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Is there a way to add bonus points to a category so that it allows for additional points to be added?  For example, if there is an optional assignment that I want to have Canvas assign the bonus points to the final exam grade, how would I set that up...

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I am a student and my class is using the appointment system in the calendar to put up meeting dates but even though I know that there are meetings being put in I cannot find anything in my calendar for that class. 

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How do I receive an email notification for new student messages in my inbox?

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  need help.  It seems my office386 is no longer listed as an approved app integration, so I am not able to log into office365 from canvas to download homework.  I get an error that “Something went wrong with authentisign.”          

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I have invited a new student and they have accepted the invitation. Their status still says "pending" and they cannot access the course's conference. Is there a normal delay or is there a problem? What should I do?

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I'd like to put a Scrum board into canvas to help students manage their PBL projects.  Has anyone been able to do this?  I tried tables, but this is static, and students can't get into it in their groups to manage the Scrum.  I just need headings "Ta...

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My district has just started a new grading period. I am attempting add the same groups in assignments that I previously used. When I add a group to the current quarter, the old group titles pop up and my newly created group is at the bottom creating ...

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Hi, I'm having a bit of an issue. I accidentally turned in the wrong file for a quiz. When the professor notified me of the issue, I sent the correct file and told them to check the timestamp on the file and they would see that I did in fact complete...

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As a parent, I'd like to get an export of all assignments in CSV or Excel format. Is there an easy to do this today?

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As a parent, I want to have ONE place to go where I can easily see a list of all assignments, from all classes, that have not yet been turned in. Ideally this would be ordered by due date (past due at the top). Is there an easy way to see this today?

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How can I tell if an assignment is turned in, but not yet graded or if it has not yet been turned in?

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Hello!, I am working with a group that has a number of quizzes they use for assessment, they would like for participants to take 3 quizzes and if the average of the 3 scores is 80% or higher they can move on.  If not 80% or higher they can continue t...

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Hi all,I am instructor.  I recently went back to review a scholar's work.  When I did, all of the previous selections I had made for the scholar's rubric on a previous submission were completely gone.  (Like I had never graded the assignment before.)...

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I'd like to hear from people who use trust relationships with other instances about what you feel is an appropriate use of them, and how much work is involved in maintaining it. As background, I am the admin of a K-12 institution of around 10,000 kid...

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How do you remove an assignment that you have already submitted? My professor has requested that I do so because I submitted it too early, and says that since the assignment is still open I should be able to.

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I would like to sustain in this forum in the days to come. thanks

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Is there an easier way to transfer questions from a Midterm exam to the Final exam?  I have a class that I am not doing (publishing) a Midterm exam but I want the same questions added to my Final exam. Thank you!

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I was wondering how to do this in my emails. I think its a signature.  

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Is there a way to use student view without completing the "required" assignments due prior to the page I'm trying to view as an instructor in student view? I have often removed the requirements because of this issue of it blocking me from having acce...

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Some teachers have received a notification that states "student has met maximum allowed attempts," with a greyed-out button. This is in spite of Allowed Attempts being marked as unlimited.

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I have a list of 50 students (out of 340) in my Canvas course. I want to send these 50 students a message. I don't want to enter each of their names by hand into the "To" field of the Compose Message box. I have tried pasting the list in in various f...

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I'm sure others have experienced this, but when I go to "Assign To" and want to assign work to specific periods, only two of my six classes show up in the list.  I then have to start typing the name of the course, but then it will often delete the "7...

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Hello, I had an assignment posted twice, so some students submitted to one or the other. I deleted one assignment and kept one. Now, I need to locate the assignments that were submitted from the deleted assignment. Thank you for all the help

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Hi all, We are trying to look for a way to run report on ConferZoom activity such as when and which class has used it in Canvas. So far, we tried to run User Course Access Log report under Admin but Canvas limit it only for 1 month back, we can't run...

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I am interested in using Mastery Paths and am curious if it is possible to do it without points? I use the Learning Mastery Gradebook for competency-based grading and think the Mastery Paths would be a great addition, but it is tied to points current...

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If a quiz uses question banks that pull questions and I have to edit the answer on a question after students have taken the quiz,  is there a way to update the question that will also update the quiz scores for submitted quizzes?   

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I am able to Log in on my phone to canvas perfectly fine. When i try log in on my laptop it doesnt let me login. i want to access my college resources on my laptop to edit and save the files on my device. someone please help me with this. if i can lo...

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I am a new user to Canvas as a instructor and am trying to set up connection between MyLab & Canvas, I have been able to get the connection to import all of the MyLab assignments as one link, however I was wondering if there is a way that I can creat...

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When my students upload/embed jpgs of grayscale Illustrator artwork, they often display with a sepia tone; the brownish tone appears randomly, it seems to me, so it's hard to test why it's happening. I want my students to care about how their work lo...

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I am tasked with ensuring our systems comply with privacy policies at our organization. Our SIS, CRM, and marketing systems are configured such that real PII is not copied into the test environments of those systems. Canvas routinely copies student n...

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