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Is there a way to run a report within Canvas that will allow a view of the performance of a question over multiple sections?  

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I am an Instructor wondering how I can access events that I have posted on the Calendar from Past Enrollment courses.

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We have two teachers that share the same course code.  So all the students are in one course, but the teachers do not want to share their lessons.  So when they assign the work, I have told them to make sure they only assign it to the classes.  Howev...

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I created a quiz in Canvas that used question blocks.  Now, when I go to add it to the Module, it does not appear in the pull down menu (list of Quizzes) under the Module.  I also cannot see any of the quizzes imported from Blackboard.Is there a way ...

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Can students see announcements before the course beginning date?  I want to send a "Welcome" note.

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I use Canvas with a group of students doing an internship. One of them let me know that she is having trouble logging in. She then informed me that the email she gave me to add her to the Canvas course is the same one she uses for her university wher...

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When I try to add a calendar event to a student's personal canvas calendar (the calendar that is independent of courses), my api call returns saying it is unauthorized. Is there any permission I can request from my institution to be able to add event...

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From the browser version of Canvas, is it possible for parents/observers to see what their child has submitted? 

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Working in the grade book, I would like cell to turn green once the student has satisfactorily completed the task.  I have attached a screenshot of our current set up and another of what I would like it to look like.I can see how to change the Status...

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I want to hide my grades and commentary for all students on each assignment and then release the grades and commentary to all of them simultaneously at a time I have determined. How do I do that?Thank you.

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Good morning everyone,I was looking at doing a bulk CSV into our Primary Curriculum Courses (Pre K - 6) of our Syllabus outcomes and was wondering if there is a way that we can apply all of the outcomes to all of the courses in the one Sub-Account au...

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Hi All, Wondering, is it possible to add custom fields to users, to store additional information such as registration numbers?Cheers, Shaun

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A student reached out saying she cannot join the course. The student already uses Canvas but it won't accept her password. She has done the password reset twice and it has not sent anything. Is there a reason she cannot be added to my course? 

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Is it possible for a person who is listed as an instructor for a course to also be a student with the ability to complete the course?  I have created a district course with mandatory trainings that I also have to take myself.  Do I need to create an ...

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I need to know how I can migrate the question banks so that they are inside the course and not as an external bank that can be shared with the quiz. In Classic Quizzes the bank could be at the administrative account level, but it could be copied and ...

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I can not change my last name    It does not allow me

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My institution started using Canvas two terms ago and already we've had two support tickets from users who found that certain UI elements in Canvas had disappeared.In both cases, clearing out the copy/pasted text from the RCE and replacing it with un...

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How do I find my final transcript from last year?

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When I have this set of requirements for a module to be completed, is it possible to say that a student has to complete all of these six items and at leas one of these two? Like a combination of 'complete all' and 'complete one of these'.More specifi...

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Is a way to create a "n/a" score option for a criterion in a Canvas Rubrics. I am attempting to create a rubric that can be used across various assignments, and there will be instances where some criterion is n/a. Is there an easier way than duplicat...

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Hello,I'm an instructor, and I set my assignment due times to coincide with class meeting times so I can ensure students have done prep work before class time. My classes don't always meet at the same time each semester and I haven't found a way to c...

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It looks as if the previous outcomes system in Canvas (before "Improved" Outcomes) allowed administrators to view or download all the course artifacts related to a certain outcome across an entire campus. See for example this article: https://communi...

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Hi I teach an excel course and the exam is all about advanced excel functions (including custom add-ins). It troubles my course administration that the Respondus Lockdown Browser does not allow one to use Excel in a "separate" window, again not about...

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How do I create a fillable table in quizzes for my students to enter their responses? 

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I tried to install Microsoft Teams meetings LTI using this Client ID (879209990040549), but Canvas couldn't find an LTI configuration ID of this like. I got this from @codytitmus post (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Admin-Blog/Microsoft-Te...

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I am a student user of Canvas and find it distracting (read - annoying) when a grade is entered into the Canvas gradebook and I cannot clear it or mark it as "read." There is an "unread" notification on the Grades sidebar and the blue dot will not di...

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How can I turn off the traditional gradebook and only allow students to view grades by the mastery gradebook? I am trying to create assignments and use rubrics with outcomes. I want students to get feedback based upon the outcomes and not overall ass...

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Hello!I have come across a unique issue with Canvas Availability From and Until dates in Ungraded Discussions! Here are the steps to replicate the issue:Create an Ungraded Discussion in your Canvas course shell. Enter Available From date past/after t...

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There does not appear to be a way to export and import content into item banks through the GUI or an API.  Is there an API (or one coming soon) for Item Bank import/export?  We also reviewed the full Course Export in IMSCC format and could not find t...

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I was able to find an instructional video on how to pin one discussion board among many in the course (e.g. Week 5 Discussion). But I am particularly interested in how to pin a specific discussion post within a discussion board. For instance, as an i...

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