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The text boxes that students write essay responses in are not reader-friendly.  It is difficult for an English teacher who has to read hundreds and hundreds of essays!  Students should be able to have access to tools, like double-spacing, to increase...

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I attend 3 different schools with 3 different canvas. How do I view them all on one page.

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I'm taking an online master's program abroad, and the due dates on Canvas are unclear about the time zone.It would be helpful if the time zone was shown next to the due date.ex)  As-Is : Monday, June 23 / 10 PTS / DUE:11:59 PM       To-Be : Monday, J...

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I often draft announcements in advance. Most of the time, this works fine, and the date I set is the date students see as the posting date. However, I have found that if I edit the draft, then this no longer works. Example: I drafted an announcement ...

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As a theological institution, it would be helpful if in our discussion forums Bible references such as "John 3:16" was automatically tagged and have a tooltip using the following Reftagger code: <script> var refTagger = { settings: { bibleVersion: 'E...

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Problem Statement The current Canvas Gradebook creates confusion when tracking assignments that require resubmission after instructor feedback. When a student submits work, receives feedback indicating the work is incomplete, and needs to resubmit fo...

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Hey Team, I’m Ajay Hinduja from Geneva, Switzerland, getting ready to submit my project through Canvas LMS and was wondering if anyone has any tips or suggestions to make the process smoother. If anyone has any advice or has already submitted assignm...

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I'm having trouble connecting my canvas to voicethread to make a comment. Every time I finally login it takes me back to modules unable to make a comment because it keeps asking to sign in or register

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I was well logged in for this semster, but got logged out somehow.I tried to log in, and in the process, I accidentally made another account with my Gmail Address, which means that I have two accounts on a same mail address.Now I can't log in to my o...

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I have been trying to login for the past week and have been unable to. I have contacted my student help desk and it still doesnt fix it. Anyone know what to do.

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  Wondering how it is possible for a student to REPLY to a discussion post AFTER the instructor has DELETED the post? Note the screenshot: I deleted a duplicate student post at 4:12 pm. But then another student REPLIED to the deleted post at 4:31 pm....

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When I edit users I do not have a place to change their role.  Where can I do that?  If I want to change a former student to a teacher or change someone from a dean to a teacher where can I do that?  All the documentation says I can go to Admin, Peop...

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Hi, I've created several tickets by emailing support@instructure.com but I never get a response to the ticket. Is there a better way to get support for an issue?

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What are some best practices or solutions for promoting students from one class or course to the next while maintaining their records seamlessly, so we avoid having to upload their names and details repeatedly?

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Hey, I’m encountering a frustrating issue with Canvas Classic Quizzes while using Respondus LockDown Browser, and I’d appreciate any insights or confirmed workarounds: Problem description: I use Classic Quizzes in Canvas, requiring Respondus LockDow...

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My class has 4 Units, and each unit has 4 quizzes (Classic Quizzes) available to students - they just pick one of the four to submit for a grade (I drop the three lowest scores). Many students open each quiz to see which one they want to do. That mea...

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I am attempting to load a HTML code into my Canvas shell to create a Dissertation Calculator (completion generator) for my doctoral students. I am running into some formatting issues and believe it may be due to something blocking me from the IT side...

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I would like to be able to assign fudge points to a quiz ("new quizzes") for the entire class at once (instead of doing it one student at a time).  I would do this when a question was too hard for the class (e.g., most got it incorrect), and I wanted...

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Recently my campus notified Canvas admins and teachers that there was a new system for manual section enrollment where we could download a csv template, create sections then upload the csv to sort students into the chosen sections. In my program, we ...

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I created and assignment and assigned peer reviews to the assignment. The peer reviewers will be using a rubric and comments for peer review. When creating that rubric, I elected to hide the scores for the criteria to not bias the peer reviewers. Is ...

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I need to batch move questions between item banks in New Quizzes the way we could in Classic Quizzes. Please prioritize this.

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Hi. I am supporting a colleague who did marking based on the descriptors in speedgrader (Student 1, Student 2). When they deanonymised they found it impossible to link their comments to the students. According to them, the script corresponding to "St...

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We've noticed in student access reports that some students have 85, or 112 or some other large number as page views for ALL graded discussions at the same time.  We're talking 25 discussions with a view in the same minute, and same number of views (e...

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Where can I locate the lesson plan format in Canvas Materials/Resources?

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This looks to be a bug.  In my 600 FCS class, I’ll enter a short text, but it is not saving.  Stopped working about 3 weeks ago.  Seems to be the only class where this is happening.  Help? 

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I am looking to build a course for an advising unit on a university campus in which students engaged in an Honors Senior Project will have an advisor as their course teacher, but each student will have a different faculty mentor. Due to privacy issue...

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My course has ended and my gradebook disappeared. All the columns are still there but no students, nor student artifacts. When I click Gradebook History, I can see student grades, but I cannot access any artifacts. How do I get my students' assignmen...

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I am needing to get into my textbook but have to create an account. I have to be able to get into my allen email to do so. If the email is the one that you can acces throught the inbox tab in canvas I am not getting the activation code bbut otherwise...

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Mastery Paths seems like a great tool, but I would like to link the results from multiple quizzes to the Mastery Paths determination.  Is there a way to do multiple exit ticket quizzes at the end of each unit's lesson and link those answers into a Ma...

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