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Hi all! I've created a theme in a sub-account. I cannot find a way to enable this theme in the main account as the theme does not appear (either as a template tab or in the +Theme option). Is my only course of action now to copy every single field ma...

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Once again, the simplest of tasks wastes time. I have a 2-column table in the homepage of a Canvas course. I want to add a row below, but this produces an additional row with the leftmost cell divided into two rows. I cannot access the bottom of thes...

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One of my professors has their Canvas profile picture apparently embedded right in the text of their syllabus, basically the same circular format that the photo is cropped into as your account profile picture. How do I replicate that on my end? Can't...

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Hello Community, We’re trying to use the Outcome Results report available under the Canvas Default Account Reports, but we’re facing an issue: the report is returning empty, even though we believe all necessary configurations have been made. Here’s w...

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I am an instructor and created my course for students at my higher education institution. Someone outside my institution is seeking access to it and is required to use a "join code." What is this, where do I find it, and how do I make it available?

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Hi, I find the emoji in submission comments annoying as it often gets in the way when I am typing important comments about a student's work.  I know I can turn it off under the settings for a course.  However, I teach 5 to 6 courses a semester which ...

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Olá, comunidade do Canvas. No momento, estamos trabalhando na modelagem de cursos práticos para avaliar as competências e habilidades dos alunos e nos deparamos com algumas perguntas: É possível vincular uma competência ou habilidade a uma tarefa sem...

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For our institution's canvas (with a short-term license) do self-enrolled users (joining by a QR code) count towards license seat usage, even if they are only in public or self-enrollment course and not a full private course? Also, do users who view ...

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Dear Yamaha Support Team,I recently registered and paid for the NPC 1 program for my child (age 3). After successfully downloading Canva Student and completing the Yamaha registration inside Canva Student, I found that the LMS (Learning Management Sy...

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I teach a Continuous Improvement/Six Sigma/Lean class at UCLA Extension.In one of the exercises, I ask my students to evaluate the constraints of Canvas-as they relate to the students' experience-and using the Six Thinking Hats framework (Edward DeBo...

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I teach a Continuous Improvement/Six Sigma/Lean class at UCLA Extension.In one of the exercises, I ask my students to evaluate the constraints of Canvas-as they relate to the students' experience-and using the Six Thinking Hats framework (Edward DeBo...

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I teach a Continuous Improvement/Six Sigma/Lean class at UCLA Extension.In one of the exercises, I ask my students to evaluate the constraints of Canvas-as they relate to the students' experience-and using the Six Thinking Hats framework (Edward DeBo...

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I teach a Continuous Improvement/Six Sigma/Lean class at UCLA Extension.In one of the exercises, I ask my students to evaluate the constraints of Canvas-as they relate to the students' experience-and using the Six Thinking Hats framework (Edward DeBo...

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I teach a Continuous Improvement/Six Sigma/Lean class at UCLA Extension.In one of the exercises, I ask my students to evaluate the constraints of Canvas-as they relate to the students' experience-and using the Six Thinking Hats framework (Edward DeBo...

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How do I duplicate a discussion that is in one module so that I can put it in a different module also. 

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I need to contact my CSM to establish myself as the primary contact at my institution, but no one has the information.  I have several tickets outstanding that I have not heard back about.  Who can I contact to find out the CSM information?

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This is going to be a long post, so forgive me in advance. Starting about midway through the summer session, Canvas began doing totally weird and unexpected things. First me: About 4 weeks into this semester, I had 3 different students unable to acce...

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When accessing student submissions, I am not able to select a new class in the drop-down menu. Instead, I need to select "Show All Sections," then when I repeat the process when I select a class, the correct class appears. This may not seem like a hu...

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This is a niggling observation that one of our teachers made: IF it is past the due date for an assignment AND the student has not submitted any work AND a student clicks the assignment from the course-level "Coming Up" list THEN they are sent to a v...

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Problem Statement:    Some student discussion board submissions with graded checkpoints are not registering as submitted in Canvas.    This is evident to users in the following ways:  Student continues to see a "missing flag" on their grades page af...

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Hello. Since the latest update, the "Move to" function no longer works. Instead, clicking the function takes me back to the Course's homepage. 

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I am an instructor of an introductory Bio class and I have imported my class from a prior semester.  As I have been modifying my quizzes, I have noticed that the questions I remove from a particular quiz seem to also be removed from the test banks.  ...

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PLEASE HELP!!!!!Its saying i need to go to settings and click pair with observer but i dont even have that option

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I have an account in canvas as a student, but I forgot my login and now I cannot enter the account. I can't login with my email either. I know exactly that the account exists, I am logined in via mobile app. I tried using last known, but it doesn't w...

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Is there a way to create a group of discussion questions for one class session and to set settings for the whole group - ex. liking, publish/unpublish, etc.? Instructor

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Hello Canvas Community, Our district team is currently re-evaluating our course naming conventions in Canvas, and we’re looking to learn from others who have already established effective practices. Specifically, we’re interested in hearing from dist...

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We are hoping to add an option for partial credit with no penalty.  This way students are not penalized for marking a wrong answer AND not marking a correct answer.    

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Hi,We have a client who uses Canvas LMS, and we are experiencing some issues. They use a SCORM connector system, and when a user accesses a SCORM course, the system requests the LMS for the "cmi.core.student_id" to identify them. The problem is that ...

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As Canvas admin, I've set up the permission at root account level for teachers to be able to add their own courses, however, staff who have a teacher role on Canvas simply could NOT Start a Course themselves. They do not have a Start a Course option ...

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