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We are new to using Canvas here for the US Coast Guard. We have different officer accession courses, but we use many of the same files and question banks. Is there a way of sharing these same files and question banks or transferring them both from on...

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I am entering a large amount of content onto a page in the rich text editor, and there is quite a bit of mathematics taken from LaTeX source. I enter the math surrounded by the standard \(…\) delimiters. If I save the page at that point, all works sm...

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Hi This seems like a "no brainer" to me, so not sure why it is as challenging as it is. I have staff who have video submissions in Canvas that they need to access as they are required as evidence for moderation. Accessing these videos seems to be cha...

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When I do a Course Search, the past term dates are all jumbled in the search function. The term dates should be putting them in year order but they are not and I see it there a couple of times. What can be done so there is a year order to the Past En...

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I need an algorithm for rounding whole numbers in a quiz. Is that possible to do? For example, the number is 405 and I want the student to round to the nearest hundred.

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I feel certain that Spring 2025, I was able to set a specific time and date (ex: Friday at noon) for the course to automatically publish so students could see it. Now, I can't remember how I did that, nor am I finding the answer in a guide. I do know...

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Hi all,I've enabled the Google Gemini LTI in our Canvas test instance according the setup instructions here - https://support.google.com/edu/assignments/answer/15672747?hl=en#turn-on-gemini&zippy=%2Cturn-on-gemini-lti-as-an-authorized-external-toolI ...

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After uploading SVG files as a part of our standard course design process, the files are no longer viewable. SVG files that had already been uploaded are still viewable, but only files uploaded as of today are corrupted in Canvas. The files are not c...

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Hey everyone, I hope you all are doing well!I'm a rising second year instructor and grad student at my university.  I've never had an issue with this last year so I was curious if anyone else has dealt with this before and knew a solution.On a lot of...

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I am an instructor and want to use Student Annotation as the submission type.  My question is - can students copy and paste into a comment?  In other words, can they get AI to write the comment and then copy and paste it into Student Annotation assig...

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I am an instructional designer working with an instructor. The instructor has an assignment that will be dividing his class into 2 groups of students, group A and group B. Group A will complete a different assignment than group B. Once the assignment...

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How do I (admin) access the data from an institutional outcome? I need to download the results from an outcome.

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I am an instructor reveiwing a student's previous exam attempt scores. The student failed their attempt, and we can review the attempt to provide test mentoring prior to their next retake attempt. I briefly saw the exam attempt, question by question,...

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Is it possible to export a canvas rubric to be able to print or email to a parent or student?

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I have a disability that makes looking at screens extremely difficult. I use blue light filters, etc. but have found that dark mode works best for me. I understand that the app version has a dark mode, but I would really appreciate a dark mode option...

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 Hi Brains trust... Why does it show an unmarked document in the marks position when the submitted document has been marked and is complete... I'll attach pics... first pic is what I see then second pick is when I click on drop down box... TIA...!!! ...

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I don't know if there is already a similar inquiry like this one. In the Pages link, would it be possible to have a sub-info or a note if the Page(s) belongs to a certain Module? This is similar to the Assignments link, where an assignment has module...

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How do I download app onto my windows computer?

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I teach large lecture format classes, and so with hundreds of students, I receive a lot of accommodation letters, many of which include a 1.5x test time accommodation.  One thing I found useful in the last LMS we used was to create a group containing...

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I'm retiring from my college this month, but I still want access to my material.  How does that work?

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Hi, Is it possible to assign calendar events to specific sections within a course, so that only students in that section can see the event? Thanks!

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Hi Im trying to set up "hot spot" quizzes but the option is -grayed- out (or better say redded out)How can I enable them?Thanks 

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Hi,   I've got this question, enable item/s on course navi panel is easy, but does Canvas Admin can set up course navi panel that applies to all courses under one account/sub-account?    Cheers,Pitt

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One of the courses I just completed and am awaiting grades has been completely removed from my Canvas Dashboard.  It is not in previous classes either, and other students are reporting the same problem.  I notified our instructor, who said she would ...

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Is it possible to create a canvas page as a student? I am trying to create a study group through canvas where students can post questions/answers. 

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Buenos días, espero que estén muy bien Solicito ayuda por favor para identificar en qué informe masivo puedo obtener el campo de "Actividad total",  donde se ve el tiempo total que ha invertido en su curso. Muchas gracias

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I've been doing quite a bit of work in creating a comprehensive style for my institution. A lot of the work was done in setting up custom CSS classes, so that the average teacher simply needs to put in code like the following:<h1 class="heading-dark"...

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I'm confused on how to contact my coach and make a call to them 

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I have this new course based on science experiments and learning how things work. Do you mind if I promote it here on the Instructure Community? To help you write a simplified reply, here are some criteria: Criteria 1: Educational Canvas Course Work:...

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I wrote 4 or 5 paragraphs in speedgrader, but the student only saw the first two paragraphs. Is there an obvious reason why that would happen?

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