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Hi,I am struggling with Mastery Paths.  I have set up a simple mastery path with three different paths. When I test the paths using the test student, I get a message that says "Locked until the assignment is graded"   even though the assignment is gr...

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Is there no way to attach questions to a stimulus and pull them from a question bank with the attached questions?I need to create a quiz that randomly pulls questions from a question bank so that each student has a slightly different assessment.I tri...

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Is anyone else having issues with syncing "Missing" assignments to PowerTeacher Pro??  Late and Exempt transfer fine but Missing assignments do not.  Thanks

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How do I monitor login and logoff times and submission atempts? Studnets tell me they worked on submitting but get an error?

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Hi all,I'm doing most of my reading (PDFs) in the app on my tablet and sometimes on my phone. I'm using the marker tools to highlight the important points while reading.Unfortunately, the markings in the document are not synced. i.e. the same PDF has...

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We have a student who submitted a quiz and says that their complete answer was not captured. I went through the logs and can see when he accessed that specific question and how often it was autosaved. The one thing that might be an issue is that he s...

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Our welding instructors use American Welding Society and Open Miller Book for some content delivery, and I cannot find anything about an LTI integration with Canvas. My first reaction is to just embed an iframe on a page so that students can access t...

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Hi! There are instances when I try to upload an item in the module, a pink dialog box appears saying "Failed to create a new item." It happens when I.m trying to upload video clips. What does it mean? Thanks!

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TLDR: How do I stop observing a student?I am a teacher who also supervises a group of guided study students each quarter.  I had these students add me as an observer so that I could help them track their grades and assignments.  I would like to STOP ...

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Is it possible for students to see all of the video submissions they have done via media upload? I have a student who would like to access or download some of the submissions he did in a concluded class. I can't see on my end anywhere to download the...

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Hi all,Currently, when assignments are being muted, with the intention of grading them and then releasing the marks to students by unmuting, a side effect is that students submitting to muted assignments do not receive Turnitin reports. As instructor...

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Hi all,Is there any tool within canvas (or perhaps an LTI)  where a teacher can search, or manually add the the ISBN of any book and the details of the book can be added to the course?  We're migrating from blackboard at the moment and that LMS has a...

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Today an instructor informed us that some of her student submissions for a quiz were being marked late even though she has established an until date and a due date that are the same (match e.g. March 1 at 11:50am) The quiz is also timed at 20 minutes...

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How do I add another option in the Attendance module that is "excused" absences worth 50% of the total points? 

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Is there a way to write up an essay answer, like a rubric guide, so that as I'm grading I can look at the key points the student needs to address in their answer. I did this in my paper tests. I would always write an answer key, with the short answer...

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I just watched a video on how to duplicate a quiz on Canvas.  It is ridiculous!!!!  Why in the world can't we just be able to rename something a different name and it be a different quiz.  I would have to post it onto the Commons and then drag it bac...

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Hi.Please can anyone better explain this for me, as there's not much help on the Q&A thread, One post says check certian things and then says "contact canvas" - which is not helpful.I set-up a quiz - as with previous weeks on my course which have bee...

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are there more colors to choice for the card view on you dash board

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Has anyone else had a problem with apostrophes in fill-in-the blank questions? I'm finding that when I input a correct answer with an apostrophe, Canvas will render it into the similar, though actually different, single close quote character. A typic...

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We use Respondus Lockdown Browser thru our Canvas system, and wondering if anyone has found a way to track which classes are using it in Canvas. Respondus is installed on Canvas as an LTI, but we don't see anything in the standard LTI report other th...

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Hello, My college only allows LTI compliant course management system.My question is Does Canvas only use SCORM standard? or can I export from Articulate 360 Rise an LTI file to use in our campus Canvas? Thanks in advance for your feedback.Lynda

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On a short essay assignment, I asked students to write between 600 and 750 words. I tasked them with entering directly into the text box provided on Canvas.Where can the word count of a student submission be seen?Thanking anyone in advance who can he...

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Good afternoon:I'm new to the instructional designer role. I've recently accepted a position at a university that is looking to expand their online programs. I'm looking for ideas on gaining faculty buy-in. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thank...

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How can I create a question in canvas quiz where students can give their answer inscientific notation?This is a very basic functionality, but I cant figure out how to do it in canvas.

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Hi,Raised this with Canvas as well, but hoping to find a way around it.I am able to create Rubrics and Outcomes to an assignment in the root level and import these Rubrics and Outcomes to an assignment. We do not want Rubrics/ Outcomes to be visible ...

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I'm looking for the list of electives I can choose from.

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How do I reset my to do list in order to see to do items I've hidden?

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Do you have any examples/descriptions of your adult training/professional learning scope/sequence in Canvas to share?We are trying to set up ongoing Canvas experiences, maybe using badges, but always trying to move our teachers along, growing in thei...

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Hello!  I would like to set up a quiz using the flow of a Case Study such that students are presented information and questions one at a time (I can do this) but they are also able to go back and see the previous information and their answers to ques...

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