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saqib_safdar · 2017-11-01

HelloWe are currently in the implementation phase. As a private international college of about 500 students and 80 staff, timetables and students are changing constantly throughout the year so CSV uploads isn't a practical solution for us. Groupcall ...

james_dannibale · 2017-11-01

I have a professor that wants to build a "choose your own adventure" course (like the kids books do) with dozens of pages and paths students could take.I was thinking Mastery Paths might be the way to do it but I haven't played around with it much. A...

training4 · 2017-10-30

I'd love to hear some ideas/thoughts on how everyone uses BluePrint and Commons as a tool for providing course build templates and common content across courses.I've recently set up a blueprint course to act as a template for future courses however I...

childs_jennifer · 2017-10-29

I want to change the name that people see when I am discussions and other things through canvas. How do I do that?

tsmith18 · 2017-10-28

Some of the images I am uploading show up as broken and do not display. I have tried multiple work arounds like trying to use screen shots, moving my images from the flashdrive to the hard drive, saving as different files like png. I haven't had any...

trinaadams · 2017-10-26

Requesting input on experiences with different authoring tools and compatibility with Canvas. Our overall goal is to create branching content to support student directed learningHighly desire cross platform functionEase of use with Canvas - SCORM, Im...

vrs07nl · 2017-10-26

I am not convinced that peer review will work for mei have 6 groups - working remotely; each to submit a video which another group will ask questions , each group to answer questions from others, give feedback to group being reviewedwill all groups ...

christopher_phi · 2017-10-25

Once you have Google Tag Manager setup and running on your Canvas account there are all kinds data that you can start gathering. Below are some code snippets or recipes you can use to get more data out of Google Analytics. Custom DimensionsActivitySa...

dwillmore · 2017-10-25

I did not find this if it exists; is there an API that will give me a list of sent conversations by a user?

tobe_baeyens · 2017-10-25

Is it possible to send error reports to an external helpdesk system.We are using 1 helpdesk system for all customer support in our institution.We added a custom link to the Canvas help system, but it's not perfect:The link is not visible on mobile (h...

lbarratt1 · 2017-10-23

We've been asked to turn on Blueprint courses.While testing Blueprint courses on our Beta server we found that:Only Admins can create Blueprint coursesIf updates are made to a Blueprint course, only Admins can do the sync to push out the changesI'm w...

mmitchell · 2017-10-23

We're running our LMB from an old server that needs some fresh blood to keep shambling like the zombie it is.Have any schools out there successfully updated your LMB servers? We're considering deploying with Docker but there are dependency issues tha...

jtomaszewski · 2017-10-23

We are using Google Cloud Assignments exclusively in our course. For almost every assignment, we have one or two students per class where the assignment fails to load. The "wheel" spins for as long as we let it try. We have tried closing the browser,...

silversn · 2017-10-23

Description of the Bug:I have multiple sections in the grade book. Specifically, I have a section called Level 9 and Level 4. When show "all sections" is selected only the level 9 sections will show. When I select show "Level 4" nothing pulls up at a...

aaronaposhian · 2017-10-22

I was writing a text entry for a school assignment. I left for a while, came back, and completed my text entry. However, after I clicked submit, I was told that my login had timed out and so my entry could not be submitted. Then my entire entry was g...

dearne_willing · 2017-10-22

Hi thereI have had a request from a teacher to create a qualification Home course and then use this Home course to link out to separate courses. The separate courses would be each individual units of the qualification. I thought I would ask this grou...

dianepbh · 2017-10-21

Inside the LTI Tool: In the Student's Gradebook: BUG - MISSING THE SCORE. Also missing from the Modules View. @#quizzes.nextfeedback‌ (sorry folks - I am trying to post in the right "location" but I can't add to the Quizzes.LTI group.

paula_hunt · 2017-10-21

SpeedGrader is not saving all of my comments written in a Magic Pencil on the .docx of .doc files students are submitting for grading. About half of the comments at the bottom of the page are lost. How do I make sure all of my comments on students'...

chris_vegter · 2017-10-20

When using a rubric it used to populate the score from the rubric once complete into speedgrader.. Now this functionality is not working on existing rubrics. It is only working on new rubrics. Is anyone else experiencing this?

lbledsoe · 2017-10-18

I'm curious how others have incorporated captivate learning interactions like drag and drop into canvas courses. I've been on a rabbit trail looking specifically for how to import a drag and drop activity into one of our courses, but there doesn't s...

bsmaples · 2017-10-18

I was wondering if there are any variables we can work with in Canvas such as date, course title, student name, etc..One thing we are doing is a static footer on every page with our copyright text. I was hoping we could change this to a dynamic date ...

Cirrus · 2017-10-18

Hi all! I hope you don't mind me popping in, I have instructional design experience, but only briefly, at my previous job. I'm now working for a tiny liberal arts college and as I was researching the trend in instructional design I encountered an int...

hydea · 2017-10-17

Several students had an issue of not being able to complete a quiz that was transporte/imported from Etudes. I fixed the question in the quiz and it displays properly on my computer. Then I tried it from my iPad and my Samsung tablet. In both case...

pricejl · 2017-10-17

How do you add a signature line in the Canvas email

dkpatton · 2017-10-17

My campus has a guest network that students are not supposed to use. Unfortunately, about 10-20% of our students use guest. This has not been a problem until recently when students have used LockDown Browser to take Canvas quizzes. The high latency c...

faisal · 2017-10-17

Is anyone still having issues with the Video assignments coming from Kaltura and NOT posting grades in the grade book?I am relating my issue with these two THREADS,https://community.canvaslms.com/thread/11004https://community.canvaslms.com/thread/147...

natalie_norton1 · 2017-10-17

We are just looking to start using grading periods, as we have some year long units but want to be able to get a grade for each semester, and apply assignment weighting within a semester. I have been trying it in test and all looks good, but the only...

apb5555 · 2017-10-16

I was commenting on a discussion post and when I hit submit, my post disappeared. The discussion post had locked at midnight but I didn't realize my post had a time limit, so when i hit submit it disappeared. Is it gone forever or is it somewhere o...

mvoorhis · 2017-10-16

Has anyone had issues with SpeedGrader reformatting Word documents? It seems like I have several students whose essays are being negatively reformatted by SpeedGrader. I'm just telling them to turn it in as a PDF for the time being, but is there anot...

lumleysm · 2017-10-12

Is it possible to autoplay and/or loop a video using a function in canvas or html?

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