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I am wondering about the text box within quiz questions that is labeled "additional comments".  Is this box for instructor comments about the question/instructions, or for input to the student about the specific question score/answer? Thank you for y...

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I am grading fill-in-the-blank questions.  I would like to be able to grade ALL student answers for each specific question on one page.  The best I can figure out at the moment is to click on a question number, which will take me to a specific studen...

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Hello, My name is Satish and I am from the University of San Diego. We are new to using Canvas LMS and our user group is in need of some custom reports. We are considering the option of exporting data from Canvas to our Datamart so that we can use C...

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Once I've entered an event in Canvas's "schedule" and it is added to the calendar, I go to the schedule page and then see two arrows and "Today."  I am trying to advance the calendar to see my event, but the two arrows are greyed out.How can I advanc...

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I AM NOW USING MAC AIR AND MY DASHBOARD IS NOT SHOWING SOME FEATUTERS SUCH AS ASSESSMENTS AND MODULES..     WHAT COULD BE THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A NEW COMPUTER   REGARDS RETHABIKLE

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Hello I'm having a bit of a security issue. I just reviewed our different account and sub-account roles and permissions and in our instance, it appears we have teachers who are able to Act as (ie. masquerade as) a top-level admin. In our instance, I'...

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When trying to modify the points of an assignment after the grades have been entered, it changes the grade. How can this be prevented?

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Hi, I've tried to troubleshoot this but nothing has worked so far. I upload an image in course details but it won't show in the dashboard view. See attached pictures. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Is this a glitch? Hope someone can hel...

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Hi, I am looking to chat with a Canvas user who has exported QTI quiz files from iSprings Quizmaker and successfully imported and implemented them in a Canvas LMS.  I am having some problems and the iSprings Tech support person I communicated with do...

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We are new to using Canvas and having a very difficult time getting students into their courses We imported students using the users SIS import - this does not email students with any instructions to sign upWe then open the course, go to People, clic...

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  Hi Canvas Community, For some reason one out of 15 courses has decided to go rogue on me and is not showing grades when I look at the grade book. I seem to need to download the student quiz report to find out if a student has passed. I have no idea...

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I can't save my canvas page.  I went copy text from another page. Edit, copy text, save. Won't save. I did nothing to the page.  My assignment today is doing the same thing.  I reloaded all the videos, and the assignment Google link.  Press save, won...

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I teach 3 different courses, all with different assignments. Is there a way in the gradebook to only show assignments assigned to the specific course I'm grading? When I filter by course, every assignment for all 3 courses within the grading period a...

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Hi all.  Our organization has a strange issue.  Our hierarchy is something like this: Account 1Subaccount for testing/etc.Account 2Subaccount ALots of coursesSubaccount BLots of courses We have users who are set as "Account Admin" (with all permissio...

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When posting an announcement I have had some instructors that would like to post it only for a few days and then have it disappear from the announcements.  I do not believe that is a feature right now.  Is it possible that this feature could be added...

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I am assisting with the implementation of Canvas into my employer's institution, which is a healthcare organization. I am curious how others in similar settings have structured their Canvas layout (i.e. content layout, timelines, expectations, etc.)?...

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HelloSituationWe have several courses on Canvas. These courses have several pages which all contain a text string that needs removal.Attempted solutionWe exported course "something" which produces a "something.imscc" file which is a .zip file. We the...

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I've created a load of H5P assessments in a Canvas site and added them to Assignments as an External Tool. Everything seemed to be working fine and the grades were appearing when viewed in the Grades link. However now when I go to the Grades link the...

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Does anyone have any information about the apparent scheduled maintenance that is causing Canvas to be down at the moment? I've been through all communications, roadmap, community pages and social media and I can't find anything. We have 2 Profession...

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We had set up custom account admin roles for all our Deans, Program Directors, and Department Chairs with the ability to associate their Blueprints with live courses. Unfortunately, we found out that for those with this custom role to make the associ...

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I need to change an assignment to a group assignment. 

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Is there a way to export the content of a course (or just the modules) to PDF or XML?

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Hello everybody, I have built a course template for my institution and I have included a "Syllabus" navigation button at the bottom of the home page. Our institution requires instructors to use Simple Syllabus to build and present their syllabi. Sinc...

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how do i undeleted a user ssid

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I need a way to provide a Hyperlink in the comment section of Speed Grader.   I need students to be able to click the hyperlink to view whatever it is I want them to view.     I understand that I can paste a URL in the comments, but then students mus...

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We use Assignments, because we use Turnitin, and we have integrated them with our SIS to have grade data automatically go across. Unfortunately, Respondus LockDown Browser does not work with Assignments. Are there any alternatives that integrate with...

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My PI wants to allow students to pick the day they'll be taking the final exam. The assignment will be offered over 4 days. However, he wants the submission to be limited to 24 hours based on the time of download of the document within the assignment...

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Dear Instructure & Canvas Community Members,I wanted to bring back a topic that was previously discussed and has been archived regarding the implementation of Group Assignments for External Learning Tools. Currently when the "External Tool" assignmen...

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How do I resort columns in the gradebook 

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I am trying to login to canvas with my telephone but it doesn't seem to be working. I use the same password, but doesn't work.. 

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