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My Canvas student email account has not updated since OCT 24th. I logged in a couple of days ago and learned about an update. I was able to get notifications through my student email account. This just shows how great this portal is and how spoiled s...

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Published assignment not viewed by students and not viewed with Student View. The module it belongs to also is published. The dates are current. Today is 11/2/2022. The date available was 10/28/2022 until 11/20/2022.

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Can Canvas be loaded on a closed network (LAN)?

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I get this error message when I drop a .jpg or .png file I haven't tried any others.  These are just the two I use) in an Upload Image dialog box in the rich text editor. Sometimes I get a gray box instead of the photo and sometimes I do get the phot...

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Apologies if this has been asked. In preparing my community for new quizzes, I first want to see who is currently using a quiz in their course. Is there a report that exists that would provide this information? I don't see it under Admin>Settings>Rep...

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I have duplicated pages to create a template for courses that will be used in the upcoming semesters.  In doing this, the titles to the pages have become (name of original page)-(number of times copied).  For example, I have a page titled "Completion...

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Is there a way to add an auditor with view-only access to a course prior to the course being available to students? For example, we would like a potential instructor to preview a future course that is in development but don't want them being able to ...

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The Microsoft sync option has been turned on in this class, but when creating a new meeting through the Teams integration, the instructor is unable to use the +Add entire class button.  The message is saying the feature isn't available, but many othe...

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Hi All,I'm using iframes and links to external sites in the 'Pages'.Can I add some kind of system parameters in the link?ie: www.external_link.com/info.php?course=$course_id$&student=$student_id$where Canvas replaces $course_id and $student_id$ with ...

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This is a strange one!We are building an LTI 1.3 app to embed some media via Deep Linking, nothing very complicated. When we first launch the app we successfully get through OIDC login and the app launches as expected. We can select media, like an im...

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To whom it may concern, I have not beeb able to access any information or create any content or post any assignments. My Canvas page is LITERALLY blank.  I cannot even access the Art Curriculum. Is there any one who can help?

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Hello, im a new employee at a prince william county school and teachers are unable to share content with me because my username is not found and i dont have access to commons. It looks like on canvas im not registered as a teacher. 

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When we were on Blackboard, I could not only delay an announcement, but I could also enter a close or hide date. I have several announcements that only need to be visible for a couple of weeks, but I don't delete them, because I need to make a quick ...

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When creating assignments in the modules page, it does not allow you to specify which assignment group to put it in. This always results in having to go back and clean up later.Conversely, you can't seem to specify a module when creating an assignmen...

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I am trying to add a button next to the "Next" button seen at the bottom of the page.  Is this possible?  It is outside the actual "editable" area, so I am not sure how this can be done.  Please advise.

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Hi, We are using the API endpoint:GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/modules/:module_id/items?student_id=:idFor some students we receieve error codes 403 Forbidden and 401 Unauthorized, we are wondering if anyone know the reason for this?Researching, we ...

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I’m doing a 3D drawing on my canvas but I wanted to do it in pencil first then go back in with marker. The issue is the pencil is starting to smear, I’m trying to erase the smearing as I go but it’s becoming a bit much. Am I able to erase later after...

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This week I am noticing intermittent 504 Gateway Time-outs when accessing users with large enrollments. I have submitted a support ticket and their suggestion is to delete enrollments for large volume users or: One option would be to create another a...

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Instructional designer here. A lecturer came to me recently saying that on the Moderate page for a recent quiz they ran, which was made in New Quizzes and did not have a timer, all the students' attempt durations are coming up as '00:00'. They say th...

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My school uses canvas and next week I have an online test through the system. My professor said that he is able to see if students are cheating through the analytics of his canvas account. I am not planning on cheating, but I was wondering what a pro...

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Does Canvas expose a way to view SSO login errors?I know we can look into login activity from Admin tools section in Canvas but from what I see we only have LOGIN/LOGOUT but no errors.

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Hello all my issue is I don’t get the join button. I get the invite and see it in conference section. However no invites. I’ve asked our instructor to resend and asked our help desk for advice. Still doesn’t show up. Any ideas or advice would be help...

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The instructor was unable to correct the Question banks in the following cases: Question banks for the previous semester with an end date Only the manager could fix the Question banks. How does the instructor correct the Question banks in a course wi...

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When assessing criteria from a rubric in speed grader in Canvas, when the score is completed, the total score does not show up anywhere on the report or in speed grader. Why not?  

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Hi thereI was wondering if there's a way to track number of students' clicks on a particular link on a page inside a course on Canvas?I know that the Analytic gives you the page visits stats but I need to tack the number of clicks on a link inside a ...

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I am attempting to do a Quiz question where students are required to upload a file but it will not work please advise?

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I've been frustrated with these overlays in the Speedgrader that sit overtop student text submissions and block their work so I have to either use context clues or keep resizing my window to move the overlays' positions. Here's an example of what I'm...

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In creating blueprint courses, is there a way to lock the course navigation links? I found information regarding locking the course navigation links using the template model, but could not find anything about creating a blueprint that allows admin to...

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Hello, I am designing an exam using a question bank for randomization within Canvas, and we are wondering if you have any insight into how Canvas randomizes its questions. We will have 13 different Quizzes of approximately 80 questions each, with an ...

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Canvas won't work on my computer anymore and I do not know why. It just won't load and I definitely need it to. 

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