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When I am adding a new person into our LMS, if I enter a SIS ID, the ability to 'change password' is removed from their own account settings, how do I get this added back, so they have the own ability to change this?

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Hello I was taking a test and mid test my teacher calls me out for leaving my screen. Later that day she emails me that "You got a zero on the test. You left the Canvas page during the test to google answers. I have screenshots of your computer scree...

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I see file storage per course is 500 MB/course for the Free account and 50 MB/user. Are discussion posts within each course limited as well for the Free for Teachers version? We are planning on trying the free version for a group of 83 students.

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I am the administrator for the course evaluations at TMCC. We use Watermark Insights Course Evaluations & Surveys. Our instructors are able to view their course evals in Canvas. However, I've had several instructors who cannot see the link to view th...

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I can't find a way to export them, only old quizzes or exporting the entire course as an ismcc file. I did a little research and saw some posts from around 2020 that people were saying its impossible, only old quizzes, has anything changed in the las...

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I am trying to input information into my class. I click on the assignment link and it does not allow me to input or import information.  When I am in the module, I can drop a file in it, but then I can't see the file. Please advise!

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Hello,Does anyone know where I can locate a data point (or report) for "last date of attendance" as reflected by last submission (assignment, discussion, assessment, quiz) to Canvas, per student, per course enrollment?For context, I'm looking for the...

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The sync button is not available to me under "Actions" as the step by step guide suggests. 

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Canvas should allow teachers to pick their preferred base font for each class. Teachers are able to change the font, but, at it is right now, it's inconvenient. Every time I make an assignment I have to pick the font I want instead of it being alread...

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I keep getting the message "Please use a valid LTI launch URL." when trying to look at New Analytics on a concluded course. 

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Hello Instructure team,We are moving away from the Canvas LMS at the end of June, but are hoping to export user data from the nearly 200+ courses we've run since 2017.  For example, each course has 20 assignments and anywhere from 30 to 100 students....

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Hi Canvas support team,I am looking at my student portal and I have many classes that are deleted from my student portal. The funny thing is that these classes are not showing on my transcript either. The classes the police/troopers and canvas employ...

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I have assignments showing to be graded on my To Do list, when I click on the assignment it takes me to Speed Grader and shows me a student without a submission. In fact there are no ungraded assignments.  These assignments have no due dates. 

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I have students who have not yet accepted the course.  I have repetedly sent the invitation, but I've gotten a pop-up that says invitations can't be sent without refreshing the course.  The problem is that I no longer have a refresh button.  Students...

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Situation:  New user and I'm teaching an online, asynchronous class.  Students can log in whenever to do their work.I'm planning to give a quiz, but I am concerned about students' wandering eyes when they don't know the answer to a question and try t...

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I tried to add a new student to a course, but they keep reporting that they haven't received the invite email. I eventually gave up and tried inviting them via a different email address, which went through. I wonder if the original email bounced beca...

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We want to report and view mastery/ outcomes/ standards at account and sub-account level. However, when we view a given student, we (and we believe they) see ALL outcomes at above Canvas course level even if they are not connected to those standards ...

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Hi, I can't open files that is posted on canvas. This is both pdfs and docx documents. It works on my phone and other computers, just not my personal computer. When I try to open the file, it opens, but it's blank.

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Hi, can user access be managed at a module level?

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is there a way for a marker to automatically insert 0 in all unanswered questions of a quiz?

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Hi There, Does anyone know if Canvas has  feature or an integration that can help to reduce the time that teachers spend in grading, mostly written responses or essays? This can be more of using auto-grading process as well as providing feedback auto...

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Hello, I just wanna ask a question.Can we access recorded instructors' video lection in the Canvas after we graduate?Thanks

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I am having issues with one of my courses not saving my completed sessions as complete. For example, Module 1, sessions 2 and 3 to be exact, anytime I log out and back in, the system un-checks, or makes it appear I have NOT completed sessions 2 and 3...

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An external tool has been implemented at a University using LTI1.3.The tool generates messages that are relayed through CANVAS Notifications to both the Instructor and Students enrolled in the course. That's nominal.However, a copy of every notificat...

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My school account is xxxxxx@student.aru.ac.uk, and my student number is xxxxx88. I have been unable to log in my email, please ask for a solution. Consistently show the problem in the picture, but I didn't do anything

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I am trying to make it possible for my students to schedule appointments. When I go to the calendar, I can create events, but there is no option to create an "Appointment Group".  I assume this is because Scheduler is not enabled, how do I enable it?...

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Hi, how do you get the "move" option in the Discussions section? I need to re-order my discussion posts but I don't have a move option and when I simply drag and drop the discussion does not stay put. Any help is appreciated!

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I am having trouble on safari to view the grade page as well as on the discussion board when I try to post it keeps saying loading replies. 

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I've created a question bank of about fifty items. I created a quiz, linked it to a question bank, and created a question group to pull five items from the question bank. When I save and preview the quiz, it contains every item in the question bank.

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I had completed a class assignment that did not save the completion status once I had finished the assignment; however, after I moved on to the next assignment the instructor informed us to take a screenshot of once you complete this assignment and s...

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