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Hi! After allowing my students to reserv calendar appointments I have found that I need move my students from one appointment time to another, but I cannot find an option for this. Is it possible to move students or do I have to ask them to reschedul...

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Hi, I am new to Canvas and I am not super techy so apologies if this is really obvious! I am working through my inter-text activity workbook, and for two of the questions I am to upload files.For the first one - the upload is optional and the request...

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Does anyone know what may have happened/what could be a solution? I have a teacher that has just recently (last week) begun seeing two of the courses for which she is an observer only showing up on her dashboard. These are courses she's been an obser...

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I am an instructor in New Zealand, administering courses in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom.The canvas account level time zone is set to New Zealand. I am setting up courses for both NZ and London time zones.The course time zones have both be...

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Hello, I'm teaching an online course & copied a Canvas course from a colleague. But I can't use the Zoom Meetings feature through Canvas because the Zoom meeting ID number is set to her Zoom account & I can't figure out how to change it. Please help ...

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Is there a way to wrap text in a Module tile?  Right now, text in long Module titles gets cut off after one line.

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I tried a different font on some quiz questions and want to change back to the default.  Many discussions say the default is Lato, but it isn't. Try it.  Write something twice and change the font to Lato - it will be different.  Letters that highligh...

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We have been playing with students submitting videos of chemistry labs. Short technique type of things. We have Panopto but will probably drop it due to cost soon. It was clunky to submit to canvas anyway it seemed. So when panopto is gone there must...

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I am having trouble finding a way to joining a group for University of Washington. I keep getting instructions on how to join but know actual link for joining. 

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Hi, When going through the content of a week, I find myself clicking Next or Previous a lot if I want to view a particular part again. Is it possible to view a Contents or Navigation that lays out the entire week so I can skip to certain sections? Th...

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When I click on "All Courses", I can see my new courses for the winter term. Two say they are published. When I click on them, nothing happens, and I cannot open them. Please help!

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Instructor, basing this semester's Canvas site on last semester's site.  I've got quite a few discussions from a previous semester that I want to delete. Is there ANY kind of keyboard shortcut or way of deleting more than one discussion at a time? Cl...

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WHEN WILL THE SPECIAL EXAMS TAKE PLACE AND HOW WILL WE BE INFORMED ABOUT IT

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I want to upload an image on the homepage of my course and hyperlink it to a resource home page ( which has its own URL.  How do I do that?

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Do you find Canvas easy to use?  

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Hello everybody. I'm wondering how can my students save their work in the text entry feature when they need to come back to it another day? It's not auto saving for them and it's really an inconvenience to have them copy and save their work on a word...

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I teach a course where students need to complete 3 separate requirements to pass. They must:1. Attend an event (1 event, complete/incomplete)2. Complete all assignments (several assignments, complete/incomplete)3. Attend a certain number of class ses...

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I completed and paid my registration, but my registered course for Winter 2024 does not show up in my Canvas account. How do I access it?

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My canvas inbox messages are auto forwarding to my outlook email box. How do I discontinue this to keep the two inboxes separate? Thank you

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Happy new year! I'm an instructional designer currently helping faculty get their hybrid course ready for spring, and they are planning on using Microsoft Teams to hold their remote, synchronous meetings.   Now, we were able to use Microsoft Sync and...

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I frequently receive emails from career services, recruiters and graduate schools that include attachments. How can I forward them through Canvas?

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The videos for the canvas instruction modules will not load and state, "Sorry because of its privacy settings, this video cannot be played here"I need help.  Thank you

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Posting this for a faculty member...Does anyone know how to implement proper scoring in a Canvas quiz?  Unlike a multiple-choice test item where examinees are forced to choose exactly one of the options as the supposedly correct answer, in a proper s...

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How can collaborations be graded, say for group projects? Will it show up in the grade book or speedgrader?

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When utilizing HTML for tasks such as crafting an announcement, I typically replicate the HTML code and paste it into a separate Canvas classroom announcement. However, I have encountered an issue where the graphics fail to display in the new course ...

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I am going to Costa Rica next week and would like to continue to access my courses and answer my students' questions. I am a college instructor using Canvas LMS. Please answer me yes or no if I will be able to access Canvas in Costa Rica, from Canvas...

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Hello, Problem: We use the integration function which auto-populates the courses and registered students. We prefer to allow students to access the courses for each semester at least 1 week prior to classes beginning. This means every semester we man...

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Hi! i'm starting a canvas classroom. i'm trying to figure out if i can keep tabs on how long a student send on each individual page. For clarification, I have 10 modules and the modules usually have around 5-7 units in each. I want to be able to keep...

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Hi, I am experimenting with the new feature "Restrict Student View of Quantitative Data" in our beta instance. I enabled it at the root account level (in beta). I have 2 questions: 1. a tooltip on the setting says: "When selected, this setting will l...

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Why does the Home Section and Modules Section have the same content in them?Should I leave all the content in the Module section and delete the other content from the Home section?This seems to be redundant.Thanks for your help or suggestions.

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