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I want to know any callback url feature is available into Canvas LMS API. because my requirement is when any course/account is update from Canvas Portal then notify our portal so we can add/update record into our database. 

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HI there, I have a student who's calendar keeps turning off - the coloured boxes on left hand side are unclicked - so she's missing assignment links and links to live classes.  Anyone else experienced this?  No other student in our school has the sam...

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I graded an assignment.  Students state the comments are hidden . How do I make these visable?

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Hi, I created a new 'fun' grading scheme for non formally assessed work. if they do the first thing, they 1 kudos point and if they do the second thing, they get 2 kudos points. When I grade the student the full text does not fit in the Speedgrader a...

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I finished taking a test for a class and it did not let me submit it. My teacher says I started the test 30 mins ago which is why it didn't let me submit but I actually did start way earlier than that, and the test wasn't showing at her end. What cou...

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I submitted 2 assignments (1st draft and 2nd draft) but it's under the same assignment. Is there a way to see professor feedback on my first submission since I can only see the 2nd submission now? 

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Students see less than (<) and greater than signs (>) in quiz answer choices. However, the Quiz Summary often removes them completely from the answers. For example, here's a question with < and > characters in the answers: In the Quiz Summary, the <...

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New to Canvas and first time posting a question in the Canvas Question forum. An instructor came to me asking for help with the following scenario... Instructor is using 'New Quizzes' and has incorporated essay questions in several quizzes for severa...

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Can I get an extension for submitting an assignment ? 

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I get this error for some students whenever they submit a Google Doc to an assignment: "Error while processing or retrieving the document" It seems to happen to the same handful of students; they are not all enrolled in the same course. They use the ...

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Hi Is it possible to allow observers to have access to the Analytic feature (view pages and students) they want to know how much time students have spent doing a course ? I have tried creating a custom role but then I cannot link to learners who need...

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I would like to add a staff member to a past subject but I receive the message "You do not have permission to use this tool"

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I have been trying to send course invitations from the course people section. Every time it shows me that the invitation has been sent but I dint get any emails. I have published the demo course before sending the invitations. Also in the course I di...

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I not able to see my assignment tab ?

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Hi Everyone, I posted the following message awhile ago.  I did not specify then that I am using the Classic Quizzes feature since that is all we have access to at our institution.  I got a response to my original query that basically said what I want...

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Why the attendance column shows all 0s for all students even though I entered attendance multiple times already?

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I use the same google account for a canvas student account but for the teacher account it does not work.

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(MODS: Please see edits before marking as "solved.") I have a category of grades in my class where, over the course of the semester, students need to score 250 points. The average score on these assignments will be between 20-25 points, though except...

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A students email has already been added to the course and the name/username was inputted incorrectly during registration how can it be changed when there is no admin access only teacher access. Under free for teachers canvas account?

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When you cross list classes in Canvas, it appears as if one class--the mother section--has swallowed the other ones. My students in the swallowed section think they are in the mother section.  Blackboard had a superior system. The cross-listing or me...

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Canvas New Quizzes Reports are incomplete and lack some of the data that I feel should be there. When a fill in the blank question is used, the report does not show the answer frequency summary. Maybe this is a limitation when a fill in the blank que...

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The Canvas search function for files will report hits, i.e., the files that match your search criteria, but not report the directory or folder in which the file is located. Is there a known fix for this or is this a development item that Canvas shoul...

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I give my students multiple attempts on quizzes to encourage them to learn from their mistakes.  I would like, however, to be able to see which questions they had trouble with on their first attempt.  Is there a way to view quiz statistics for a part...

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I have an open-book, multiple choice assignment with unlimited attempts. Several students who have no submissions and some who have not even logged into the course (according to the People tab and the New Analytics) are being given grades of 100%.  H...

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When students go into the gradebook in Canvas, and click on an assignment they haven't done yet, it pulls up the blank submission for the assignment since there is nothing there rather than opening the assignment itself. Because of this, directions a...

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Hi, I'm planning to integrate Canvas Gradebook with PeopleSoft Gradebook. Has anyone done this before? or please let me know the API of complete Gradebook of Canvas. Thanks

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I have created a few collaborations earlier in the semester. But now when I click on the button, "+ Start a New Collaboration" nothing happens.  Thoughts? Any ideas on how to help? Thanks in advance.

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I submitted an assignment in a discussion forum and when it went back to see if there were any replies it was not  there if I never submitted

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How do I link the stimulus to questions after I have migrated from Classic to New? Do I have to reenter all the questions or can I link to existing question not in a question bank. 

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I would like students to be able to see the correct answer immediately after they take the quiz. It's not showing the correct answers for a Graded Quiz. It does work as expected for a Practice Quiz, which is what I used to use. The message is that th...

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