I found that when I include a semi-colon in the body of an add_message request, Canvas truncates the message body at the semi-colon. Is there a way to escape or encode the semi-colon so the body doesn't get truncated?Are there other special character...

When trying to sync my grades to SIS in the past I have always had access to every assignment that I have published and marked to sync - so that way when students turn in work late, I can re-sync the grades. Now when I go to sync it only shows me two...

We use the quiz feature for students to answer a series of Written Questions. I would like to download and save the student responses on their academic file. I can work out how to download their assignment submissions but is there a way to do this fo...

I have been in Chile on a mission with my husband and now I am trying to use canvas on my US phone and I don't know how to do it.  My phone here has canvas on it but it says I am not registered for any classes.

Hi,I am wanting to utilize the Canvas integration to pull assignments to my portfolio. However, I am wanting the Canvas assignments to be combined into one (1) large project. For example, I have a paper, a practicum log, a reflection, and some extern...

Whenever I am using the library search database ProQuest, the page prompts me to accept cookies (screenshot attached).  Even when I "accept all" it will still prompt after every page loads or re-loads.  It also does not matter which computer I use, o...

I copied my Summer 22 course to my new Summer 23 course. For some reason all the replies from the previous course came along with the discussions. I want to delete all of those past replies OR copy all of the discussions without the past replies from...

Is there a way for canvas to automatically grade an essay question? 

How do you add Drag and Drop Google Slides to assignments?  I need the students to each have their own copy and to be able to move the items on the page. 

I'm using the multiple dropdown feature in Canvas quizzes to run a survey for students. When I export the survey results using "student analysis," the order of the dropdown items is scrambled within each question. For example, if the dropdown items a...

Hello,Is it possible to change the course navigation's "People" tab to say "People/Groups"? How can it be accomplished with CSS/Javascript? Thanks!

Is it possible to customize and rename the default submission types? The built-in options are Online, No Submission, On Paper, or External Tool. Obviously "on paper" and "no submission" accomplish the same thing, but "on paper" indicates that student...

Is it possible to edit grades to an unpublished assignment? 

I would like Canvas to add a feature allowing instructors to see an access report for entities such as assignments, announcements, and rubrics. Currently, we are able to see individual student access reports to determine if a student has accessed a g...

Hi, I don't think there has been a question exactly like this - I'd like to create a set of announcements that I can use across different sections but the posting date would be different.  They are going to be things like reminders 3 days prior to an...

I have an assignment is which students submit a Draft of their paper, have Peers Review it, and then submit a Final version using the feedback from their peers. My question is, is it possible to have the Draft and Final submission be the same assignm...

Hi, I have set up my course and created my first section.  I added students and was able to add them to the section only ie they are not added to the course as well.  What are the implications of this such as what they cannot see?  Do I need to add t...

I create severeal assigments under one group. But students were required to submit just 5, how can I grade just the ones they submit without damage their grades with the excused option?

I'm searching for a way to have a dynamic template for a single type of page, like a discussion. The point would be to have the ability to make global changes to this type of page but not have to redo the content that would be unique to each page. On...

My students are completing a graphic organizer in preparation for an essay, and I want to grade several steps of the process. Here's some information: they will be working within one graphic organizer.  We will start by grading their claims and reaso...

 Dear Support , Please advice how I can complete it . SSL Certificate Security Updates Hello Admins,  As we mentioned in our April 6th communication to you, we are making an effort to implement best-practices for authentication providers in Canvas. W...

Hello, I am requesting a feature be added to Canvas to fix a very annoying weighting and grade sync issue between Canvas and Synergy.When creating assignments in the Synergy Grade Book, we are able to assign a "max score" and a "point value". This ma...

I have been trying to get into canvas and even trying to restart the email. when looking for the code i notice i forgot a letter on the email and now i cant get in. Someone send help my way.  

Is there a way to observe students working on assignments during class period?When I taught face to face, I was able to glance at student's work to check for understand and help them stay on track>

We have a number of senior capstone projects that are also group projects.  We have a need to use Moderated Grading with a Group Assignment, but that does not seem to be possible.  Is there a work-around that anyone has discovered?  Is there any chan...

I am trying to reopen an assignment that is from last grading period and cannot figure out how to do so. I am unable to edit the due date, I have tried duplicating the assignment and sending it to another Canvas course, but both methods still keep th...

It would be extremely helpful to search for a student under Courses and then identify the course in which the student exists. Or, from inbox, navigate to the student’s course.if you have five sections of a course similarly titled and a student messag...

I'd like to assign an Assignment to all member of a Canvas Group.  This is not a group assignment; I want each student to do it individually, however I only want certain students in my class to do it.  I thought I'd be able to do this by selecting a ...

It would be nice to add a next button to the Canvas announcements as we have under pages in order to move from one announcement to the next.