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We use canvas quizzes for exams with question and choice order randomization. We want to export the student data for analysis, but most of the answer choices are embedded latex or images. Thus when we view the student report, the entry in the csv is ...

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Don't receive confirmation text message when trying to sign up for notifications. I am a student, but I don't get the text message and I have retried sending it multiple times. I also tried using another person's phone number and they didn't get the ...

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Has anyone experienced a problem sharing Item Banks with other teachers in New Quizzes?  I seem to be unable to do so.  When I click on +share, and type in a name, I just get the spinning wheel of death.

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I have been trying to enroll in the course called Ohio Standards for Educator Preparation which is supposed to be fully independent, but it keeps saying their was an error processing my enrollment. What should I do? No one else in my class has proble...

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This is in reference to querying Canvas data with SQL. Where/what field and table contains if a module is published to student view? When one views a course as student, one can see published modules. I need a count of this. The following query gives ...

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I am having difficulty uploading and then accessing the OpenStax testbank.  I have tried uploading as QTI (the file is zipped) and it uploads but then is not visible anyway, not in Quizzes or in "available test banks"- I have also tried uploading as ...

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I have a course with 11 Discussion Groups.  Students post responses to Discussions for that week - i.e., over a 14-week semester, they are posting to (at least) 14 Group Discussions. Each week, I review their posts.  I'd like to account for that revi...

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I am an ID student who is creating a course in Canvas for school. I'm having trouble removing horizontal and vertical scrollbars from Google Forms surveys as well as embedded video. Some of my course pages have this ugly double scrollbar look that ma...

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Developing an application that needs to know the logged in user id when linking from the module to the paged served by the LTI external application. Integrated the OIDC flow and redirects the response from successful id_token creation to the link 'my...

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I am using Canvas as a way to organize, track, and grade only.  My students do not have email addresses.  Is there any way to bypass this requirement when adding students?

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Is this a MathJax rendering error or am I doing something wrong? Why is the extra space so long? When I right click on the expression, the render settings are:   Finally, the TeX expression in the question is: Here more examples of the same issue:...

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Today's students struggle to navigate Canvas because, unlike the people writing the content, they are not readers. Immersive reader needs to be integrated in every part of this Learning Application.

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Is there any way to name the downloaded submission files prior to downloading them?  I know I am able to go into the download section of my computer and rename the folder that way, but it would be so much easier to give the user the option to name th...

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Hi. I have downloaded a Canvas video (Asignments) from Vimeo but there is no audio. Did I do something incorrectly?

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I have a couple of questions I hope to get some clarity on concerning Google and the parent observer accounts. The first question is do parent observer accounts take on the same permissions as the student they are observing? I know we can set the per...

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Hi - I'm trying to file my quiz questions into four banks based on the marking period they were originally from. This worked fine in my one section of the course, but in the other section I'm missing about 80 questions for some reason. I can open the...

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Hi, I have allowed students access to modules in navigation and have saved the changes however when I go back to the home screen it still shows that modules are not available to students and when checking to ensure the changes have saved the modules ...

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When students want to send a message to teachers or other students they can use the inbox function. The only available recipients are teachers, teaching assistants or students. What we would like is for students to see a list of administrators from w...

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Currently, we are using the LTI 1.1 with API key to access Canvas APIs listed below:   url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:idurl:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/folders/:idurl:GET|/api/v1/folders/:id/foldersurl:GET|/api/v1/folders/:id/filesurl:GET|/api/v1/users/...

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How I through the correct download of my MSWord file to the Speedgrader for the writing assignment? I heard that the professor can not make direct edits to my Speedgrader that are very visible and highlighted. My file can not review editing in canvas...

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Hello everyone, I tried looking for a solution but the only one I found (clearing cookies) didn't work.  When I try to upload files (video, images) in the "Files" section, I keep getting " Error : Request failed with status code 500" . Do you have an...

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I created a Matching type in New Quiz with 5 question/answer pairs. If the student does not answer all the question/answer pairs correctly, there was no score recorded. So, I have to manually assign the score. Can we assign points per correct match a...

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I have been introduced into CANVAS LMS when I was still pursuing my college degree in Education. I have finished two online courses there as part of my professional development and utter curiosity about this LMS. After two years of inactivity, I mana...

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There's an API call to mark a module item as read if 'must_view' is a requirement. How can I tell if a module has been viewed? When I `get` modules, the object `completion_requirement` only displays type.  

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Hi everyone I don't know why the "Next" button is not showing up on the Home page of my new course.  When I click on the same page from the Modules list the "Next" button is there and this page is listed as the Front page of the course.  I know I'm m...

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Thanks everyone to support my questions, at times when participating and having desires to move alone, obstacles and frustration might build up for not being familiar with the steps, options and ticks to find answers.  What would be good recommendati...

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I was told the reading tool voice can be changed so that it doesn’t sound like a computer. I do not see this option.

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I had the students take a quiz and when it synced with Infinite Campus it didn't populate one hour/class. It is there for the other 4, but not 5th hour. What did I do wrong?

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We have students trying to take a Stats exam and students are seeing the Math Processing Error.  Ideas on how to fix this ASAP?      

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