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I like to create my own videos as course material, so I created a Youtube channel with hidden videos. If I want to insert a Youtube video in Canvas it let's me search for my own videos, but obviously doesn't search for hidden videos. And if I insert ...

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We have a professor who is reporting that some students took a quiz but the grade is not reflected in the Grade Book. when checking on Speedgrader, it shows there are no submissions for those students missing their grades but when I went in as them, ...

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On our test instance of Canvas, when I click on SCORM it gives me Authentication failed error message. Seems to work fine on live instance.Can anyone tell me how to amend the settings so that my test instance of Canvas accepts SCORMs?Many thanks,PuiA...

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i would like to know what makes canvas a different LMS than other ones

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All announcement are not visible to the student, how do I turn on the page so announcements I make can be seen by the students?

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i have a placement test to take and im not sure how to access test. i have tried creating account but when i get to them wanting a code. where do i get this code

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Hi,In Canvas, When adding members to the course, How do we synch those members to another third-party system?Regards,Dinesh

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Hello! I aman admin and I need to know if there is a way to retrieve a log somewhere that can tell me what user/admin/instructor, removed and/or added a student to a course? thanks!

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How do I adjust quiz and exam times for individual students who require additional time? 

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Could please consider creating an option to create a dropdown question in the new quiz?

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I received the following message from a faculty member: "One of my students informed me that the students are able to edit one of my modules. Not sure how I manage to do that, but I would like to learn how to turn it off." I verified from the student...

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Hello,I accidentally deleted "roll call attendance" from Canvas Modules. I can still take attendance, but I can no longer see it in grades. I tried re-created an attendance group and giving it the proper percentage, but still nothing appears. Any sug...

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When I try to open a quiz that I imported it says" Couldn't find valid settings for this link"

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I am curious if there is anyway to change or toggle how students see Due Dates and Available Dates in the Assignments section.  Currently, the system shows the Available Until date first, then the Due Date.  I set me due dates and then lock assignmen...

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I (the instructor) keep getting Error 503 when I am syncing my grades to Skyward and it comes up as failed.These assignments synced fine last week.  What is the problem?  

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I am wondering if it is possible to allow an individual student multiple attempts for a quiz or assignment, but not the entire class. This is in order to conform to the accommodations for a student.

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Can I use CSS and Javascript in a canvas course that only applies to that one single Canvas Course?

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Hold do i create a folder so that my students can submit an assignment?

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I need to speak with someone who can help me with the gradebook

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Is there a feature in Canvas that mimics a bulletin board? Namely a place where students can "post" artwork they have created? I have though of doing it with a discussion but wonder if there is another way. Thanks you!

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To whom it may concern, I accidentally signed up under the teacher sign up, instead of a student. I need to get this fixed ASAP. I had reached out to tech support which has not responded. Could someone please help me or let me know how to cancel this...

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Is there any way I can submit an animated profile picture? I just want to put in a for my profile picture.

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We are currently wanting to move to an Azure SSO sign in implementation.We are following this document for guidance.   However, we are currently using CAS to get students authenticated, we would like to test the Azure method and implant it without br...

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A suspension warning bar on my institution's CANVAS says, "This institution's Canvas account has been suspended. Only Account Administrators may log in to correct any problems."My teachers and Students cannot log in.What is the reason for this warnin...

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Does anyone know why this grade sync error happens? And how to correct it?Assignment "assignment name" is not in an imported/synced assignment group in Canvas. Please ensure all assignments set to Post to SIS are in an imported/synced category.The te...

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My "To-Do" list that is usually on the sidebar is not there, and there are definitely assignments that I need to grade. Is there a simple fix to get that back on the page?Thank youJason

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I was just contacted by a student who has finished a course and his enrollment has been *concluded.* My understanding is that discussions should still be viewable to the student as read-only.  Here is the student view when I masquerade as the student...

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I wonder why Canvas does not read HEIC files.  It reads all other picture file formats but not HEIC files.  Please fix this as a lot of students upload from Apple products.

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Hi if I want to be able to follow the students' writing process how do I do that in Canvas? The process is so much more importanta then the final submission for me. In Microsoft or google Classroom you can make an assignment and see the studnets work...

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Hi,we're implementing Canvas right at the moment and have trouble with the lack of an option of capping grades at 100%. I searched the forum and found one or two posts, but I don't find info, if this feature has been implemented or not.Especially dur...

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