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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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I am currently working in the free version of Canvas LMS to learn the platform and create course content. I log in with my school Google account. If we were to purchase Canvas at my district, would I and the people I've had access my course (also by ...

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How do I get the Quick Checks tool for my canvas classes? Is it an LTI that can be added?

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I'm looking for a way to have quick access as a student or observer to not just all assignments like a calendar feed gives you, but to a list of assignments and their "status" similar to what is shown on the Grades page. A updating feed that would sh...

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I discovered that a quiz already taken by 140 people had an error.  The correct answer was mismarked on one question.  I edited the question but did not get the option to do a regrade.  I then found that, unbelievably, Canvas won't regrade a question...

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Hello all,I am going to be teaching a course asynchronously using canvas. Please how do I start to create the course?

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Has anyone written automation that scoops up new files from the file system and imports them into courses in Canvas under "Files"?

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I have been approved as a canvas partner, but I am not sure how I am able to "list" my integration into the canvas store. How am I able to give schools access to my tool through canvas?

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How do I create a custom grading scheme that converts points to letter grades? For example, let's say there are five assignments in the course, worth 100 points each, for a total of 500 points. I want to convert those 500 points into letter grades, b...

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Whenever I try to type something into the text box in Canvas, it always just ends up just showing it for a second, hiding it, and not showing up. I know the words came up, too, since it updates the word count, but nothing shows up. Also, under the te...

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Is Canvas going to create a feature that allows teachers to enable AI-generated feedback on wrong quiz answers to give students instant feedback?  Other platforms such as Formative are already doing this.  

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Hi,I would like to understand the distinctions between the roles of a Teaching Assistant (TA) and a Teacher.

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Does Canvas have an SFTP site?We are trying to integrate a new SIS and I have not gotten any response from Canvas to meet with our IT department to provide 1/4 of the way to integration. 

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As AP is moving into the digital age, my students are now forced to type timed essays.  The most viable options that would not allow them to use spellcheck or grammar check is either a Canvas text entry submission or a Canvas essay quiz.  However, th...

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My two exams represent 20% of the final grade; each counts 10%. When calculating the grade, I notice some inconsistencies. For instance, if the grade of one exam is zero and the grade of a student before entering that grade is 66, it goes down four p...

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How do I move my account question banks to someone else's account? I am leaving the department. The faculty do not have access to my admin account question banks.

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Hello,We have backend service integration where we are trying fetch all users and courses and sections for institutions. How can I obtain an access token for backend service integration without using a redirect URI? I have developer keys.

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I have successfully added the external app Turnitin/Feedback Studio into our CanvasLMS. And it looks normal when I used the teacher's account. And there's a expected error occurred when I click the button "Test Student" just as the description of Com...

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Hello.I have been using this platform for around two weeks.  This post is about using Canvas on my laptop.How do I quickly determine where my posts are in a particular discussion, or who has responded to my replies? What I am doing now is impractical...

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Hi, I am using autograded quizzes that students are able to retake until they get 100%. I have some students that have retaken the quiz, and are now on 100%. However, the final result does not match the score they received - even in the Speed Grader...

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For my courses, I have a syllabus module where I break down syllabus information into a series of pages (25 total: each page dedicated to a specific FAQ or set of policies) that make it easy for students to find the information they need, rather than...

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I use Code.org to teach APCSP. Last week I saw this . Here is the link to the Guides. My question is this - Is Canvas supporting this "Early Access"?  This would be fantastic! 

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Two ideas I think need to be in Media Gallery for the student portion.  Allowing a student to title said video's (of instructors) to mark subjects or certain points in said videos would be extremely useful.

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Is anyone using Canvas for rank, tenure, promotion?   We have been using a commercial product which is a considerable financial outlay as well as a substantial cost in human capital.  We think Canvas could be a solution to the issue.  We could ideall...

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My kids in my class are making their own group chats on my Canvas class.  how do I delete them and make it so kids can't make groups on it?

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I have looked for solutions to this online, but haven't found anything.  I was SHOCKED to learn that when locking a quiz in New Quizzes with available until dates does not prevent students from being able to access tests they have already taken.  The...

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We have two accounts in our Canvas instance. The main account has numerous sub-accounts while other one has only one. I was thinking to move that one to the main account (including students, courses). How do I do that ? Is it possible ? I have seen a...

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