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Does anyone use an admin chrome extension or browser extension to check the history of SIS imports beyond the latest one? I used to have an extension called "Admin Tweaks," but it seems to be broken or not updated. 

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Is there anyone that can show me how to use canvas in person?  I just don't understand no matter how much I read.  I guess I am more of a hands on learner.

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Hello, Does anyone have any suggestions/workarounds for the following scenario? We have an online, asynchronous certification course. Students have an open 4-month window to enroll, complete the modules, and pass the exam to maintain their certificat...

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Hi all,After years of manual CSV file uploads, we are finally integrating Canvas with our Student Information System (Workday).When a faculty is reassigned from a course, because we were manual, we were able to create a copy of the course for them in...

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Hello,How would a Canvas administrator properly extend the grading period for all faculty to enter grades?I had thought it may be under grading period, but it appears the necessary settings may be under terms instead.  Is it as simple as navigating t...

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Hi all! I’m Ajay Hinduja, born in Punjab and now living in Geneva, Switzerland. With 15+ years of travel across Switzerland and Europe, I've had the chance to explore amazing places, indulge in incredible food, and uncover secret spots off the beaten...

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Hello Dr.  Christopher Weir, I am experiencing an issue with where to post the week 5 ePortfolios assignment. Please see the attached and let me know if anything additional is needed.  Thank you, Ayesha Banks

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Canvas: Grades PageOverlapping Content or Cut Off Content (the Canvas UI looks sloppy at all widths on desktop)   To Reproduce This Bug: Use a desktop computer and browser(e.g. 13 Macbook Air and Firefox Browser) Go to the Grades Page for a Class At ...

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I sent out a course invite by adding teachers and assigning them as observers to my course. But they are no longer showing up and "are kicked off" my course.Are there analytics to to see who I have invited, if/when they accepted/were removed from the...

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I recently was assigned students to my course but they needed to be assigned to another teacher.  I still see these students in my Pace Reporting screen.  I don't have access to their courses when I click on them, but I do see them in my list.  How c...

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I need to reach out to a fellow student in my class so I may submit a project before the deadline, with canvas, I am not able to see his email as we could in Sakai.

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We noticed today that the Quizzes function changed in our Canvas course. Faculty can no longer see the Build button and edit their quizzes before student use. The only way we could find this feature was to Publish the Quiz. Go to the Home Page and go...

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I use the "Has ungraded submissions" filter, so that my Gradebook is not cluttered with hundreds of quizzes that have already been graded or students haven't encountered yet. The "Has ungraded submissions" filter works great, until I refresh the page...

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Where and how do I "accept the cookie policy'? I cannot get anywhere on canvas as I have a message telling me to "accept the cookie policy" but I don't know where to go to do this  Any help would me appreciated.  I am on Brave on a Mac 

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When working in Pages, when I select the type of html editor to use (Pretty vs. Raw), my choice is remembered on any other page I work in. So, for instance, Pretty html is the Canvas "default" but when I switch to Raw html in Pages, the html editor w...

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Hello, Our school division provides licensure points to teachers who complete training from the Canvas On Demand Training Portal.The Admin Reports are not exactly user friendly. Can you please provide a link to Download the reports as a CSV so that w...

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Hi,  I thought I found somewhere a reference to the time releases are applied to PROD on their release dates.  Also, how much downtime is there in the system during a release in PROD?  I can't seem to find this information now.  Thanks,Justin 

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My course calendar (even unpublished courses) is showing up in other classes under their calendar section. As admin, how do I delete my courses from showing up in other classes? 

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I work for a school district that uses Canvas, and build courses in Canvas regularly using my school district account.  This summer I'm going to teaching a course at a university that also uses Canvas, and my account with the University won't be acti...

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In the traditional gradebook, I thought it used to automatically change the "Missing" status to "Late" when a score was input. This is for "no submission" or "on paper" assignments.It no longer does this, and manually adjusting all statuses takes a l...

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Hello, I really need help on fixing this. I cannot access my canvas dashboard since yesterday because of this bug.I tried restarting my wifi, it did not fiix itI tried clearing the cookies in my browser, it's still the sameI tried logging in on other...

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I am enrolled in two online lectures and one in-person lab for this summer semester. The lab and its corresponding lecture must be taken concurrently, but no course material (modules, syllabus, etc.) are available on the Canvas page for the lecture. ...

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Does Canvas have the ability to allow instructors to apply automatic late point deductions based on grade categories rather than a universal application across the entire gradebook? I know this is NOT available now, but is there any possibility of it...

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Hi all,I teach 4-5 sections of American Government online, about 250-300 students. I used to have an average of mid 70s on my online American Government classes. Since the advent of AI, the average has crept up and now is in the mid to high 80s.Stude...

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I haven't seen this mentioned, though I may have missed it. My question is why in Canvas the breadcrumbs (the navigation links at the top of the pages as a user navigates the course) don't follow actual user navigation? For example, if I click from m...

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"I got an email about the AWS Student Academy. When I tried to log into my student Gmail account, it didn't work. What could be the problem?"

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I have been trying to use the highlight feature on the student annotation on canvas but every time I try to use it is unable to work. I have tired on multiple devices and as well as Browers with no luck.  

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Is it possible to set up multiple grading schemes at the institutional level? If so, it is necessary to pick one of those as the "default"? Our use case is that our university, the letter grades (and their descriptions) differ for undergraduate and p...

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Our school has a grading scheme called "Continuum" - where teachers give a grade of AE (Approaching Expectations), ME (Meets Expectations), or EE (Exceeds Expectations). (See Continuum grading scheme.png)When I opened Speed Grader for an assignment, ...

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Hola, tengo una situación con las competencias duplicadas. Los profesores tienen bloqueados los permisos relacionados con la edición de competencias, pero tienen permitido crear cursos, en este lapsus , al momento de exportar un curso que ya tiene co...

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