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When providing students with an Assignment with a Text Entry Response in the Canvas iOS App, the response text box covers the assignment description.  This is not only an inconvenience, it's an access issue for many students needing to visualize the ...

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My school is in the Central US time zone and I live in the Eastern US time zone. On my PC, Canvas is set to Central time and all of the assignments are due at 11:59pm on say for example August 24. On the app, the to-do list shows 12:59am August 25. I...

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The updated version of the Canvas teacher app for i-pad has removed the functionality of selecting grades to view by section.  This is (was) one of the most important features of the mobile app and allowed not only very efficient grading of both home...

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Looking to find some guidance and offer suggestions on the prompt most Parents are getting when they set up their Observer accounts in Canvas.  When a parent sets up an Observer account through the browser on their phone, they are then prompted to do...

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Can I still separate my courses by section when filtering views?

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is there a way to put canvas or the student portal on my my cellular device android in a app version rather then web616

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Good morning community! I have a teacher (just one so far, early days) who is trying to grade student submissions using Canvas Teacher on her iPad in the app (not browser). She has three sections of Chemistry cross listed into one larger class. When ...

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TENGO UN IPAD ACTUALIZADO Y NO ME DEJA VER EL MODULO 2 Y LOS SIGUIENTES.SOLO ME DEJA VER EL MODULO 1. ES UN ERROR DE LA APP DE IOS Y DE ANDROID. TENGO TODO ACTUALIZADO. GRACIAS!PD: USO LA APP DE CANVAS CON LA UNIVERSIDAD SIGLO XXI.

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Where do I find the bypass code to login to my mobile canvas app? 

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I currently have a Chromebook. I have logged into canvas just fine on it and completed assignments. However the lock down browser will not work. Every time I go to install it. It says its not compatible with this device. I found the lock down browser...

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I recently updated my UI to 7.0, and since then, I can't access my to-do list at all. it just gives me an oops. I've tried signing out, starring my courses, restarting the device, clearing the cache, deleting the app, and removing the widget, with no...

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Hello Everyone,   Some of our students are unable to view certain published files, while others can access them without issue. Our support team has checked for configuration errors but hasn't identified any clear pattern or solution.   Regards Namrat...

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Hi, I can’t scan the QR code for login. My camera is enabled but the app is showing a blank screen when I tried to scan. See attached. Pls help. Thanks. 

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Hola buenas tardes, tengo un problema al iniciar canvas con el móvil.Cuando entro en canvas mobile, busco mi universidad y cuando pincho para entrar en mi universidad se me queda la pantalla en blanco y no se me abre otra ventanita para poner los dat...

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So I’m a student, and I’ve been trying to view my canvas pages of the last school year. The problem is, when I click to show all enrollments, the classes I took last school year aren’t shown. I don’t really understand why though, so I’m hoping this w...

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What we are finding is that if an observer wants to message a student, they have to: select the classdelete the teachers from the messageand change the subject of the message. We were hoping for an easier way to contact a student if needed.

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Hello,I have a problem that is only faced on iPad. I have access denied on interactive frames inside the course material but I don’t have the same on android or normal browser.I contacted the university and they advised to use my pc instead which is ...

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Hi everyone,I’ve been facing an issue where my Canvas account automatically logs out every 3 days. Each time, I get a message saying I need to log in again due to my institution's security policy (screenshot attached).It’s becoming quite inconvenient...

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Hi everyone, I’m new to this forum and not yet familiar with the Canvas mobile experience. I’m curious to know how it can be improved for students who are juggling academics, work, and personal life. I’d really appreciate any expert advice or insight...

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Hi! I keep getting an error on the Canvas Teacher app that says there are no valid submissions to mark (even though there are MANY submissions to mark.  If I open them on the website, I can mark them and annotate them but I cannot on the app version.

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Problem statement:Students cannot see which tasks they have already completed in “modules” section. This leads to the student having to go back to the “grades” section to check which tasks have already been completed, and they will have to memorize t...

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Hi, So a teacher has requested to me the following:"I’m wondering if you know the answer to this or could help. We don’t seem to be able to message course sections from the mobile app anymore (we could last year). I either have to send a message to t...

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I took notes on a few files this past weekend. During the weekend the notes would show up on the files when I accessed them in multiple devices,  but a few days later none of the notes are there any more.

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heloo how can i upload my assignments as i had issues 2 hours and i dont have left enough time to wait for resloving isse? is there any place to upload it somewhere else ?

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I am trying to get Canvas Teacher to load from App store onto my I-Phone 11.  All that happens is the purple wheel just goes round and round.  I have tried cellular data versus my Wi-Fi.  I have tried clear caches and cookies.  Any help would be appr...

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I am instructional designer at Bellevue College and two instructors have reported that the audio files that they embed on Canvas, does not have the Play icon on the Canvas app. I checked it, and I am unable to see the play icon either. The original a...

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so when I try to do my work on my phone when I don't have my computer I try and try to use my phone and I have tried going to a phone store and they said that nothing is wrong and I'm not saying that's its y'all's app and thank for any feed back that...

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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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