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Is there a way to download video files that have been embedded on a page? I know that it's possible to put them on another page by copy/pasting the HTML, but is there a way to actually get the .mp4, .mov, etc. files?

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Solution Posted: 11-15-2017 View Solution
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I believe some of you have successfully implemented a Canvas integration with Salesforce. Could you please share some Ideas that you think would best help us achieve this integration in a much convenient way? What are the challenges you encountered? ...

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Solution Posted: 01-19-2022 View Solution
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I have created an assignment with Turnitin on Canvas and have a couple students, who weren't able to upload their documents. They have emailed me their papers and I am not trying to figure out how I can upload it so it can join the other submissions.

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I have a class that has recurring assignments. For example, each week they have to turn in a summary of an article they've read in a publication.Is there a way to create this as a recurring assignment? Create one assignment and have it repeat each we...

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Solution Posted: 03-19-2018 View Solution
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I have a question about embedding a pdf into a page. I understand how to add a file link, and have that link auto-preview in the page, but my question goes beyond this functionality. When I select 'auto--open', the iframe on the page is limited to a ...

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Solution Posted: 01-11-2022 View Solution
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A student submitted a paper to the wrong assignment.  Is there a way to delete the incorrect submission?

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Solution Posted: 08-30-2021 View Solution
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HelloWe are currently in the implementation phase. As a private international college of about 500 students and 80 staff, timetables and students are changing constantly throughout the year so CSV uploads isn't a practical solution for us. Groupcall ...

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I want to change the name that people see when I am discussions and other things through canvas. How do I do that?

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Solution Posted: 10-30-2017 View Solution
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Some of the images I am uploading show up as broken and do not display. I have tried multiple work arounds like trying to use screen shots, moving my images from the flashdrive to the hard drive, saving as different files like png.  I haven't had any...

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Solution Posted: 10-30-2017 View Solution
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We are using Google Cloud Assignments exclusively in our course. For almost every assignment, we have one or two students per class where the assignment fails to load. The "wheel" spins for as long as we let it try. We have tried closing the browser,...

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Description of the Bug:I have multiple sections in the grade book. Specifically, I have a section called Level 9 and Level 4. When show "all sections" is selected only the level 9 sections will show. When I select show "Level 4" nothing pulls up at a...

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I was writing a text entry for a school assignment. I left for a while, came back, and completed my text entry. However, after I clicked submit, I was told that my login had timed out and so my entry could not be submitted. Then my entire entry was g...

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Solution Posted: 10-18-2020 View Solution
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SpeedGrader is not saving all of my comments written in a Magic Pencil on the .docx of .doc files students are submitting for grading.  About half of the comments at the bottom of the page are lost.  How do I make sure all of my comments on students'...

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Solution Posted: 08-18-2018 View Solution
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When using a rubric it used to populate the score from the rubric once complete into speedgrader..  Now this functionality is not working on existing rubrics.  It is only working on new rubrics.  Is anyone else experiencing this?

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Solution Posted: 10-20-2017 View Solution
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I was wondering if there are any variables we can work with in Canvas such as date, course title, student name, etc..One thing we are doing is a static footer on every page with our copyright text. I was hoping we could change this to a dynamic date ...

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Solution Posted: 10-18-2017 View Solution
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Several students had an issue of not being able to complete a quiz that was transporte/imported from Etudes.  I fixed the question in the quiz and it displays properly on my computer.  Then I tried it from my iPad and my Samsung tablet.  In both case...

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Solution Posted: 10-18-2017 View Solution
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How do you add a signature line in the Canvas email 

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Solution Posted: 05-27-2023 View Solution
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I was commenting on a discussion post and when I hit submit, my post disappeared.  The discussion post had locked at midnight but I didn't realize my post had a time limit, so when i hit submit it disappeared.  Is it gone forever or is it somewhere o...

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Solution Posted: 10-17-2017 View Solution
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Has anyone had issues with SpeedGrader reformatting Word documents? It seems like I have several students whose essays are being negatively reformatted by SpeedGrader. I'm just telling them to turn it in as a PDF for the time being, but is there anot...

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Is there a way to add the Test Student to a group (or create a Test Group), so that as an instructor I can see the functionality that the students can see and use?

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Solution Posted: 02-02-2022 View Solution
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First time user with Canvas.  Hopefully this makes sense.  I need to know how I cannot allow my students access to my class I created last year and only allow them access to the class this year without deleting last year's class?I just don't want my ...

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I have a 3 question quiz I want to score as a maximum of 2 points.  (ie. they get 0 pts for all 3 wrong, 1 pt for two wong, and 2 pts if they have either 1 wrong or zero wrong.)How do I go about doing this?  (Essentially making anyone with all 3 ques...

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Eek!  I reopened an assignment that had about 100 ungraded submissions so that some students who missed the closing date could submit.  Somehow, only those last handful of students now show up in the gradebook.  How can I retrieve those submissions t...

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Solution Posted: 10-08-2017 View Solution
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Can you import a Google Form to a Canvas Quiz?

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So I have looked at different areas in the Community (the Migration Strategies area, for example) and I can't seem to find an answer. You guys in the Community are so awesome, that I know someone will chime in and give me some ideas on where to go in...

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I am using the insert equation within Canvas, but cannot find the Geometry Notation that I need.  Such as Segment AB written as AB with a bar over the top of it, or Arrow for Ray, or double arrow for Lines.  I also need the congruence symbol and the ...

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Solution Posted: 10-02-2017 View Solution
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Is it possible to turn off notifications for my students in my course settings?  I know the students can turn off their own notification settings in their individual accounts, but I want to set the course itself to not send out notifications. 

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I'm a Canvas administrator and I am seeing this issue occur periodically at our school and I have seen this issue previously as well (been using Canvas since 2011):Old calendar events are getting copied to new courses inadvertently when an instructor...

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Solution Posted: 12-31-2021 View Solution
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Why is my video quality so poor when I use my HD webcam to record a video when using the Record Media function in Canvas?  The camera looks great when recording elsewhere or using Zoom. Does Canvas severely limit recording resolution?

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Solution Posted: 03-24-2020 View Solution
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Are you able to see the quiz statistics when all of the student enrollments in a course are concluded? I have been looking and it does not appear so. When there is at least one active student in the course when you go to the quiz details this appears...

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