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HI, I hope someone can assist. I have a course in Canvas where all the assignments shown on Canvas are not all assignments that are actually completed on Canvas. This causes an issue while I am completing an assignment on the separate app; they are s...

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Can a variable be placed inside a math object for formula questions? I want something like \dfrac{x}{`a`}, where `a` will be a variable I define? If not, how am I supposed to create fractions with a horizontal bar?

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This has happened twice now, where I will click "choose a file" during a quiz, and it submits the whole quiz instead. Another issue is that while I'm taking the quiz and putting in my answers, a couple of minutes later, it erases my answers, and I wi...

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 Posting grades in a letter format on the Canvas "Grades" site is messy that it requires a guidance of a Canvas representative. After the grades are posted, they do not appear automatically in students' transcriptsThe grading system on Canvas is appa...

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I'm relatively new to using Canvas, but I have been trying to use Canvas Teacher on my MacBook Pro M1 for giving comments to my students' recent assignments, which seems to be working well to exchange comments with them. However, when I use the "swip...

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I often need to link to an item WITHIN a module. I can easily link to the module, but I cannot link specifically to an item WITHIN the module.I highlight the text I want to link, I click on the LINK icon and select COURSE, and I get a list. Modules a...

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Bring back the filter for sections.  Bring back the ability to see if an assignment is late--and now, I cannot write on my iPad to make notes on the student's assignments.  I'm not sure what you did in the upgrade, but it needs to be immediately reve...

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Hi, The names in the bulk donwload rubrics file do not match the names in gradebook.1. The order is different, making it difficult to match students who have 4 or 5 words in their name, and it is not clear which ones are the last and middle and first...

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My school has traditionally used a script to send files for SIS import, and sends CSV files for users, enrollments, courses, etc.  I want to transition this import to use full batch imports for each term.  I saw the full batch import script below for...

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Hi all,Due to the new changes to Canvas (2025), I am struggling with the total column in the grade book. I entered grades for students and the total assignment column is providing the percentage (i.e., 97%). However, the total column that always prov...

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I have had an increasing number of students over the past couple of semesters report that when they use the Canvas video recording tool within the rich text editor to create videos as part of an assignment, the video does not save. It hangs up with t...

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I am using canvas student for iOS and I can’t see anything in the to do list. I have never had this problem before, but I have tried everything to fix it. I have cleared my cache several times and even reinstalled the app; nothing works. I tried repo...

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I used the annotation tool to set-up the assignment and they are able to use the drawing tool. However, when they submit, I cannot see all of their drawing. I can only see parts of what they've drawn. It's like I can see parts of the math problem and...

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Has anyone noticed inconsistencies in the Page Views data available within the User Profile page, and Gradebook History? I am looking at an instructor's Page Views and it shows the first login of the day at 6pm, while the gradebook history indicates ...

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It would be very helpful if, when inserting a saved comment from the Comment Library when using SpeedGrader, the new comment did not erase everything already in the Comments window. That way we could stack the appropriate comments as needed. I need t...

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Hi Folks,Our school has a schedule full of class periods that do not meet on the half hour. I was hoping to speed up my assignment creation process by changing the default values in the drop-down menu that lists the due time. It would be so much more...

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Since AI tools make it terribly easy to generate a text - for instance an answer or a short essay - teachers at my school request a text box in which students can submit their response only by typing, making it impossible to copy-paste the work of ot...

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We had a student whose file quota was massively over limit.  Turns out, this long time student had downloaded zip files of all assignment submissions several times over the years using the feature in Account/Settings.  Unknown to the student, and not...

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How do I display test results as a letter grade in Canvas?

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I am trying to set up a mastery pathway option for students in my course. It's self select, so there is a "quiz" where they pick which option they want to complete. Option A is worth 2 points, Option B is worth 1 point. I have the mastery path set to...

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I want to recieve an email about 'release notes' (Ideally prior to them rolling out). I know they are available within Canvas via the 'help' feature, but I want an email notification. I am already subscribed to the 'product blog' but I really want so...

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How do I uncross list my class when the "De-cross List" button is not available? Thank you!

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I typed my quizzes into a master course and each semester I copy it into the semester class. When I copied the master quizzes into the new course 5 copied and three did not.  They show that they are there but when I open them up they are blank.  I ha...

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Can you set a quiz in Classic Quizzes to have a fixed point value? For example, I want my quizzes to be worth 100 points, and then I want Canvas to automatically distribute those points evenly between whatever the number of questions is in the quiz. ...

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When using the import course feature, it does not import the dates assignments are due, nor does it import the sections the assignments are assigned to. When i previously created courses from the template course all the information was imported. 

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In the Files Redesign page, it is showing incorrect information for Blueprinted courses. I have a situation where a course was copied into and then associated as a blueprint all from the same course course. This duplicates items. All I have to do is ...

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I cross-section my classes every year, and I always use Speedgrader to grade by section. Up until this year, I could click between the different sections and the new section will load. Now, for the first time, when I open a section/period in Speedgra...

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How are the students suppose to access the canvas assignments?

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Hello!  I have a problem transferring grades from one section of a course to another taught by a different teacher within the organization. I know how to find grades from concluded sections of the course offered in previous semesters. However, I can'...

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Dear all, We have noticed that some course discussions do not appear to students in the Discussion section of the course navigation menu even when they are pinned. Do you know why this happens? This is before course launch, so the discussions have no...

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