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I am using Speedgrader in Canvas (especially with Turnitin for essay submissions), and I would like to be able to exclude the 0 grades for students who did not submit the assignment from the calculation of the assignment average that is posted at the...

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When I logged in this morning, my courses were combined sections in Canvas. Now I have all students under one Canvas class. When I click on sections, they are still listed by sections (how it is in Powerschool). When I sync grades to PowerTeacherPro,...

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Hi!  I am currently reading two courses on two different institutions. Both use Canvas.  Is there a way for me to have all my courses in the samt Canvas? (like now I have to log in differently and it would be much better to be able to see all my cour...

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What is Assignment Override?   When do an user need this feature?    Please help me understand the concept.    Thank you. Raymond  

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Is there a way to convert a quiz into PDF format and then print it so that I can have a hard copy?

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I believe this question was asked  a couple of years ago, but a final solution was never provided. One of our professors uses the comments section of Speed Grader when her students submit online papers. Multiple times and in no particular pattern she...

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We just adopted Canvas this past term, and have been trying to get end-of-term survey data from our Course Evaluation Surveys. However, we have run into a major issue with the Student Analysis Report CSV. See survey settings below: We set these surve...

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When taking quizzes on Canvas the SUBMIT button is directly below the NEXT button with little spacing. As a student this issue is stressful and I have had feedback from instructors that this is an issue, yet I have been using canvas for three years w...

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I ask students a series of open-ended questions about their lab assignments. On Blackboard I post these to the discussion board and have the students reply with quote to my questions. I then go through their reply and comment on each answer as necess...

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How do your instructional designers set up LTI links in Canvas without having enrolling in the course or use ActAs as the actual teacher in cases of testing tools in prepping or supporting courses?  For Blackboard, for example for Original Courses, t...

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How do your instructional designers set up LTI links in Canvas without having enrolling in the course or use ActAs as the actual teacher in cases of testing tools in prepping or supporting courses?  For Blackboard, for example for Original Courses, t...

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I'm looking for a way to interpret the "page view csv" file. I know that on the How do I view the page views for a user in an account? guide: Descriptions of Page Views CSV column headings can be found in the the Canvas Users API documentation. Unfor...

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I have set up a series of modules that require students to work through a series of assignments in sequential order with some assignments requiring a submission and quizzes requiring a minimum score to progress. I have a student who is purposely bypa...

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We've been looking into the Assignments Enhancements and have noticed a difference in the way Rubrics and Assignment Comments behave. The assignment comments are now tethered to a submission, making the process of formative and summative assessment m...

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Rich Content Editor cann't insert image (icon don't show in toolbar). How do I get the image icon to show?  

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It is possible to manage my Canvas notification settings as an instructor at a course-level, but how can I manage notifications at a single assignment-level?

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since today 17/03 trying to get into contact of support but there is no email anywhere to get to them, can you help?

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Hi there,  It looks like we can't add a staff member to a past Canvas course. For various reasons (it may be that a colleague is taking over a new course, and needs access to previous materials, or needs to see how the course has been taught over mul...

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We are new to Canvas. Can someone please help me better understand "copy course" versus "import course content"? Specifically: Are there pros or cons of either approach? For example:  Importing courses and course files count against course file quota...

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My students are using school-issued chromebooks to access Canvas and a test I've created requiring the lockdown browser.  The browser has previously been downloaded and installed on these devices but they students keep getting a message that they nee...

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We have an orientation course that we want all students to be automatically enrolled in upon account creation. Is there a way, either directly in Canvas or with the aid of the SIS, that students can be automatically enrolled rather than manually enro...

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This update (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Known-Issues/Admins-are-able-to-act-as-non-admin-users-with-more-permissions/ta-p/515569) seems to have broken our admins' ability to Act As...teachers. We created a limited role at the root level with ...

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I am a teacher in an ongoing course and would like to add a substantial amount of new content, and provide links to that new content to the home page.  When I create a link (even if I haven't published the page/discussion/module) it sends an email no...

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I'm not sure what suddenly changed, but lately when I am using Canvas in the Google Chrome browser it stops functioning. I cannot navigate away from the page I am currently on due to the "Waiting for available socket" message I get at the bottom of m...

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So when students submit more than 1 time to a group assignment, it looks like only the most recent submission is stored in files on their group home page.  Is this true?  Or are the older submissions hiding somewhere?

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i (admin) cannot see the page views on any acounnt since today 17/03, can you help me? 

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Does anyone know why Canvas works on Microsoft Edge but not on Google Chrome? Since yesterday, when I access Canvas on Google Chrome (which I have always done for years), I cannot access the courses or the inbox (or the dashboard). It works well only...

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Good Day,   I am looking to find out the CANVAS backend Data Warehouse tables where the assignemt data sits for the following report. Missing Assignments   Student nameStudent IDCourse nameCourse IDSection nameAssignment namePoints possibleDue dateUn...

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I want to ask , why can't my canvas show the course ? I'v tried to open it on microsoft edge but still can't open it . Only the boxes are visible and are white without the course name. I will attach the photo. Thanks in advance for the help .

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Hi Regarding deleted files and inbox mails and what happens to them.  My group and I have an assignment that we have to upload our draft assignment once a week just for instructor too observe the progress. As we upload our files individually we repla...

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