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Is there a way to stop/block/disable assignment comments from students & parents? I use comments one way (from me) and expect students to see me personally with assignment questions.

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Discussion model my question about the discussion module video at the very beginning it states that there would be a setting of conversation and to make sure that when you're scrolling past these cause if you scroll past they're marked as read instan...

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I am trying to add a question for an algebra class that requires students to write a polynomial in standard form.   When I use the backticks on numbers and variables, the + and - signs are recognized but the 3x^2 is not.    Is there a way for fill in...

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I am wanting to access an Archived Canvas class page, and am wondering how I can do so. 

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When entering grades into two cross-listed sections and choosing to use Set Default Grade for an assignment, the grades only populate into one of the two sections. Is this something that can be fixed easily? If so, does anyone know how to fix it?

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Hi Everyone! I am a teacher and am using a Free For Teachers Canvas account for my classes.I recently had an issue with the Quizes I have created. I thought I could troubleshoot and fix the issue but every quiz I create no matter what course it had b...

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So, our instructor told us to submit an assignment and a link to the comment feedback. What I did is I submitted the link on the comment feedback first. After that, I submitted the output on the submission bin. However, the comment feedback wasn't ap...

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Hi everyone, I'm experimenting with how Groups work before asking my students to try it. In the group, logged in as a student, I can create a Page and there is an option to set it as the Front Page. That all works. What I don't understand is where th...

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Hello. I'm looking for a solution or advice for the following scenario: The Canvas course has 1900 students. They are in 46 tutorial sections, and there are 18 tutors, with each taking 2 to 4 tutorials. I want to be able to review how tutors are mark...

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I would like to disable self-sign-up for student groups. There is a guideline for this, but it isn’t working—I am unable to save after unticking the "Allow self-sign-up" box.Do you have any advice on how to resolve this issue?Thank you!

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Dear Canvas Community, I am a Canvas administrator and instructor. We have three course sections that need to be cross-listed into one course shell. Two sections follow an 8-week schedule (Part A: Weeks 1–8 and Part B: Weeks 9–16), while the third se...

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For modules, the green checkmark only shows up when submitting assignments (on those pages).It would be useful to show the green checkmark when reading assignments or non-assignments or assessments are done. When the student clicks "next" to go to th...

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Hello, Previously when I conducted a Course Copy, it would place the copied course in the same sub-account as the source course. However, I just ran several tests and the target course is placed at the root level by default after conducting a course ...

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I have created a Classic quiz with 36 multiple-choice questions.They all display in quiz "Preview" (the 36 questions students will see). When I click "Keep editing this quiz" half the questions disappear -- so I cannot edit them. Have used multiple b...

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I am having issues with how the equation editor displays y'' for students see atachment

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Hello, When I am reading student responses in a discussion, my cursor randomly decides to move me to a different random place in the discussion. It keeps happening and I have no idea why. It's very unhelpful as it's hard for me to get back to the pla...

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I have my New Quizzes set up to randomly pick questions from item banks. When I run the analyses, the results are only from that quiz. Some of the questions only have one or two respondents, so the sample size is too small for accuracy. I know these ...

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I cannot copy a course - I keep getting a message that there was an error and to reload page.....HELP

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I'm an Admin at my univeristy and we started receiving support tickets about user not reciving email notifications even though their notification settings (global and individual course) turned on.  Has anyone else been getting similar reports?

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There is obviously a technical glitch, but I am wondering if anyone else has had it. I had a student do a "mad scramble" to finish an assignment that was not assigned to her. We are on block schedules and before the break I had a random period that n...

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I apply these colors for my modules and they reflect on the page, but when I refresh the page they change to another color, why?:(Original#92DA99#98E59E#E4E157#FFCE22#BEB8E9Canvas Change#77752e#507852#77752e#856c12#75718f

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How do I extend the time for one student to take the quiz, while all other students have a shorter time limit? 

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Does anyone know how to turn off the virtual assistant in Canvas? I'm sure it's great for some students, but I have my own system for tracking my assignments and I click the X so much I'm just wondering if there is a way to shut it off completely. Pl...

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I requested a change in the "view all pages" area for students. I want to be able to have folders so that, similar to modules, we could group pages together, by unit or theme. This way, if students need to look ahead, they wouldn't be confused by old...

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This issue only occurs with my account. When using others account on the same computer, the left navigation will  appears. why? If no left navigation, how can I join a group?

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I want to upload SCORM packages, but need to contact my customer success manager to enable the SCORM LTI.How do I go about contacting them?I have a free for teacher account if that is an issueThank you

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hello I just finished firs semester in our university and we have been using canvas from the beginning of studying year.Is it possible to download transcript from canvas I have been marked from subjects

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Is there a way to filter assignments in the gradebook by category? For example: If I am conferencing with a student or parent, and at the end of their gradebook I see that a certain category is low, let's say their H.W. grade, is there a way to filte...

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Hi There, I'm trying to help a department set up outcomes for and end of year evaluation of their curriculum.  They have specific outcomes from an outside organization.  They will use New Quizzzes and affiliate an outcome with each multiple choice qu...

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Is it possible to add people with an external email address to a Canvas page? Can they be made Instructor, too?

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