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Hi everybody,I'm hosting a Canvas Webinar titled: The Competitive Edge: Premium Music Instruction Online at ArtistWorks on April 19th at 10AM Pacific Time.  (We're an Alliance Partner here at Canvas).Anyone is welcome, so I thought I'd drop a line he...

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Our institution is exploring using RedShelf in coordination with our Bookstore for inclusive access to content and etexts.  Would love to know if anyone is using this with Canvas and share their experiences with content especially with faculty who ha...

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Hello again,Can anybody please tell me how or where do i check the font style/size of any selected text inside an editable Assignment or Group Discussion kind of box? Thanks.

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Hello all,I need somebody's advice to help me come of out the quandary.I have a course structure already in Canvas. It is a typical course structure that includes a list of videos, assignments, group discussions spread across several modules. Is ther...

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Well, part of our canvas training was to message one of the instructional designers. But our inbox won't allow us to send an individual message unless that individual is following us....suggestions

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Hello,I was attempting to perform my first Canvas LMS upgrade this morning based on the information posted here:  https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/wiki/Upgrading This  server was originally setup in early February using the production start ...

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Should ratings on outcomes that are used in peer review show up in outcome reporting? My test data so far is not showing up. 

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Hello,I've been using Canvas for four years now. But, I've been using it for a fairly linear path. I know of the recent inclusion of mastery paths in Canvas.  But, this is a bit more general.  When learners are given choice to access and practice, wh...

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With the increase in digital learning initiatives around the world, many administrators and teachers are looking for ways they can meet those standards and give our students the best 21st century learning experience possible.  The tools in Canvas emp...

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Is there a way to allow the teacher to change the course name, but not the course (reference) code ?Bruce HarrisonUT Martin

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I've submitted a feature request for Scheduled Reports. We have reports we run on a regular basis and it would be nice to have these reports run at a pre-determined day/time on a schedule.https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/8465-schedule-reports 

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Suggestions wanted!! Will soon be creating a foreign language class (Latin) fully online for High School students and would like any feedback, suggestions or experiences other instructional designers can provide. Sources? Activities? Thank you-Gail

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Hello all, I have recently been tasked to help with Canvas setup and design at my university, and they have started out with a question I don't know the answer to, despite having searched for a solution. There are 24 courses set to launch on May 8, a...

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Heading to InstructureCon 2017 for the first time this year. I'm from Sydney, and hoping to meet up with Instructional Designers from all over. Is there usually a group meetup?

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What quiz tool do you recommend. We would like a solution that integrates with Canvas and allows bulk upload by scan of individual student response, mark integration and analytics.

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A shotgun question, but does anyone know if Instructure is working on Learning Record Store (LRS) capabilities in Canvas? That would allow for tracking of a variety of user engagement .

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We have an app added in an account as a URL.  We want to rename the placement but can't figure out how to do that.  We can see the placements in the app settings but can't edit them there.  Is there a way to update placement titles in a URL app after...

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I still have several students who are not getting pushed over from PowerSchool. My teachers are needing the students in ASAP.  I am generally having to resort to manually creating these students accounts, so I started making the students temporary lo...

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I was just sent an article that states the best way to utilize Google tools in the classroom is within the LMS - Schoology.Can anyone provide how Canvas competes with this comment? Any comparisons would be appreciated.GailArticle: https://www.distric...

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Is there a way for the instructor to see the entire thread (not entire discussion) in SpeedGrader?  Perhaps with a highlight of what that student has done.  We have been asked this several times at our school which has been using Canvas for about a y...

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Is there a way to add an evaluator for a specified amount of time for a specific class so that I do not have to return back to the course and remove them once that time period is over?

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So my institution is in a unique situation. We don't have a SIS, nor do we integrate with them. The reason we do this is because we are a third party provider who offers a product to Texas Public Schools. But how do I organize the students enrolled i...

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Hey,We would like to add some extra information for teachers to the course settings page. It could be an html snippet that we can place above the settings or in the right collumn. We want to make sure that teachers understands what happens in the bac...

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Hey,It's possible to change the icon for the Canvas app through the theme editor. The icon is used in the app launcher in android and ios. We have done this but nothing has changed on my home screen. When does the icon update? Do I need to reinstall ...

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Hey,We automatically sync our official course sections with our student administration system, but we allow teachers to add students to sections. If they add a student to a section with a SIS ID their action will be lost after the next synchronisatio...

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Hey,We would like to send an e-mail to a curriculum manager when a teacher creates a new course. The curriculum manager then can check what the course is for and contact the teacher if necessary.I've looked at the api and noticed that we can query al...

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Is there a way to import a course from commons so that it over-writes all the modules that are already there, while leaving the grades intact? I know I could delete the modules one-by-one but that seems time consuming. 

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Hi All,I have installed one LTI app at account level long back using manual XML option. Now I want to change the launch URL. I tried editing app lauch url using edit option and it does change in url field but is not reflected in actual launch. So des...

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I currently have an avatar but I've been trying to change my profile pic for the past school year but it won't change. Every time I select a new image as a profile picture all it does is say "selecting image" and it stays like that. I've tried changi...

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Greeting and salutations! Is there a way to set the "course file storage" to a default across all courses? 

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