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Hi all, I am in the process of replacing embedded Canvas Video Tutorials with the newer Canvas Shorts. I've discovered that the handy keyboard shortcuts option in the New Media Player has been replaced with a button to copy a link that, when pasted i...

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Hello, We have students who transfer into a course, and while I can transfer the grades, they are still required to submit something if that is the requirement in the module.  Is there any way to mark the submission status as complete without actuall...

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Since AI has made it so easy for students to complete assignments without doing the work themselves, I have started using a lot for in-person "on paper" assessments.  I would love to keep a record of these in Canvas attached to each student, so they ...

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Over the past term, I’ve explored multiple Canvas tools to build a “student channel” workflow: a space where students can post updates or reflections and receive timely, individualized responses. My goal was to create a system that supports: Private...

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I am building a Canvas LMS course for a group of simulations.  I want the files to be viewable only - no downloading (select files) at all.  Is this possible in Canvas? Thank you, Renee

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Our team has received a request for comprehensive gradebook data, specifically: Complete Gradebook scores (not just final course grades, but how each student performed on weekly assignments)For all Online MBA studentsCovering the full history of the ...

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I am constantly having this problem where students attempt to send me an attached PDF file over the Canvas inbox and it always fails. As far as I know, the student never gets an error message and they assume I got the attachment. After several back a...

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My course design involves optional homework that students can do to improve their grade. Not only does it seem that optional grades are not well integrated into Canvas, but my equation for grade impact is seemingly impossible to input. It works as fo...

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Hi all,  I have had a page working for some time now (well until today) where I could click on an image or button at the top of the page and it would go to a link on page. Admittedly, this link was through an accordion set up, but it worked. Today, I...

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I was explaining how to mark assignments on Canvas with a colleague and told him to click on "Marks" on the sidebar, but it was not there - it was called "Grades" on his version of Canvas? Why?  Also on my colleague's version of Canvas, there is no o...

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Hello,Is there a way to assign different weights to exams based on student performance, for example, counting the higher-scoring exam as 70% and the lower-scoring exam as 30%? Thank you.

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Has anyone used Canvas to allow Faculty and/or Administrators track minute equivalencies? For example, if instructional activities have been assigned minutes, how would you track them to make sure online courses are in compliance. Any suggestions are...

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I would love to see my GPA on top of my dashboard, although it may be pretty low.

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I believe there might have been a breaking change with the most recent update. I now only receive 403 Errors when trying to send API calls to our Canvas Beta server. Notes: 1. I have generated a new API key and updated the system with this new key an...

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How can I look at an assingment and know from which course it was imported? A teacher has almost all their materials imported from over 5 previous or shared courses. The teacher is noticing some were imported from the wrong course and wants to get ri...

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hi all! I'm an admin for a couple Canvas instances - one is K12 and one is a non-profit for our prof. dev. courses. From the K12 we got notified by the CSM of this:  "First, the update was pushed out last Friday, October 3rd. For any videos embedded ...

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The "Move To" button does not work as intended. It instead takes me back to the home page of my Canvas course. A number of errors appear in the script, so it might be that deprecated Chrome or Google features are being used in the code. At any rate, ...

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We are having issues with our Ellucian CRM advise syncing data with Canvas. It stopped on a couple of months ago, and we cannot figure out why. We are getting a warning error saying to check analytics in Canvas but they are enabled, and there is noth...

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I'm a level 3 CFA candidate and subscribed to the canvas learning platform. I struggle with the platform on explanations provided for each answer selected. Is it possible to have all explanations for each option, the latter existed in the previous CF...

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Imagine you are a middle-schooler, and that "missing" button is the only thing that will get you to even somewhat begin to care about whether or not you do your work. Your teacher has warned you a million times not to ask her if something will be gra...

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I've set due dates for four different differentiation tags on 50+ locked assignments in my blueprint course. Why have the due dates for the differentiation tags not propagated to the associated courses? Do I have to manually set 200+ due dates in eac...

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Hello and good afternoon, I was working with a faculty member today who has a frustrating issue going on with their gradebook.For several columns, she has input a grade for a student, but after inputting the grade, it immediately reverts back to the ...

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Hello, Can I create question banks from my existing quizzes?I usually edit and add new questions directly within my quizzes rather than working in question banks first. This method feels more convenient than creating multiple question banks and then ...

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Good morning Community! My second "I'm stumped" post of the morning - maybe I should just call it a day! LOL! Here is another teacher query that I'm not entirely sure how to answer. I searched the community but did not find the issue addressed.  Here...

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Good morning Community, I was presented with a question this morning that I’m not entirely sure how to answer. I searched the community but didn’t find this issue addressed anywhere, and the instructor guide didn’t shed any light either. Here’s the g...

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We’re refactoring our synchronization process between our internal calendar database and Canvas LMS. Currently, whenever a course is modified — for example, when a calendar event is added, updated, or deleted — all enrolled students with verbose noti...

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Hello,Thank you for always helping us out. I work in user support for Canvas LMS and serve as a sub-account administrator. We often receive inquiries from students saying, “I thought I submitted my assignment, but it turns out I didn’t.” When we rece...

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Can anyone tell me how to attach a Rubric to as assignment or Quiz (single essay question) when Canvas refuses to see the Rubric that is already in the course? It also keeps telling me the Rubric is a draft, but there is no option to finish it, save ...

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I am the principal and we just engaged with a school for some On Demand courses who uses Canvas.  We provide students with an iPad and now the school parter is saying that videos in Canvas are not compatible with iPads.  Here is the error my students...

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