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I believe there might have been a breaking change with the most recent update. I now only receive 403 Errors when trying to send API calls to our Canvas Beta server. Notes: 1. I have generated a new API key and updated the system with this new key an...

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How can I look at an assingment and know from which course it was imported? A teacher has almost all their materials imported from over 5 previous or shared courses. The teacher is noticing some were imported from the wrong course and wants to get ri...

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hi all! I'm an admin for a couple Canvas instances - one is K12 and one is a non-profit for our prof. dev. courses. From the K12 we got notified by the CSM of this:  "First, the update was pushed out last Friday, October 3rd. For any videos embedded ...

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The "Move To" button does not work as intended. It instead takes me back to the home page of my Canvas course. A number of errors appear in the script, so it might be that deprecated Chrome or Google features are being used in the code. At any rate, ...

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We are having issues with our Ellucian CRM advise syncing data with Canvas. It stopped on a couple of months ago, and we cannot figure out why. We are getting a warning error saying to check analytics in Canvas but they are enabled, and there is noth...

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I'm a level 3 CFA candidate and subscribed to the canvas learning platform. I struggle with the platform on explanations provided for each answer selected. Is it possible to have all explanations for each option, the latter existed in the previous CF...

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Imagine you are a middle-schooler, and that "missing" button is the only thing that will get you to even somewhat begin to care about whether or not you do your work. Your teacher has warned you a million times not to ask her if something will be gra...

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I've set due dates for four different differentiation tags on 50+ locked assignments in my blueprint course. Why have the due dates for the differentiation tags not propagated to the associated courses? Do I have to manually set 200+ due dates in eac...

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Hello and good afternoon, I was working with a faculty member today who has a frustrating issue going on with their gradebook.For several columns, she has input a grade for a student, but after inputting the grade, it immediately reverts back to the ...

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Good morning Community! My second "I'm stumped" post of the morning - maybe I should just call it a day! LOL! Here is another teacher query that I'm not entirely sure how to answer. I searched the community but did not find the issue addressed.  Here...

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Good morning Community, I was presented with a question this morning that I’m not entirely sure how to answer. I searched the community but didn’t find this issue addressed anywhere, and the instructor guide didn’t shed any light either. Here’s the g...

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We’re refactoring our synchronization process between our internal calendar database and Canvas LMS. Currently, whenever a course is modified — for example, when a calendar event is added, updated, or deleted — all enrolled students with verbose noti...

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Hello,Thank you for always helping us out. I work in user support for Canvas LMS and serve as a sub-account administrator. We often receive inquiries from students saying, “I thought I submitted my assignment, but it turns out I didn’t.” When we rece...

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Can anyone tell me how to attach a Rubric to as assignment or Quiz (single essay question) when Canvas refuses to see the Rubric that is already in the course? It also keeps telling me the Rubric is a draft, but there is no option to finish it, save ...

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I am the principal and we just engaged with a school for some On Demand courses who uses Canvas.  We provide students with an iPad and now the school parter is saying that videos in Canvas are not compatible with iPads.  Here is the error my students...

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What is the replacement video as of 12/25 for: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Video-Guide/Groups-Overview-Students/ta-p/384356   Thank you,   Carole Francis

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Hi,I am having issues with my video recordings of BBB (BigBlueButton) in Canvas.  I can record my class, but when the recording is created the students get a 404 error when they try to access the video link.Does anyone have any suggestions?Pete

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As a teacher, is there a way to change the precision in Canvas. I saw that it rounds off the hundredthousandths place 0.00014= 0.0001. Is there a way to change this setting? When I do Canvas as SJCC the numerical answers get an extra decimal place. 0...

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Is there a way for Professors to calculate class average scores (semester totals) without doing this manually? Manual calculations are OK for small classes, but when you have a large class, this method becomes a challenge and I question the accuracy ...

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Why on earth would Canvas change this feature? The comments within the same assignment allowed me to see the conversation with my student, allowed me to see what I had already typed to them, and we could communicate this way. Now I have no idea what ...

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Hello,In the process of renewing the Google SSO cert for Canvas. Wondering if I only need to point to the correct cert in Google Admin and then calculate and paste the new cert fingerprint in Canvas?  

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My students cannot submit their APA 7th edition paper because of a Turnitin Error. It states "Sorry, we could not process your request. Turnitin assignment could not be created. Date_post - post date must be after start date." I'm not sure as to what...

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Why doesn't Canvas have a way for case managers to manage accommodations/modifications at the account level? It seems inefficient for multiple teachers to have to go in and manager each individual student. 

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I took my 2.5 hour exam today only to find out that none of my progress was saved. When the time limit was reached, the exam flashed a “Go to Results” on screen. Nothing was happening when I clicked the button, so I refreshed the tab. Then, it said t...

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​Is there a setting in Canvas that opens up more/less for parental access?    I saw a parent account this weekend where they could see only 'Assignments' for some courses, but 'Assignments' and 'Front Page' for others.    Does the parent h...

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When using the grading feature, the screen jumps quickly left and right about 1/8" or more. It's like trying to hit a moving target just to click Submit. Keying and then editing is an impossibility with the jumpy screen.

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Hi, I can filter live in the gradebook to see late submissions but when I export it, it doesn't pull through to the data. I want to know if late submissions have a trend in our summative assessment results. Can I pull a report that shows late submiss...

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Could anyone confirm please either Sandbox Canvas Instance have Ignite-AI enabled or not? If enabled, how to get it.  

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Is there a way that I can see which grades I've left comments for in the gradebook, without having to open the sidebar?I'd like to be able look at my full gradebook and see - without clicking on individual grades one at a time - which grades have a c...

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