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We are forced to use Canvas at our school. Canvas has an inbox through which students can contact us. I d not like this as it adds another inbox I must check. I can forward the messages to my inbox but replyinf to those often gets an error message at...

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Can I view the questions on the test that most students missed or the percentage of students got right or wrong? 

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What instructions can I give my students for how to look for and listen to audio clip feedback I leave on discussions and assignments?

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I am an instructor in an online, asynchronous course.  Suppose I give students two chances to take a quiz and allot 15 minutes to take the quiz.  Is it possible to change the amount of time allotted on the second attempt?

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If you set-up a prerequisite and then get a new student to your classroom, can a prerequisites or requirements for an individual student?  I love this feature, but we do get new students added to the class throughout the year.  Their grades are trans...

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I love canvas and want to create a course separate from my institution. Am I able to do a private course or must it be affiliated with an existing school?

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I've been following up a request about course progress tracking and as there isn't a native feature for this in Canvas I wanted to see if there was any applications out there that provide this feature as a plug in instead?M thought would be that ever...

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Video recording won’t work for me. When I click “start recording” the countdown begins but then after “1” it just closes out of the recording screen instead of recording me. 

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Is it possible to provided answer feedback on quizzes on questions-types such as: True/FalseCategorizationOrderingEssayI have learned how to provide feedback on Multiple Choice, but I was wondering about the other question types.   Thanks in advance!...

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Hi there, I have had a few instances when duplicating a calendar event (say for a course topic which runs from Monday to Friday, where the start and finish times are excelarated by one hour.  For example* Monday 9am to 4pm is duplicated for extra fou...

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I add an app in Edu Center with our web site url,install it in Canvas/Course/assignment/submission select list . It will be loaded in iframe when we preview this assignment. But it can't work well. The iframe is blank, there is nothing. And it log 40...

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What is the font used in Canvas for Elementary? It is very primary friendly!   

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I am working with developers to develop a custom report we can pull from Canvas that shows us the final grader or all graders required to grade submitted work. We are using a CRON job to go through the data.Below are a couple of questions from my dev...

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There does not appear to be a way to export and import content into item banks through the GUI or an API.  Is there an API (or one coming soon) for Item Bank import/export?  We also reviewed the full Course Export in IMSCC format and could not find t...

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I'd like to embed a Google Trend line graph into a Canvas page, so that it automatically updates. I tried pasting the code that Google provides into the html editor, but when I save it there is nothing on the page. The code is below. <script type="te...

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We have overhauled our rubrics for 2022 and standardized everything at 100 points. I've labeled them all a 2022 Essay etc. (Don't get me started on generic rubrics. You have to compromise sometimes.)My entire list of all rubrics known to man is in th...

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HelloI I forgot to upload my course before leaving for summer and they have disappeared.  When I went back I found that I should be able to locate them in courses under past enrollment.  When I look there though, I see my courses from 2020-2021 but n...

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How do I register my daughter for a course under her name and not mine

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I cannot access photos in a Quiz for an Art Class and it doesn't matter if I change browsers.  Still cannot see photos and therefore I CANNOT ANSWER QUESTIONS.  Teacher says to ask Tech Support.  Can't even send in a ticket nor REACH any tech support...

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I am an IT assistant at my college and I received a call that a past course is no longer showing under the courses tab and past enrollments. I'm unsure of how to resolve this issue. Any help would be appreciated

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Hello.Where can I find information on specific computer operating  systems (the minimum version required) for Canvas LMS?Although, the article below provides information on specific browser versions required, and unless I missed it, it does not provi...

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We use our own design through JS, but since the new quizzes are LTI can this still be achived?We use JS to restrict and remove a lot of menues in canvas, due to it being way to cluttered and overencumersum for lots of our userbase. And we see the sam...

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Can courses on Canvas Catalog be listed in a calendar view? If not can the offerings of a sub category be arranged by course start date? 

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I need help how to download A VIDEO of myself. Im newbie and I need a little bit help I'm confuse here.Thanks

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was enrolled in some courses in February that were to end in the Fall, They were self paced.  However, I no longer find them in my Dashboard.   I find this odd and very strange.  I've reached out to the professor but I have not received any replies. ...

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I was not aware, until this evening, that every time I update a Canvas page, it is sent to any student who has checked that off in their Notifications.  Can I block some updates going to students if I am still editing the page?Thank you.

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Hi,What happens if you fail the 3 attempts? How can you get past and try again/move forward?Thank you.

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I switched to a new college. How do I change Canvas from my current college to the new one?

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Can I access my student canvas if I go to the Philippines?

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How do I create a single word bank for a fill-in-the-blank quiz?

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