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Is it possible to export/ download student scores for the criteria in a rubric? Teachers must show growth in certain domains in addition to an overall rubric score for writing. A spreadsheet of each student's data would make this possible through Can...

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If I delete a course via the API, is there any reason do delete any sections related to it as well? Thanks.

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Hello fabulous community.I recently came into the Canvas Admin role in my district. We are trying to create L1, L2, and L3 support for Canvas issues. Our teachers have adopted the practice of just emailing me directly. I want to start pushing support...

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As a Canvas Admin, is it possible to #track changes to a course made by the course instructor, such as a file that was posted then later deleted? For example, teacher posts example essay and then later deletes it. (Not "unpublish) Then a Canvas Admin...

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Hi there.  We are new to Canvas, and my students are getting emails everyday when there are replies on the discussion posts in this course.  I know that each student can change their preferences for notifications, but is there a way I can turn this o...

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Our campus is transitioning to Canvas.  We (two of us) are doing all the training.  We have the basic trainings either done or scheduled.  Instructors come if they want.  We have spring break coming up and many instructors will be available to come t...

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Hi,I am upload a enrollment, user, courses csv files via the SIS Import Api and i am having this error "Error while importing CSV. Please contact support. (Error report 45090000006448363)". This is really hard to find why occurs this error, please if...

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Hello, I have an instructor i added to two sections of another class but she cannot view the assignments. Can you help me to know how to fix this?Thank youPrince.

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Hi Canvaseers. I am working on two different implementations of Canvas. In one, the content window stretches to 100% of the remaining space available in the browser window, but in the other, stops around the 75% mark (pls see screenshots below). I've...

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Does anyone know for sure if you have university account level outomes in canvas and they are copied to the sub account level - is this a real "copy" or is it drawing from the University Level outcomes? I hope this makes sense.  Robin

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I have created a Quiz in Canvas with two questions that have the answer "0". One is a numerical answer question where students input "0" as the answer and the second is a fill in the blank question where students input "0".When students go to submit ...

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I am working on creating an interactive element to self-test learners to see if they are ready to pursue an online degree at my institution. These were more common back when online education was first coming into the scene, I was wondering if there w...

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Hello, I am experimenting with letting students view the correct responses to their quizzes and exams. Historically I have not done this because my class is so large that it takes about a week to get everyone quizzed or tested and I want to mitigate ...

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Parent App,We use microsoft authentication for our instance for staff and students. We are keen to use the parent app, however microsoft authentication highjacks the app when parents try to use it. Is there a workaround?

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I find it very frustrating that the Canvas quiz log seems to be inconsistent. I am hoping to get some feedback on several quiz logs (attached). These are from three separate exams given on different days. All logs are created by the same student. Thi...

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I can't find the answer to my specific question, and I'm hoping you all can help:A student misunderstood an assignment's instructions. I would like to give her another opportunity to resubmit.I do not want to give this option to any other students, a...

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How does an instructor upload scanned submissions for an assignment and then grade them digitally in canvas?Use case:I have collected paper submissions of assignments from students. I have scanned the submissions into several .pdf files. Then I .zip ...

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I work for the ISD and have a canvas accoutn through the ISD.  How can I see my daughter's canvas accoutn without creating a new parent account? I do not see the pairing button to be an observer. thank you  

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Our institution has been experiencing multiple issues on the Admin side of things this year. We haven't experienced this issue before. I do know the new Admin search is slower than before but it's unusable at this point. Most recently, when searching...

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Anyone running into this when trying to make a video comment in the speedgrader using Chrome v71?  Got a fix or workaround?

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I've had a thread open in the designers forum for a while, and have opened and closed a ticket on this case (# 03211628).https://community.canvaslms.com/message/135570-re-disappearing-graphics?commentID=135570&et=watches.email.thread#comment… The pro...

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How can I upload a power point presentation into the discussion board?

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My apologies if this was well documented somewhere...I noticed that the gradebook export changed at the beginning of 2019 to produce student names as first name last name, as opposed to 2018 where it exported as last name, first name. This change som...

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how can my profile photo post right side up? 

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I would like to know what ideas are out there to teach "how to create a resume" in an online-only course for students who are majoring in trades, such as HVAC, automotive, welding, etc. at a community college and may have limited IT skills. I have a ...

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I would like to know what ideas are out there to teach "how to create a resume" in an online-only course for students who are majoring in trades, such as HVAC, automotive, welding, etc. at a community college and may have limited IT skills. I have a ...

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When I go to ALL pages, I get a notification, in 1 class, that the "null" page was deleted.1. How can I stop seeing this notification?2. What was the "null" page?I know how to get rid of deleted items notification within a page, but not in all pages.

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Sorry, I know I'm going to go a bit internet circa 1998 on you all here, but how about a button on the formatting toolbar to shove a quick horizontal rule in across the page, without having to go into the source code and hand-craft it in? Not much in...

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Is it possible to get the time spent on a quiz when I download the student statistics from a quiz? One indicator of whether or not a student is trying honestly is the time spent, and I'd like to be able to download the data without having to manually...

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I have graded an assignment using highlights and comments, adding them directly to the viewing window on the speed grader window.  I have graded over 75% of my class and I am now finding out that my students can not view the highlighted portions of t...

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