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Will this ever decrease in price, or offer a self-guided option or a test voucher? As the courses last over half a year (32 weeks), cost over 2.5k (roughly 650/ section), and recertification at the cost of 1k is required yearly, what is the benefit o...

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I want to remove the calendar and "to-do" list. Students are not viewing the modules and course materials which inundates me with unnecessary questions that are answered in the modules. I have them going straight to the modules but the "to-do" list o...

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I use a module list on my course homepage. The module list is controlled by dates so that it shows the items in the current module. In the past, using Design Tools, I displayed the module for current week and on Friday the module for the next week wa...

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I am supposed to be assigned two peer’s essays for a peer review assignment, but I was not assigned any. I submitted my own assignment days before the due date so it is not because I submitted my own late. The peer review is due Friday so I need to a...

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I am looking for a way for tutors to give feedback to students without being able to access grades. Currently, if they want to use SpeedGrader to give feedback to help a student with their work, they also have access to grades as these permissions ar...

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Is it possible to hide the "Files" area by default globally for ALL new course creations, imports, copies, etc.?  We are finding out when importing Blackboard material, the "Files" area is visible to students and sometimes that'll include any answer ...

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Im a student, and I am not getting any emails related to canvas at all. All the notifications are turned on for my account, and it says it is linked to my email. How do I fix this?

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I've been unable to submit the quiz for my class module despite multiple attempts, whenever I press the submit button it never actually submits. I’ve restarted my laptop (I have MacBook Pro 2023 with macOS Sequoia Version 15.1 Beta), cleared all cook...

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Hi all, Looking for some help with images from Announcements. This is a little complex and probably unusual (call me an outlier, trying crazy things). Stay with me while I explain. I have a Canvas course at Virginia Tech. I often add images to my Ann...

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With the new "Assign To" feature available for individual pages and modules, faculty have found themselves accidentally adding availability dates to things they don't intend to. As an instructional designer and for the benefit of all users' quick tro...

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For one assignment, students need to upload a video.The video comes in as a thumbnail, when clicked, only doubles in size, and is too small to assess.The only way is to have a second monitor to maximize the file to full screen to view, assess, close,...

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Hello, We have recently begun using the Observer role in some courses to link student mentors and tutors with students in need.  However, we're running into an unforeseen issue. Some observers are also students in the same class.  When they look at t...

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I have been searching through New Analytics, but haven't found a bar graph like there used to be, which showed student activity day-by-day over the last month or more. Can I still find something like this?More to the point, I would love to find a way...

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Students who try to submit a file from Google Drive (for a standard Online Submission) are getting an error "Google Workspace LTI is not setup correctly." This used to work and suddenly doesn't work.  We have Google Drive selected in the Admin Settin...

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Some (not all) of my classes that have ended are still in my published window of my Dashboard. Is there an easy way to remove them/send them to the archives?

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Hi, I am trying to restrict access for only a few students who will take the quiz at a later time, but I don't see any option to do that. I want to basically debar them from taking the quiz while the rest of the class is taking it. The only solution ...

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Hello! One of our teachers ran into an issue while entering grades in the Canvas gradebook where a dropdown menu appears with both titles and numbers and the the teacher is unable type in the grade that they want. It only allows them to select from t...

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Can I track or create a report that tracks outcome achievement for students across multiple canvas courses?

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Can someone give me some guidance on how to complete a factsheet ?

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I would like some assistance in receiving another authentication email. I need to in order to publish my course. can someone direct me to some support area please.

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Can you add observers to the messages sent through New Analytics? Our goal is to send messages to parents that show progress monitoring and allows the parents to email or message back the teacher. I don't see the add observer option when messaging in...

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Is it possible to use two rubrics to grade one assessment in Canvas? If so, how can I do this? The teacher has given the students two options for their report: they can submit either a video or a written report. If a student submits a video, the rubr...

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I am looking to create a new user on our organizational account.  The new user will need to have the capability to create new courses. Do I need to give them Administrator level access to do so?  I can only find information on how to update a user's ...

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I deleted a few pages from Canvas. How do I undo the delete?

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All other students "Submit" button works fine, but not his??? What is going on? How to fix?

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Hello- I am trying to add two people to a class in our instance. These students were added to another course via a join code and they are in that class. When I try to email them a course invite (no join code) to another course, I am getting a notific...

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New to Canvas and need to know how to open up a lecture on a Mac...Thanks!

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I verified in the Course Notifications Settings section that I have it set as usual to receive emails indicating that my Announcement was posted, but I am not receiving email notifications this semester ? (all previous semesters I have received such ...

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Can we get a Speedgrader button immediately available when an instructor pulls up a Discussion?  It's not intuitive to click the mystery 3 dots at the top right and then scroll down.  I would guess instructors go into the discussion 90% of the time f...

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Are there accessibility features for those with low vision disability, for example: high contrast or dark theme? Hard to believe there aren't in such a widely adopted platform, but I can't seem to find any. The lack of such is a real deal-breaker for...

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