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I need to change my primary email for Canvas, but nothing seems to be working. I don't use my former email anymore so it's pointless. Is there any way to change this?

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So for my AP Human Geography class, we had an assignment that was just our Unit 1 Study Guide. I had the assignment done already, and I submitted then called my friend afterwards to ask if he needed help on it. However, I got an F on the assignment b...

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Many universities are being called upon to verify faculty documents for compliance with ADA accessibility rules. My impression is that Canvas has facilities in it for checking documents for this kind of compliance; if that's true, I'd like to know ho...

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The Total points doesn't match letter grade in gradebook e.g. 156 B is seen when the grading scheme shows 156=F. Does anyone know why this may happen?

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Hi, I have a quiz for a class that does not load when I try to grade it. Students also say that can't access it despite the fact that it's published and seems to work fine when I'm in the test student mode.  Can I get someone from Canvas Support to h...

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If a rubric is present for marking, it will be good to give an option to the assignment designer to block submitting the grade by the marker if any rubric criteria have been missed. On occasion a marker will mark student's work using a rubric. When t...

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I assigned my students a Google LTI about a month ago. It is now gone from the module, and I cannot find it anywhere. Students had submitted their work, but the assignment is missing. Help!

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when I send feedback it says it have an error 

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How can you generate embed codes for Google Slides so I can embed them in my Canvas page? Screenshots are provided below.        Some content has been blurred for privacy reasons.  

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Hi community, we've been noticing that when you upload a word doc or PDF to Canvas and have correctly coded links to websites in those docs or PDFs, if the doc or PDF is displayed in the Canvas "preview in overlay" mode, the links do not work. They'l...

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My quiz fails to open when I hit the take quiz button. It says that the course is unknown to the system, and that the professor to check browser settings in dashboard

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Dear Canvas Guru,Can someone tell me how the undelete function works on Canvas?With the undelete function, does it mean deleted items stay in some sort of recycle bin? if so, how long are the items stored there?Say I delete several items:- a file- a ...

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The documentation states that that Canvas Helper functions include the IF function, as long as the conditional first part is boolean: i.e., if it evaluates to anything other than 0, the condition is considered TRUE and if it evaluates to 0, the condi...

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A few times a semester we have students who will lose access to their course in Canvas.  When this happens they are completely dropped from the course, not just marked inactive. I've checked our SIS and the student is still active in it.  In the Impo...

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I just took a two-hour in-person exam, on paper, and in the middle of the test, my professor comes up to me and asks if I'm cheating. She proceeded to ask if I had my phone on me which I then replied no and took my backpack from under the desk, unzip...

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I set grade posting policy for an assignment to MANUALLY. Now i want to release the grades for folks who turned in the assignment. Should I click Automatically for Grade posting policy? Can I go back to MANUALLY for folks who have not yet submitted t...

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Hi,  I have searched the Canvas Community and much of what I find is outdated..  I am curious if there are any more local canvas groups to New Mexico or West Texas?  I know there was just a Canvas Connect in Houston but we missed it!!  Also as a new ...

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Is Canvas still getting rid of the Classic Quiz and forcing everything to become a New Quiz?  If so, what's the end date?

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I have shared a number of modules to the Canvas Commons for faculty at my institution to import into their Canvas course shells. There are some that I no longer wish to have available in Commons, and do not have plans to update the content. How do I ...

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I am at exploring stage so I would like to know how an attendance assignment is set up in a course. Or how can the attendance be linked to the gradebook as an assignment? Thanks.

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Hi everyone,I have a question regarding cross-listing in Canvas. If I cross-list multiple courses into a single course, will students from different original courses be able to see each other?Additionally, can groups be created that mix students from...

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Hi all,I am currently having issues where my professor is seeing no submissions for multiple assignments in canvas, but I was able to under each assignment page. I do see a view feedback button, and if I click on it, I see the entire PDF submission. ...

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Any calculated column does not generate the scores in the gradebook. What can I do?

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Hello!As an elementary teacher I would like to run missing work reports for a certain grading period to print for my students. I see that I can run a report, however I can not filter it to only run the missing work report by the grading period. They ...

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Good afternoon, Today, I worked with a faculty member who had an interesting request that I can't seem to find any information on. They want to download graded rubrics in a format that can be easily shared with accreditors. We found a couple of Chrom...

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I'm an instructor, and I'm having an issue where after I have typed a few words into the Assignment Comment box, the cursor "refreshes," for lack of a better word, and moves out of the box while I am still typing. I am wondering if it has something t...

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I am taking the PERT through my canvas. The email I got says to access the exam through a course on my Canvas Dashboard. It is not there. The email said if it is not there, to check "myStatus" in Canvas, but I do not see any page with this title. Doe...

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I've created a digital badge already in Canvas Badges, as well as issuers. When I go to assign my badge to a course in Canvas LMS - there is no badge option in the navigation menu. I went to the setting on the left hand side, selected the Navigation ...

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Our course home page was chock full of information for students. Just recently, the content we had is gone. The home page now shows Recent Announcements and Assignments, which were never found there before. I'm hoping someone can help us either recov...

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Hello Canvas Community, I am a Canvas administrator and instructor. Our nursing department needs a collaborative document (currently in Word) where students add data, and instructors provide weekly feedback. We need to prevent students from modifying...

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