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Hello, Could I delete "type your answer..." in every blank space, and separate a question mark from the blank space? Thank you.

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How do I check to verify when an assigment was submitted by a student

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Hi, I accidentally deleted a survey from my canvas course, which students had already filled out. I tried undeleting it according to this https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Admin-Blog/Undeleting-things-in-Canvas/ba-p/267116 but the item i need...

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Hello, I am an instructor and I have created several courses on Canvas for my classes. Can I export those courses on my computer to use them later at another institution that uses Canvas?  Thank you. 

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How do I edit a comment in the comment box under Grades?

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I have a student whose name appears as her email address in Canvas. She attempts to edit her display name in her account settings and it appears she can do that successfully, but in the course lists she continues to show up as her email address. This...

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Dose anyone know if Canvas has a function to allow students in different courses/sections to join the same group? If so, how? 

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A few of our faculty are hesitant about adopting New Quizzes at this current time (April 2022).  I want to confirm that this feature is no yet present in New Quizzes: Use case:  Professor gives a quiz and wants to delay having students see answers to...

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Is Canvas available in Mexico? I have an upcoming trip and have courses to complete on Canvas.

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Can we please get rid of the hyperlinks to assignments in the To-Do List? My students do not go to and use the modules, they only access the course content from the To-Do List. So they miss out on so much important course content. I don't want every ...

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How do I archive student entries in my inbox from previous courses I have taught?

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Hi, I use the Canvas Student App and have multiple users logged in, so I can manage my continuing education and keep an eye on each of my children's assignments and grades.  Lately, when I go to switch user, it will start to login, then eliminate the...

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Is it possible to implement the same solution as RMIT? I was trying to follow on their PDF https://www.rmit.edu.au/content/dam/rmit/documents/staff-site/Learning_and_Teaching/Learning-and-Tea... , but it hasn't worked for me. Does something additiona...

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Hi, As per subject, can we have it so that accounts "merge up" based on email address, which are kept unique? So a person who logs in with all manual, Microsoft and Google, with the same email address, all resolve to the specific, one account, that h...

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forgot password. click on the forgot password but get no response.

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I'm working with a faculty member who is teaching Japanese courses and uses the SpeedGrader to provide in-line comments on student homework submissions using the Free Text Annotation function. When writing in Japanese on a computer, a small menu open...

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Basically what the title says. I use Speedgrader to grade assignments. Most submissions are PDFs; a few are .txt files and a few are screenshots. I use a rubric, so the comments section on the right is way too small for me by default and I resize it ...

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Reasonable new with Canvas and I teach algebra, calculus and statistics etc. 1) Is it possible to setup a Quiz by student?  This could allow a Quiz to have multiple quizzes accessible via passwords. 2) Is it possible to setup a SET of questions by st...

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Hi! I'm new adjunct faculty and have managed to use Canvas for all elements, but I'm having a hard time with the attendance.  For the course, attendance is set at 2 points for each date of attendance and is 10% of the grade.  I don't know how to set ...

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I am at a library and trying to login but it seems doesn't allow me to login?

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I am trying to build a formula question to calculate pH. The written formula in textbooks is: pH = -log[H+] I haven't figured out how to use -log and have my variable for [H+]. I've tried the following:      -logx      -log x      -log(x)      -log[x...

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since our content is already in canvas when we see the class, where do I go to set due dates for these assignments?

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Hello, The Canvas Guides are a fantastic resource. I work with faculty to help them work in Canvas, so they are an indispensable resource. Unfortunately, most guide pages have numerous web accessibility issues. Are there any plans for accessibility u...

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My external tool links are taking me to the "my content" page and not the specific gradable exercise I want the students to complete. Also, some students are getting an "access denied" message. This is new as we have been using the gradable resource ...

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Does the DocViewer that students use to complete an annotated assignment include the math editor? For example, if a math teacher uploaded a .pdf of word problems could a student respond using math symbols?

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Hi Team,   We are working on one lti tool where we want to fetch the information of activity status whether it is completed or in progress for the specific enrolled user for a course. I try to find for the same in the canvas forum but I didn't get an...

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unable to find peir review for business plan competetion

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How do I move a quiz from Assignment Quizzes to Practice Quizzes (within the same course).The version in Assignment Quizzes is not published, so the students will not see it move.  

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How do I edit HTML in New Quizzes? I need to include medical records in my quizzes, with multiple tabs for the students to click through. I can do this in Classic Quizzes. However, I need to use some of the New Quiz features to create the type of que...

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