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Hi allHow can I disable notifications globally for observers? We recently implemented parents as observers of their sons' courses but it has become apparent that all notifications are sent to the parents as well - some are getting many emails. I don'...

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Solution Posted: 07-15-2022 View Solution
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Hi, I would like to print out the unit outline and Unit plan.  How can I do this in CANVAS as I like to have a printed copy with me at all times.  I am a student.  ThanksSharon

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Solution Posted: 08-01-2022 View Solution
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Hi,I cannot log in Canvas or email which IVC school provided,My email: lgiang1@ivc.eduI also cannot change my email password.Please help me check, thanks!

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Hello, I am not able to access the links on the ACE library resources for my course. When I try I get this message:Bad RequestYour browser sent a request that this server could not understand. How do I solve the problem, and who do I contact?Thank yo...

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Our Education system requires the classroom teacher to form an on balanced assessment of the student based on performance standards. As a result the 'automatic grade' may not actually reflect the students end of assessment period grade, its is not as...

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Solution Posted: 07-17-2022 View Solution
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Why do I have to publish the front page? I am not ready to publish the course

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Solution Posted: 07-13-2022 View Solution
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We had a course had 6 different groups with different tutors. Is it possible to limit student access to all materials. As different materials in different groups, we want student to check their own section materials.

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Hi ,I am an assistant administrator at my school , and one of our students came across an issue with receiving emails from Canvas . The user is getting an error "Message preview unavailable" when trying to view a message notification from Canvas. I h...

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Solution Posted: 07-26-2022 View Solution
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Flip (formerly FlipGrid) is now throwing errors when attempting to view the videos in speedgrader. Canvas loads a window in a window and says "Could Not Find Valid Link) See attached. Flipgrid (old) was working great. This has been happening since th...

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Solution Posted: 03-20-2023 View Solution
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Why can’t I submit my assignments only upload files it tells me 

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Solution Posted: 07-13-2022 View Solution
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The following is a discussion question for my POM 207 class, Office Publications.  If anyone is out there and sees this post,  a reply would be greatly appreciated. Question:  What is the best software to use for desktop publishing?

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Solution Posted: 07-13-2022 View Solution
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I am a online summer student and I'm just with the help of a tutor finding out that I am not connected to canvas and all my assignments, my instructor haven't received when I try to access canvas a lock show up saying no access. dummie me I thought i...

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I am a student taking a canvas course that is required for my high school from UT Austin. I have passed the full course and taken the final exam, but my course is now gone, I cannot connect the instructor, and I was never notified on my final exam gr...

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Solution Posted: 07-13-2022 View Solution
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Students will need to work on a group project in groups of 4 and review the work of their team members. I do not want the students to be able to see the names of the students that gave them a review. However, I want them to be able to see in Canvas t...

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Solution Posted: 07-26-2022 View Solution
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Where can i find my fall semester classes schedule?

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Solution Posted: 07-13-2022 View Solution
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How to set my profile picture in canvas.

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Solution Posted: 07-12-2022 View Solution
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I am a college student who had to take a timed Canvas quiz that only required a file upload. The thing is, I am able to finish answering the quiz, but I had rushed to fix my file for submission, causing my time to ultimately run out. Immediately afte...

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For an existing course.  How do I change how student grades are determined/  Eg.  %based on Assignments, % based on quizzes, etc.

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I'm not able to access turn-it-in Dashboard/Canvas, it is not an option I can choose to submit work to. There is also no "Assignments" option available to click under the menu, we've had to submit assignments through the "Modules" they are assigned u...

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Hi,I am trying to get a list of enrollments (all participants including faculty and students) in a section.  The token should be privileged to do this, do I doubt that's the problem.When listing students in a section, everything looks fine:curl --loc...

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Solution Posted: 07-12-2022 View Solution
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I have built my first module in Canvas and have 16 items. Periodically, the last 10 items disappear. If I log out and back into the course, they all show up again. I had some students participate on their end with the module and the same thing happen...

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Solution Posted: 08-01-2022 View Solution
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copy course is not showing as an option 

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Solution Posted: 07-12-2022 View Solution
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I am working through a training course on Canvas and am trying to access the Home page for my sandbox course.  When I go to homepage, I do not have a pencil icon to edit and change my home page.  what am I doing wrong? 

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Solution Posted: 07-12-2022 View Solution
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I am aware of the Link Validator, however, that only shows broken links. Is there a way to somehow list all external links within courses (via the api or any other way)? E.g. we have hundreds of google documents linked in certain courses and their qu...

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Hi!I am having a problem with my installation of canvas, the options to insert multimedia within the text editor do not appear, additionally when I try to load files from an internal link I always have the message "Something went wrong. Check your co...

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I would like to realise the following setup:Block 1 (50%):- Assignment 1 (5%)- Exam 1 (45%)Block 2 (50%):- Assignment 2 (5%)- Exam 2 (45%)Resit:- Resit exam 1 (take the best between Block 1 average and this resit)- Resit exam 2 (take the best between...

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Solution Posted: 07-12-2022 View Solution
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Hi there,I uploaded a HQ video (380MB in size) on Canvas. After processing, the size reduced to 80MB with poor quality. Is there any way that I can upload the original file without processing. Or keep the original quality of the video after processin...

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Hi whether in speedgrader or in Quiz, I have to click on each student submission (which are attachments) and manually download each response, very inefficient. Does the NewQuizzes or Quizzes function allow one batch download all attachments (and name...

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Solution Posted: 07-12-2022 View Solution
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