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venitk · 2018-08-27

I have a class with 70-some assignments. I found this page that describes how to set the default grade to 0 for each assignment How do I set a default grade for an assignment?. Is there a way to do this for the entire class, so I don't have to go int...

marija_sajekait · 2018-08-27

There is a Canvas course page for a large class I'm a TA for and I want to make some content visible only to student sections I'm teaching. I saw there's an option of making the content accessible only for students with a link but wouldn't that mean ...

GideonWilliams · 2018-08-27

Has anyone made a canvas emoji- are we allowed to do it? Would love to be able to do this. Any recommendations for an Emoji maker?

herzog_tina · 2018-08-27

Is there a phone number for tech support?

psmiley · 2018-08-26

How do you do a word count on a document submitted from a student on Canvas? It was very easy to do on Google Docs, but I can't figure it out on Canvas.

aclem · 2018-08-25

When I record a video comment in SpeedGrader, I can't hear the audio track on playback. I can see my lips move in the video. When I try to talk to text feature to dictate a comment, the mic picks up my speech fine. When I play audio on my computer th...

droome · 2018-08-25

If you want to add an image to a course card, can you remove the color overlay or are you stuck with it? Canvas help says you can remove it but I can't figure out how.

mary_bruce · 2018-08-24

what does the blue dot beside an announcement mean?

mfeske · 2018-08-24

There are easily located directions for creating groups sets, editing them, and created and deleting groups. I could not find out how to delete a group SET, so I contacted Canvas chat. The agent directed me to the three dots next to the +GROUP button...

Adrienne_J_Gaut · 2018-08-23

hi everyone!Second Zoom/Canvas question, but more focused.Does anyone have a work-around or custom scripting that helps Zoom connect to Canvas? It matches by the email field, however, when SSO was enabled with our Zoom instance, it uses netid@dartmou...

venitk · 2018-08-23

I copied a course from one Canvas subaccount to another and got this error for one of the exams (actually, twice on the same exam). This is an old-school quiz, not quizzes.next.There are 120 questions on the exam: is there a way to know which ones ar...

michael_aars · 2018-08-23

Trying to add formatted and colorized programming language code to pages in Canvas. Anyone know of a good way to do that? Everything I find online uses both js and CSS to do that. Is there an LTI for such a thing? I heard from Canvas support tha...

mybarocio · 2018-08-23

I am on Virtual Virginia trying to type a discussion question but I see no way of adding Spanish accents. The international keyboard doesn't work and trying any other way except physically copying and pasting the accented letter it doesn't work. How ...

hasan_yildirim · 2018-08-23

Is there any way to see who has created a course?

sdavick · 2018-08-22

I can type EX for EXCUSED in the grade book but can't figure out how to enter MISSING unless I click on status and choose missing for the status.Is there a shortcut?I have tried typing "m" and "M" and "Missing" etc.... but haven't found one yet.

Adrienne_J_Gaut · 2018-08-22

hi everyone!We were just made aware that the Canvas Zoom App is being deprecated (Nov 2018) and there is a new Enhanced LTI they want us to use.Configuring LTI with Canvas – Zoom Help Center Has anyone installed and use this new Zoom LTI? It looks to...

sandersb4 · 2018-08-22

How do I delete old classes from last fall and spring semester off my canvas Dashboard so I can only see and focus on the classes I am currently enrolled in?

morgan_j · 2018-08-20

Our institution is using the Luminis Message Broker for real-time synchronization with Canvas. I used to have (but have since received a new machine) a Chrome extension (I think?) that would show me a list of events that had been passed from Banner ...

karen_bowden · 2018-08-20

A website called Creative Market is offering a free Creative & Minimalistic Character Maker. Joining the site is free. I don't know how long the offer is available for this particular product.The creator is Wilsonkjc. The zip file gives you the image...

alix_thoeming · 2018-08-19

Today I've noticed that when delving into Quiz Statistics, the reporting tool does not distinguish between answers within and without the error margin. Only precisely correct, non-precisely correct, and 'no answers', are reported. In this question in...

cunninghama · 2018-08-19

We are set to use the Learning Mastery Gradebook this coming school year and will roll it out to our staff tomorrow. We thought we knew most everything about it but just noticed that when we export the report we get 2 columns for each outcome: 1 for...

sdavick · 2018-08-18

What would cause all of the past due assignments in my course to show up as missing even if they have been submitted and graded?In my gradebook, they are not marked as missing. They show a submission and have been graded. In the student's canvas acco...

mcneelya · 2018-08-18

My son is a freshman in high school and is having intermittent problems with assignments not submitting correctly in canvas. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. He usually uploads PDF's of assignments, occasionally a video. Sometimes he gets an...

joannal_lau · 2018-08-17

Hi everyone, When I import a Blackboard Archive zip file into a Canvas course, the files all end up having the same creation date. Is there a way to keep the date of the actual creation to keep some order? Many thanks!

drsilv2 · 2018-08-16

We agreed to a date and time. He wants me to put the invitation on his calendar. How do I do that using Office 365?

venitk · 2018-08-16

I'd love to hear about designing a course with a lot of videos in each unit. I'm trying to avoid the scroll of death (which would happen if all the videos were placed on one page) but also I don't want to be disorganized and have the videos strewn ov...

lukeprather · 2018-08-16

Has anyone else who uses the iclicker LTI had problems with the integration recognizing cross-listed sections in a course? After cross-listing sections in Canvas, iclicker (classic) only recognizes the individual sections for the instructor to sync w...

janderson8 · 2018-08-16

How do I convert Power Point slides to Canvas?

karin_molander_ · 2018-08-16

I need to create a way for students to collect a number of bi-weekly writing assignments in a private journal, or logbook, or portfolio.The complete collection of assignments will eventually be graded, but they will not necessarily be read or marked ...

j_avneri · 2018-08-15

Hi there,I have 2 questions about typing in a word document collaboration (using office 365 integration):1. Does anyone know if Canvas has a versioning / editing history function? Is there a way I can view what student has contributed and what they ...

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