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I am hoping to add a section with resources for reference (links to blogs, online tools, websites). Is there a tool that allows me to insert these links without having to add them into a file (.doc, .pdf)? What would be the most convenient way? Is th...

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I am administering my exam to a course with a combined enrollment of 500, as a multiple-choice Canvas quiz.  The course has two sections, 12:30 - 1:45 pm and 2 - 3:15 pm, EDT.  I understand how to assign a different quiz link to each section separate...

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Is it possible for me to copy a one of my class modules and send it to another teacher?

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I would like to request the option for  "Show Question Details" in Quizzes to be available to an unlimited number of questions. We typically have exams with 45-50 questions and previewing all details prior to administering the exam is a very helpful ...

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I created a folder and put files into it. But when I share the link for the folder with my students it says the folder is locked and they can't access any of the files.  How do I unlock the folder?

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Is there a quick way to check how many/which kids have seen my announcements without having to check each individual student's analytics?

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Video stopped for a Q I want to embed a video.  I want to stop the video at certain points, ask a quiz question and not allow the student to proceed with the video until that question has been answered (because the answer appears as the video goes on...

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Hi, I have a question about the Canvas gradebook.  The gradebook used to have a button called "treat ungraded as zero," which would show a student's true percentage score, in the event that the student did not submit a quiz or an assignment.  Without...

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I haven't seen this discussed anywhere, and finding out after-the-fact is not an option, so I'm throwing this out there:Is there a word/character limit in answers to an essay question in a quiz? I'm not expecting students to produce a 50,000-word dis...

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What is a pinned discussion?

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Is there a way to import a word document of test questions into a new test question bank?

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Is there a way to print the rubrics that have been created?

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I'd like to have students take a picture of their work to submit for an answer for a quiz.  I have found that there is a "file upload" option for a quiz question, however, the grading side becomes an issue.  When I go into the speedgrader to grade th...

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Does canvas offer features for proctoring quizzes or exams?

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where do I find turn it in on canvas to submit papers through to have it proofread the paper before I submit the assignment?

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I am a student stuck on the instructor view of the page. Not sure how I even got into it, it says instructor at the bottom and I am unable to view or submit any of my assignments. If I log out I just get logged back in as instructor. Help?

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We've been experiencing an issue with the Turnitin LTI in Canvas - specifically for assignments that have the optional setting 'Generate reports on due date' enabled - similarity reports don't seem to generate on or even after the due date in Speedgr...

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Hi Everyone,I'm curious if Canvas has a function where I can poll my students to provide answers to an open-ended question. For example, I'm interested in getting all 70 students' suggestions on a film to watch. Is there a feature on Canvas that make...

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As shown in the picture below, my quizzes are not in the right order.  For example, Quiz 2 is not between Quiz 1 and Quiz 3.  Is there anything that I can do about it?Thank you for your help!Shaine

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An instructor has a group of quizzes that are all out of order. I looked into it for him and found this thread discussing that quizzes by default are ordered by due date then alphabetically. This doesn't seem to be the case in this instance as the du...

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I have a Nursing faculty who wants to cross-list her courses in the future, she teaches the exact same content across two different cities. Her current process is that she builds the content in one course and then copies that same content to the othe...

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What happened with Canvas ? Why am I not able to find anything today ? It was so amazing to see everything on the first landing page! Give me back my yesterday’s Canvas! Guys, are you doing Canvas for yourselves or for us, students?! It was terrible ...

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How do I upload documents to my canvas? or for assignments?

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How do I add ReadSpeaker in canvas

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At first Roll Call was not working at all. It would allow me to take attendance but nothing would show up in the gradebook under the Roll Call Attendance heading. We reset the course and now it shows the attendance for only 2 students. When I click o...

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Hello!I have a student at my school who needs to take German 3. Is anyone familiar with an online course designer or company that has content for foreign language, specifically German? I have an instructor who can custom tailor the course, but does n...

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how do I upload a picture file on canvas?

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It's way too bright and hurts my eyes.

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I'm using the NEW Rich Content Editor. Is there a way to disable inline previews for a YouTube video? I know how to do it with the old RCE, but when I click to modify the link with the new RCE, I don't see the "Disable inline preview" checkbox.Sorry ...

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