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I am working on a Canvas site where students will submit reflections each semester. Each student will be linked with a faculty/staff reader based on their interests. Each faculty/staff reader will read about 10 student's reflections. What is the best...

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I am using the peer review choice for an essay assignment. I want my students to give feedback on their peers' essays, but they are only have the ability to leave comments in a comment box.  I want them to be able to highlight and drop pins in the as...

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I work out of Collaborative Sandbox with my colleagues to create content. I have been making homework quizzes with images often. The problem is that when we all go to copy the module for the week all the images in the quizzes I created are not visibl...

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I sometimes save comments in a rubric so I don't have to type the same feedback over and over. However, I discovered that students who peer review each other's work have access to use those comments as well. Is there a way to hide them from the stude...

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Is there a way to use the same test bank for more than one test, but force it to use different questions for the different tests, from the same test bank? I'm breaking a chapter up into three sections, so I need three different tests from the same te...

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I have resisted accepting Google Docs for my assignments because I do not want my students to continue editing and working on their assignments before I can grade them, but I begin to worry that not accepting Google Docs, even though I provide videos...

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I am looking for a way to easily convert paper quizzes to digital. I would like to upload the quizzes I already have so the students can answer and submit them through canvas and receive immediate feedback. Is there a way to do this without having to...

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Is there a tool to utilize when grading papers to ensure the format as well as reference sheet are in APA format?  If so, how do I access it?

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I am a Canvas administrator and recently been tasked to complete a risk assessment of all of our data in all of our systems as a college. And while not my favorite task it has got me to thinking about all the What Ifs...    So, my question is what if...

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How long are Canvas courses retained in a subaccount? I have a faculty member asking 

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Hello,What is the Default Privacy on Projects imported from Canvas?  Our students are uploading an assignment by connecting to Canvas, but the Privacy within the Projects once imported is varying.  Can anyone help with this?thank you

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How can I assign time and the number of attempts to students differently? We have some McBurney students, so they need extra time for the quizzes.

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When uploading QTI 2.1 packages that include videos with WebVTT caption files in Canvas LMS, we encounter an issue where the WebVTT files fail to load, resulting in an "Unsafe attempt to load URL" error. Additionally, it appears that the crossorigin=...

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I am going insane here. I'm starting to wonder is there a limit to the number of account roles we can have. I recently created a new Account role (ReadyGO) for our org. I can see it was created successfully.  You will also note that IT IS an Account...

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Gradebook used to have a column you could add called notes.  With the recent update.....It now appears to be missing. Does anyone know where it is now located to use?

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Can the our student list from Canvas be exported into Excel?

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I have included screenshots below. In the instructor view it is showing that it has been published, however, when I switch to student view, they have not been published. 

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Lost Quiz data: scores column missing from gradebook

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I gave a "new quiz" that several students missed for legitimate reasons.  Now I want to give the quiz to them, but I don't know how to open the quiz back up for them to take it.  Can someone help me here?

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I have a teacher using Google LTI assignments and they love it, however, there is one question/problem that I haven't seen before.   The problem is once the teacher returns the assignment, the students don't regain their ability to edit the document ...

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In the New Quizzes Quiz and Item Analysis guide for the "improved Quiz and Item Analysis report" released 9/16/2023, what does this actually mean when explaining a data exclusion from the report: "Questions which have not been graded for at least hal...

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If I want to send a message on inbox to my professor, Can the entire class see my message that I am sending?

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Several colleagues and I have observed a new pop-up when accessing the Canvas homepage, which is unfamiliar to us. This pop-up requests users to confirm their humanity by completing a puzzle involving clicking on the endpoint of a car's path to a des...

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Gradebook is showing submission icon instead of grades. When clicked, it shows grade but then goes back to icon when you click away. Any suggestions?

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I am teaching a course with multiple instructors. If I dismiss a to-do item from the list because it is not my responsibility, will the item still appear in the to-do list for other instructors?

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I rely heavily on Canvas quizzes, but for some of the more intensive computational questions, I've found that it's easier to simply have students send me a photo of their work within a few minutes of submitting their quiz answers. When I get these ph...

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How can I add the Prince 2 ebook to my Bookshelf ?The Bookshelf on android or windows to read offline is asking for a codeWhete to find this?

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We are looking for a way to ensure students complete our Orientation course prior to accessing their degree courses.  Is there a way to gate courses so a user cannot access 1 course until they have completed certain activities in another course?

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