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advanced latex mode disappeared, is it possible to get it back? How? In the new equation editor, when I choose "edit directly in Latex", I do not see how the formula looks anymore, I only see my latex code, and down, where the formula shall appear, I...

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Hoping there is a solution to my issue that I am just overlooking. I will try to explain this as simply as I can! SITUATION A Canvas course for student orientation is built. It consists of multiple modules regarding items that all new students of the...

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Curious what others might be doing: We have our Canvas instance locked down so faculty can't add LTI's on their own.  We have a vetting process that all items added to Canvas must go through and this is our way of enforcing this.  We also have certai...

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Some background: My district is shifting grading focus to a more standards based approach. With that, we are wanting to "delay the grade" and allow for many opportunities to revise. Speed Grader Suggestion:It would be nice to be able to mark an assig...

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Is there a way to add an instructor or staff member to a Canvas page without them being visible to students?  We have two cases: - An instructor available in case of emergency, but who normally would not want to receive messages but can check the sit...

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I'm an instructional designer at a relatively large school. I am relatively new to tapping into Canvas APIs, but I think I am getting the hang of it. I use Postman primarily. I am looking to create groups in sections of courses prior to course migrat...

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We are exploring the FESTO Technical Education LTI integration with Canvas.    Does anyone have experience incorporating FESTO instructional materials into their instance of Canvas?  And if so, any insights on its functionality and ease of use of fac...

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My midterm quizzes have fractional scores even though that is impossible. My quiz has 31 possible points, and there is no way for a student to get a fraction of a point. Despite this, all the grades have decimals to the hundredths, and they do not co...

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Hi, one of my courses I had created under my Free for Teacher account that ended on Feb 5 2022 just won't go away from the Dashboard no matter what I do. I wonder what the problem is as no solutions from the guides seem to help.

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Hi everyone, I am working with a Registered raining Organization. Our all assessments are competency-based. We normally create quizzes with multiple "Essay Type" questions and grade them as 'satisfactory/unsatisfactory'. In case a student attempts 8 ...

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I am an instructor embedding Google Slides that have been published to the web.  I want them to fill a Page and resize responsively. I already have this part set up in the code and have removed the bottom navigation bar from the slideshow. I notice t...

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I was wondering if there was a way to populate quizzes using the .csv upload feature. Looking at the canvas import package, it looks like it lets me upload accounts, courses, groups, logins, sections, etc., but I was wondering if there is a way to up...

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Is there a way to pull a report from the permissions tab showing the roles and permissions granted to them?

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Has anyone encountered issues with the Adobe Creative Cloud Express (formerly Adobe Spark) integration? I had a report from a school this morning for a student who is getting stuck in a login loop when they try to open the Adobe assignment in Canvas....

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We've noticed that somewhat recently when we export an ePub from canvas, it doesn't correctly code   's as spaces. The result is as such: As coded in the course: ...dancing. They... As coded in the ePub: ...dancing.They...  This requires ma...

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I'm having an issue where any videos that I link to that are saved in Canvas (mp4 files) are not displaying if I make an accordion. With tabs, a video will show on the FIRST tab, but not in subsequent tabs. Looking at the code, for some reason it is ...

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Frequently (maybe once or twice a week?) I go to the canvas app to check a notification and am asked to search for my institution and sign in again. Every time this happens, I get a duplicate notification with every push notification. So if I had to ...

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I have created a couple of groups in my course, and I want to assign a different quiz to each group. However, though you can assign an assignment to a group, the same option doesn't exist when setting up a quiz. I even tried setting up an assignment ...

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When I post an assignment using the Student Annotation feature, my students experience their pdf files turning black.  This is happening to individual pages, not the entire pdf.  Example: page 2 of 5 is black, but the others are fine.  This is also h...

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How to edit a pending invite to make sure the email address is the correct one that was sent? Or even view the email that was entered and sent to a student?

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I found a hidden game in canvas and am wondering how many are there?

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I have a question about Canvas Quiz and Timed Quiz. If I have the exam open for students for 24 hours but they only have like 120 minutes to do so would the system kick them out after 120 minutes in Canvas when the exam opens? 

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Can you please help me figure out the best way in Canvas to do what I want to do?   I have 3 groups who are each creating a presentation and submitting it to me in Canvas (as a group assignment) for a grade (which I know how to grade, as a group or i...

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my canvas is not working  

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Hello. Perhaps I am missing something obvious, but when I go to edit rubrics, I can't seem to find the five check boxes that used to be there. For instance the check box option to "Use this rubric for assignment grading" or "Remove points from rubric...

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As a student, I'm on CANVAS all the time, and with their mostly white theme, that can give some annoying eye strain and headaches. When can we get a dark mode?

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Canvas - Classic Quiz feature provides an extensive support with the APIs as documented here - https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/. Considering that the "Classic Quiz" is going to be replaced with the "New Quiz" feature in the near future;  Will ...

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I'm a student, and I first noticed this issue yesterday. If I create an event, it will not save or display the time of the event. This function still works for tasks. All previous events still show the times they were created with. There is no differ...

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Are students able to send emails from their student email? I've had professors ask me to email them from my student email, but I don't know how to access it or send emails from it. If anyone knows, please let me know!

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How can I keep my inbox open in a separate tab at all times?  I have to get in and out of courses and it makes it difficult to email students about issues in the course when I can't toggle back and forth between them. I always have to get out of the ...

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