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Hello, This Canvas Guide explains how to add a second login, but it doesn't give any information as to WHY you would want to do this. We have been having issues with users accessing their Canvas accounts and the common thread seems be that they have ...

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I've had students using their phones for the Canvas course and they didn't even know a MODULES existed! The video for students on using the App does not reference the Modules link. It's the most important learning link. How can we help students to fi...

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Early in the school year I was enrolled in a course that I ended up dropping to take online. Ever since, I have been stuck in this class' ecampus course and have been getting notifications for it's coursework and assignments. I spoke to the teacher i...

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My chemistry class is not showing up in my courses what do I do?

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Is it possible to get external tools assignments to show up as DUE TODAY on the tile when using Elementary View?

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I have an unread notification from a previous class in the Grades section, and I have looked everywhere in the section as well as the course as a whole and can't figure out where it is. None of the grades have the red dot like usual, despite the noti...

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Is there a way to delete last semester's grades in the gradebook without deleting the assignments? Or, is there a way to start fresh with points for this semester without deleting last semester? I do not see options under "Filter" for two semesters. ...

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Hello,  When my university used Blackboard, I could export the grade book (for offline grading) and it would mark assignments that students had completed but that I had not yet graded as "Needs Grading" in the CSV file. This made it easy to do things...

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There is no assignment tab in my canvas, and I just finished an assignment (from the educ class) and I got a grade for it. But it says "  not submitted". I'm so confused.   

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My new courses for the next semester were paid for and not showing on Canvas, I pressed all the buttons but there was nothing, then I search on google to see how and it says theres a button on the side that says courses, which I have but that was all...

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Solution Posted: 01-20-2024 View Solution
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Hello. I've tried searching for this answer, but can't find it. When I'm viewing the gradebook in the "Student View," the Name column is too narrow to fit most assignment names. (See Grades 1 attachment). I can fix that by using Ctrl and - to decreas...

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Why can you only set a late penalty policy to the entire gradebook, as opposed to individual assignments or at least individual groups, forcing all assignments and type of assignments to have the same late penalty.  I asked a rep via chat and they to...

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Regular teachers frequently leave course work for students to perform in Canvas. I have never been instructed how to view those assignments or where to look. As a substitute for the regular teacher with a desire to help, it would be great to actually...

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Is it possible to lock an assignment for only 1 student?

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I can't understand how to change my grade screen because the grades screen whenever I pull up a teacher the assignment and hard to read because they are like this: this is an assignm                                                                   1...

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Before this year I was able to use a filter to restrict the student search results in the gradebook.For example, if I am putting grades in for 5th period I could activate that filter and when I search for a student the only suggestions that would app...

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Hello, Enroll Austin requires Test Scores documentation. Unfortunately it's not clear exactly what this is and where to find it. The Student Documentation (in AISD Blend) only includes report cards, progress report, and fitness gram. It's a bit stres...

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Hi, I'm an account-level admin for Canvas at my institution and we are trying to figure out if there is a way to limit the options a Teacher course-level role has when adding users to their course. (See attached Image 1)Teachers at our institution ca...

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Is there a limit for the number of pages created or displayed? I created individual pages for each lesson that alligns with the number of days of in-class instruction. I got to my last unit and the pages tab stops displaying pages created on the disp...

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A student did not submit the quiz/mid-term on time (2 hours late) and then claimed it was the "cookies" issue or her chromebook.  Is this a possibility or is she scamming me?  All my other students had no problem with submission.  Also, is there a wa...

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I am an instructor, and a canvas course that I created with my supervisor was deleted. Can any troubleshooting help be done to recover the lost course?

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As an Instructor, when I visit the People page (Course Roster), I can see the list of people and can filter to see the list of students.   My course is offered to students enrolled in a broad range of programmes. Occasionally, I have to reach out to ...

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Hi there,I'm starting university this year, i've been enrolled in Bachelor of Psychology (W74) and I was just wondering what text books ill need for the first year.

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Please explain how to use Canvas LMS and I have problems accessing recorded lectures

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Hello, When I download Canvas grades as EXCEL there are many empty columns and all assessments have multiple columns. For example: 100(read only)(read only)(read only)(read only)(read only)(read only)(read only)(read only)(read only)(read only)(read ...

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In classic quizzes, I check "let students see their answers only once after each attempt" and "let students see correct answers".  Apparently they can see the correct answers multiple times.  Is there a way to show the correct answers only once?  I l...

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Hello, We have several students trying to use OneDrive 1.1 LTI Integration to submit an assignment.  The files match the "docx" restriction but it fails with error "invalid submission file type".  The instructor indicates this has worked in the past....

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