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I have my course set up such that exams count for 60% of the grade. I have one midterm worth 25 points and one final worth 35 points. I want to be able to drop a student's midterm grade if they perform worse on the midterm than on the final. I though...

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I'm trying to export the IMSCC files from Canvas to Blackboard, but they are coming up as HTML pages and all the graphics are lost. I read that you can try changing the file name from IMSCC to zip - does anyone know if that actually works? I don't ha...

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I'm wanting to add a second login for a user (will eventually need to do it for all users, but for now testing)... so I create a logins.csv file that has just these two rows: user_id,login_id,password,existing_integration_id"19402610",user@gmail.com,...

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hello!  i'm wondering how i can turn my canvas into dark mode instead of light mode. thanks!

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Is there a way for students to have a notification within a module that they have already looked at a page? My student was mentioning that since there are several ways to get to the same page, they are not always aware if they are looking at a new do...

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We are loving the new Admin Analytics.  We needed some enrollment statistics for a few courses and were looking at the Enrolled Students Over Time chart in detail.  Yesterday, that Enrolled Students Over Time chart completely disappeared from our Ove...

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The shuffle option is not appearing when I go to create a multiple choice question in my item bank. It was working yesterday and now its gone. 

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I am on my final assignment for iTeach. I have never used Canvas before. How do I allow the iTeach folks to access my assignment? If I provide them the URL does this automatically allow them access to my file?Thanks for any help!!

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I see a lot of others asking this same question, so I know it is a common problem. How can we get Canvas to allow us to close the comments feature?  These are the main problems that I have:  1.  I have strict no-late work policies (I drop the lowest ...

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I am an Instructor trying to limit students seeing the names of other students in my particular course.  The course I'm creating requires a high-level of privacy, and I would like to ensure that students cannot see who else is in the class. I've alre...

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When trying to attach a file to the text box, an error pops up on my screen and says “file exceeds quota”. I sent a problem ticket to canvas and they replied back to me with “Media embedded to discussions using Canvas's new Rich Content Editor (RCE) ...

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The hours spent on Restorative Justice, Implicit Bias, and on and one and on, and then when I go to learn more about a tool that would ostensibly help improve and enable my ACTUAL teaching, I get this - RIDICULOUS. I'm expected to read a tech manual,...

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How can I have turnitin embedded in my students paperwork?

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I am trying to take a math quiz for Pre-Cal: Trig and all of the equations in the problems are just blank spaces. I can't do the problems because I don't know what it is asking me. I have some screenshots so you know what I mean. I don't know what to...

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I am signed up to take a class for work titled: "2023 Embracing Literacy" conference and supposedly I should be able to print out the presenters handouts through Canvas. But when I get in there, I can only find the introduction course to Canvas.

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Why can't I find the groups tab to complete Milestone 7?I am a student at ALX foundation

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I’m a student. If I resubmit my assignment after the due date, will it be marked late (because it’s now late), or on time (because the first submission was on time)?

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I have tried for several days and need help accessing Labyrinthelab to take quizzes or tests or upload my assignment. I contacted IT support and my instructor and am still awaiting answers. This is making me miss appointments and get incorrect grades...

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As a "Teacher" on canvas, how am I able to add the "student" or "designer" role if it is not already available in the drop down menu. Attached below is a picture. The option either comes up blank, or with other roles I do not want to add. 

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I accidentally used the default "100%" for the missing submission policy, when I had intended to give 0%.  Now I can't figure out how to undo/change to 0%, as the new missing submission policy won't overwrite already graded missing assignments (and t...

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Hello all, In order to make login_ids consistent across multiple campus Canvas servers, our system is looking at doing a bulk update of login_ids, from using local campus identifiers to using system-wide ID numbers. Technically, we know how to do thi...

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Hi, can anyone help to signpost a guide that explains the Assignment settings? I can see the following: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-create-an-assignment/ta-p/740 https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How...

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I'm working on a python script that will automatically create the modules for my canvas course. I'm using the "requests" library in python. Everything seems to be working well, except for the modules prerequisites. For modules with only one prerequis...

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How do I get the group icon on my canvas interface View more

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what happens if I am not assigned a group?

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Whenever we try to open Canvas in the test environment we get the page "Canvas is currently undergoing scheduled maintenance". Does anyone have an idea how long this will take? We were about to test the link between our SIS and Canvas.   

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How do I get the group icon on my canvas interface

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I am having difficulty uploading a document into an assignment. When I upload the document, it appears as PDF file instead of icon being red it is gray but there is a green box with a check in it. I hit the submit area, it says "try again". Why is th...

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So, the Instructure team has come through with an awesome "fix" to a perennial problem. For years, I have been frustrated by how modules are published. Every time I imported old course material into a new course shell, I would have to click on every ...

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How is the work suppose to be completed?  Where can i turn in the work i've done so far?  

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