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This is actually related to another question I asked regarding YouTube captions not being available in Canvas Studio.Since Studio won't/can't use the captions I already created for my YouTube videos, I needed to find another way to post these videos ...

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I am faculty. My students uploaded MS Word document formatted papers over the weekend. These included a header line with the page number in the upper right corner of the document and their name in the upper left corner. When uploaded into Canvas, the...

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In SpeedGrader, I note that one change this fall is that video/audio recording is now accessible under ONE button; however, it does not save settings between each student. In the old system, I could select either a video or an audio recording.  To us...

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For example, setting "Meets" with a range of 25-24 points, and then wanting to set the next range to 23-20 points. Canvas does NOT allow this. The next range ALWAYS includes the lowest number from the previous range. It makes it confusing for teacher...

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When I am using Turnitin for assignments I can see that I submitted it but my instructor doesn't see that I submitted it and is marking it incomplete because it wont show them I did it

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How do I change the email address I inputted for my student? The email that shows is not accessible to the student. I'm unable to edit any information.

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My grade sync is not working.  How do I troubleshoot the problem? 

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I have multiple scorm lessons (includes index.html, driver.js, imsmanifest.xml file and some xsd files), Now I want to add all of those as a single package using common cartridge into Canvas. I tried below structure│├── imsmanifest.xml├── content/│  ...

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Hello everyone,Is there a limit on how many discussions post we can have in one go?I am a TA and the professor has asked the students to post 5 discussions during the semester. I have 100 students so I have 500 Discussion posts to exist. currently at...

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Hi, I made a mistake! I set up an assignment wrong and now students have already submitted. I want each student to submit to a discussion each week. I want them to be able to see each other's replies. I want to be able to see at a glance if each stud...

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From research, it is my understand that if I click "groups" in Discussion Settings that the system puts students in groups automatically. I can't figure out a way where I as the instructor can set groups. Is that true? If not, how can I do it? There ...

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I'm currently an Instructor using Canvas for my Literature class.  I have also enrolled in an upcoming course that also uses Canvas. I was sent the invitation to join the course. When I click the link to join, it takes me to my account page that I ha...

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When I create a copy of a course from an existing course for a new year of asynchronous PD, the assignment submissions, and the participants from the previous course are being carried over.  How do I copy all content from a course without copying ove...

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I had three summer classes that I took online.  All of my submissions for one of the classes are gone.  The activity log shows no activity from June-August, this cannot be true.  The professor never reached out to me to let me know there was an issue...

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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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