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I pasted some content into a canvas page, the new text was in a different font, now I can't figure out how to set it to the same font as the rest of the text that was already on the page.  It's not Lato.  Do I need to go through all 20+ fonts on a tr...

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For some reason my canvas profile has me as a student but I need to be switched to a teacher, please help! 

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We've been experiencing issues with scorm files not copying over when a template course is copied. We've verified that the files exist in the templates. It doesn't happen every time or for every template. It seems to be hit or miss. It happens to dif...

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In Speed-grader I used to see the yellow-orange dot (un-graded items) were lumped together at the top.  Now they are spread out through the whole roll.  Can I make the grouping happen again?  It is much faster!

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When I am looking at an old quiz, I do not have the option of looking at it in SpeedGrader. Has this option been removed for old quizzes?

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Across all my courses the Discussion and Announcement sections are blank. The only way I can go to one is if I go back through my email and find one I can click a link to a specific threaded response. I can go to that response, but not to the thread ...

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I see all over the internet examples of teachers annotating student submissions in speed grader. In these speedgraders, you can clearly see options to draw and add text to student assignments. I have attached an image as an example.  However, in my s...

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I have completed a course from last year and I do not have the option to conclude the course.  Is there a way you can look at it on your end and help me do this? 

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The canvas discussion board is lacking function. It's hard to track conversations and see message threads. There are also no details of who the author is. Or not that you can see easily. If the person replying doesn't type their name, you have no ide...

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Is there a limit to how many canvas emails someone can send per second, minute, or hour? If there is, what is that limit?

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I am a teacher (and admin but this is for the teacher role) creating a course with quizzes, where do I turn OFF the notifications for students? I don't want the student to have to do anything as this is professional ed and so the students vary in kno...

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Hi!I am trying to activate the Announcements ("Anslag" in my Swedish version) in a course, but despite them being in the list of menu points being visible to students, they show up with the crossed-over eye in the menu on the left. I attach a screens...

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My instructor said to look at our emails and canvas shell course . She had sent an email over the weekend. What is shell course? I recently took a summer class and did well with canvas. I didn't receive any email from her, until recently , but I had ...

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Hi All,I am new to canvas. I would like to add Google Colab to my course on canvas to run python. Looking for links or howtos and advice thanks 

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I paid for and completed a learning module for cultural competency for medical providers. I am unable to access the quiz for my certification. Please help!

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Hi, we have a custom built SIS developed by a computer programmer on staff.  Currently, I manually check the SIS for roster changes every day (multiple times a day during the first month of each school year) for roster changes.  I then export the dat...

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Is there a way to have students grade assignments by other students and tally all the scores?

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How do we restrict a quiz to use a single session at a time? We often find students logging in simultaneously from different devices or even different geographical locations to solve quizzes (potentially collaboratively). Restricting the interaction ...

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We use a Canvas course titled "Master Calendar" to add all our school events so that it populates onto the student's personal Canvas Calendars. Events include dances, bell schedule, SAT exams, etc. It allows students to see their own course calendars...

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Solution Posted: 08-06-2022 View Solution
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Has anyone experienced this? In speedgrader, I am selecting Options and then Sort by the date the student submitted the assignment. Once I've sorted, I am routed into the first ungraded assignment in alphabetical order--NOT the oldest. If I click on ...

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What happens to a course when it's blueprint course is deleted?

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Is there a report that will pull quiz statistics for a particular quiz over all sections. I know I can run the item analysis but I have to go into each section to pull the data. The student submissions report gives me a general idea but we need to kn...

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I created an assignment in my course and attached a rubric with 3 outcomes. Another instructor wants to use the assignment in their class. We copied and moved the assignment to the respective class. The rubric and outcomes are still attached to the a...

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Is there a way to run a report within Canvas that will allow a view of the performance of a question over multiple sections?  

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I am an Instructor wondering how I can access events that I have posted on the Calendar from Past Enrollment courses.

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We have two teachers that share the same course code.  So all the students are in one course, but the teachers do not want to share their lessons.  So when they assign the work, I have told them to make sure they only assign it to the classes.  Howev...

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I created a quiz in Canvas that used question blocks.  Now, when I go to add it to the Module, it does not appear in the pull down menu (list of Quizzes) under the Module.  I also cannot see any of the quizzes imported from Blackboard.Is there a way ...

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Can students see announcements before the course beginning date?  I want to send a "Welcome" note.

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I use Canvas with a group of students doing an internship. One of them let me know that she is having trouble logging in. She then informed me that the email she gave me to add her to the Canvas course is the same one she uses for her university wher...

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When I try to add a calendar event to a student's personal canvas calendar (the calendar that is independent of courses), my api call returns saying it is unauthorized. Is there any permission I can request from my institution to be able to add event...

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