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While building the API client side interface for my employer I deleted a Term because I thought I'd be able to recreate it. Well, apparently Canvas keeps the term but it is no long accessible to be used or referenced in subsequent API calls. This wou...

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As an administrator in Canvas, I am looking for a way to generate an overview of all quiz names across the entire (sub)account. I’ve checked the account settings to see if I can export a report, but I haven’t found anything specific for quizzes. Is t...

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We'd like to share a set of 2 interacting modules into Commons.These modules are  a part of a course that we share in commons module by module. But we need to share these two modules as a set.Is there a way to share the set as one commons item?So far...

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I am a top level admin at my institution with all Canvas permissions and currently I cannot add any teachers to any courses. I follow all the usual steps and it takes me right to the end and when I click add the teachers do not appear in the course. ...

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I need to know if its a even or odd day tomorrow.

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Howdy, In all of our courses we have an icon on our home page that takes students to their grades. The grades page is hidden in the Navigation so they have to use the icon on the home page. In the canvas student app students can click on the icon to ...

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I was grading an assignment for my sophomore class. As I was grading, the page went blank and changed to "Page Not Found". The assignment and all submissions are gone now. I have checked the Assignments page in Canvas and the assignment is no longer ...

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the class I am enrolled in is not listed. what do I do?

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We work in PLCs at our campus and one of our members has copied over assignments for us, both by sharing and in our team Canvas page and it is not correct. Please help!

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The parent portal on both a PC and through the app are worthless.  Neither are accurate, most classes on the app showing last grades from November 2024, we are in January 2025! PC view, showing missing assignments, or incomplete items, but when email...

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I found instructions on how to use the lockout feature, but it says that my Canvas Admin must enable this feature. How do I go about getting that done? Thank You! Trisha Maysetniemimayse@mcovenantacademy.org

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Hi friends-My University is migrating from Brightspace to Canvas. Some of the courses have a lot of extranal links, images, etc. One of our faculty members is looking at close to 140 missing/broken links, mostly to .jpegs and .pngs. Does anyone know ...

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Is there a way to prevent a student from "right ckicking" on a Canvas quiz question. Once the student right clicks and saves the text they can paste the question into Chat GPT to obtain the correct answer.

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After spending 30 minutes in online chat, I couldn't find a solution to this issue. As an instructor, I consider this a major design flaw!At the beginning of every semester, I import courses from the previous semester in Canvas, including all announc...

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Is there a way for two teachers to mark the same quiz? Also is there a way to hide the teachers feedback/ marking until it has been proofread and checked?

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Why can't we embed images in Canvas group emails?

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I'd like to add deadlines and due dates for assignments and quizzes to the group calendar for every group in a group set in my course. Even though these assignments and discussions are assigned to these groups, they do not appear to show up in the gr...

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I am wondering about best design practice for an instructor to place multiple images with text below each image on a page. Here is a demo Canvas resources page that does just that:  https://resources.instructure.com/courses/11/pages/course-home-page ...

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Greetings, I want to give students a self-assessment that includes questions with Likert scale answers.  The assessment measures their mindset, attitude, and behavior as a pre-test and will be used to assess changes in their mindset after completing ...

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I submitted a media recording for an assignment.  I recorded it through Canvas and the assignment now says "Media is currently being converted, please try again in a little bit." whenever I try to watch it, and my teacher is having the same issue.  I...

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Colleagues, Do you include the wording (or wording to the effect) "Use the Previous or the Next buttons to navigate through module materials." when designing Canvas content? (Noting that there is a Next and Previous button on every page.) Is it neces...

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I read the instructions in the Instructor Guide.  It seems the description explaining the Send option is missing.  Thus my question.  I imported the announcements from a previous Canvas course.  So... if I select the Send option will the students in ...

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According to the information icon on the people groups tab, instructors can set an end date for self-signup. however i see no such option... (for some reason i cannot embed images here directly so i attached it instead)

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I am working on my Canvas course and I want to force my students to view a page before they take their quiz. How do I do that in Canvas?

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As a student when put in groups, Canvas does not seem to send notifications to group members of posts or announcements made by students even if subscribed. 

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One of my teachers posted 2 new embedded assignments due 11:59, I open them only for both to continuously stay on the loading screen…loading…and loading never opening. All my other assignments open perfectly fine, and I even tried opening it on multi...

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When the Checkpoint feature is released (1/18/2025), will it automatically appear in current discussions, or will I need to create new discussions in order to have this feature available?  Our classes begin before the release date, and I am trying to...

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  I'm having a an issue with imports.  I want to add students as students, to be able to sort them later. According to the current SIS Import Format Document, declared_user_type is certainly a heading.  It's in there.  It is useful, but it doesn't w...

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What is the maximum number of people visible on the screen on BIGBLUEBUTTON conference session?We have 50 students for a course. How will they see the Faculty & all the students? We have video mode mandatory for all students. Please advice. 

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