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I tried watching the lecture on my iPad, but the page went blank even though I downloaded the canvas app. Then I tried using Safari to log into my canvas account, and first it said "Enable third-party cookies", so I turned off "Prevent cross-site tra...

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Hi,I was looking at my class pages today on my tablet since my classes start tomorrow. I opened them all up once, but when I was trying to go back to a class page I already looked at I was stuck on a loading screen. I checked back on the class page I...

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The problem I'm having with the mobile to-do list, which I exclusively use to check for upcoming assignments, is that it only shows assignments a week in advance. My professors have set up their classes so that we have two weeks to complete assignmen...

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behind my school districts logo, the background shows up white instead of dark grey/black, it might be due to the background of the logo but is there a reason and a fix for this? Thanks

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Hello everyone,I'm looking for advice on the best ways to use mobile apps to improve educational outcomes for students. As someone who is involved in education, I've seen the potential of these tools, but I want to ensure I'm using them most effectiv...

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I want to add Canvas to my phone as an app, but the name of my school does not populate when I start typing it.  

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Student: Online I am able to see all of my assignments upcoming that are due when they are due and ones that I completed in the to do tab but on the app it’s saying I have nothing to do. Is there a setting I have to change or is it just like this?

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We are trying to set up individual pages for Junior School students to edit and upload images of their school work (we didn't want this as an assignment as it is more of an ongoing learning journal of highlights throughout the year). I have set up a ...

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Hi everyone! We noticed the following issue and hope someone can share a solution. We created a standard quiz on Canvas without any deadlines and with unlimited attempts. After publishing, it is enabled for students via the desktop version of Canvas,...

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I love grading student assignments on my iPad in the Canvas App, using my Apple Pencil. Are the annotations accessible to a screen reader?

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How do I add a teaching assistant from the mobile app?

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I just picked up a new tablet as well as an e-ink tablet, which I'm hoping will reduce my eye strain while grading. I also needed to get a new phone, so it's been a lot of new tech for me lately. Anyway, I have now installed canvas on all three devic...

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Last week we discovered a file showing up in Google search results caused by the following: The Canvas student app delivered a file by generating a URL with a "non-guessable" verifier. This URL appears to bypass any permission checks so can be viewed...

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Hello, I am having trouble of opening canvas app on my iPad. I have checked my setting and the version of my ipad is up to date. I have tried to delete the app along with all the data and re-installed, but it did not work. Every time I tried to open ...

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I typed in my college and it goes to a blank page. Nothing happens. Once, it gave an error message. I need help.

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I'm trying to figure out if the Turnitin similarity score can be hidden on the Canvas Teacher app, as we routinely mark work with students present. Therefore we would like to keep this hidden from them while the report is being marked.

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Is anyone else having issues with students not being able to answer multiple answer questions in New Quizzes when they are using the Canvas Student app? We are noticing that this seems to be happening in the iOS app both on mobile devices and Mac com...

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I am attempting to log in to Canvas Mobile and when i enter my username and password it keeps saying authentication attempt failed.  Any suggestions?

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Sorry if this seems like not a big deal, but it drives me nuts when I need to export 20+ PDF/ppt. files at a time, and keep having to manually change the name within the other app to keep my slides in order. I have Canvas on both my iPad and my iPhon...

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What happens when I get all the badges ? 

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I am in Arkansas where I am in the Central Time zone where my school is Mountain time. I keep missing due dates because my app says one time which isn’t correct and my computer link for canvas will say the correct due date. Is there a way to fix this...

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Can I keep each canvas account for both schools I attend?  If I cannot will my information disappear on one? I am attending summer school at one University, then switching back to the other one.

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I am a student and I have been using the app for two years. However, when I go into my course Functional medicine coaching Academy, I click on the module. I click on the videos it’s not loading. I’ve tried different modules. I deleted the app and rel...

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I’m not sure how comments are supposed to work, but I have to go into each assignment and then click submission and rubrics to see if there is a comment. For 50 assignments, that’s 100 clicks to get to a comment, then each class. That is a lot of tim...

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Can you please make it so that ALL unsubmitted items show up in the todo? Or create the ability to sort/filter status = unsubmitted in the grades and assignments section? This would make it much easier than scrolling through 6 lists of  100 assignmen...

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Hello where can I find the classes that I will be in next year on canvas I can’t seem to find it and I tried the app and on google thank you I’m a student I would like to see the classes thank you

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I received a call from an instructor who does a lot of grading on the Canvas mobile app.  They pointed out that when they receive an item that needs to be graded on their to-do list and they click on it, it takes them to the first student in alphabet...

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I am having issues with viewing the lectures after the first lecture across all of my classes on the mobile app and on the platform, however, I don’t have this issue on the Laptop version of canvass. Please advise. (There are several of us with this ...

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For some reason, when I try to check my grade on the mobile app (for both iPhone and iPad), the page scroll feature doesn’t work. This is very frustrating. Is there any way to fix this?

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Hi everyone, I'm reaching out because one student in my course is consistently encountering an "Access Denied" message when trying to access the embedded Storyline presentations. Here's what we know: The issue only affects this specific student, whil...

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