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When downloading the assignment that a student has uploaded (1 page with images/diagrams) to Assignments. It has the images moved down and the format has changed? Can this be changed or is there a work around to ensure that the downloaded file is in ...

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Are there any colleges out there that are using third party event management tools to create and manage groups and events that integrate with the Canvas calendar?  We tested creating groups and events with what is available in Canvas, and we discover...

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Hello,I have a question regarding self-paced courses. My organization is using Canvas a little differently than a traditional college would. We are leaving self-paced courses open without an end date because we have students taking the courses at dif...

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I had students submit an essay using Google Docs through the Google LTI 1.3 external tool. I posted feedback in the "Overall Feedback" box for them to better understand their grade. Some got the feedback in an email, but some of my students can't see...

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On my assignment page, I clicked "Everyone" for who could see the assignment.  However, there are a couple of students that have submitted work early for which I graded and gave feedback.  They went in, opened up the assignment and then gave answers ...

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I have used the built in tool to change all missing assignments to zero grades, however, the assignments that are made through external tools are not showing as missing and therefore not automatically graded with a zero. Does anyone know how to fix t...

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I have "Automatically apply grade for missing submissions" checked for all my classes. Last night, the missing tag and score of 0 did not automatically enter at end of day for 4/5 of my classes for the assignment we did yesterday. It worked for 1/5 c...

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Hi! Is it possible to configure by course designer through course settings which specific notifications students can receive? Thank you!

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The teacher doesn't see the course in her dashboard. I was able to find in in the past enrollments for her. There is a note in the teacher's profile that the course was completed yesterday, I guess that's the reason it moved to the past enrollment an...

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A quiz in a course had it's due date changed from Feb 18th to March 30th.    The teacher insists that they didn't do it, and what I can see in PageViews corroborates this.    There are no other teachers or TA or designers in this course, so I suspect...

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Canvas- is there a way to run a grade report from Canvas?  I am interested in seeing which students currently have a 72 or below in any class.

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Is there a way to work out the total file size of a course including any videos that have been added through Studio?  This doesn't need to include any files uploaded by students. I can get the 'files uploaded to course' size but this doesn't include ...

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Hi, I would like to sell my course on Canvas Catalog. May I please have more information about it and knowing more about the price? I've tried to reach the sale's team, but no answer. Thank you very much,  Audrey 

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Hi everyone,I am trying to solve the following problem. Say I have created a random variable x, which I display to the student using [x] in the Canvas formula question. I know how to do this. How can I then display to the student the value x+5? If I ...

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Hi, I have been checking the settings if there is a way to enable or disable the Student Interaction Report option when accessed through 'People' in a course as it is not showing on my end. Please see attached screenshot below.    I am able to access...

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 Calling All Current and Former Students Using Canvas LMS! Whether you’re actively using Canvas or you navigated it during your studies, we want to hear from you! We’re keen to understand how students have used Canvas and what features have signifi...

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Please add an option in our grade book to make the total collum a whole number. I would rather an 89.5 display as a 90. I have realized that a lot of my college students don't understand basic rounding rules. 

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I attached a writable assignment in Canvas and the first time the students logged in they had access to the assignment. Now half of them have access and the other half it says they need a join code in order to see assignments. On the Writable Help pa...

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Hello! I want to export the certificates earned by ALL 30 of my students in a Canvas course. I do not want to have to download each one at a time. Is there a way to do this?Thank you!

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I am trying to find a tutorial for tutor.com via canvas that my instructor is telling us to use. We have to submit our essays through it and then resubmit to him when we receive the comments and changes we can make. I am not seeing this anywhere and ...

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I have a course that is published in Canvas, and we are at the end of the semester. I have students emailing me that they cannot see one of two courses that I am teaching them. I have not seen this happen before. It looks fine in my teacher view and ...

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I like to grade on a curve, where I set grade boundaries by hand after looking at the distribution of scores for a given assignment.  My reading of the 'curve grades' feature is that we cannot do this.  Instead, we are limited to simply inputing a sc...

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Good morning! I'm attempting to help faculty on campus with a bizarre issue surrounding New Quizzes. The issue is: Faculty member copies a New Quiz from Course A over to Course B. They edit and add a question to the New Quiz in Course A and delete th...

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We'd like to create a page of support staff such that when someone hovers over a staff member's image, a second image flips over in its place similar to the following: https://pwd.aa.ufl.edu/about/team/ I appreciate any insights! I also use Articulat...

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I'll likely not get a statement to the question; trying again and again hopefully.

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Today is the last day of finals and I have just finished grading my students' final assignment. I am trying to send them a message in Canvas letting them know that I am finalizing their grades and that if they have any questions they need to contact ...

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An instructor noticed that their assignment had the wrong submission type. As they were not at their computer and the due date was looming, they went into the Canvas Teacher app to make the edit. However, submission type is not something that they we...

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Is there any possibility of enrolling multiple users to a course through Canvas live APIs.If yes , How to do that ?

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I am enrolled in Texas Teachers of Tomorrow and went to access my canvas to continue working on my courses and I get a failed to log in message that says Canvas doesn't have an account for my email. I was on it not even 30 minutes ago so I have no id...

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how to edit the images used in the module tiles on the course overview/homepage?

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