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How do I set up a fill in the blank quiz answer in a "New Quizzes" that both ignores case sensitivity and recognizes a "keyword" answer? So far, it looks like you can do one but not both, which is very frustrating. 

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My gradebook is currently set up to show the module assignments beginning from Module 1-10 and then it shows quizzes and tests at the end of the gradebook when I scroll to the end. I don't want to have to use the "search assignments" feature when loo...

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is there a report that can be run to view a Teacher's activity in a course, as far as deleting and / or hiding/unhiding items? 

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We are wanting to run a report in Canvas to show if changes were made in a course and by whom.  Is this possible?  I reviewed the reports I can run in Canvas but I am not finding a specific report that would show if content was deleted or changed.  @...

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My question is this, when starting a new term is there a way to hide previous blogs, quizzes, submissions from students without losing them and giving the kids a clean work space for the new tasks?

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Hello, I need urgent help.I registered on Canvas with my email, and enrolled in my course. However, I only finished email verification a day later.Now I can only log in using "Login with Google", with the same email, but my course is no longer in my ...

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I've never had a problem with my teachers being able to view my pdf file uploads. My teacher says that when she clicks on the assignment, my submission should automatically open up- but it doesn't. I have made sure to upload in the correct file forma...

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Hi all, At the settings account level in Feature Options, I only see options for a feature flag: On and Off, or Lock, but not “Allow”. What I want is: - Disabled by default - Not locked at the account level - Optional for instructors to enable per co...

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Recently the CANVAS Inbox behavior changed in a way that does not allow to select ALL Students when composing a message. Only individual student can be selected.Any insight on that.Toshko

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I have always concluded courses in the past, and students have still been able to access them afterward for review purposes. However, I recently concluded a course, and several students have informed me that they can no longer see or access the cours...

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I cannot see "Conferences" in the "Navigation" tab from settings. Can anyone help?

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How do I get Canvas to ignore the case-sensitivity of a quiz answer?

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How do I identify "Key words" in a quiz answer so I do not have to enter every variation of an answer?

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Two students in my class submitted incomplete drafts to the peer review assignment days early and I want them to redo their drafts and resubmit. I have the assignment set up so that they can submit multiple times. When they resubmit, what happens to ...

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I made a mistake with the “shift dates” widget when I copied my last semester course into my new course for next semester.  It will be a tedious job indeed to correct all the dates, manually.  I read the Canvas background material but just wanted to ...

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How may an instructor access an Announcement's history? 

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After a "group" is set up, will the students get a notification?Are students able to start their own group?Are students able to start their own "discussions" for their "groups".I appreciate any help you can provide.

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i have pre test and post test that i do not want to be used as part of students grades bc i have chapter exams that will be graded. i still want the students to take the pre and post test how to i go about them taking it but it not effecting there gr...

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Is there a way to have Teachers post Announcements to all Sections even if limited in grading for their section? Based on my research so far, there is not a way to do this, except potentially through creating a custom role. But the information on cus...

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How do I duplicate a course including all assessments and documents with a new title? I have several single semester courses that I have to duplicate for semester 2 this year. Is there a quick way that I can duplicate these courses and simply change ...

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HiI have downloaded the test banks for 18 chapters from my publisher's site.  They now reside in Canvas and are accessible when searching for test banks.I would like 2 or more chapters to be included in each question group, but I'm missing something....

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We are trying to determine what triggers a graded submission timestamp. For example, when a faculty member goes in and enters comments on an assignment but doesn't enter a grade and hits the submit button does that trigger the system to say an assign...

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Is there any way to sort students into Microsoft Teams instead of Canvas Groups? I would love to save students from spending time on that.

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Good afternoon all, We are gearing up for the start of the school year. We use Canvas as our LMS and PowerSchool as our SIS. I have a few teachers who sync trades from Canvas to PowerSchool (not many as generally we find it can be troublesome at time...

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I am making a quiz question with multiple answers. Is there a way for an automatic response statement to appear when a student clicks on answer?

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I could use help with this! For my AP Courses, I am using Canvas Quizzes to mimic the platform of Bluebook and AP Classroom for timed essays. However, I want to be able to download the student submissions and print, like I can for Canvas Assignments....

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The top five colours in the colour palette disappeared (macOS, Windows; Safari, Chrome, Firefox). The palette is a rectangle cropped by the top row of colour swatches. How do we get the full palette back? Also, once our teachers' laptops are restarte...

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I have a PDF of a learner workbook uploaded to Canvas so each student gets their own copy to annotate.When I open the PDF (using a test student account), I can see the annotation tools but when the students open the PDF, they can't see the annotation...

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So I haven't been able to figure this out and so I am humbly seeking the wisdom of the masses. I have page where I would like to have some separation between tasks. However, I am unable to get the text to align directly underneath the headings. Unfor...

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