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Hi there,When I try to login to Respondus, it says my browser is not up to date however, I updated lockdown browser and chrome and it still isn't working so I am unsure of what to do. Thank you! 

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The setup: Students have to complete weekly modules in order to access the final exam. The weekly modules are set as pre-requisites for the exam module.The issue: If a student once completes a required module but then the instructor changes their gra...

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Hi,I am working with a faculty member who set up a Flip assignment using the Flip-Canvas app integration. Students were able to successfully participate in the Flip, but now that it's time to grade, the faculty cannot see the videos in their Speedgra...

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How do I delay Announcements copied from a previous semester.  I understand how to delay new Announcements, but not copied ones.

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I-learn says to click on "courses," then the name of the course, then "grades" but I don't see a "grades" link to click on anywhere on the page.

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We have Writing evaluations and students who type int he text box are alerted that a word is spelled incorrectly.   Is there a way to turn this off on BOTH the Student App and also the Browser?  Thanks!

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Is there a way to turn off the reply sidebar? It is awful. It doesn't allow me to see the whole thread as I could before and it posts my reply to the main board instead of the thread at least 50% of the time.

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Specifically, I'd like to know how this individual separated their modules with the headers you'll see in the image below. Using indents on the text header does not CENTER the text as the text will only indent so far. Any ideas on HOW the person did ...

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Greetings! I'm the instructor for an adult, non-credit course that we offer twice a year, and after several sessions, it's now time to refresh portions of the quizzes. But I get a warning from Canvas ("Students have either already taken or started ta...

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Announcements ,discussions, syllabus ,grade everything is missing from my left side of the page .

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Can I create a banner (not an announcement) on the Home Page in Canvas to be eye-catching? 

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We're getting a resource not found error when a student attempts a quiz after three months of setting up Canvas. If we do a new Canvas installation it works for the first three months and stops again. Upon closer look, we discovered that the table 'q...

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All students are required to complete a quiz on the Syllabus before they are allowed to proceed with any other course work.  They must agree to abide by the syllabus before they are allowed to continue with the class. If they don't take this quiz the...

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Hi there, I am trying to create two certificates, each comprised of 5 courses. What is the best practice for doing this in Canvas? If I create the courses separately then there doesn't seem to be a parent object in canvas -- just the parts, which wil...

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I thought I had found a work-around, but the videos corrupt...help.I need to embed videos and/or clips into quizzes for my students. I was copying the links from 'pages' and pasting them into quiz instructions - which worked for a while - but now tho...

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the instructions keep telling me to go to "course Navigator" and I have NO idea were to find this. No very computer savy and this is my first online class, so please make it simple.Thank you

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The announcements tab shows that it is not visible to students.  How do enable the students to view the announcements?

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How do I re-use material from last year's course into this year course? 

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Dear All,My use case appears to be entirely out of the scope of Canvas design. Please read on.My team runs a 2-hour workshop via externally created Zoom meeting from pages in Canvas on two consecutive days every Fall and Spring semesters with each da...

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I want to grade all assignments within 72 hours of submission.Is there a countdown tool or notification setting I can use to help reach this goal? 

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Hello, I am a high school teacher using Canvas Free for Teachers. My students create accounts with their school gmail & use the same password, however, Canvas will repeatedly log them out and they are not able to get into their Canvas accounts. When ...

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when a student submits an image in a quiz, it is only available for download. It is not embedded in the quiz. How do I show the submitted image as embedded?

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Hello all - is there an Edit feature that will allow me to change a Page to an Assignment?  This would be incredibly convenient. Please note, I'm not talking about using copy/cut/paste functionality. My course has about 34 pages (two per week for 17 ...

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I cannot access the place where I submit my proposal, Dissertation checklist and turn it in

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I've been telling students to download my feedback when I post their grades.Their work is submitted and translated to a PDF file by Canvas, and I then assess and provide feedback via SpeedGrader using the annotation tools of "Free draw annotation" an...

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Situation: A professor recorded a video of what they were doing in front of the class. You see them talking and the Excel file they are displaying with no problems, but they’re also writing notes on the whiteboard, which is impossible to see. Questio...

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Hello Everyone:The classic quiz has features not available in the new quiz.  Will Canvas be keeping the two quiz engines indefinitely or will Canvas be adding ALL features from Classic into the New Quiz?  We would like to keep both classic and new be...

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This morning I have multiple teachers who are experiencing issues with copying a "New Quiz" between courses.The new quiz is created in a "Sandbox" course.Question stems include images added via "Insert > Image >Upload Image"The quiz is copied to a li...

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Hi!How do I link to text further down or back-to-top? i.e. on the same page in the rich content editor?Caroline

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Currently, I put Assignments in Assignment Groups, set assignments to be graded by point scores (not percentages), and provide percentage weights for the groups. What I'd like to do is create weights for assignments within groups, but also use a poin...

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