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Is it possible, with the FREE version of Canvas, to only have one standard enrolment login, that could be given out to multiple external users, which they could then login to do an online quiz?The back story is that we are a local council.  We have c...

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My canvas page is  zoomed out and has become impossible to navigate. How can I overcome this?

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So I have always clicked on “grades” and they show up on the screen - for each of the modules.  I am now clicking on it - and the page is blank. When I go back to students, they are all there, the modules are there etc.  but the grades page is blank....

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I'm trying to run an html script for a countdown on a course page, but every time I save, the script is gone; I'm assuming Canvas doesn't want scripts running and it's just wiping out anything between script and \script; is that right? If it isn't ri...

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Is it possible to grade two subjects in one Canvas course?I currently teach two subjects - math and science. I have only one Canvas page for all of my students. Is it possible for me to grade both math assignments and science assignments on this one ...

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I have several students in the same course that are experiencing this phenomenon where they are being told the next page in the module is locked even though they have completed all the prerequisites. There are no dates for waiting to open the pages o...

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I want to allow a student to take a quiz late, after the original "until" date has passed.  I see on the "Moderate Quiz" window that I select "Manually unlock the quiz for next attempt".  However, does this override the fact that the "until" date has...

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Hi,I can't share an item bank in New QuizzesWhen searching for teachers in the "shared with" field, no suggestions for people appear Several teachers experience the same error.Teachers have previously shared item banks, but not anymore.I have followe...

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Students have have submitted an assignment for peer review with a rubric attached, and they have provided feedback using the rubric. In instructor view, I can toggle between the peer reviewers to see the feedback provided on the rubric, but my studen...

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I'm new. I have no idea where to post the following questions that I have.  1. What are the Pros and Cons of students being able to edit their Discussion posts and replies?  2. Is there an option to create time-limited edits? For example, "You will b...

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I accidentally deleted a single test grade for a student when typing in grades. I was entering quiz grades in a different column and must have right the arrow key and overwrote the grade before I noticed. I do not know what it was, is there a way to ...

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I had added another account to canvas in addition to my own student account. It was a student organization account, and I am no longer involved with the student organization. How do I go about "forgetting" the account? 

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Currently we have our Login Attribute set to NameID in the Authentication setting. Can this be changed to SIS ID in the Authentication page and Azure? Or is anyone using the SIS ID for the login attribute already?We have a purge process in our SIS an...

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Was wondering how other institutions deal with student-to-faculty feedback (notes) on questions they had difficulty with (in regards to how the question was phrased, rationale for why they chose their answer).  We had another Exam software that allow...

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Previously, when a student turned in late work on Canvas that it would passback to PowerSchool with a late work status (red square) after grades were synced. However, this is no longer happening. I don't believe a setting was changed. Has anyone else...

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Hello!We're excited about starting to use the Account Calendar feature in Canvas. We're not having any trouble using the tool, but we'd like to have some processes in place related to when/how the tool is used. For anyone who has already started usin...

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I am trying to enroll in the Canvas Certified Educator course. However, I receive these errors. I used both the credit card and debit card of our manager (with her permission). Can you help me with these? Thanks in advance.

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Hi,This is NOT about publishing/unpublishing, nor about simply hiding content. That is all easy.I am wanting to hide and show HTML content on a page so that I reveal the answer when a student clicks a button or whatever.Problem is the editor is confi...

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Hello!I know that there is a new feature for Submit Assignment on Behalf of Student and am aware how to enable this in Canvas. However, our institution is also utilising Canvas Elementary. Is this feature available for Elementary? If not, is there an...

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I have recently been made a QLearn Administrator & just logged into the Dashboard where I've discovered a course I haven't been into for weeks has just disappeared. All the files are still there but I don't think it's a visibility issue... apart from...

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I can't connect my google drive to canvas. The guides say to select google drive under "other services" in my settings page. There's nothing to click under "other services". I've tried on Firefox desktop and Chrome mobile, and they both have the same...

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An instructor contacted me to say many of his current term course tiles disappeared from his dashboard. Upon checking the Courses > All Courses area, we found that *NONE* of his current term classes had the filled-in star -- not even the ones that we...

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Can anyone validate if they have been able to integrate with McGraw Hill's Connect products for higher education using the Canvas Free for Educators platform? Thank you in advance!

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I know that Canvas offers robust analytics for enrolled students but we have a course that's set to "public" and we're not asking people to enroll in order to lower the barrier of engagement as much as possible. In this situation is there anyway to t...

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A code I added is being accepted and works but only until I open the editor again. The part of code is deleted and it stops functioning.The anchor tag(bold part of code)  is deleted after opening the editor.Code: <div style="width: 100%; overflow: hi...

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Hi everyone,At the school where I teach, there's a department-wide rule that students must attend 75% of class sessions in order to pass the class. So when I keep track of attendance, I need to be able to keep track of how many classes students have ...

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Once students submit a quiz with a file upload, is there a way for them to go back and see a read-only version of the file they submitted? It appears this is possible with assignments but I can't find any information about quizzes specifically.If thi...

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I frequently use the "prevent skipping" feature on Nearpod lessons. However, to get the "prevent skipping" part to work I have to have Canvas open it in a new window instead of being embedded in Canvas (which I don't like anyway because I think it's ...

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What are Points in Assignments and why do we have to use them if we are wanting to add letter grades to each individual assignment as well as the total grade? My school and I are new to canvas and I can't find an explanation to what the points are an...

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