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Good day,We have received an error when trying to assign 200 students to an observer.  All of the documentation I find says that you can assign from 1 to many.Is there a known limit to the number of students per observer?

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My colleagues and I had a question about "outdated" learning mastery: we've been working with Canvas for a while now, learning and improving as we go. This means some of our older material has become outdated and we'd like to have a "spring clean" in...

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I've tried to reach out to Canvas support directly, but we are just talking in circles because each new support representative doesn't bother reading what has already been addressed. They are sending me basic how-to emails when I've got a clear issue...

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As an administrator, how do I help students reset password?

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In the inbox, when i press compose a new message and search up a name nothing comes up except for the teacher from that class and me. I wanted to become friends with the students but im not sure how to get their emails

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Hello, in our course we want to do attendance through a canvas graded quiz. It is a large course with 500+ students. It is imperative that students would not be able to see from when till when the graded quiz attendance registry is open on Canvas, we...

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How do I add a font to the Rich Content Editor? 

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Is it possible for a student to submit both a text box submission and a PDF file in one submission? Canvas doesn't show me multiple submissions, it just shows the PDF one. 

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I am trying to click a link to a lecture in one of my classes but it does not load the video. I have restarted and updated my google chromebook but it is still not working. Any way to get that fixed?

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Just this morning I have been experiencing an error when trying to duplicate an assignment, something which I have done many times.Getting this error.  It took nearly 10 minutes to return this error.. Anyone else having the same problem?

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If I delete an assignment from Canvas after I completed a grade passback with Synergy, will the assignment still show in Synergy or will it get deleted?

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Hello,I have a question about the email notification. I noticed that I didn't receive any email notification for any canvas activity like the announcement, index box, etc. I checked my notification setting and the email settings were set to "notify m...

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Hi Canvas Community,I would like to give different assignments to different groups in my class to determine which assignment helps students learn the material better.  I've figured out how to create groups in canvas.  Is there a way for the individua...

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Is there a way to change the way a final grade for a particular assignment group displays? As of now, assignments groups average all assignments within the group and display the grade as a percentage. Would it be possible to change it to display a fi...

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It is been already like 3 months since I can't access Canvas using my MacBook's Safari (version 15, and now 16)...I get the attached error.Everyone else's, even on my iPhone's Safari, can access it without any problemI have tried already the typical ...

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I was wondering how I can correct a mistake I made when posting attendance if I've already saved the attendance?

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I have set up Outcomes for my class but I do not see Learning Mastery in the Gradebook to view data, etc.  Any steps I need to take?

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i’ve been trying to log into my canvas account in my laptop but for some reason my password won’t work. i’ve tried to reset my password but i haven’t received the email at all. I’m logged into the app on my phone so i know the email is correct. 

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Hello,I keep attempting to submit a video recording through the canvas capability of recording. It keeps coming up as a grey box and when I attempt to submit, it tells me the file is still uploading. I've waited hours with no successful upload. I've ...

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Hey, how do I delete some of the subjects in my dashboard if I don't need them and accidentally accepted them.

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Hello, I created a group in Canvas for 15 students.  Within this Group, I created 6 "Pages" about 1 week ago.  Two of those pages were given "to-do" dates.  The others were not given "to-do" dates.  I logged on today, and 3 pages are missing.  Just g...

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I have added comments to my peer review and attached a file to the comment section on the side. Yet my peer review will not submit because it states, "This peer review is not finished yet. For it to be considered finished, you need to leave at least ...

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Hi - I don't think this feature is available, but: can we open all of our comments at one time in the Grades area, so we & the student can see them all without clicking on each and every one to open?  Thanks!

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Can Canvas do Full Batch Update on their end if we are sending them zip file via sftp? Is anyone doing that?

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Teachers have started inputting their graded assignments to Canvas for this current school year. I have one instructor that can see his correct students for this year populate in the Grade Guardian feature, but he cannot see any of their work, grades...

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Has anyone had the experience of the time zone setting not working correctly?  I live in Knoxville TN and have set my time zone for Eastern time.  However, everything message I send or received shows a time 2 hours earlier than what was actually done...

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I am "stuck" in a couple classes that were made for different groups/clubs at school. I don't see a way to remove myself from the classes (which I am a student in). How do I do this?  

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In Assignments, you can individualize due dates by section or individual. Is there a way to do the same for pages? Thanks! 

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I have created a portfolio template that I want my students to use in google sites. When I create a course kit to assign it to them so they have their own copy of the site, the site does not show up on their end. It shows that it was assigned and tha...

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after i was added as a TA to a class, my canvas to do list looks different and my announcements no longer come up as tasks. 

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