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Hello All:I have a discussion post/forum assignment, that requires a slight twist.  In addition to creating their initial post, I am asking my students to also post a 2 questions (based on readings) for class discussion. At the end of the posting per...

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Is there a way to prevent a Canvas Designer from being listed as the author when creating or duplicating a discussion board? Until recently, I was able to duplicate existing discussions without being attributed as the author, regardless of who create...

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We want to do an audit of a course before revising the content. To help facilitate this project, we want to create a spreadsheet of all the content in the Modules so we can gather feedback on each item and the organization of the content.  We would a...

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We have students that need their Quizzes to "Read Aloud" to meet their accommodations. Is this feature available?Thx,Viv Welch

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Hi!Has anyone had experience with using a scientific calculator on Canvas? What are some nuances in terms of calculation? 

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I'm currently having an issue uploading grades for a quiz my students took in class. I created a new assignment under the "Assignments" tab and saved the Total Points as 10. When I go through and add grades for my students (some of which include an e...

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I'm finding it difficult to reach the "Submit" button in the comment section on SpeedGrader.  Why do we have to scroll down?  Even if I make the sidebar wider, the submit button does not show up.  The grade automatically submits, can the comment also...

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Previously, we used our SIS to generate a user id using a student's SIS ID plus an additional number.  I found that parents would lose this information and it would become difficult for them to login to Canvas without asking me for help.  What if we ...

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Hello! I'm a tech support officer at a university, assisting academic staff. We've received consistent feedback regarding the use of the @mention feature. Since it only display students' Display names, teachers often encounter multiple students with...

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This is a UX bug. When a graded discussion has checkpoints enabled, the discussion assignment itself does not have a due date (even though there are due dates for the reply to topic and reply entry). This causes problems in two important areas: The S...

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Is there a way, or could there be a way, to identify students by number of missing assignments or number of failed assignments?

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This is the example, and I don't understand. I tried many ways and don't know what I missed or did wrong. 9. Indicate the result of 2+3?... General question feedback.+ Feedback for correct answer.- Feedback for incorrect answer.a) 6... `Feedback for ...

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On my Professor's end, my Canvas quiz stated that I left upwards of 40 or so times. I never exited the Canvas tab once, I had no other tabs open (made sure to close everything and restart my laptop prior to the quiz), I didn't swipe into another scre...

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Students are completing an assignment using the "Record Media" option in Canvas.  A few students' recordings do not include audio. Is there a place to check that Canvas is allowed to access their microphones or to change allowances if they've been se...

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So when I uploaded my old course into a new course all my old assignments/quizzes (that were created in the new version)  got uploaded, but got put into the classic quiz version. Is there a way to convert them back? Or am I going to have to just recr...

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Can, or is, there a feature to add modules to the top of the page instead of new modules being placed at the bottom? Thank you. 

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I typically have Canvas grade EdPuzzles as complete/incomplete - when students finish they used to wait for the end of the video, they would hit submit, and only then would Canvas mark the assignment as completed. This year, Canvas is marking student...

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I deleted a page. How do I restore it?

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コース登録した授業のダッシュボードを消すにはどうすればいいですか?

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When students are asked to answer a quiz-question by means of a film the Upload media window covers the quiz-question. Further, there is no way to resize the Upload media window so that the question can be seen on the screen. Can you make the Upload ...

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As an admin, i have created a course but it is not yet published. If I add the students to the course, will they receive the notification to join before or after the course is published? 

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Hello, I am trying to download student responses for a quiz that was created using Classic Quizzes. I am unable to find this option anywhere. Could you assist me with this?   Thanks! Alex

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It says video can't be played due to its privacy settings. Please suggest how to fix this  

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I am using Graded Check point for the first time this semester and there are a few problems.1. My Discussion Assignments have been duplicated and in the Speed Grader they are also duplicated but all on the same assignment number. And the total points...

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I use rubrics without points (or marking). I have the 'remove points from rubric' selected on all. of my rubrics. At some point yesterday all my rubrics started to show points. I haven't changed anything and now I can't remove the points. The check b...

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I see other comments and have followed the solution to adding a second student.  However, where does the pairing code come from.  I have not received one from any of the teachers and when I asked them during Back to School night, the teachers were un...

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Is there a way for Canvas to add an easier way to disable access codes? During class I have an access code so students cannot work ahead. After class I take the code off. Doing this for multiple courses in Canvas daily is a pain and I often forget. T...

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I would like to make sure the assignment is correct before posting. I know I can do this in other ways, but seeing it on the screen before posting in Canvas would be helpful and reassuring versus just the title. A lot of professors want our name as t...

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Canvas Community: Have the issues noted with Discussion Checkpoints resolved? I read that the following were noted earlier this year in Canvas Community forums: Issues with SpeedGrader functions, accessibility, and group discussions. We would like to...

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