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Hi all, I used to (until this quarter) be able to, in the gradebook, click: "Message students who"Select from the dropdown, "scored less than"Enter "-1" in the value. This allowed me to email all students in the class FROM the gradebook, where I was ...

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I have been using Office 365 to submit assignments on Canvas for over a year. Today, Canvas linked to my work 365 account instead and now I have no access to my school 365 account through Canvas.I have already tried removing everything from my Approv...

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I'm a Mt Sac student.I have not been able to open assignments from ACCDB files. I would like to clarify that I am using a Windows computer, not a Mac, so that should not be contributing to the issue. Please help.  Start File NP_AC365_2021_2a_Gretchen...

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A new student enrolled last week and has been in PowerSchool since then.  He is not showing in Canvas.  Any thoughts on why this might be?

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How can i enter a quiz automatically in Canvas? I have it in the form of multiple choice questions with answers in a word document.

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I'm teaching a remote class at the University of Denver and trying to show my students some documentary material in the Canvas Zoom application. I've played with the settings in Zoom and Canvas and I can't seem to make this work. Any suggestions?  

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Hi there, I would like to delete this account. Thank you!

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Hi there, I have students submit assessment in a course in 2024 that was marked on speedgrader with the results in the course markbook.  The students have since rolled over in to the year 12 course (it was a year 11 course) but I wanted access to the...

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Im having a problem with watching videos that one of my lecturers posted on a canvas page. In place of the videos, theres a sign-in button which if i click just downloads a document named “authredirectmsal” which is just blank. This is just for my la...

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I have posted assigned readings as "assignments", as recommended by CANVAS support.  They do not have any grade value but they still appear in the grade book, cluttering up the real graded assignments.  How can I get rid of these spurious columns?

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I am creating animations for my math classes and would like to embed the code directly in Canvas course pages. Is there a way to use Html, CSS and js code inside Canvas?Any help is appreciated.

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A Student's test on Canvas closed for that Student (for whatever reason) before that Student could finish the whole thing, that is, all of the required questions.  So, . . . : How do I allow that Student to re-take the whole test all over again? Is i...

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I am a student Canvas user, and I want to make sure that I see any announcements made by one of my instructors. To that end, I have previously set my Notifications settings so that I am notified immediately through my email when an instructor makes a...

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Something went wrong for two of my students when taking a quiz. Their quizzes are marked as "In Progress" for the last 3 days, and hang up when I try to view them. I went in moderation and tried to set it so they get a second attempt, but neither one...

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Hi,Our Canvas site has enhancements turned on. I normally set up assessments as an 'Online File Upload' and turn the Turnitin Plagiarism Review on.This semester I have set the assessment up as an external tool > Microsoft OneDrive LTI 3 assignment wi...

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How do I copy my Syllabus in Canvas (many pages) and send it to another instructor?

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Hello, I am trying to find a way to put a downloaded link from an eBook on to a page?  The link cannot be edited and I am trying to see how I can move it onto a page instead of it sitting in the Modules.

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Currently, we can save comments in our rubrics (particularly those I use when assessing discussions).  As my assessment has become more refined, I am discovering that I no longer need some of  my previous comments, but must scroll (and in some instan...

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Hello, I am hoping to provide two final project assignment options for my students, so that they only need to pick and complete one of the options for their final grade. How can I set up the gradebook so that student's grades aren't impacted by the a...

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My Accessibility Checker constantly flags my content for lists. I would happily comply and use the list function (bullets, numbers) in Canvas if it weren't so difficult to use. It is practically impossible to create any list resembling an outline in ...

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Students are logging into a Canvas Quiz and it is currently taking most of them over 5 minutes to load. School WiFi seems to be operating just fine on all other websites. I have already cleared browsing history and all that WiFi troubleshooting stuff...

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Hello, I need help fixing my grade book. For the final grades it is showing all F’s. How can i change and fix that issue. Professor Jimenez

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A parent reached out because they are not receiving grade notifications for their 4th grader. The teacher post grades. Has anyone run into this issue? 

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Hello,   Does anyone know how to turn off the new default setting "open in new tab."  I do not want the assignments opening in a new tab.  After 5 years of using Canvas, I keep forgetting to unclick it, so I have to keep going back and unclicking it....

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It says im in a class on my teahcers end but on mine it just shows one of the two classes im in 

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Hello, In Canvas we have encountered a problem with courses we loaded via SIS where many of them the course dates did not transfer to the sections tab of course settings. Upon investigation we did notice in some cases it was due to instructors in the...

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Hi there, Will Canvas Studio be part of the new Block Editor? I notice on our Beta version there is an block option in there called 'Media' but it does not look like or have the functionality of Studio. Also, having looked at the block editor on our ...

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I would like to download the New Analytics "Student" section directly to a CSV.  It currently downloads one rather small CSV to a ZIP file which I then must unzip.  Yet all of the New Analytics "Report" downloads go directly to a CSV and they are muc...

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When using the rubric Comment Library, I noticed (last semester?) that it now removes any blank lines from the library text when applied during grading. I can confirm this worked as intended in prior semesters.  In my mind this renders it a bit worth...

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Is there a way to automatically resend course invitations? Currently, our institution manually resends invitations at 7 and 14 days for our shorter courses and 30, 60, and 90 days for our year-long access courses. This is creating a lot of work for o...

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