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Teachers manually created copies of their courses to work on over the summer. These copies of their courses were then imported into the Canvas course shells generated by our SIS in the Fall of 2021. Is there a way, as an admin, I can permit teachers ...

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Whenever I add a file attachment to a comment for an assignment, the process never shows as successful. It cycles infinitely, like this:    If I reload the page, I get a warning that my changes will be lost. Usually, the reloaded page shows the attac...

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Hello team, We are trying to add people to a canvas course and give them 'observer' access. In most courses, we have been able to select 'observer'. However, in a number of courses, the 'observer' access is not in the dropdown list. Does anyone have ...

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How do I make visible to students the total number of points they have earned?  

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How do I get to my "Recent Activities?"

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Hi, Canvas team, We have encountered a problem.  We have a dataset including students' names, gender, ethnicity, etc. Then we migrate part of the students' data to Canvas so we have the course information of the students. But the original dataset con...

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How can I pass a bank of questions already created with the previous format to the new quizzes format?

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How can I see the question bank from the new exam format?

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Is there a course for learning about canvas as a teacher?

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How do I upload word to do assignments?  

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Is there a way to copy and paste students' answers from quizzes? I used to copy and paste their answer and create separate comment files for providing detailed comments, but all of sudden I am not able to copy students' answers from quizzes.    

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Is there a way to view the notes pane when grading a student PPT submission without having to download the presentation?

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Hi, I use the Canvas Student App and have multiple users logged in, so I can manage my continuing education and keep an eye on each of my children's assignments and grades.  Lately, when I go to switch user, it will start to login, then eliminate the...

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How do I edit HTML in New Quizzes? I need to include medical records in my quizzes, with multiple tabs for the students to click through. I can do this in Classic Quizzes. However, I need to use some of the New Quiz features to create the type of que...

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I like designing tests in Canvas to save time on grading. How do I do to lock the browser or the screen in Canvas so the students can't go to others pages?

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I am attempting to use Canvas Mastery Paths. I have assigned a quiz for students and then students will have certain assignments opened to them based on their performance on the quiz. I have aligned everything based on grade performance under mastery...

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To the Canvas Community,  Normally, when I use Canvas' "Assignment Comments" feature to write notes for students, I am able to resize and expand the size of the comment field by clicking and dragging the corner of the text box. However, that feature ...

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My midterm quizzes have fractional scores even though that is impossible. My quiz has 31 possible points, and there is no way for a student to get a fraction of a point. Despite this, all the grades have decimals to the hundredths, and they do not co...

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Hi folks, When I move a reminder around on the Calendar, regardless of where that reminder is, the screen refreshes to the top of the page. It's a time-waster that adds up. And I prefer the Agenda view but can't drag and drop in that view. Have any o...

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Let's say a student submits an original submission for an assignment on time. I grade it and provide feedback. I allow the student to re-submit for an improved grade. However, that student submits his/her resubmission after the due date. Canvas Grade...

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Is anyone else experiencing this today or has anyone found or heard anything from Canvas/Instructure about this???To be clear, this is happening when, in any course where I have SCORM enabled, I click on SCORM in the course navigation. Where usually ...

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I am trying to copy a "New Quiz" from one course to another and every time I copy it over, the content does not come with it.  The name and amount of points are all that carry over.  None of the questions copy.  What am I missing? 

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I believe this question was asked  a couple of years ago, but a final solution was never provided. One of our professors uses the comments section of Speed Grader when her students submit online papers. Multiple times and in no particular pattern she...

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I'm looking for a way to interpret the "page view csv" file. I know that on the How do I view the page views for a user in an account? guide: Descriptions of Page Views CSV column headings can be found in the the Canvas Users API documentation. Unfor...

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I added my rubric before I made it a turnitin assignment just like always. I forgot to check the box so that the rubric automatically transfers the grade (btw I think that should just be checked automatically... why else would I add a rubric to Canva...

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I'm a training manager, and we use Canvas for employee training. I am looking for a report that shows me the names of my course participants, with columns for each activity in a course (modules or quizzes) and the date on which each participant compl...

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As a student that suffers from perfectionism, I wanted to ask if there is any possibility to change and/or remove old nicknames from past enrollment courses. I found out that I can change the colors of old courses on the calendar tab, but nicknames w...

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I use models as a means of instruction for various tasks for my students. I would like the gradebook to automatically mark the assignment I created as complete when the student checks the box Mark as done. Is there a way to make this happen? The stud...

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