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I published a quiz that several students say they cannot find. In the photo, the quiz is titled "Juniors: LockDown Browser...".  When I switch to Student View, the quiz disappears. The due date is August 29th, so it's a current, published quiz. Any i...

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I published a quiz that several students say they cannot find. In the photo, the quiz is titled "Juniors: LockDown Browser...".  When I switch to Student View, the quiz disappears. The due date is August 29th, so it's a current, published quiz. Any i...

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It used to be set up so that I would see all of the courses I am teaching when I clicked on dashboard, but now it's showing announcements instead. How do I change it so that I see my courses in the grid like form again?  

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Is it possible to copy a course site in Beta to a Production course site? The Original Prod site was deleted and then restored but it's missing content. 

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Hello,I would like to know if there is a way that I can view my children's assignment calendar separately as an observer.  It is somewhat confusing to look at the calendar with ALL their classes list.Thank you,

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Teachers and students at my school have been saying that messages are not being marked as "read" after reading them. If they mark messages as read manually, it marks itself as unread after they have responded to the message. Is anyone else seeing thi...

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Somewhere within my course I saw a template for writting in APA format, but I can't find it now. Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place. Does anyone know which tab it was? I'm going through tabs, but I can no longer find it.Thank you

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Hello, I am a It/Team Leader from my work and my co-workers have a key which gives them a higher control on Canvas, and searching for a way I can have that key too.

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I'm trying to login to my canvas account. It asks me to find my school and when I choose my school the login page won't load. Is there something I could do?

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Solution Posted: 08-31-2022 View Solution
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Mastery Tracker in Canvas does not have my classes available in the drop down box.  How can I link Mastery connect with Canvas?

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Hello, all! I am teaching high school students, all in one Canvas course, some of whom have extended time on assignments. I am strict about late work, so I set my assignments to close at a certain time using the "Available Until" function. However, f...

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Why is my canvas glitching and would not let me view my assignments on my laptop

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Solution Posted: 08-26-2022 View Solution
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Hello Instructure Team,  I am a faculty program director for the BS and MS nursing programs at Excelsior University. We have been engaging in discussion with our counterparts in the associates degree nursing program regarding the need for integration...

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Are you able to set up the 'Message Students Who' feature in advance? I'd like to get all messages set up prior to the start of the semester and have them stay in the gradebook for future semesters as a way to reach out to students who did not submit...

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Hello everyone,We recently began utilizing MasteryPaths in Canvas and have been running into a few issues during the course import. To provide some background, our institution uses a "master template" process where we build our course content on a si...

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So far as I know, I'm the only teacher in my department with this problem, and I have personally helped another teacher set up their Canvas/PowerSchool SYNC so I know what to do, it's just not working for me.The issue: My PowerSchool assignment categ...

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Hello. I am a student at Texas A&M University. For some reason, when I pull up my Canvas dashboard, the cards will appear but will only remain grey. They won't show my courses or let me access course information. The app will work on my phone but I n...

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Since the last update in the subject home appears a big banner, I was wondering if there is a way to remove it.

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I know how to look at an observer's information and see which student(s) they are following, but how do I look at a particular student and see who is observing the student?

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Hi, unfortunately today it seems that Canva does not work as it continues with same error 504 Gateway Time-outHelp

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We don't make any changes for student accounts in Canvas, but their access to Canvas gets shut off based on the standard campus policy.We are about the renew the subscription, and I am curious if these inactive students are counted into the FTE since...

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I am a new online student. I find Canvas a bit confusing because I find myself reopening items that I have successfully completed. There should be an automatic strikethrough feature to put a single line through all the completed assignments. As an on...

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I have students from 3 different schools in my Canvas course. I have set up all of my PowerTeacher Pro categories with the correct weight, imported the categories, organized my assignments into synced categories, deleted all unused categories, and my...

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One of my students logged into Canvas on my computer to complete an assignment and now when I log them out, when I click on Canvas it automatically logs her back in. I've tried closing the browser, unsaving passwords, etc. Any suggestions?

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Solution Posted: 08-25-2022 View Solution
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Is it possible to restore a deleted canvas shell?

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Solution Posted: 08-24-2022 View Solution
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Quick grading question: ( or maybe not so quick! )Our mastery grading scale goes 4.5, 3.5, 2.5, 1.0, 04.5 - Mastery, 0 - No evidence.I'm trying to get Canvas to automatically assign a grade based on a percentage right that I choose: for instance a 10...

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Why will my computer not recognize my ProctorU extension? Also, how do i upload an image in canvas?

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It has been 3 days, and I have not had even a peep from the support case we have opened. We are at the start of the school year and not a single class is showing up in Canvas. The main phone line just tells you to use the ticket system. Did they just...

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Solution Posted: 08-25-2022 View Solution
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canvas is not loading and blinking when I log in and there is no help button at the bottom of the page

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Is it possible for me to use my Chromebook for Canvas?  I cannot get it to load and I was wondering if anyone else knew a way to fix it before I went out and bought a new computer.  I have a Chromebook HP 14 G3. 

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