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Wanted to share a URL article I came across and will provide the first bit of it then link to the rest..."In our recent post, Education’s Curious Fascination With Uniformity, reader James Foss left a useful comment that had within it an interesting c...

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I would like to hide old announcements in my courses. I do not need them deleted, I just want to hide them if that is possible.  If so, directions on how to do that are appreciated!

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On a Canvas "Page," how do you format, align, etc., an "image" with text on a page? I've tried using a Table on the page (e.g., image in left cell and text on right cell in one row) but I can't seem to control the size of each cell (I want the image ...

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Can the TA role in Canvas create and moderate a Conference? We are thinking of using this tool for an embedded tutor.  Anyone have any luck doing this?

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I have been running manual XML based batches from the Banner LMB integration for the past few years and I have been getting similar errors to this:import file: courses.csv, error message: unknown abstract course id CCRSRELS-4230, ignoring abstract co...

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I've been asked if it's possible to collect all syllabi from all Canvas courses, and if not currently possible, to look into options to make it possible in the future.  Anyone tried implementing something like this?

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I am currently trying to setup grading from the OneNote LTI to my Canvas courses so that I can grade from within the OneNote. I have created the notebook and the students are added and linked the notebooks following the direction given. The assignmen...

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We are looking at manually running our users SIS import process in batch mode once a year to keep our user's list cleaned up. I began testing this in our test instance using a blank users.csv file to make sure this type of process would not have an a...

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I am wondering if there is anyone who is using Canvas Data and surfacing the information to SharePoint? I would like to be able to surface students information (grades, attendance, comments) to SharePoint so that an Advisor can quickly view an overvi...

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Age old question, I know. But how do you get the folks who may be teaching at two or three schools ,or have another full time job, or have many other life obligations to do great things with Canvas?

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In Canvas, once there are a self-organized group been created, the Student Groups will be created. the Student Groups tab will then stay in the People page forever.I can not find a way to remove it even there are no more groups inside.Can anybody sho...

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I like to use some quizzes as a way for the students to self-access subject knowledge by allowing them multiple attempts.  My theory being that they can then focus study time on weak areas.  It appears that Canvas will only allow me to show all the r...

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Something that drives me slightly bananas every semester is the problem faculty face when they're asked to turn in their syllabus to their department. The faculty who try to get with the technology and create their class in Canvas complete with assig...

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Hello All. We are adopting Canvas this semester and as such deciding what is the best structure for accounts and sub-accounts. I would love to hear how other Campuses organize their accounts and sub-accounts. To further complicate matters we are a mu...

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Hi - I am new to Canvas and have a questions. Our SIS is Blackbaud's Education Edge. Class enrollments are updated all the time with students dropping a class and adding another class. Adding the class enrollment is easy with a SIS import. Is there a...

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Can we create due dates based on the day a student accepts the class in Canvas?  So a student starts a class on Wednesday.  I add him/her to the class, they accept the course, and from that date it calculates the due dates.  So for example maybe the ...

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Has anyone found a good way to be able to view only active courses? We are struggling with massive course listings and cross-listed sections. We would like to be able to conclude the courses that have the section cross-listed, get them out of our lis...

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I want to create a course where teachers can add content to the course (like documents and google forms and slide decks etc) but still move through a module or two as a student. What is the best way to accomplish both pieces?

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Is the most recent assessment point used in the decaying average outcome calculation type the assignment with the most recent due date, or is it based on when the assignment was actually graded? I'm guessing it's based on the due date, otherwise stud...

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We are exploring ways to issue automated certificates for satisfactory completion of training courses through Canvas. This would be for courses residing outside of Catalog courses in Canvas.Has anyone discovered a workable solution?

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It seems the new Help Menu has gone to Prod.  Anyone have suggestions for improving it?  I've specifically gotten complaints about the fact that it opens in the same window instead of opening a new tab/window.

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I had instructor give a quiz.  There are a total of 21 students in the class, and all 21 took a quiz last week.  When I click on Quiz Statistics, the Quiz Summary only shows 15 respondents and their coordinating responses.  The instructor allowed two...

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We Are just getting started and I have imported courses, sections, teachers, and students. My problem is there is one course with many sections and teachers in it.  How does each teacher set up their own course and materials without messing up anothe...

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Opening PDF files-  I don't want students to have to download a pdf file to view.  I want it to simply open.  How do I do this?

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Hi guys, I have an issue with the way our users can move between Catalog and Canvas, do you have any ideas?Currently, when I log into Canvas the word ‘Dashboard' appears at the top of the screen.When I click on the menu item Dashboard or the Icon at ...

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It would be so helpful to have reporting for permission settings, but at the very least I'd like a button on the permission screen that would extract the current table view, or both course and account table views for the current account, to a spreads...

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At Instructurecon, I attended a breakout: Outcomes, the good, the bad, the ugly. The UT professors were discussing aligning outcomes through sub-accts. I have been looking for the video to pop up, but haven't seen it yet. I am trying to make this wor...

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For all you that have the Kaltura LTI tool, do you know if it is possible to turn on playlist creation in My Media or Media Gallery? I have been trying a bunch of different combinations of settings in the KAF but nothing seems to work. I saw here: ht...

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For the beginning of the new School year, I am assuming all our student forgot their passwords.  Is there a way to globally reset all their passwords?How do other schools handle this?  Our users are already in Canvas--we are not uploading our Schedul...

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We need to make sure that teachers do not rename their courses, because of other systems working to pull data from Canvas. I can't find any information on which Permission I could remove so that the teacher could not edit the course name.

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