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In our previous system (Blackbaud), I could look up any teacher's courses and click on their public view of their class page and all its linked topics, etc. This was especially useful as an Advisor and as a Department Chair. Would like a directory of...

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I frequently disappointed at having to use the Gradebook through a "letterbox" view on a large monitor.  Many of the list-based screens in Canvas are restricted to a pixel height, which results in a table of only 10 rows (with a scrollbar), when the ...

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Peoplecert is asking me for a Course completion letter for ITIL 4 Specialist Create, Deliver and Support CertificateWhen I did my course online using Peoplecert

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Hi I would like to ask how you guys ensure that all learning material on Canvas including pdfs, presentation slides and tutorials are WCAG compliant, is there anyway Canvas can flag if any learning resource on canvas is created but is not WCAG compli...

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I was grading a group worksheet and noticed that the students' names are appearing on Speed Grader, and not the group names which had already been pre-assigned. I thought this was odd so I tried to Edit the assignment, then this message popped up...

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In a recent update to Canvas the edit conditions at the bottom of Announcements have changed.  There is still the option to allow students to comment, but the option that said a student must post before reading other students´ posts is gone. Is that ...

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I've added a new admin to my site, yet they are not receiving the invite. How can I resolve this? Can I manually send them the invite to the whole site instead of invites to individual courses?

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My students have completed several assignments in Achieve and I want to export them to Canvas.  Please review and advise.  Thank you!

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When I export a new Canvas quiz to another course, I can't figure out how to reset the settings to move it from an "imported assignment" to "assignments."   How do I do that? Thanks

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I was hoping the hot spot quiz question would allow this, but apparently not.  I'd like to recreate an activity that I usually do on paper, having students mark a map of the world in response to questions.  The answers are open-ended: anywhere is 'c...

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It looks like settings for students commenting on announcements has changed. Previously there was a setting where students could not read comments until they first posted a comment. Is this no longer and option?Thank you

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Someone asked  in the new features area to be able to create due data for readings like assignments have due dates.There is a work around to do this by making a reading an ungraded assignment. This will add the reading with a due date to the calendar...

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Hello all,Recently on my devices, when I try to complete/submit a canvas assignment, I get a screen that says "launching session." This pop-up completely freezes the canvas page (not my computer screen).I could reload the page, but whenever I go into...

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Please provide steps to change the pairing External Tool (Follett 1.3) with a different course id in mymathlab to Canvas. Note: students have already started assignments

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I need to change the order of sections in the index. I want to move Modules to follow Announcements. 

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In my course, I have students submit a "contract" as an assignment which is not assigned a point value, so it is to used to calculate the final grade. However, I do mark the assignment as COMPLETE once it is received. Once the assignment is marked CO...

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Hello all, I would like to add bits of text to my modules - just plain text, not as a header in the module or a link to anywhere. My students have a mix of electronic and physical course materials and I would like to list all of the materials there. ...

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Hello, I can not see my assignment on canvas.  When I look on the modules I try to click on a assignment but it does not load.  Its completely blank, what should I do?

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I have consistently had requests from students asking how they can mark pages "complete" in their Canvas calendar after working through them. The "Mark Done" option is okay but it doesn't show up on the calendar for assigned pages and so they are oft...

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whenever i open up an assignment for any class, i get stuck with the following screen below:so far, i have tried clearing cookies, restarting, logging in and outthis is on a personal device (laptop). using chrome browser.

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Hello everyone,I'm currently using LaTeX to render equations in Canvas pages, but I've noticed that the equations are rendered as images. I'm concerned about their accessibility for students using screen readers.I've heard discussions about MathJax b...

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My two kids are in the same grade, same school. I set myself up as an observer for both of their accounts.  When i log into canvas and view their pages, the UI is almost completely different. On the left panel, Student A has Home, Subjects, Calendar,...

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Our school is encountering some frustrating limitations with Google LTI compared to Google Cloud, particularly when it comes to flexibility and efficiency in managing assignments and collaborations. Here’s a bit more detail on these issues.Any assist...

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I'm pretty sure that I used to be able to see all of the comments that I left on a single students submissions for a single assignment.  Here's an example of how SpeedGrader use to work to try to remove ambiguity: 1. Student A submits a PDF of Assign...

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Hello all,I am trying to find the feature in Theme Editor to Edit/Upload a custom CSS/JS file.I read I need to contact our Customer Success Manager? We have no idea what this is.Appreciate any advice we can get!

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I accidentally created a student account instead of a parent account. Now, when I try to create a parent account with my email address, Canvas won't let me do so because it says the email address is already in use. How do I resolve this error?

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My college is no longer going to pay for access to Studio. How can I easily move the hundreds of videos I have in my Studio Library to Course Files or as Embedded Videos?

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Is there a way to separate only missing assignments in the Dashboard view or any other view in the application?

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I have published my course, but when I go to the "People" tab, there is no option to "Add People." This is what the guide says I need to do to add students... am I missing something?

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I am in the IT department and an admin for our school's Canvas account. An instructor informed me that students have been trying to contact instructors by navigating to the teacher's profile via the People list in the class. However, when either a st...

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