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We have two issues with our self hosted canvas installation.The first one is when you edit a course and then a page the "files" section of the content selector is greyed out and we cant navigate the links either - Loading failed. shown in fig 1 attac...

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I edited my home page in 'pages' and set it as my front page but instead of the page I created I have the modules page.

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When I log on to Canvas to submit assignments, I am unable to load my courses from the main page. They just are stuck in "loading." I have to click on "Courses" on the sidebar to access anything. Then, I can't load discussion board pages. I have to g...

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How can I copy assignments from one class to another?

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I am teaching a computer programming course this fall, which I teach every fall.  I have one programming assignment per week.  Each assignment's instructions are zipped and uploaded to a Canvas file that is unique to each assignment.  From each assig...

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I have created a discovery page to help our parents who use the app.  We use SAML google authentication for our students because we use Chromebooks in our district.  The issue with the discovery page is when the student clicks the student button on t...

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When I try to load canvas, I get empty cards that refuse to load fully online, but the problem isn't happening on the app. Do you have any solutions?

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I am currently unable to load my canvas tiles, calendar, etc. on my MacBook.

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I am currently enrolled in 5 courses, which have all started as one August 26th; therefore, my question is, how do I get my current courses back onto my dashboard and course list. They all have red stars beside them, and I can't access ANYTHING under...

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Canvas works fine on my phone, but when I login on my 2014 Macbook Air, the dashboard highlights slots where the classes should be, but no the slot is left blank and isn't linked to the class. The materials in the Module section also doesn't appear w...

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In graded discussions but with a 0 point value how do I indicate the student has contributed? What does the check mark mean? what does the X mean?

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Hi community,Looking for ways to have student reflect on class conversations, and continue conversations, post articles etc. (I'm thinking like a twitter kind of format, but only among the classes I teach) This would serve as a means to build communi...

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After editing all of the assignments, i made a mistake and imported assignments from a previous year and i lost all the work i had done in editing the current year.is there a way to retrieve my work?thanks,jonsara

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Is i possible to set a passing grade/% for automatic grading (pass/failed) for individual tests in the "test-function"? 

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I am a language teacher and I wonder if it is possible for students to do repeat-after-me exercises in Canvas?I do not mean for students to record and upload audios in quizzes and assignments. What I want is a simple class activity where they can rec...

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I pull up a student in the speed grader to grade their discussion posts and all I see is a stream of everyone's posts. I want to see only that student that I am grading and only their posts?    How is this accomplished, please? I can "search" manuall...

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How can I export a canvas page into a word doc or pdf. I have made tons of really good pages and a student has no access to the work due to computer problems. I would really like to be able to export my work so I can give it to him on a USB. I have t...

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I have started a course on design thinking and innovation dont know how to get there in canvas. Its with Emeritus MIT please help

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What does "an unexpected error has occurred" mean? I am working on collaborations for a section. I successfully created and shared documents for the previous section to use, but now I am not able to do the same for the next section.

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My canvas account will not display any of the pages on my menu it just keeps loading without stopping. Any help would be awesome.Thanks!

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My school is using instructure.com as their parent portal.   When I go to <school_prefix>.instructure.com it gives me this list of options in the left column:DashboardCoursesCalendarInboxResources (containing a link to Guides in community.canvaslms.c...

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My dashboard is just gray, flashing blocks and I can't get to my courses through there. I can get to my courses through the "courses" tab but when I try to go to different assignments, most of the them are blank. My discussions will load the discussi...

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I use a 100 pt rubric instead of a 50 pt rubric.  Do I need to create one and how do I add it to the assignment.  Thanks,Pat L.

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I cannot turn in any assignments. Canvas has gone blank. I have updated what I need to, and I have to way to contact my professors. This has never happened. I have updated what I needed to and still cannot see anything. 

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where can I find the box to leave a comment for the video in its site?

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When I go to dashboard nothing appears. It just flickers.

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Inside a Module, looking at Google Drive - How do I add a folder and put new Google Drive items into that folder? 

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Hello,I can't see any information onCanvas  except on my phone.Why is this?Trying to post to Discussion.Look on Dashboard all are blank.When I looked on phone all there.Alberta Walker

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