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Where do I find current contests? How do I create a contest?

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When viewing a course calendar as a Teacher, is it possible to distinguish from the Calendar View between which assignments are published and which are not?  I know that each assignment can be opened and it is apparent, and the same is true in the As...

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Hi there- I'm developing an LTI 1.3 Tool, and am looking to test with Canvas. I've had a surprising amount of trouble try to get Canvas running through the Quick Start and other Docker/Vagrant/VM-based deployment methods… wondering if anyone has a re...

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I want to give one assignment that has limited (1) attempts for most of my students, but not all.  I had a student submit the wrong file and I want that one student to have another attempt so that she can turn in the right file.  An admin deleted her...

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1-     The design that I found the most difficult to grasp, and understand is the experimental design. It was stated that initially, the conditions or variables were set, but who is the one that gets to set and determine what qualifies as THE conditi...

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Suppose I have several assignments in particular group.  For each assignment, I've sets dates and times for Due At, Available From, and Available Until.  Before publishing these, I want to review all the dates and times to verify they are correct.   ...

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Hello, I can't view the scenarios on my ipad or my iphone, nor can I view them by entering from my browser. (Safari) I have updated my operating system  

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I want to produce a list of sort video to illustrate mathematics concepts as supplementary course material. I think that using bite-sized video, probably several minutes video, can engage students and let them easier to understand.  I know Canvas has...

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Every time I click on the "Start Assignment" for any assignment, it doesn't do anything. It happened for one where we need to send a file and it also happened when we needed to reply.

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Trying to create our own SBG gradebook and would love to call all of the outcome objects in a course at the same time. It looks as if I can only call one at a time if I want the full amount of information about that object. Thought I could make the o...

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Dear Instructor, WOCNEC Experiential Pathway Program - Wound 2.0 I have completed all my assignments. Today last day of my course but i was unable to  access to complete wound exam 1 and Wound exam 2 shows course expired. I sent message to technical ...

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My late policy is that any assignment that is late takes a 10% penalty. It does not matter if it's 1 minute late or 2 weeks late, the penalty is always 10%. If a student submits an assignment graded as a 100%, but it's late, it's given a 90% final sc...

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Just upgraded to macOS Monterey and found that I am no longer able to navigate or use the mouse in the file upload dialogue box. This is frustrating because I am stuck in a random folder and unable to select out of it to the desktop where the file I ...

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We have a startup module in the beginning of all our courses. It is a pre-requisite for the rest of the modules. For a student taking multiple courses, having to do the startup module multiple times is a waste of time and unnecessary. What is the bes...

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I have posted an announcement today in a course module but I cannot locate it.  I know it was saved as I checked and then wanted to edit it.  I think I have posted in the wrong course/module by mistake.  Is there a way to search the announcements I h...

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I use the roll call attendance feature. Is there any way to access data about which badges a student has received and, for example, how many times they have been marked with a specific badge? It's not included in the roll call export, and the only wa...

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In the announcements from last year about the new Teams LTI, it was stated that scheduled meetings would appear in the Canvas course calendars. There is a comment in one of the threads (that has since been locked down) that this particular feature wo...

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I have been teaching the same semester course for 2 years, 2 classes per year. I have always copied the previous semester's course with assignments at the start of the new semester. I had always unpublished all assignments and when I used the same as...

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Does Canvas have a function where I can provide students in an online course a request for feedback in how the course is working for them where all the students responding remain anonymous to me, and to each other?

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Hello,      I legally changed my name in December after a divorce. I'm a parent observer in Canvas for my two kids. I need to update my name and username in Canvas. I don't have the ability to change anything in my profile. The school Canvas admin sa...

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Screenshot of postsI am an Instructional Designer. I understand when discussion questions are set up, they automatically order in most recent activity on top. As students reply to the question, the most recent activity continues to move to the top of...

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Is there anywhere I can turn when I've exhausted all the apparent steps to help a student who is stranded outside Canvas?  I'm a lone tutor, so don't send me to my organisation support.  I'm using free for teacher, which is fine as long as it works. ...

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Hey this is Hamsa please if anyone can send me the picture for the papers I want to study for the test because I don't have my book yet and my english lab is not working .

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Solution Posted: 02-11-2022 View Solution
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I have alternate assignments with only 1 student assigned to them.  When I try to sync the grades, these assignments are greyed out on the sync list.  I have all the correct options turned on and checked off in the actual assignment to enable grade s...

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Solution Posted: 02-10-2022 View Solution
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Hello, I had set the grade posting policy to be "Manual" while grading an assignment. After completing grading, I clicked on the "Post Grades" option from the Gradebook. This triggered an email stating "Grade changes and comments have been released f...

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Hello! I am developing a Higher Ed course in Canvas. For some reason, all my courses repeat the course title three times at the top of the home page. Is there any way to remove these? Any guidance would be appreciated!

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Solution Posted: 02-10-2022 View Solution
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Have a nice day.  Before the inscription time finished, I created a set of groups for virtual lab class.  But the number of groups is not enough to assign all the students (although the number of groups was set expecting more students). ¿Is it possib...

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What is the max class roster size you have found when using Roster Roll Call?  We range in course sizes from 12 to 700 or more. Rick Hazlewood  

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I'm a university teacher.  I understand the use of modules to structure course content in Canvas, but am frustrated that there doesn't seem to be a way to connect lectures, assignments, quizzes, etc with plain, narrative text.  To me, modules look li...

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My students can't sign up for my course with the join code. They are getting a message the join code is invalid. Please advise. Thank you!

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