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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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I want to ask, why can't my canvas show the course? I've 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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I loaded into canvas today to do some school work (I'm a student), and I noticed that canvas felt...smaller, even though I was on desktop. I looked at the to do list on the right side, and found my answer. The to do list still has dates due and what ...

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I was told this was a Hybrid class however, i cannot find the button to sign into class.

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I completed the Core Social and Emotional Practices in an MTSS training (10 hours) online and didn't receive the certificate for it. I am trying to find it on the Canvas page and there's no option to download the certificate. The help says: Contact t...

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How do you make a quiz that reoccurs every day without having to duplicate and edit it?

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I am trying to add a staff member to an archived course from two years ago. I cannot add them under People > + People because the button "+ People" is greyed out.  This post from Canvas.Yale.edu says that there is a button in Settings > Unlock Course...

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Is there a plan for new quizzes to add the wildcard character * in the answer choices?

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Someone send me a password reset email or something, I really need to get my final done. Ive tried multiple passwords and nothing will let me in.

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Hi As soon as my students finished answering a quiz, I mistakenly made a spare copy in the same place. But unfortunately, I lost all the data after copying it in the same place.  My question: Is there any tool or trick to retrieve the old quiz, the s...

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This is my first time using collaborations in Canvas and I went to add a collaboration and just followed the prompts, which lead to me setting it up for Office 365. I keep getting errors when I try to actually add a collaboration and now I see that I...

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My colleague assured me that she has shared files with me; however; nothing shows up in the "Received Content" section. IS there a setting I have accidentally disabled?

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Hi there, I wonder if I can find out which pages within a course have been viewed most frequently. Let's say that I have several pages and I am not quite sure whether there is a need to continue offering all of these pages. It would really help to kn...

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