the Canvas iOS or...

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Hello! I am trying to use the Canvas Student iPad App in the latest version with a Google Slides Presentation that is embedded on the page with hyperlinks. The embedded Slide works perfectly. However, the hyperlinks in the Slide are not clickable in ...

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It begins at a sudden. I need to login to canvas by entering my school name and account again everyday and it does not save my record. I am using android system and why is that? Does any one know about it?

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A student has reported a case - Canvas Student app v 6.14.1When I tap on this symbol "v", next to the name of the month, the display alternates between month and week.The month still shows November, but the date moves to the right.Wednesday the 3rd o...

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Hello, Unfortunately, when I attempt to log into the Canvas Parent app on my Android phone, the keyboard is not showing up on the login screen and I am not able to login. I recently changed phones and had to reinstall the application, so I am using t...

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Hi! I am trying to access video content for my modules and all that shows up is a grey box. This is on an iPad and iPhone. 

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Hello. I cannot annotate on the Ipad within Canvas but can do so on Iphone but the icons look different.  Has anyone encountered this?  I can use the touchscreen outside of the document i need to mark up but not inside.  thank you!

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The images (PNG) cannot be shown when students login Canvas with an ipad using web based login. But when they use Canvas App, they can view the images. Why? Do you encounter the same problem?

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Hi, not really a question... Just to share a resource we developed at our uni outlinining a workflow that our lecturers found for providing feedback and grading assignments using the Canvas Teacher app. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYnJfQ1fVL0 htt...

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Any have any idea to disable the push notification received on mobile when the professor makes an annotation to your submission? I just spent the last hour listening to my phone go off as my professor annotated several parts of my paper. It was crazy...

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The Canvas iOS app does not display the "Mark as done" button at the bottom of pages when the instructor sets up the module with this requirement. Students are then unable to progress through the module.  It is there in android, it is there in Chrome...

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When opening a PDF from the Student app, the handle to move the annotation toolbar is hidden by the navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen. It is very tricky to try to grab the toolbar to move it. Is anyone else experiencing this?  Canvas App...

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The highlighter tool does not work on the iPad using Canvas Teacher App, Assignments for grading.  All of other tools (pen, eraser, sheaves, etc.) work, except for the highlighter.  I have the latest version of the Canvas Teacher app loaded on my new...

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This semester I've had consistent problems with assignment comments in Canvas for iPad (teacher). I can usually post one comment, then lose the ability to post additional comments or interact with the sidebar in any meaningful way. This pertains to g...

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My Apple Pencil stopped showing up in my annotations bar. I've restarted my iPad, relaunched Canvas, and tested Apple Pencil in other apps. What should I try next?

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While grading on my tablet, I occasionally need to remove a late penalty that is automatically applied to a student's submission. Sadly, the only place to do that appears to be in the gradebook on the full desktop browser version of Canvas (not in th...

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I came across a similar post on accessibility that didn't have any help. We're using the same tools (Snap & Read, CoWriter), but I'm interested in accessibility within the iOS settings. For example, using Canvas in Safari mobile, word or sentence hig...

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Is there any chance annotations on anonymous peer evaluations will be available in the future? I think it's really valuable for me, the professor, to also give feedback on Peer evaluated assignments. I really enjoy the iPad app assignment annotations...

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I have students who submitted assignments that are annotated pdfs. The students submitted via the Student app on iPad and iPhone. They can see that the annotations are there in the assignment (screen recordings of the Student app were shown as proof)...

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Hi  How can I have all of my classes, both Institut and PathwayConnect shown on my Canvas app? I can only display one at a time. When I go to Edith Dashboard it only shows me my Institut Class. Thanks

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Hello Everyone!I am having a hard time figuring out how to grade assignments on the Canvas Teacher App that are classified as an On Paper, and/or No Submissions. Does anyone know of how we are able to do this?

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I have a student who is using a IOS mobile device.  The student states that they cannot view a discussion post thread after it has closed.  Has anyone come across this?  Is the student missing something that they should be doing?

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I have been using Canvas for years now and I find the Teacher app extremely helpful for grading. I can annotate with my pencil on my iPad and it saves me a lot of time. Recently I started using the free version since the new students have not been ab...

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Is there a way to turn on push notifications for assignments that are due on the day? As a student it can be hard to remember every assignment that is due on that day, and being able to be notified of assignments that need to be submitted that day wo...

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Goal: Students submit a posted assignment which then unlocks the file with the solutions to the assignment.  After the assignment is submitted and solutions viewed, the next assignment will be unlocked. Problem: Solution files and assignments are not...

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I want to find the mobile login QR code of canvas, but the system can't load it all the time. I want to know how to deal with this problem?

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Last year I would post PDFs for student work, they would take an edit it outside of canvas to put in their answers, and then re-upload it. This allowed me to easily annotate with an Apple Pencil on my iPad to score it. This year, I have students usin...

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