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Hi. This is a two part question. (1) Is there a way to be in the View as Student mode and access the content for a group? It doesn't seem to automatically happen, and I don't see a way to add the test student to a group. (What I want to check is how ...

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Last academic year (2023-2024), I used to be able to delay announcements and when these future dates arrived and the announcements were finally posted in canvas, then students will get an email notification on that day as well. This is no longer happ...

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Have anyone tried enrolling into class year 2024/2025?I’ve attempted but not successful , anyone has got similar problem?

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Hi,We are just starting out with Canvas, transitioning from Blackboard over the next year. I have a series of Articulate Rise modules that I have uploaded to the Canvas files area. I have set them so that they are only accessible to students with the...

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Why can't i download reading resources from my students courses? When I try and enter my email and password for canvas it says my password is incorrect.  Does the observer login not allow for down loading? 

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Why this year my kids don't see their grades on Canvas? It tells me it has been disabled for them. How can I fix that? I have the grade button, but they don’t.  I have looked in settings and all over Canvas and I cannot find the option to able it aga...

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Hello Community,I hope you're doing well.I'm Alaa NIZAR, Canvas Admin at UM6P university.We are experiencing a strange issue with the Calendar tool.I've created a course and enrolled both students and teachers. However the Course is not checked by de...

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im a student and my teacher has posted practice tracks for a honor choir im in and whenever i open the page the videos do not load and only displays "Your media has been uploaded and will appear here after processing." and sometimes if i let it load ...

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I'm completely new to Canvas and using it for a homeschool biology course I am teaching.  My first assignment was a WebQuest with a worksheet that students had to fill out.  When work was submitted, if the student got <70% accurate, I annotated their...

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I was surprised when I went to link a question bank I'd created a few semesters back to a new quiz in a new course to find that the "pencil" icon that gives me access to editing the questions in the bank was absent and so the questions weren't editab...

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I am trying to share a Kaltura video (2 minutes) via email to a student.  I am only seeing the embed option.  I am very new to Canvas and Kaltura.  Can someone help?   

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Hi, Community! Students receive an email notification when I publish a class announcement. OK so far. Here’s my question: if I *allow comments* in class announcements, are students also notified by email every time someone comments or replies to a co...

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I'm trying to determine if there is an easier way to do what I am doing. When I grade assignments in large lecture classes, I often want to get a jump on grading by banging out the ones submitted early. However, after you grade one student, you have ...

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I am having trouble grading my student's quizzes on Canvas. All of my quizzes are set to a grading policy of "automatic" and they are all set to "allow multiple attempts" and they are all set to "Let Students See Their Quiz Responses". Now, I only ha...

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We are contemplating creating a course specific to accommodated students to disseminate information about accommodations such as exam scheduling, etc. However, the students cannot know who else is enrolled. I know how to hide the people tab, but the ...

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Caveat: This might be a highly specialized thing that only I do and might not be entertained as a feature request; but I thought I would ask.User Role: InstructorI have the habit of sending weekly Announcements - usually timed to go out at 8:00 AM on...

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In my Kaltura video recordings, the camera screen (i.e., me) always defaults to being the primary screen.  How do I change the video settings so that the presentation screen (i.e., PowerPoint) is saved as the primary screen and my camera screen is th...

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I want all of my classes to be able to see the appointment group I created. I have added both classes to the appointment group, but only one is appearing in the Canvas Calendar. When I try to "edit" group details both classes are grayed out not allow...

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Is there a way to tell if students have rejected an invitation to a course?  I've read some older questions on this forum (2018) that said there used to be a report that would show this, but I can't find the buttons they referced and I can't find any...

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Hello, just want to know if a student is notified when they are deactivated from a course. Thank you.

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We have math teachers who have individual licenses for Delta Math and need to integrate it with our canvas instance.  I have read their instructions  however, when it says to go to +App, the teachers do not have that option.  I am sure it is a permis...

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I have quizzes that are given on paper that I then let students submit corrections for.  Is there a way to mark these assignments as resubmitted in the Canvas gradebook so that I can differentiate when a student has turned in the assignment?

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There is contradictory and confusing information in the guide about automatically assigning peer reviews in discussions: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-automatically-assign-peer-reviews-for-a-discussion/ta-p/1108At the t...

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I'm using Classic Quizzes. Actually, two problems: (1) Canvas is not deleting selected questions from the Question Bank.  Instead, it greys out the question -- but, does not delete it from the bank. (2) Modifying and updating a question causes Canvas...

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I am unable to log into my school for science.  I put in my email and password but it says it is the wrong password- what is interesting is that it is the same password and email for my other school that I use with Canvas.  I copied and pasted all th...

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On my Canvas home page, in the centre I have  a section called 'Module Learning Path'.  It is a set of blue buttons labelled week 1, week 2, week 3 etc.  I have worked out how to edit the titles of the buttons, but how do I link the buttons to the co...

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Student To Do List Error - Not showing all missing assignments   For some reason, I have a few students whos To Do list is not counting assignments correctly.     The students go to canvas - then to dashboard view.  They mostly use the "List View" in...

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Do you know if there is a setting in the Admin settings to turn off the option where Observers can "combine" student accounts when they are pairing them?  We just had a parent do this and WE were able to split them, but was hoping we could turn it of...

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How to open the limit when I create a new group by invitation only without inviting people? Thanks~

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Head office has populated all courses on canvas with the students in relevant subjects from iSAMS.  However, some classes have not populated.  How can I add student users to courses? Or indeed check the synch with iSAMS.  I am just a school level adm...

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