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In New Quizzes, why do the student names in the Moderation area come up in random order? In addition, when you click on a student's name, you're taken to their quiz, but their name is nowhere on the page, so if you're not careful, you can easily lose...

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I deleted a repeat exam but the graded one deleted instead.  how can I restore either the grades  or the exam?  THanks much!

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I'm new to using blueprints and I'm wondering what I did wrong when syncing because all the content that should've been updated instead made duplicate copies...assignments, modules, discussions, etc.  I now see the original and the blueprint update.

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New to the Admin Role--We just moved to the Winter Term and one of our teachers went to setup her weighted assignments but received an error message "Assignments group weights can't be edited because there are assignments in one of the groups whose d...

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Greetings -  In the Spring when I had my students use the Record Media feature to create and submit a short 1-minute video of themsleves, no problems at all. These are all new Chromebooks by the way. This past winter, about 1/3 of my students had iss...

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When uploading a graded SCORM item into Canvas (specifically an Articulate Storyline item, exported as SCORM 1.2), what specifically triggers the "complete" function in Canvas Gradebook? I have a branching scenario built out in Storyline. There are m...

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How do I find out my classes for the next semester if I dont know them?

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Hello all, I might have missed it but I can't seem to find anything in the community - has the pin sidebar option been removed from the New RCE feature in Canvas BETA? Or indeed if this will be released to production. See associated idea with confirm...

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Hi, I am having some troubles with writing formulas on a standard Canvas page. I use the "insert formula" option, I write in it Latex, the preview looks fine but then, when the formulas gets inserted in the page, its resolution drops dramatically, an...

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Hello,   I am experiencing a strange phenomenon with one of my student's essay submissions (I am an instructor).   I restricted the file type to docx, and the student was allowed to upload the assignment, but, rather than letters and words, all that ...

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I'm trying to delete a file in an archived course.  No Delete icon appears in the toolbar and clicking on Options doesn't help nor does holding down Control.  I'm the course's Teacher.

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At some point in time this last semester, by Canvas was turned to a dark theme. It is not the computer because it shows the same on multiple devices, so it was somewhere in the programming. The app still shows a light theme, so I am at a total loss.

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Hello there, my school is used to using Mastery Connecting so we can get immediate feedback on our standards. We give grades but we are also standards-based. We would love to only use Canvas, however, this has been a very confusing process. Our distr...

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Is there a way for students to see a discussion board rubric in the same way they see rubrics for assignments? If not, can I include a link to the rubric for students to click on (without having to create the rubric as a file/document in Canvas and l...

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I've set up peer reviews for an assignment. What settings should I use if I want the students to submit text Comments only and not numerical ratings? 

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Is there a way to send an email message as I post an announcement? I understand that the end-user customizes their preferred notifications, yet as a professor, I would like to have the option to select "send the announcement as an email as well" just...

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Is it possible to have a 3 part project make 1 grade automatically on Canvas?  I have a project, that is chunked into 3 sections.  I want there to be 1 total grade - not 3.  If it is possible, will it sync to my powerschool as 1 grade?

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I have an assignment where I anonymized students' submissions and their names will not be revealed until I manually post all grades.  One of the students uploaded a file that has issues and I need to contact them to ask them to resubmit. However, it ...

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How do I establish the online "course questionnaire" that the students can access through the left navigation menu? 

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I want to add an EXCEL file for my students to contribute to. I don't want them to download and EXCEL file and resubmit as a separate file. I want to post a file on Canvas that my students can all contribute to in a common fashion. Similar to "Sharep...

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I like to create quizzes &/or assignments either for future use or to just explore ideas for present or future use. However, every time I do, I have to put a due date on them & they automatically get put on the 'to do" list and many students complete...

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I tested, and manually concluding an unpublished course using the button on the Settings page, the course also gets published.  It also publishes while concluding using an SIS update.  Does anybody know if this is expected behavior? We'll report the ...

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Hi, When I am writing a message to someone and then attempt to click on the paperclip to add a file / attach a file, the button doesnt "engage". I have been using canvas all through undergrad and this problem just started a couple weeks ago. I click ...

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when I try to connect to Office 365, it just says "Failure - Something went wrong with authentication" Is this add on officially dead? Thanks!

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how to I get average for calculated column? I have totals for quizzes, discussions, tests and homework. I have them weighted for overall course grade. I can see average for a quiz, but not for quiz total or any total. In blackboard I could see column...

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I am an instructor and use the Comments in speedgrader to direct students to make corrections to a particular assignment. These show up on their home page under Current Feedback. I have 2 questions:1)  Is there a setting that would allow students to ...

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I have students turn in 5 different files for my projects. (3 jpg's and 2 pdf's). They always mess it up. So often they are missing one or two of the required files. When they go to the re-submit button to add the missing file(s) it deletes the other...

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Can someone guide me on how to drop my final in folio please?

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Is there a way for me as the instructor of linking modules within one another without putting them as a pre-request or requirement? Or a way of linking assignments and/or resources so that I don't have to add to each day's module for my student users...

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Is there a keyboard shortcut to highlight/un-highlight text?

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