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Suddenly my students cannot see published quizzes and assessments. They are showing as published on my side, but they can only access it through their gradebooks. Sometimes the quiz doesn't even show up in the right menu of "Things to Do." I have che...

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Hi,  Why can't I access google LTI directly through Canvas? #Student-Question I included what is looks like below. It just keps loading                                                          

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We would like concluded courses to be preserved as an archive. I thought that courses automatically enter a "read only" state to faculty and students after the conclusion of a term. However, I have found out that faculty are able to delete material f...

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Hello!At your university, do you use rubrics for deliverables? How do you ensure that professors actually use them?Best regards, Elisa

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Hello:I have a chat widget thats sourced via iframe. (This is manage-hosted Canvas). I want a behavior similar to the Panda widget icon thats part of this community page.I included the iframe at the bottom of my page content like this: <div><iframe i...

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I have this that won't go away no matter what I click in the community pages, and it keeps distracting me when working on assignments. I can't block the element with UBlock like I usually would.  It says "3 unread release notes" when I inspect it. Ho...

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I have created a quiz that includes 8 question groups, each contains between 2 to 8 questions. The order of the question groups and the questions in each question group is correct in the 'Edit' review. However, when I view the quiz 'Preview', some of...

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I created the roll call attendance assignment, weighted it by creating a group for it, but the grades are not showing up in my gradebook. I take attendance every class period. The submission is set to external link, I have the available dates set to ...

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In this documentation article, it says, "Some external app LTI tools such as Google Drive and Office 365 do not retain tool configurations in exported courses." What are the "tool configurations" that it refers to? Does it refer to the configurations...

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Hi!I would like to be able to embed short, non-instructional, decorative video clips on some pages. We are using clips from Adobe instead of static images as decoration. However, when uploaded to Kaltura and then embedded, a user has to click play. I...

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I include several videos into my course content.  I was requiring viewing but I have found that sometimes my students view them but they don't show up as having viewed them in the analytics.  Are any of yoou having this problem?  How can I address it...

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Hi I have several rooms imported from SIS with different users, they all have a unique SIS ID. Is it possible to put the same template on all of them at once? The template is manually created. Since the rooms af different users I do not think that I ...

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A student visited the "Assignments" page using her Fujitsu laptop for 2 courses, she could access the page, but the assignment list just won't load as expected. But when she switches to using her mobile phone, she sees the assignment list. In additio...

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I've just been using SpeedGrader for the first time in a new quiz. It is great that there now are buttons for updating grades and moving to the next and previous student right with each question when grading per question. However, the question feedba...

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Hi all! I am a student and I missing the etextbook link on my canvas. Anyone know how I can get access to that link?

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A student submitted a post to a discussion board, and Canvas tagged it as "late".But Canvas reported the submission time as equal to the due date. Thus it appears that the submission was made on time and should not be marked late.A screenshot is foun...

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I'm having issues aligning outcomes to individual quiz questions. It appears correct when building the "New Quiz" and I have gone through all the correct processes so that under each question there is an aligned outcome, however when a student takes ...

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Has anyone taken the SSW CE U-M TIPPS course and received a notification that they completed it? Did anyone get proof that it was completed/passed, for example, a certificate? 

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is it possible to submit assignments to remove the late mark in canvas? my dad is getting mad at me for late assignments, though I do well on them, so is it possible to remove the late mark without any workarounds or teacher involvement?

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I am looking to access more than 2 of my formerly recorded lectures for a test on Friday this coming. I SHOULD be able to access ALL of our recorded classes. Where are they?! I see two listed, when I contact my instutution they do not know how to acc...

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Hey everyone!I’m looking for a free tool (built-in or third-party) to create a simple teacher evaluation survey. I’ve checked a few options, but most require payment. Since the survey isn’t too complex, I feel like this should be a basic feature some...

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How do students know if they submitted multiple submissions.  My students slides and a brochure in one assignment.  They can only "see" one of their submission.

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I have ten pictures and I would like the students to match them with the correct term.How do I do that in a quiz format?

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I am trying to understand how to connect Canvas to Constant Contact so people can register for our courses, then be automatically added to the correct course.  I can create an API "key" (or code?) from Constant Contact, but I have no idea how to actu...

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Does anyone know if there is a work around for when you've accidently just "lost" the rubric that took ages to develop??! Rubrics & assignments don't seem to have the page history function so I can't revert to the previous version of the page 﫣...It...

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I have a quiz with a manual grade posting policy. I wait until all TAs have finished and then post the grades. However, I just received a request for feedback on a grade that has not yet been posted. The student showed me that Canvas says that the gr...

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Hi, All.  I am a student that uses canvas for all of my classes including my HS and dual enrolled college classes.   When something is graded in canvas, I have recently seen a delay of 4+ hours to notify me.  I am used to the 1 hour delay between som...

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I have a course that often needs to export their rubrics for review. Since there isn't a built-in feature to export rubrics as a document or CSV, I came up with a workaround. I just wanted to know if there were plans to add an export feature in the f...

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When using the "Save comment for reuse" feature in a rubric, can more than one saved comment be selected to add to a single criterion when grading? I found the guide but it doesn't specify.  https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-...

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I teach high school chemistry.  The inability of Canvas, in the past, to correctly write chemical formulae using subscripts to indicate numbers of atoms in a molecular formula or superscripts to indicate charges of ions breeds confusion.  Beginning s...

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