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When selecting the "Excused" option for an assignment that was not turned in, but excused. Does the platform just remove those points from the student's final grade? How does it affect the student's grade?

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I have IXL assignments throughout my math class that require me to grade them. I would like for students to do them, but for me not to grade them. When I remove the grading, it removes the external link to IXL. Is there any way around this?  So for i...

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In cross-listed courses, is there a way to update all students in an entire section (so students do not have to be updated individually) to see only the students in their section?

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Hello! I have entered an ungraded survey for both of my school courses. I have set up the survey to allow multiple attempts but not sure if they complete part of the survey is that saved so when they go back to finish the survey they don't have to st...

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When I copy my courses with a single section, deadlines are easy peasy. I adjust the start date for the course and everything comes out perfectly with all the deadlines moving. I check them, but no extra work.But when I copy my course for the new yea...

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I am having an issue with assignments not opening up in Speedgrader.  There is just the "Spinning Wheel". I have refreshed the page - nothing. I have signed in and out, the same I have tried other courses running, still the same. Tried completed assi...

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I am an instructor and have not been able to find anything in Help about this.  I have 6 periods / sections of a course, but all of them will have exactly the same content, assignments, exams, etc.  I would like to combine them into one for student (...

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How do I create a good resume? I want to apply for part part-time job. what kind of websites is free and easy to make a new cv?!. Since I'm a fresher, it is a little confusing 

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Hello!I use this code to embed HTML files: <. iframe src="link to uploaded file here" width="1000" height="600"></iframe.  >And now, after the new file update, each page has this bar across the top (which students accidentally close and lose the inte...

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Suggestion: Please make it possible to change the due date for all the quizzes in a single Assignment group at the same time. Problem: Currently, to change the due dates, I need to do it manually for EACH individual quiz, which is very tedious, as I ...

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I did a course copy into a new section. I have done this many times before. This time it copied all my previous students. It never did this before. The title of the course has the old course name. It appears the course copy brought in the old section...

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Why can we not have immersive reader or any accessibility options for discussions and other categories? Is this an instructor setting or can I change my personal settings elsewhere?I apologize if this question has already been asked.Also, I assume th...

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Hello. We would love to use the RCE video tool in our courses so students do not have to go outside Canvas to record a video. Unfortunately, Instructure does not provide auto captioning. I understand that autocaptioning is not compliant but wouldn't ...

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We are working on a course template and want to provide faculty with pre-sized banners. Is there a way to add alt text to course images so faculty don't have to do it later? Or is the only way to add alt text through the accessibility checker once yo...

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With the phasing out of the old/legacy Course Analytics, I've been left trying to figure out how to quickly and efficiently determine the # of missing assignments a student has.The legacy version of Course Analytics included this information in one o...

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Hello to the good folks at Instructure,With the launch of the New Files Page, is there a timeline for how long the option to revert to the original interface will remain? I see in the release notes that this button is slated to be temporary.A concern...

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About 15 to 20 percent of the time when a student replys to another student Canvas records it as an assignment submission instead of a reply.  I have checked to see that they replyed corrected and they have. Has anyone else had this issue?

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I am completing a clinical prep course and there are various modules  needed to complete. I completed the knowledge check with 21 pts and achieved the score of 21. There is no other quiz. But the module shows 80 pts needed to complete the module. I a...

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I’d like to request a feature that allows the MyMav Final column, which is currently just a note field requiring manual entry to automatically reflect the Total column from Canvas.As it stands, instructors must manually input every grade, even when C...

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Pardon my logic, but if a student leaves the quiz 125 times while taking a 125-question multiple-choice quiz, should I consider the difficulty the student is encountering with my quiz?Is it not an issue of integrity when this happens and the student ...

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I find it incredible that Canvas doesn't allow the batch editing of assignment options like it does with dates or a limited setting like points. If I want all my assignments to use the same options (how many attempts, if feedback offered, keep the be...

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I type robust comments to students using the assignment comment box in Canvas. I start typing in the box, canvas refreshes on its own, and the cursor is no longer in the box. I type fast and when I look at the box, none of my typing has been entered ...

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Dear Support Team,My name is Pranjul Pal (Email: palp8812@gmail.com), and I am currently enrolled in the INDEL29 course.I have completed the 270-[DF]-Lab - Selecting Data from a Database module. The lab shows a green tick mark (✓) indicating completi...

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Hola a todos Desde el rol de instructor y de administrador, estoy intentando exportar el CSV que se encuentra en la opción de Evaluaciones/Informes/Análisis de alumnos/Exportar a CSV. Cuando exporto este CSV con el fin de poder ver todas las respuest...

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Canvas Speedgrader date/time stamps do not accurately reflect the date of submissions/resubmissions. The dropdown lists every assignment submission with the date/time of the most recent submission. We can tell the submission dates in the dropdown are...

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I have my quizzes in modules, assigned to everyone with no due date. The students are instructed to use them for practice whenever they want; occasionally, I will verbally some of them. I would like to assign a quiz with a due date for the kids that ...

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Is there a way to analyze quiz questions across more than one semester? For example, can I combine item analysis for a specific question from spring, summer, and fall semester of a particular year to get an aggregate analysis of the year?

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Hi Canvas Community! I am trying to set up an assignment where students will upload their submission but I will not grade it and it will not appear in their gradebook. I essentially just want them to upload their PPTs by a certain date then I will pu...

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