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Howdy, At our institution we have many student cohorts completing the same course. We assign each cohort and their teacher to a separate section within a course to limit the number of courses needing to be created/managed, and to keep the course expe...

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Has anyone created a custom field within Canvas that shows the students account balance?  I am thinking; adding a link from within the students account within Canvas that a student can click on and they can see what they owe for their classes.  I bel...

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On the far right of some assignments that have been submitted, they show a color tab of blue and some show yellow. What does this mean?

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I am missing a rubric from Canvas assignments. I can see it in my Rubrics list. I have used it to grade twice before, but when I go to add it to a new assignment, it doesn't show up. It'll even say "Class Name: 6 Rubrics" but only 5 show up. Again, I...

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Could there be a way to have the titles of assignments display vertically or at an angle so that the gradebook columns can be made less wide? I have reduced the width of my columns to be able to see more, but now I can't read what the assignments are...

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It would be helpful in canvas to color code various modules and other items.  Also, a less clunky exam interface between the textbook and getting into canvas to create a new exam.  Having a way to check for duplicate entries on exam and a bookmark ta...

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I have created a quiz bank and linked the question group to the quiz.  However, when previewing the quiz, no questions show up.  What am I doing wrong?

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Good Afternoon, We're tracking an issue with two of our partners to do with the recent updates to MS Teams. The problem has been diagnosed as the connection between Canvas MS Team Sync and MS Teams version 2 (new teams). The evidence for this is base...

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Hi,I want to create a question bank outside of Canvas and import it to Canvas. I figure that QTI files would be the best option to do this. Is there a tool out there that can create a QTI file compatible with Canvas from, say, a CSV or JSON file cont...

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Why can only instructors get access to the conversion tool of PDF or document, changing it into the alternate download form of mp3 or audio file?

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Is there a way to get notifications from classmates who reply to your comments? Specifically comments and not the discussion board in general.As a student, teachers require replying to other classmates, but I've never gotten a notification that speci...

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As a women driving instructor, I'm eager to expand my reach and enhance my services. I'm interested in learning how to create courses on Canvas to facilitate this growth. Could someone please provide guidance on launching courses on Canvas? Your assi...

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How do I access Cengage in order to complete the registration process?

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I created a marking rubric for a task. I entered 1 of the 3 marks for the rubric. I have gone back in the finish my marking but it is not saving the comments or mark. How can I get it to save???? Very frustrated as this was supposed to save me time. ...

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I want to copy the students' data of enrollment/progress while copying a course, but I haven't seen this function available. Can I export the students' data of learning as a CSV file and then upload the CSV file to the new course? Does anybody know a...

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Assume I create an individual assignment--Let's call it "Homework One."  I assign it for 4 students to do individually, due on April 1. (This is NOT a group assignment!)  In the Canvas calendar on April 1, each student will see this exact wording, in...

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I know that I can use Canvas to render Latex equations and this is done using MathJax. Mathjax also renders ASCII math equations (which I just find so much easier to use) and is instigated using the ` ` character (`3/4` for example). If I use this ch...

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every time i try to take a quiz it logs me in after proctoria is signed in and then says waiting for canvas. my exam starts and my time runs out but i never see questions it just says waiting for canvas

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Background: We are currently using a system for Continuing Education that creates a new user in Canvas with an SIS ID regardless of whether that user's email already exists on an account. I have a script that runs and merges these accounts when they ...

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We just deployed SSO for Canvas via Azure/Entra. It's working great; however, we do have one sticky problem. Users cannot authenticate through the Canvas app because it does note redirect them to our SSO gateway. What are we missing?

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We need to take a survey for around 8K students and the idea is to duplicate the survey file without creating a separate link each time. Is there a way to do it? We have been looking into different partners and external apps, but it has been difficul...

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How would I go about getting the MultiTool into my navigation settings?Thanks!

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I'm having trouble finding "attendance confirmation" in Canvas.  I need help.  I've looked everywhere.

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This is my third time of having a difficult time on using my canvas account such as Auto submission of my quiz, popping up of html code on my screen saying " {"backup": false, "end_at": "20-11-10T20:09:24Z", "end_at_without_time_limit":"20-11-11T07:5...

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Hi,I have created a rubric for 4 assessments, but every semester, when i copy the course over, only 2 of the 4 rubrics actually copy over. When I click on "Rubric" of the previous semester, I see all 4 rubrics, but for the copied course, it only ever...

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It seems not possible to make a timeslot in the calendar unavailable as a teacher. I made timeslots for my students and most of them managed to reserve a slot but some sent me an e-mail instead and I cannot make the reservation in their name or mine ...

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I understand that Beta specifically refreshes weekly and features new updates, and Test refreshes monthly, but from a general testing perspective, does it matter which one I use? If I want to test something unrelated to new releases, like a CSV uploa...

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Hello!Trying to get a student access to their canvas account. I attempted to send the account to a different email, but she continues to get the same error. She is unable to access or verify her account. I've tried all obvious solutions but am gettin...

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