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According to Canvas Release notes, Previous and Next navigation buttons were to be put in production yesterday? I don't see them added as of this morning. Was there a delay? 

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I am able to read my announcements, but under the "Posted On" section to the right, there are no dates listed for all of my courses.  Is this a setting I need to change somewhere?  I don't think it would be huge issue but one of my classes has older ...

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Solution Posted: 07-22-2021 View Solution
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Canvas encouraged the migration of old quizzes to new quizzes...and now I find out new quizzes won't migrate from old courses to new courses. Rendering these new quizzes essentially bricked. To say nothing the fact that there are numerous issues with...

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Solution Posted: 07-18-2021 View Solution
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Hello. Is there a DocViewer API that allows adding annotations? Or is it possible to upload an annotated PDF and display it in DocViewer for the student via CanvasAPI or not?

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as an instructor is google drive the only place I can upload my powerpoints?

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Solution Posted: 07-16-2021 View Solution
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Hi everyone! I'm an instructional designer and I am hoping I might glean some knowledge and guidance from other Canvas users on effectively using the Group Homepage sites throughout an entire semester. We've just switched to Canvas so this is a new t...

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How can I delete a sandbox that I created? 

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Solution Posted: 07-16-2021 View Solution
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I am new to this. As an instructor, do I need to create my assignments first then they go into gradebook? I am teaching f/f and utilizing canvas but need to use the gradebook. i.e Quiz 1 =20pts, -- do I just create the assignment with a total of 20 p...

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Hello,  Hope you are well. I work for an organization as a Student Adviser, so I use Canvas as an instructor.  I am not able to find the "New Analytics" tab, not even in the course settings - navigation. Could you help me figure out why? I would be a...

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Solution Posted: 07-16-2021 View Solution
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I've searched the boards and find that several people have been asking about this issue from all the way back to 2019. When will Canvas correct this? I can't tell you how many times classmates and myself have utilized Canvas to record video discussio...

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Solution Posted: 07-15-2021 View Solution
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Hello  I want the students to have a score for their pretest quiz at the beginning of the course so they can see where they are at, (and so I can) but NOT have the pre-test quiz score calculate into their final grade as displayed. I have a grading s...

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Solution Posted: 07-21-2021 View Solution
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Hi, I can't log into my event on Canvas. How do I find or reset my password? Thanks, Ann

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Solution Posted: 07-15-2021 View Solution
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Hello, An application was accidentally deleted yesterday from our production instance. Is there a way to restore a deleted application as an Admin, possibly from Beta, or do you simply need to re-integrate the app? If I need to re-integrate the app m...

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Solution Posted: 07-15-2021 View Solution
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I'm a teacher and want to set up a jigsaw research experience. Ideally, I want students in two sections to select their topic from one list of options, but I can work around that. How can I provide a list and assure that only one student can choose e...

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Solution Posted: 07-15-2021 View Solution
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Hello there, I am attempting to set a specific admin role. I cannot enable 'view all grades' - see image attached, the role is called Student Analytics. Essentially, I would like to create a role that allows someone to be able to access course analyt...

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SO it seems that something has changed in Canvas. The multiple-answer no longer gives partial credit OR there's some other setting that needs to be changed. I've spent a couple hours trying to figure out how to get canvas to score a multiple answer q...

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Solution Posted: 07-15-2021 View Solution
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I recently set an exam for my students and one student needed to do the exam the next day. The other students submitted their exam in the original time period. I then changed the exam date and time (to the next day) just for the student with the exte...

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Solution Posted: 07-14-2021 View Solution
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I know how to merge multiple sections under 1 section.  However, I have been told that this can't be done and was wondering if there is something I miss.  My problem is, if I have ENGR 1250-001, -002, and -003, I want to merge them all under one Canv...

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Solution Posted: 07-14-2021 View Solution
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How can I remove the "Missing Assignment" notification  after i have graded work manually

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Good afternoon. A student asks me to open Units 4 and 5 for her in advance. I did it in the activities and in the automated ones but I don't see how to do it in the units.  Can you guide me?

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Solution Posted: 07-14-2021 View Solution
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I'm the GA for a Hebrew class, The font on the vocab quizzes the professor used is not very good and he's asked me to change them. However, it is very time consuming to go through each quiz and change the font on each individual question. Is there so...

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Solution Posted: 07-16-2021 View Solution
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Hello, Canvas Community:   I need to know How many files can a student submit in the same assignment in Canvas?   Thanks!

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Solution Posted: 07-13-2021 View Solution
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I can't figure out why I can't get any content in my 4th tab to appear, I contacted Canvas support and they told me that enhanceable_content tabs are no longer supported, is this true? Thank you! Here is a link to the code on codepen that I am using ...

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Solution Posted: 07-15-2021 View Solution
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I have a student who is on my roster and enrolled in the course but does not show in grades or speed grader.  Anyone?

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We would like to incorporate into the Grade book the ability to overwrite an "F" (0%) with an "FN" which indicates a student failed to do any or very minimal coursework and never officially withdrew from the course. We use the "FN" grade for Title IV...

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Solution Posted: 07-13-2021 View Solution
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I recently purchased a Microsoft Surface Pro 7 for school only to find that I am unable to log into Canvas on this device. I have tried logging in using both Edge and Chrome to no avail. I am having no issues logging in to this same account on other ...

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Solution Posted: 07-12-2021 View Solution
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Does anyone use special permissions or user profiles for your college's research department? I'd like to know what permissions you would think are important for these groups.  Thanks, Claudia

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Solution Posted: 07-13-2021 View Solution
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I really like the idea of the grade by question functionality.  However, everything I see refers me to how to see one student's responses a question at a time (or to pull that student's responses).  I want to know how I can pull every students's resp...

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Solution Posted: 08-05-2021 View Solution
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Colleagues and/or Vendors, I need help.  I feel utterly lost.  This "Instructure Community" site is a maze and I cannot figure out where I am let alone where to go. My school uses Canvas.  I had colleagues help me last year, but I know that I didn't ...

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Solution Posted: 07-18-2021 View Solution
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The highest score to keep option has been selected, but the default grade is still the last submission. This issue was raised a few years ago and i am wondering if it has been resolved? Or is there a recommended solution. Individual adjustments is no...

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