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Can Roll call be used in Canvas on an iPad? I use it on a desktop but don't see an option for it to show up on my iPad.

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I am enrolled in 2 classes but only one is showing up on my mobile app. I tried logging out and logging in. When I log onto canvas on my computer I see both classes on my dashboard, but not when I am logged in on the mobile app.Thank you!

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Is Canvas compaitabe with iPad 4?i am not able to open canvas dashboard in iPad 4 Safari browser.

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I'm setting up my courses for the semester and it looks like the app functionality of attendance has changed. It used to have a mobile friendly interface when I pulled it up on the app, but that has now disappeared and it looks just like the desktop ...

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Help with canvas mobile app.  Used the instructions in the help section, still not working

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My classes are posted to canvas because I have access to them on the canvas website, but not through my app. I receive notifications from the classes on my phone and it shows upcoming assignments in my to-do, however if I click on them it redirects m...

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I'd like to download the Canvas app on my iPad. Unfortunately the app states that I am required to have iOS 12.0 or higher. My app is incapable of upgrading past 10.3 and I was wondering if I have any other options so I could utilize the Canvas app o...

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HiAm I the only one unable to get to the bottom navigation on iPads? Several different iPads were tried. All using Chrome browser, though. Pushing up will show the navigation but it bounces out of view before tapping is possible. 

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So canvas on the web uses the email address to login but the app uses the username. Tried to go into my profile to add a login I’d but couldn’t find where. Tried to use my email address as the username and would not work. Any ideas?

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I have read answers to student questions about accessing instructor comments on essays. They can "view feedback" if their browser supports it, or they can hit the download icon and view comments on the PDF of the essay. This isn't working for my stud...

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The app I have on my mobile phone  makes grading so much easier.  Is there an app for my Mac?

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 Hello,    I can log into canvas on my browser just fine, however I can't login to the app on my phone (Android S7 active, 8.0 all up to date). When I hit login, it takes me to a screen that says "Not a Teacher?"   I have logged into the app on a fri...

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One of our teachers is having a problem with a picture in a quiz. The picture works fine on iPads (on both the app and safari) but when using a laptop the picture is turned the wrong way around. How and why is this happening?And how can it be fixed?

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Hi there,There is certain content on a page, in this case text which I only want to make visible on the Canvas app (iOS and Android app). I am aware of using the code below to hide content from the desktop, phone and tablet version but what would I h...

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I have a student who is attempting to take a quiz in Canvas. When she goes to the quiz via the app, there is an orange and a blue dot where the TAKE QUIZ bar normally appears. I cannot get her access to the quiz. I added her separately to the quiz as...

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How do students up load more than one word document to an assignment using the app on their ipads? 

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I'm an instructional designer at a large university, and am putting together a training for faculty on the Canvas Student App.  I would like to include data regarding how many students utilize the app.  I feel like most faculty members design their c...

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I want to develop a mobile app that will use the information in user's Canvas account. Upon Login, a user will be redirected to their canvas login site. Once the user successfully logged in, it will come back to my app and display the needed informat...

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Hello everyone,Our college is interested in promoting Flipgrid as an instruction tool for online.  We have been doing some testing to ensure the experience is as seamless as possible for our faculty and students.  One issue we have been running into ...

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Hi,An instructor is not able to access the teacher app and I'm not certain how to assist.Apparently they have "...installed Canvas several times.  The first time for several weeks it worked fine.  One day there was a problem so I uninstalled it and r...

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Is anyone having trouble for the Canvas teacher  app for Ipad? Since  last week, when I open the app, the Canvas logo spins for 45-60 secs and then stops. When I delete, reinstall, and click "open", it works. But then the next time I try to open the ...

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For the past few months I have been unable to open or view documents in the Canvas app for iPad. When I try to click on any link or file (PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, URL, etc..) I get a white popup error that says: "There was a problem accessing th...

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Does the student who is marked absent (and who is using the Canvas app with alerts enabled) immediately get an alert that they have just been marked absent?  I teach a 6-hour series of Saturday classes and it seems like as soon as I take roll about 2...

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We run custom CSS and JS in our middle school for a customized grading scheme. For the most part this works very well on the web view. More parents are requesting use of the mobile apps, so I am looking at implementing the same code on the mobile app...

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Hi, I am a student at California state university - Los  Angeles (Cal State LA). I have downloaded canvas app on my iPhone but when I click on find your school, Cal state LA is not showing up.I have an android app as well it is working properly. I as...

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I posted a quiz on canvas with embedded pictures, but the students cannot see the photos when they view the quiz in the canvas app.

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Hi, I am unable to download the Canvas student app on my Samsung Galaxy note 8.0 (bought in 2013). In fact in the play store the app is not even displayed. Is this because the android system is too old? I urgently need it for my classes so any help w...

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Is there a way to delete old messages in my To Do notifications. Example, I have a student who received a complete grade, but I am still getting notices for it as if it were not graded. This appears when I use the Canvas Teaching App.

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Mobile app.  Why am I not able to remove items from my "TO DO " List on the mobile app.  If I delete a complete assignment,  the app auto refreshes and the assignment reappears.  Please advise 

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