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Hello I am  a student trying to create a Profile on Canvas but cannot seem to find where to do it.Does this particular institution allow it? It only allows me to upload my photo but there is no option for Bio, etc. Can I please get some assistance? T...

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Hi there, i want to download a report where i can got all the detail like student sis id, course code and section in one file for a complete term. Please help me to get it.

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I am having problems with getting my courses assignments to show up on the monthly calendar. I'm not sure if there is anyway to fix it, but my current courses all have gray boxes beside them and none of the assignment dayes are showing up the calenda...

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I am trying to copy a table that is used for my syllabus. When I copy it in I lose all the formatting. I have seen other teavhrs sites and it has a table that is formatted ncely. How can I do the same without manually filling in the contaents into a ...

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Why does the 'pages' link just go to the home page and require an additional selection to go to the (plural) pages index? You already enter on the home page which you can then edit and you can also go to that through a link. It is clunky to have to c...

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Do Pre-requisites copy over using the Course Import Tool? 

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We are seeing a strange issue with our rosters syncing from Infinite Campus. When a student has a schedule changed before the first day of school, counselors are not able to place an end date on the section enrollment in Infinite Campus. This means t...

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I'm wondering if it's possible to schedule an update to a page. I want to be able to upload class notes and resources ahead of time, but not publish them just yet. The page in question is already published, but I'm working far ahead of where my stude...

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When I am sharing my screen, I can't tell when students join the class. It would help if I could hear a notification that a student has joined.  Thank you for considering this feature.

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Is the RollCall LTI included in Canvas (Attendance tab) part of the base package or is there an additional charge? Also, is the BigBlueButton integration on the Conferences tab part of the base package or is there an additional charge?

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Hi, When I hide an item from the Course Navigation setting inside a course it by default only hides from students. There is a way to hide from another user? for example TAs or Teachers? It looks like have a way to do it via API, but that will not be ...

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Is there a way I can manually activate a user?  I have sent her an invite and this was her response "Please let me know if it shows completion on your end. I followed the link and entered my information, but it will not load anything after that it ju...

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Hello!  Has anyone found a way to utilize the Google Drive (LTI 1.3) without completely opening the Google domain up for students to share everywhere?  There is some fear in our district about giving students carte blanche access. I  know you can whi...

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In the modules section I work with prerequisites to be able to track students' course progress. However, via 'view progress', I can only see the progress at student level.  How can I get an overview of the total group and where students are in the co...

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There's these huge broken white boxes, instead of a line divider.  It's fine on Chromium browsers, but why is this happening on Safari? I do not want to switch browsers all the time, as Safari is my main browser. All extensions are turned off and his...

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Having copied a class, imported content from one class to a new class, I have lost the function to edit the home page  Can you direct me to be able to solve this issue Thanks SD 

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Hey All,     I'd like to think myself pretty familiar with the new style of Canvas quizzes; however, I want to see if I can further expand my knowledge.   This semester, I am teaching a digital electronics class. Part of the class is understanding nu...

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Hi all For compliance, we need to have the ability to check mail content. Whether it's because the audit team need to be able to see mails about assessment extensions, or for ensuring communication on the system is appropriate.  Does IT have any way ...

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I have a class that I'm registered for but it doesn't show up and the message says "You don't have any courses, so this page won't be very exciting for now. Once you've created or signed up for courses, you'll start to see conversations from all of y...

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Hello. I am a student. So I’m wondering if anyone else has this problem and if they know how to fix it. I like to put custom colors using hex codes for my courses. But when I do that, certain colors don’t show up and automatically display a duller ve...

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I teach a media methods classfor future teachers where I use Canvas. Therefore the students have their "Student" Canvas account.  One of the assignments I would like to do is to have them create a Canvas course to prepare them for this virtual k-12 w...

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How do you get the Immersive Reader to actually read the readings in the student role?  The Immersive Reader button disappears when the content is opened.  It only reads what is in the shell of canvass - which is not the professor's assigned readings...

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I want to assign a video for students to watch in its entirety before they move on to the next assisngment.  I know I can add prerequisites in Modules but not Assignements?  Am I missing someting?

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We need a way to have student attendance at Zoom meetings count toward their Last Participation date in the Students report on New Analytics. We need this so we can report Last Date of Attendance accurately to the US Department of Education for finan...

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I am not able to upload my assignments on Canvas.   I am a student in the Guardiaship program.   I have followed all of the instructions.  Can someone help me via ZOOM or remote in to my computer.  Thank you, Nannette

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When I click on "Courses" and then "All Courses" while on my Canvas page, I only receive a "You are not enrolled in any courses" message and none of my previous course links. While this message is correct in that I am not currently enrolled in any cl...

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I am getting this error almost every time. Does anyone have a clue what it means and what I need to do.  I press refresh when I am in Grade Sync and get the error: provided text does not match context error.  Is it still syncing? Do I need to restart...

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Hello, I was just typing a discussion post and while I was finishing the last section, (roughly 35 words) the text appeared red on my screen. I attempted to use the tools to highlight it and change the font color back to black. Instead it only change...

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I am wondering is it possible to have multiples of the same outcome aligned with one assignment and recorded using the 'n-number of times' calculation method? For instance, say I have an outcome called A1 - Adding Two Single Digit Numbers and I want ...

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If I am in either the Gradebook or Inbox and I select a few students to receive a message, is it possible to put their first name in the message? Something similar to... ----- Dear {firstname}, Don't forget to ... ----- Thanks.

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