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As an instructor, I would like a one-click option that, when I publish a Page, also offers the ability to publish all linked or related unpublished items (e.g., module items, assignments, quizzes, discussions) so students can access everything at onc...

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I have students who use Google Docs to develop essay assignments. We require essays to be formatted in APA style. When a student submits a Google Doc to an assignment in Canvas, Canvas converts the document to be read in Canvas Doc Reader, but change...

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Hello,I'd like my students to be able to use two class periods to write a full literary analysis essay while using the respondus lockdown browser with Canvas. Respondus says this is a canvas issue. Does anyone know how to set up an assignment so stud...

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I am an instructor at Woodland Community College I have some discussions that post the score from the rubric and others that do not. They look like they are all configured the same way. Dr Jiménez  

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every time I go to open one of my assignments it denies me and tells me that google workspace is not set up correctly and I just don't know how to fix this issue

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I want to make my class innovative and fun for my students. I want them to have lots of interaction with the modules and each other while learning. I am also writing a paper about technological tools that are effectively used by teachers inside the L...

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The box and whisker plots on assignments are not appearing for myself or my students despite:the box being unchecked in settingshaving at least 5 submissions gradedhiding and unhiding the distributions in settingsThis is true of all assignments, with...

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Hi there! We frequently have Students in multiple sections of the same course. For example, we have an "Internship" course, and students are allowed to be in two or more internships, which result in being in INT101-01, INT101-02, etc... To make thing...

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MY course has been working fine up to a certain point. All of a sudden, it is not allowing students to progress or view assignments. I haven't changed anything, and this is a copy of a previous course that did not have these issues.

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A student is reporting that discussion board due dates are not showing up in their To Do list, while assignment due dates are showing up. The due dates are set for the discussion boards in the course. Is anyone else experiencing this issue or know ho...

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Hello,     Teachers at my school are having issues with their gradebook on canvas. We operate on an A/B schedule. Beacuse of that, many teachers need to have multiple due dates on canvas. When they assign multiple due dates it causes the gradebook on...

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I have a number of pages (pre-authored, we are new to Canvas) that contain dynamic svg--and thus use an object tag. These files, and the html files using them, are then hosted on Canvas, but embedded in an iframe. Whereas <img src=a/b.svg> tags (file...

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As an instructor, when grading student submissions in SpeedGrader, I am able to click View Rubric and use that as a means of grading each rubric item. However, on this particular student submission, I cannot view the rubric. I've emptied cache, hard ...

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Hello everyone, I'm wondering if anyone has found a solution to "track" what learners do on a course page? If a course page has a video, I-frame, or a link to an article, is there a way to see who has accessed them and how many times? Perhaps through...

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Hi,I am trying to delete an old integration from our canvas account. But it does not allow me.I see a request failing in the network tag complaining about invalid dataCould you please take suggest how to resolve this.

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I am getting a lot of assignment created notifications as teachers tend to create all their assignments for the week on Sundays.  I cannot find a setting to disable these notifications.According to this previous post (https://community.canvaslms.com/...

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I am a student who uses Canvas as part of the LMS for my university. Every week we have to write a timed quiz with a 10 minute timer, but on Canvas, whenever we click to start the quiz, the timer starts, even though the quiz itself hasn't loaded in y...

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As an instructor, I am trying to upload a document in the Assignment Comments section for students (while in the SpeedGrader) but it is "stuck" in the "Submitting". When I click to go to the next student it gives the the message "You have created a c...

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Hey Canvas community.  I am not sure if I am the first one, or the only one, to ask this question but I've been using Canvas LMS since 2015 and this has always been on my mind and a big desire for me.  You know how you can change a grade status to La...

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I am a clinical nursing instructor. I created collaborations for all the students in my course and their instructors. When I first went to set up collaborations for my course, it turned on OneDrive and Teams meetings. I left them on, thinking there w...

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Hello All:I have a discussion post/forum assignment, that requires a slight twist.  In addition to creating their initial post, I am asking my students to also post a 2 questions (based on readings) for class discussion. At the end of the posting per...

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Is there a way to prevent a Canvas Designer from being listed as the author when creating or duplicating a discussion board? Until recently, I was able to duplicate existing discussions without being attributed as the author, regardless of who create...

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We want to do an audit of a course before revising the content. To help facilitate this project, we want to create a spreadsheet of all the content in the Modules so we can gather feedback on each item and the organization of the content.  We would a...

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We have students that need their Quizzes to "Read Aloud" to meet their accommodations. Is this feature available?Thx,Viv Welch

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Hi!Has anyone had experience with using a scientific calculator on Canvas? What are some nuances in terms of calculation? 

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I'm currently having an issue uploading grades for a quiz my students took in class. I created a new assignment under the "Assignments" tab and saved the Total Points as 10. When I go through and add grades for my students (some of which include an e...

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I'm finding it difficult to reach the "Submit" button in the comment section on SpeedGrader.  Why do we have to scroll down?  Even if I make the sidebar wider, the submit button does not show up.  The grade automatically submits, can the comment also...

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Previously, we used our SIS to generate a user id using a student's SIS ID plus an additional number.  I found that parents would lose this information and it would become difficult for them to login to Canvas without asking me for help.  What if we ...

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Hello! I'm a tech support officer at a university, assisting academic staff. We've received consistent feedback regarding the use of the @mention feature. Since it only display students' Display names, teachers often encounter multiple students with...

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