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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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Hi,     I am new for Canvas. May I know that if we want to create the course base on the SIS system and we use the API to create all the course record from our SIS system, then how can we disable to course and section creation permission from teacher...

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Can I associate a specific SE with a question in Canvas Quizes?Such as 5.9D

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Hi all!Attached is a screenshot of the issue. I write multiple versions of the same question for my intro Mol Bio class (I am the instructor), which requires changing text in the answer fields. Problem is, the field shown is small and it is a real ha...

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How can I require a student to respond to all questions in a quiz? This is a common function of web based forms, online surveys, etc. Is it possible in CANVAS?

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I can't get the grade page to come up.  I click on "Grades" -- it goes to the Grade page, but nothing is visible.

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Before I upload a writing assignment I'm supposed to use the self-proofing checklist in canvas.  Where do I find this?

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I am trying to add a Word collaboration to to a group and when I try to add it I keep getting am error saying that my session has timed out and that I need to log back in. I have logged out and back in many times and it still does not work. How do I ...

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