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My instructors are receiving notifications when students complete a quiz. In our system, they are called "Knowledge Checks," but they are New Quizzes. Which notification is tied to this? I have attached a screenshot of the notification email they rec...

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I would like to delete groups without deleting the assignments/grades for those groups.  I have several group assignments, which are easily sorted as a teacher but not as a student. Is there a way to hide or delete groups that students no longer need...

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Currently, we are encouraging faculty to clean up courses. Is it possible to have unpublished files be downloaded more than 1 at a time? And Is there way to distinguish files that are "scheduled" to be published, for example if they are in a unpublis...

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I have been using the audio (no video) comment feature on Canvas to give more detailed feedback to my students, but I would like to download it in order to keep records of it. Is there any way to do this? I can't seem to find a download button, since...

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Has anyone noticed an issue in Speed Grader where, after leaving an overall comment on a student’s assignment, the comment appears on a separate white page instead of displaying in the comment box as usual? I’ve seen this occur a few times recently a...

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Hi,I have checked the currently available files types that can be viewed directly in Canvas Viewer..doc, .pdf, .txt, etc.As we teach programming and databases, the addition of text based files with extensions .java, .py, .c. .sql would speed up our m...

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As a current student at a local county high school, I should present the issue of task clutter, because one of my biggest problems is losing track of schoolwork. If there were a neat, organized assignment section where I can see the deadline, then I ...

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I created a weekly assignment where students resubmit to the same assignment each week to create a digital portfolio in one assignment.  In the past, I could look at the most recent and previous submissions and grade them in the single rubric in one ...

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So, when having students turn in essays from Google Drive, I have lost the ability to edit them right in Canvas.I have been having students submit their rough drafts and graphic organizers via Google Drive LTI 1.3. On any of them that were turned in ...

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New to these forums, was wondering if there's any transparency about fixes and updates in Canvas?I've been using it at 2 different schools over the last 7 years, and it has stayed basically the same.I'm not receiving any information that details upda...

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The speedgrader annotation tools are not showing up for any files submitted through students' GoogleLTI.  Doesn't matter the file type.  Docs, slides, pdfs... The annotation toolbar is gone for all of them.  Seems like people had an issue when "Peer ...

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I have a TA who sent me a screenshot showing that one of the courses they are enrolled in says they have been dropped from course. However, I can see they are still active for the course when I look as an admin. What could be the reason for this?

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Technology Admin Have Google Drive LTI 1.3 in Canvas, and when trying to use as a submission type students are receiving this error. I have gone through google support and all of our Google Drive sharing settings are open and allow sharing outside ou...

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We run repeat courses for new student cohorts every few months. Typically, I'll just copy a course and change the start/end/assignment dates. The content copies over no problem, but increasingly, I'm running into a problem where media links (photos/g...

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Using New Quizzes, I am using them to build more of an activity like an escape room, but I want students to receive immediate feedback after each question. I have settings that they get one question at a time and that they can not backcktrack. But,  ...

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When the content in a SCORM package has been updated, it needs to be replaced in a course. So, I found a way to do this and so far it's working. Upload the new package and add it as a page.Open the page.Switch to the html editor.In the iframe, copy t...

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I've noticed I can no longer link mp3 files for some of my assignments.  Mp4 work however.  Why not mp3?

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When I use speed grader and comment to students about their submissions, the texting feature does not allow me to to manipulate the text as any normal word processor would - like making something italicized or bold - there are no formatting features....

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Hi. I am wondering about best practice for this issue. I can think of three ways to do this. (a) Have one quiz. Assign students to groups and manipulate start and finish times. (b) Have one quiz. Adjust student times after they have started the exam ...

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Hi everyone, We’d love to hear from anyone who has experience using ReadyTech or aXcelerate as their SMS integrated with Canvas. How was your experience, and what’s your feedback? We’re currently exploring which option to use and would appreciate you...

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Is it possible for Canvas, to let students delete an old class off of their board, when the professor will not deactivate it. Currently the class is sitting on my card list, and I would like to clear it, but the professor will not deactivate it. The ...

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How do I rearrange my announcement on my announcement page or home page? 

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I've found that Assigning content (Assign To) to students still allows those via Public and Institutional Visibility (Course Visibility) to see content. In my testing, this happens with Module visibility as well as Content in a module. I'm wondering ...

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Hello, I was attempting to change a student to another section. I removed from the section and then added to the new section. I submitted okay, but read something about deactivating user. So when I saw that I hit reactivate user which something came ...

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An Instructor recently requested that I, as the Canvas Admin, delete a Group Set that a Student in the course created.  The Instructor was unable to do that nor was I.  There is no option of using the kabob (three vertical dots) for this specific Gro...

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In the rich text editor for a Canvas page, if I create a link to a YouTube link to using the rich text editor, it displays like a link with no thumbnail. Good. But if I do this in the HTML editory, a thumbnail displays. Looking at the HTML, the reaso...

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Hi, I want to create a question and answer discussion that will appear on every page of my CANVAS course. In every module no matter what section of the module the student clicks on. I want them to be able to ask questions from their classmates about ...

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Hi I am a student while trying to go into canvas through my desktop I keep getting an error message stating page error. I then tried on my apple phone and it logged me out. I tried logging back in but i keep getting an error message. It says oops som...

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I have a multi-part question. I have quizzes that allow unlimited attempts (since they pull from a very large question set) with the highest score showing in the gradebook. I also set a due date, but only because I had assumed that even if a student ...

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With the new Cidilabs design tool, it's now possible to create more interactive content such as fill-in-the-gap activities and quick quizzes, which is a great enhancement for learner engagement. I was wondering if these interactive elements are track...

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