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I would like to create quizzes that have random order for questions and answers.  It appears the only way to do this is to create a question group and link a question bank to it.  When you do this though, Canvas asks how many questions you would like...

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Can I select the default as manual rather than automatic?

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How can I insert the option "Delivery type" "Online" when setting a task?

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To do some analysis of previous courses I would like to regroup grades into separate categories that were not established originally. (I grouped all as "Assignments" but now would like to break the labs out into a separate "Labs" category.) Any way t...

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A student in my course took an exam. I was reviewing the view log and it stops at question 15, however there were 31 questions. The student took 54 min to take the quiz and the view log stopped recording his responses after 29 min. He submitted the q...

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Scenario:1) We import a Moodle course backup. The course imports without a problem. There is a module containing unpublished quizzes.2) We successfully attempted to copy the course to migrate all quizzes to New Quizzes.               3) The quizzes w...

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The Lockdown Browser is preventing me from signing back into Canvas, saying that I have the wrong ID and password (I do not) and I am unable to take a test.Please point me to a document or person who can remedy this problem.

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Hi-First time Canvas Admin here. I work for a non-profit that runs a three-week training in the summer. Each week consists of different classes that last no more than 1 week. We are not a higher ed institution that will keep students for multiple yea...

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how to add images in feedback comment in SpeedGrader?

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I need to add a user to the top of a sub-account.  The only role I can see to add is Admin.  A user I made as admin is abusing the privilege.  I have created a downscale role that i would like to add to the top of the sub-account.How do I do that?

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I am working with my institution to set up Canvas as our new LMS. Was asked the question if We could send files to canvas using FTP of SCP  protocols? Have not been able to find a desired documentation explaining this. Any help would be great thanks

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Is there any way to edit items on my to-do list? Can I remove items? Is there a way to add quizzes/etc directly to the to-do list?additionally, is there any plan to make a widget for the to-do list?thanks!

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How can I delete old courses on my dashboard? 

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When creating an assignment or page, my faculty need to be able to embed documents for preview in Canvas, without the ability to download.Previously, there had been custom CSS that would work. Apparently this custom CSS is now broken. Various recomme...

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I am a 4th year medical student CCP facilitator. I am unable to access CANVAS dashboard via University CANVAS portal. Please advise me? Thank you, Anne Black

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I am a student.  would like to search the content of my course materials posted to Canvas for a word/phrase.  Is this possible??  I can't find a search feature.Thanks,Lyn

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I am looking at how to save my course & all its content from the school I am working in to another school canvas if I leave tis district.

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Dear All,Can you tell me if there is a way to address the marks of a Quiz in the Gradebook and apply an Offset or Multiplicator option? I will give a bit of a context/scenario:If I set up a quiz (or new quiz) with 4 questions with 20 marks for each b...

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Was just looking at shuffle answers vs shuffle choices in New Quiz and I'm wondering why if Shuffle answers is enabled that the option for Shuffle choices isn't then enabled. These seam to work totally independently of each other.If The quiz level se...

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I am just learning how to manage in new quizzes. It took me months to figure out how to get to the speed grader - who would have thought it was hiding in the gradebook?Another thing that is making me crazy is that when I have essay questions in new q...

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I made a quiz last May 14, 2022 from item banks and my students took it already. Once they are finish, I immediately recorded their score to another software (MS Excel) but when I was looking for the quiz yesterday (May 18, 2022), it was already gone...

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I am an instructional designer and this was brought to my attention by a faculty member. Not sure if I am doing something wrong, but when I add a file (audio and video) to a question in a course question bank, the file itself appears to have duplicat...

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Hello, The course that I am in has disappeared from canvas.

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I'm working on some custom CSS for my Canvas sub-account's theme and had a question for the community: is there a way to use the Instructure-UI icon font with a ::before or ::after pseudo-element and the 'content' CSS property? I see directions for a...

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I am marking a poster assignment on Speedgrader. The view size of each poster exceeds the dimension of the window which means I have to scroll left/right, up/down to see all the content. The zoom tool does not reduce it (appears inactive); it can onl...

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Hi,I am an instructor for a course. After accidentally creating a group assignment which was meant to be individual, there is now a "Submissions" folder in the Files tab on the group page, since a student already made a submission.This particular fol...

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Hello,The answer to the following question is not given in the Guide.How can I un-bold text in a table in the syllabus section?Regards,Stephen  

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I need to merge a lecture section and a lab section of the same course. As one might expect, the enrollment is the same in both sections.I've read the "solutions" for cross-listing section, but they don't seem to apply in my case for the following re...

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Does anyone know how to directly identify your Canvas CSM? I have emailed hetechtouch@instructure.com multiple times and they do not respond. I have needed support for several weeks related to exporting outcome data from our system.I am out of ideas ...

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Does Canvas calculate the percentage of a class that achieves a grade of C or better for an assignment?

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