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Hi- I'm wondering if there is an official way to open a scorm package in a new browser window. I've uploaded the package into Canvas, but it seems it will only load it in the same window as Canvas. I found a workaround by doing the following:Go to th...

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I created a "Meet the Instructor" page and added it to the navigation menu using the Redirect App. The page is published and visible - I see it fine from instructor view, but in student view when I click on it it gives the message "complete registrat...

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On my teachers discussion board we need to watch videos but they all say I need to sign in to watch video. If I click sign in it leads me to a new tab that says "HTTP Error 400. The size of the request headers is too long." 

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Hi Folks,I've recently done some social network analysis using Canvas discussion data and discovered Canvas doesn't seem to track the hierarchy in replies. First-level replies are recorded between two actors but the next-level replies always link bac...

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in a course with multiple teacherss, how can I get speedgrader to show only the individual assignments of his/her students, and not the assignments of other teacher´s students? 

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Hello everyone,I have a notification next to my grades tab on my home page. For a learner this would be a sign that the instructor has graded something. But I am an instructor so why do I have the same icon?I have searched the course guides but don't...

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I was really excited to see that the (delayed) copy/paste feature for images was now available, but when I tested it, I couldn't get it to work with Google Docs. I could copy from a web page or an MS Word file, but when I tried to copy from a Google ...

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I received this question from our teacher tech coaches in the building. My gut was not, but then I read forums and in the community and learned "Yes"?! If I leave feedback on an assignment in Canvas, does that feedback get pushed to Skyward, or do te...

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I have had an assignment that was graded and due about a month ago.  In the last few days, several students' show that they have a submission but when I open it, there is none.  The assignment was closed a week ago and this has occurred after that da...

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Hi Everyone,I am an instructional designer new to Canvas. I am noticing that there are an incredible number of online course templates available for use via the Canvas Creative Commons. I am looking to create a wholly online asynchronous template for...

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We have been using mastery paths, more, but I am having issues finding the speed grader option for new quizzes that are attached to my mastery paths. Although I can search for the quiz name, when I select it nothing shows up in my grade book at all. ...

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We are transitioning to Canvas and my CIO wants to explore all accessibility tracking options. We know that Canvas has native functionality. Is anyone using something other than the Canvas Accessibiility Checking functionality?

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Hi all,I am enjoying the hot spot questions in New Quizzes, but I can’t find a way to view the overall question performance of the class besides a numeric assessment of correct/incorrect. I know that in speedgrader I can click through each student’s ...

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How to I unclick Modules ?There is no done or undo option to mark only next? 

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Problem One:The grade in Spreedgrader (zero) did not match the grade for the assignment in Grades (ungraded), and the total grade in Grades was based on the Speedgrader grade and not the Grades grade for the assignment, resulting in an incorrectly lo...

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why can i log into canvas on my iphone and ipad devices but not my laptop or computer

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Finishing an assignment which included a data table. Once I was done and clicked Submit Assignment, the site went blank and the assignment box was empty. This is an assignment I have to turn in by tomorrow and restarting it is not feasible. Is there ...

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Is it possible for an instructor to "seed" annotations within an uploaded document that students are assigned to annotate using the Student Annotation tool?In Perusall, I can include guiding comments and questions throughout an assigned document to m...

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Does anyone know how to choose the default blue text color within a Canvas page, assignment, announcement, etc? Sometimes when I cut and paste in text from another source, its color does not match the other text already there that uses the default bl...

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I have been having trouble seeing my grades in Canvas. I was able to see my grades last week but this week, whenever I click on the Grades tab on Canvas, it shows me a white screen where my steps are supposed to be. I have checked in with my other cl...

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I have a student that submitted something incorrectly.  I want to have students peer review something, but the student uploaded his key instead of a series of questions that were supposed to be peer reviewed.  Can I delete the incorrect submission wh...

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An assignment was excused after Rubric scores were entered. Went back to remove the previously assigned scores, and noticed that the score is still showing in the Learning Mastery Gradebook tab (alignments). This score appears to disappear in the Ass...

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I am VERY aware this page exists https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/Which-countries-are-restricted-from-using-Canvas/ta-p/27 as I have been pointed to it many times so I don't need to be reminded again.Is there anyway Canvas could...

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How can we track attendance in a  asynchronous class?How do we access attendance on the New Analytics Attendance tab?  It des not apear on our Canvas instance.

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I have 10 students in one course. 9 of them can see the course content and 1 can't. When we log into that student's account, I add them to the course and see it on the dashboard. Each time we log out of her account and log back in, there are no cours...

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Hi Canvas Community, My teachers are unable to mark attendance in Canvas due to the error message in the attached image. My institution operates from a number of campuses, and we have multiple classes per course, so sections are a vital aspect of my ...

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How do I get a search option on the dashboard to search for a Canvas Course?I need to be able to provide this options to other users to easily find a specific course from all the many options available to them on the dashboard.

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In Classic Quizzes, there are several options for setting up how students can review their quiz results (that is, the quiz questions and answers, not the test scores). One option is to set a limited timeframe in which students may review their result...

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Is there a way to have multiple classes synced into one course shell? For example, a teacher has four American History classes with four different course shells. Ideally, the four course shells would be synced so that if a change was made in one shel...

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