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Good Morning!Background first.  We use Canvas extensively, but due to the nature of our courses, we do NOT use the gradebook.  Which is why I'm asking We have user accounts that are generic, but we add real users' names so that they can sign in to a...

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I am trying to add a participant on a canvas shell and this message pops up: "The email address provided conflicts with an existing user's email that is awaiting verification." as shown in the attached image. How do I resolve this to enable me to add...

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I occasionally have students respond to my comments in the grading rubric. Is there any way to be notified when this occurs? Frequently there are questions about their grades or simply comments but I am not aware of these as there is no notification....

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HI community, We have realized that there are some settings and configurations that we do at Blueprint level, that are not being sync with the child course(s). * Grades - grade posting policy * Sections: When I create a section at a BluePrint level, ...

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As we are using Microsoft Teams for the conference, can we disable the BigBlue Botton for everyone. So no one can see it.

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I give a simple three-question "did you do the reading?" quiz at the beginning of class that serves to ensure students do the reading, and to also make sure they get to class on time. This quiz is due five minutes after class starts and locks six min...

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I am unable to grade a quiz on Canvas. When I open the speed grader, I just get a "Loading" message. I have kept the page open for hours, and the student submission will not load. I have tried clearing my browser's cache, using a different browser, a...

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Hi Folks,I do a number of discussions wherein I create several threads and students respond to one or more of them.  In some cases, the content I put in each thread is significant, a kind of jigsaw structure for students to choose 2-3 of 5 options fo...

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Hi, I'm a new student.I have an accessibility concern about autoplay. I have a neurological disorder that is triggered by flashing things. I cannot find a way to turn off autoplay for GIFs or other flashing animations.Please consider adding this capa...

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I am assigned to submit a peer review, and I accidentally submitted my review before it was done. How do I unsubmit this and edit the review? Thanks!

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What tool do I use to record a lesson including my face, voice, and presentation (or other MSFT applications) into Canvas?

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Is there a way for a online learning mentor to view ALL grades for a student at once. Students have the ability to access a list of their grades in each course on one page. However, as their mentor, I have to visit each course separately to gather th...

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I am new to Canvas, having used Blackboard for 20 years. How do I see a log of ALL assignments that need grading? Blackboard literally had a tab called "Needs Grading." Currently, I am scrolling through every assignment and clicking speed grader. Thi...

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I submitted my draft proposal yesterday and today i want to submit the final one,how do i do it because i cant seem to find my way?  

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I'm an instructor trying to use the new quiz option to effectively recreate something called JLab. Long story short, it's a 10-item quiz that goes through each option one at a time and provides explanations for the questions. I wanted to set up a can...

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To pull a deleted course out of the trash, you need the course number (the one you can find in the URL). In the new admin analytics, you can conjure up a list of all the deleted courses. There's a bunch of info; course title, teachers, number of modu...

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Hi Canvas Team,Is there a way to manage the Hybrid classroom sitting arrangement and display the sitting arrangement?Exa. If A, B, and C students attend class physically and E, F, and G students attend class online, So will it be possible to show the...

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i've trolled for this topic but find mostly dead ends from 2019 or so. We are implementing the MYP and would love to find out what best practices schools may have adopted using the Canvas LMS. 

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Student is making a response in a discussion and can show screenshots of what she submitted. Intermittently, her responses appear blank to me. If I go to “edit” her blank response, I see what she has submitted. 

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I can no longer access my grade book. When I click on grades, it flashes for a brief moment and then doesn't load at all. I also can no longer view submitted assignments on Canvas unless I download and open them. This is happening with all my courses...

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Currently the YuJa application is loading with the system navigation showing; with most links being broken for faculty due to permissions. The behavior I am after is open the application in frame without the system menu or breadcrumbs but still showi...

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Why can't instructors and students subscribe to a Group Discussion? I am designing a course for 150 students, so we break the students into groups of 25. I have created a "collaboration corner" discussion which is non-graded, and students aren't requ...

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I am running student council elections through Canvas. Students can select 1, or 2 candidates for each class representative position. I currently have these elections set up as ungraded surveys with a multiple answer question. Is there a way to limit...

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You used to be able to click on a student's assignment through gradebook and speedgrader and score assignments using the turnitin.com tools. Students could look at teacher's comments from the turnitin.com LTI through gradebook and you did not have to...

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I am the new Registrar at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics and would like to speak to my Customer Success Manager. Thank you

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Our school board members have requested access to our Canvas instance. Their purpose is to better understand what is being taught at our school.Has anyone else allowed their (non-parent) school board members to access Canvas? I have set up a bare bon...

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We're looking for a way to make it obvious to teachers (but not students) if a student has an allergy. Ideally a peanut icon could appear next to them in the attendance screen or elsewhere. I searched but didn't find anything on this topic. We could ...

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Hi folks! I'm a Canvas admin assisting one of my faculty members with question banks. When we look in their course and go to manage question banks, about 10 or so question banks appear. Perfect, that's what we want. However, when they go to add quest...

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The Canvas Community instructor guide "How do I hide or post assignment grades in SpeedGrader?" erroneously indicates that “Students will not be able to see their quiz responses while quiz grades are hidden” when the "manual" grade posting policy is ...

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We have a course that has multiple teachers. Each of our teachers has the same default email address listed, which is a shared inbox, and a personal work email listed for sign-in purposes on the settings screen. When a participant clicks Help-->Ask Y...

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