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I'm a student using Canvas, and whenever I go to the Library Course Materials on one of my class pages it's completely blank (image attached below). Earlier this summer term it worked just fine, however now nothing shows up on the page. I've already ...

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Hi all,We've encountered a recurring issue in Canvas where students are blocked from progressing in a module due to unmet prerequisites—usually a required quiz score—even though the Gradebook shows they've met the requirement.When a student attempt t...

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I'm having an issue where student's assignments keep resizing smaller and I have to keep increasing the size.  What could be causing this?  Using a 4k screen, set to max resolution and 150% zoom.  Using Microsoft Edge on a Windows 11 machine.  Assign...

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I am designing a course that the administrator created a uniform set of templates to utilize. They were organized under a singular module labeled 0 Template - X for each type of discussion, page, etc. I used "Copy to" to create copy of this and used ...

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I can't seem to find how to open or even find my next class? 

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If I conclude a student as soon as they have completed can I still access their evidence?

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I have set an assignment for 50 points.  Some students already have submitted the assignment, but now I want to change the total to 30 points.  (The rubric has been adjusted. ) I have not scored any of the submitted assignments yet. How can I change ...

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Without changing any of my settings, I recently started getting notifications that I have a new message in Inbox even though I was the one who sent the message. The student has not had time to respond and no response is posted yet. It happens within ...

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How as an instructor can I unlock the Class Resource link under Quick for the students to see?   Tim

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Students are required to leave a comment on the Discussion board but their comments are only showing up in their individual Assignments section of Canvas.  They do not show up in the Discussion.  Also, students are unable to reply to other students' ...

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I'm completing Course 2 of the Georgia Literacy Academy. I've completed Lesson 4, and it says to click on Done and then Next at the bottom of the page to move on to the next page, but there is no Done button on the page. The program won't let me move...

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Hi, Our instructor had saved and published all course materials, including Modules, the Syllabus, and Announcements. Everything was visible earlier, but now all content appears to have disappeared from the course page. This is quite urgent. Has anyon...

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Hi Rebecca, I will be out of town working the week 7/13-7/19/2025 and was wondering if there is any assignments for that week that I could get done now? I am a student in your CHIL 101 class.   Thank You  Donna Philpott

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I teach Independent Studies.  I have 45 course that I fascilitate.  I have a canvas tile for each class.  I now have put all these tiles onto 1 tile so I load the student once and they have access to all 45 classes on that one tile.  It works great f...

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Hi, I'm trying to use the "microsoft" authentication provider in Canvas and am having trouble with attribute mapping.  When I log in using an MSA/consumer account (e.g., an outlook.com account) rather than an org-owned Entra account, even though "nam...

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Is it possible to put up a reminder to inform instructors that specific course material has not been graded for (x) days?

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I have a whole bunch of Assignments from my course last year and, after the fact, I have decided that they would be better as Pages.   Is there a way to bulk convert them?  I'd like to be able to just select a list of Assignments and then select Conv...

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How do I cancel the PDE Class that I am in right now?

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I am a teacher taking a PDE class on Canvas. The instructor has asked everyone to download a PDE Log form from Canvas to keep track of our hours. 

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Currently in Canvas, late submission penalties are applied based on full days, and the system rounds partial days up. For example, a submission that is 1.01 days or 1.99 days late is both rounded to 2 days late.This approach can feel unfair to studen...

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The color options for highlighting appear to have changed to largely dark red, dark green, and purple (no yellow or lighter colors). This seems to defeat the entire purpose of highlighting, as the text can barely be read. Making a custom highlight co...

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I'm busy testing the self-assessment tool, unfortunately i'm able to assess my self as a student, but unable to submit the results (this button is missing). Are there any problems known at the moment? 

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Hi everyone,I have a question regarding user management and tracking admin activity within our LMS.If a student is manually added or invited to a course by one of our admins, is there a way to identify which specific admin performed that action? We h...

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I have just configured and setup my RCE for Canvas LMS. And have added the Youtube LTI and can embed public youtube videos in my pages. My institution posts their lectures on Youtube as unlisted or private. So that only those with the URL can access ...

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 Greetings to you my instructors.Tam a new student admitted for a doctoral in business administration. I am glad to finally enroll on the course and also log in on my canvas and LMS. I have been a struggling student with failing attempts to get me on...

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How is this possible? The guide still states we can only attach one document in Discussions.

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Is there a way to create a custom grading scheme in Canvas to fit this need: I want a teacher to be able to input any score out of 100, and the output would become either a 1 or 0. For example, any score of 1-100 would become a 1, and a 0 would remai...

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I just deleted a module I need. How do I find it and undelete it?

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SpeedGrader, accessed froM Assignments, requires "Select Group to Grade" be picked from a pull down menu. By default The menu is empty. One must assign students to Groups. I want to grade all students so I need to create a group that contains all stu...

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