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I got a 502 error message. Is anyone experiencing this?  

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I am a teacher and relative novice user of Canvas (<1yr).  I noted a discrepancy between the Android-based Canvas user interface that of browser-based Canvas. The Android Canvas menu scheme has a selection for Notifications. Chrome or other browser-b...

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I have been a Canvas user since 2013 and always found the "to do" list of things to grade helpful.  Now Canvas fails to remove items that have been graded. Sometimes Canvas is interpreting first time submissions as resubmissions, meaning that to reso...

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Would like to keep the student overall grade in first column and then newest to oldest assignments from right to left in my gradebook.  But it keeps resetting back to default settings?

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Since Google Docs added the "document tabs" feature, Google Docs uploaded by students through the Google Docs LTI have extra pages created for each tab when viewed in speedgrader. The extra pages are blank except for "TAB 1" at the top.This is incred...

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I want to create an 8 question quiz and only have questions count off 3 points a piece. When I set the question points for 3 points it count off more that that. I want them to be able to miss one question and make a 97. Right now if they miss one, it...

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Just wondering, is your mascot a panda? I've seen tutorials with a panda for it often.      

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I was wondering if  it is possible for students to "like" or react to teacher announcements, and not just to the replies.

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I have received help for this student previously when she had trouble logging in. They provided new login credentials. Now, she can log in but she can't see the course I invited her to join. I have resent the invitation for this specific course sever...

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I'm just curious if others have had intermittent issues with sending inbox messages to multiple people at one time. We have randomly had teachers send emails to active courses to multiple students, and they get an error message. When checking the stu...

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Hello Canvas Community, Can we report inappropriate courses? Similar to reporting users or their profile pictures, is it possible for courses, too? I'm just asking. 

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I am experimenting with combining both semester's sections into a single, year-long Canvas course. Our SIS names the sections according to the period rather than the semester, so the name of the sections, regardless of semester, is the same for both ...

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I have final exams for my current course coming up soon. For their final exam the students will take it in Canvas with their technology Apple classroom locked to accessing only Canvas. I do not want them to be able to look through the modules, assign...

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I have three students in a cross-listed set of courses, who are currently enrolled; however, they keep becoming inactive.  Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is happening and how to resolve the issue?

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I need to view a report by section/class. I have several classes taking the same quiz and I would love to be able to view a report on each class individually. Is this possible with new quizzes? If not please add this function.

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What is the limit of courses in the calendar? Can I display more than 12? Some students with extra curriculars can't see all of their courses.

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Within Canvas assignments, I would like the option to create questions where credit is awarded for completion only (and not correctness).  Students should not be able to view that these questions are graded for completion only.   For example, I would...

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I was really excited about the recent release where importing course content with a group assignment would result in the group sets being brought over. I maintain a number of master courses that include group assignments and I was hopeful this would ...

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Howdy, Looking for any help on how I might be able to achieve this. As the subject suggests I would really like to increase the height of the Enrolments panel on user's profile page. We have one course for each unit of competency, and when a student ...

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I understand from this "How do I use the icons and colors in the Gradebook?" page that Blue represents: "Late submission".But my gradebook has 2 different shades of blue, with the light blue submission not being late (whereas the dark blue submission...

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Hi,We are wanting to restrict who at our college can create Microsoft 365 Groups. We realize that limiting who can create a group, affects all services that rely on groups for access, including Outlook, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, etc. We currently ...

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Hello,I am unable to access My Media. I am getting the following error message:  "It seems your browser is blocking 3rd party session cookies which are required for the Kaltura application. To resolve this issue, please update your settings to allow ...

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Is there a way to disable the student ability to remove things from their to-do list?

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I have great functionality when I'm building a new quiz as I can both moderate the quiz and I can get detailed reports on it as well, including outcome-based analysis. My question is whether I can generate reports and moderate non-quiz assignments as...

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Hello Canvas Community, I was wondering, can we use Canvas other than for school? Or are all the features for school rather than others? Please answer my intriguing question. 樂❓

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I am hoping to find a way to have answers/examples on pages, but the students will have to "click to reveal hint" or "click to reveal answer" when reviewing the content. Is there a feature that could work like this when building out content on a page...

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I keep getting an error message when I try to attach a term to a new grading period.Anyone have any thoughts or possible solutions?   : )

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Hi everyone,I’m a system administrator for my institution’s Canvas instance, and I’ve been asked to adjust the placement of a custom “Pronto ” icon on the navigation bar. Currently, the icon is located at the bottom of the navigation bar, and I need ...

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How does a student download lockdown browser needed for a quiz when it does not appear in the menu on the Canvas home page?

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