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I'm beginning to think that the color overlay on the Dashboard should be off by default.  From a clearly design perspective it mostly detracts from courses that have an image. What's your opinion?  coloroverlay #dashboard‌

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Is there a specific way to cite information obtained through discussion boards? I'm looking for MLA style. Thanks!

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I added Office 365 to my instance then found that Microsoft only allows collaborations if the user's Microsoft accounts are on the same domain, which does not fit my model.  two questions:1) Is this consistent with what you know (if not, is there a w...

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We use Kaltura to provide video service for our MyMedia functions. Students and faculty love it and it has greatly helped with accessibility requirements, etc. However, just found out that when assigned a GROUP discussion, students don't have access ...

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We have 3 English teachers all teaching Othello.  It would be great to be able to bring up in the analytics at least 2 teachers at the same time, to calibrate their teaching.  It would be even better if all 3 could be brought up at the same time.Is t...

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Is there a way to get a list of a student's missing assignments for all of their courses?  It is tedious to click on each course.

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I know I've shared a particular topic in a prior announcement, but I don't see a way to search. The search on the announcement page only seems to search titles. I need to search the body of text.

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I no longer see a means to delete an Instructor comment from a particular Assignment. How can I delete a comment I have made on a student Assignment? This was once possible but no longer seems possible since there does not seem to be an applicable bu...

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I submitted an assignment through the assignments module in my Business 20 class. After I submitted my assignment I realized I needed to provide my links and sites used for the assignment. Now the only thing the teach and I can see is the second subm...

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I would like to use an icon without including it in a link.I would like to add the Instructure icon to one of my module titles.Usually, if I can successfully add the icon to text in the module, I can copy and paste into the Module title.I am having d...

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I have been searching through the community, without success, for information on this topic.  We are a company that provides 100% asynchronous, self-paced courses where individuals individuals can complete to prepare to sit for national certification...

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I have been searching through the community, without success, for information on this topic.  We are a company that provides 100% asynchronous, self-paced courses where individuals individuals can complete to prepare to sit for national certification...

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With multiple sections of one course, we often like to work with other faculty to create common exams. Canvas quizzes or question banks do not really facilitate this type of collaboration. I would like to be able to create the quizzes outside of Canv...

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When giving tests, the assignment is only open for a short window of time.  If someone is absent on the day of the test and needs to make it up later.  No  problem, I turn on the test for that individual and he/she takes it.  However, all the other s...

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If a grade is assigned in PeerMark is this integrated with Canvas's gradebook? 

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Hi Canvas community. I'm in a bit of a pinch here. I've accidentally deleted an Assignment section for one of my classes. Do any of you know how I can recover this? I need this section/course/ Assignment group back today because it is an entire quart...

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Hey,I've been trying to come up with a course template that's easy to use, helps teachers to structure their content, and supports different kinds of learning.I would really appreciate your feedback.This is what I came up with:I've rearranged the nav...

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Hi Admins, is it possible to change/edit the names of course roles within Canvas? .i.e. editing the name of the role "teacher" to something more fitting to the naming conventions used in my institution? Or will I be better off creating a custom role ...

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Hello - looking for guidance!We have built assignments/activities in Storyline 3, and imported into Canvas using SCORM, as a graded assignment. We need to make an edit to the Storyline files (of course... never fails).The course is a live asynchronou...

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Any ID's using a systematic evaluation plan for your institution? Looking for a place to start, advice, models.

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Has anyone discovered a way to hide quizzes after a student has taken them and received feedback once?  I have a professor who wants to have students take a quiz and see the responses they selected at the end of the quiz and then have the quiz questi...

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We have teachers in Chemistry who need students to be able to 'draw' and submit such mystical things as this:[edit: this image won't embed for some reason but you can see it here]I've seen feature requests for stylus drawing in Canvas (like this one)...

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How do I print in Speed grader so annotated comments are visible

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When an instructor sends an email to a large class, they get individual emails in sent box. There is a control to not send individual emails, but it is greyed out for big courses.In one of our courses (900 students), every time an email is sent to cl...

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This may sound like a ridiculous question but has anyone had an issue where you knew you had graded a section or an assignment and when you went back later, now of the grades were there?  I know that sound crazy but it has happened to me at least onc...

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  Im new in HCC and Im confuse of how Canvas work especially how to create the account itself #newstudent‌

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I noticed the appearance and size of the rubric in the speed grader recently changed. I don't think this is anything I did but site wide. The size of the rubric table is now so large that I have to constantly scroll to get to the columns I need. Any ...

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Or the lowest values for that matter?  Without clicking each one individually?I have my rubrics set up with lots of criteria (20-30) each worth between 0 and 3 points.  I use the rubrics to grade lab reports and generally students receive full credit...

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Some assignments do not have the option to duplicate:Does anyone know if there are any reasons why an assignment wouldn't have the "duplicate" option?  It is NOT an assignment with an external tool. Thanks!

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How do I suspend a student's account ?

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