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There is an undelete section in Canvas, but it is limited. There is no revert button or change history as there is in Google. If a mistake is made, it is very hard if not impossible to revert back to a previous version.Can Canvas create a revert butt...

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I would always mute a quiz before the students took it so I could verify grades (we have to manually edit grades for select that apply questions as our institution does not give partial credit on questions) and I go through the metrics for each quiz ...

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When I make a Google Cloud Assignment (or copy) for my students, I am not the owner. I cannot see their updates in real time or provide feedback throughout the process unless they hit submit. At which time, it makes a picture of their work. I cannot ...

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I was trying to update UAttend--went to dashboard and everything there is a flickering grey square.I tried going to the specific course by hitting courses on the left side of dashboard.  Which took me to a specific class--but I would hit UAttend, and...

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like math starts at ... 

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How do you get into t he content editor to record an audio?

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How do you turn the color overlay off on the course dashboard image?

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Is Canvas down for anyone else? I can log in (I'm enrolled in 2 schools online - both use Canvas), but the classes aren't showing up and I can't see any of my assignments that I need to do. I've logged in and out and I can't figure it out. Help! 

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having trouble hiding past courses. also, a course i'm teachingis listed as "future enrollments" and i'd like to view that at the top of the list

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how do I find the rich text editor?

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I seems to have multiple CANVAS sites. Can I place all my courses on a single CANVAS site?

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I cannot access my dashboard, Steve Moore cm8387 @wayne.edu

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Hi all, My college is in the midst of a migration to Canvas from D2L SaaS. We are currently trying to determine the best strategy for course migration and archiving.  Can anyone shed some light around their institution's strategy regarding migration ...

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My canvas dashboard keeps blinking and won't show my class content. I have restarted my browser, my laptop, and everything else

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I would like my students in insert or embed photos into a discussion thread. How do they do this? Some of them seem to be successful with the embed feature. Some of them tell me they do not see a link for images when they hit embed. Is there a docume...

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My canvas is all white and will not let me click on anything for my classes!!! I have work due and need to be able to access my canvas.

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Is there any way instructors can download grades:week by week, orgrade item by grade item, orstudent by studentWe can see that it IS possible to download ALL the grades for ALL students and ALL activities in one giant .CSV file. But is there a way to...

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I was able to access my course through canvas yesterday, but today it's unavailable. Can you help?

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I'm thinking about using the Canvas Free Teacher account to create a course, but I can't figure out if there is a max number of students that can be enrolled at the free level. Does anyone have this information? Also, are you capped at 1 course on th...

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How do students save an assignment to work on later? 

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How can I change assignments in the gradebook from the "Manually" grading policy to the "Automatically" grading policy. I never wanted them set to Manually, it just started that way. I also found that this policy is a multi-step process rather than a...

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how do i find if an assignment has been graded?

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Why are PowerPoint download files locked for students? I made them available in the class, but when a student tries to download them, it just says they are locked and won't let them download or view them. I looked in the settings and I didn't see any...

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When I login to canvas, it looks different. I'm not able to view everything now.Please help. I'm using a computer (not my phone).Thanks,Kelley McClain(303)668-3969

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I need a list of assignments submitted on a specific date, by student, for the entire class. 

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Not working

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I've followed the directions for creating PS Pro assignment categories and configuring the Canvas course settings but my PS Pro categories are not importing into Canvas course. Strangely a category from last school year imported but not the ones I ma...

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Hola buen día, soy un socio de Canvas LMS y me surge una duda acerca del envío de notificaciones, ¿es posible modificar la firma o leyenda de los correos de usuario registrado en un curso por la marca personal de la empresa privada en la que me encue...

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I log into canvas on my computer and it's all white, I go onto my phone and it works perfectly fine.

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How do you comment on or edit a written assignment submitted in canvas and save the changes so the student can see your comments? I have tried using the comment bubble and making comments, but I see no way to save them, and next time I look at the su...

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