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The highlight tool in the app won't allow color change after having selected text. The only options I get are "comment" and "remove" when I tap the selected text to change the color. There used to be an option to change the color, but this option has...

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I’m trying to grade a Canva project in speedgrader on the teacher app, but I can’t get logged in.  I’ve tried all the options and all it does is spin like it is trying to load. 

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I like canvas, but sometimes I have difficulty logging in to it on my cell phone.

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I like cnavis but i dont like that when i go somewhere i cant do my work on my phone

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Hi,     I am trying with the parent app right now base one the guide below:     https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Parent-iOS-Guide/How-do-I-view-details-for-an-assignment-in-the-Canvas-Parent-app/ta-p/2073     May I know that if the parent ca...

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I am the teacher on my Canvas site. When working from my laptop or desktop, I can access all files and modules, assignments, etc.When I login from my iPAD, I can see the site, I can see SOME of my modules, but a few give me ACCESS Denied errors. The ...

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This is odd.... I have a graded discussion assignment set up, and students must reply to one another. I am trying to also reply, but one student's post has no 'Reply' option at all. I've tried Edit and searched the help topics but cannot find any inf...

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How do I link my child’s account to my phone?

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My canvas app takes up almost 6 gigs on my phone and I noticed that almost all of that is 'Documents & Data". I dug a little deeper and found that its all files from courses I took two years ago that I do not need to access on Canvas anymore. Is ther...

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The highlight tool no longer allows me to change color after selecting text. Was working one day and the next the option was gone. I only get two options now, “Comments”and “Remove.” I’m posting this here because my university was unable to help. Oth...

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How can I add my Institute Class to my Online Canvas app? I have IOS and my Pathways classes are on the Canvas mobile app, but I have been unable to determine how to add my Institute class.  Thanks. 

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Is there a reason why the button for a student to start an assignment is labeled differently in web vs. mobile? It's "Start Assignment" for web and "Submit Assignment" for mobile (see attached screenshots). It would be great if they were labeled the ...

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Whenever I open a lecture video on my canvas app it plays briefly. When I make the screen smaller to also use my notes app the video crashes, I already uninstalled and reinstalled canvas, I am not sure how to fix this issue. 

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So my canvas grades widget is showing a grade for an assignment i can’t seem to find anywhere. I’m a science major and i’m not taking any english classes or any heavy reading courses and have never heard of this book. It isn’t color coded with the re...

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I use an IPAD running IOS 16.3.1, the Ipad is up to date. While using the canvas app. last night when my Ipad started to go into power save mode. it deleted my discussion posts. They were unrecoverable. This is continuing to happen today as well. 

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Hello,We recently moved to 2-factor verification for email and using this for MFA.  We are having issues with people being able to download the Canvas app now.When they select on Find My School, it launches them to verify with their email. Once this ...

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Does Impact support mobile browsers?

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We have used Canvas Instructure for several courses. When students who have been invited to the course try to find us on the mobile app, it asks for "School Name." I have searched for the School Name for our account and I can't find that anywhere, Wh...

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Just noticed this today in our environment with 2100 student IPads in preparation for going to Synchronous Learning in our district in case of closure. Odd issue I wonder if any other have come across. When Student click on the WebEx Personal Room li...

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Myself and other teachers at my site love to upload images of our Notability notes after class to our lessons in Canvas for students who didn't complete them or who were absent. We used to be able to do this until the most recent iOS update. No we've...

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Hi all,One of my students is seeing grayed out boxes when clicking through to the 'dashboard'.This is also the case when they try to access a course. The tabs on the left hand side are visible and clickable but there is only greyed out content when a...

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As the title suggests I am currently in college right now as well as TurboTax training course. Both of which use canvas. Am I able to have both on the Canvas android app?

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I use canvas almost exclusively on my android tablet. Once you are inside class content, you CANNOT navigate out of it except by hitting the back button. There is no three line nav menu visible. There is no way to get back to the main menu except to ...

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Can a course be set up so that when students first open the course on the mobile app, it opens to the Home page instead of the dashboard?

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Hello, I wanted to better understand the to-do list in the student app. With how some classes are structured, the work isn't complete when a discussion or assignment is turned in. This means items on the to-do list vanish even if I've not completed e...

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Hi! My name is Jordyn and I am a student using canvas. I like to change my course colors to coordinate with my google calendar. Recently, canvas has been changing the colors of my courses to darker colors. The colors I enter show up correctly on my l...

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How do I disable High Contrast UI on the Canvas Student IOS app? I do not like the dull colors that it changes my classes to when High Contrast User Interface is enabled.

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In the Canvas theme editor, how do I change the logo which appears at the top of the Courses view in the mobile application (see image attached), without changing the logo which appears in the top left of a desktop browser? I’ve already tried adjusti...

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How do I find my school if it's not listed

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I have had no issues for the last year and a half. Suddenly, at the end of last semester, I noticed I was no longer receiving push notifications on my iOS devices. I have tried everything since to get them back to functioning, but have been unsuccess...

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