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I keep getting empty choices for the MC options. I go back to edit, hit the little garbage can to delete the empty ones, update the question, and save. When I go back to review, the blank spaces, and more, reappear. Any suggestions?

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Hi, There have been a few occasions when I copy a course and then receive a message sating that students are attempting to access content in a different course. Why might this be happening? We use Google LTI and often it is a Google file that the ins...

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We have configured SSO in canvas using username but we are getting below error: Is there a way to perform the authentication using LMS_ID? Thanks

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I've tried modified EVERY element for the assignment but cannot figure out why the option to duplicate is sometimes unavailable.  I have only run into this issue recently (within last two weeks)!!  [examples are from the same course]

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One of the admins at our school had his 'Account Admin' role revoke recently, and I want to try to track down who revoked it, or how this might have happened. Is there any kind of event log available anywhere in Canvas which might record this informa...

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As an instructor, is there a way to change the order of my Canvas announcements?  I often wish to simply move an older announcement to the top without having to edit and delay posting or cutting/copying and pasting.

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Many of the math teachers in our building use a 7 point scale which is based on the IB-scoring system. They have all enabled grading schemes in their course so that the total grade is displayed as the IB 1-7. For example, a student sees a 92% and a 7...

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I am importing sections via SIS Import. And, an error has been reported. "Error while importing CSV. Please contact support (error report 19044000000000214)". Do you know what this means?

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Is it possible to avoid that students make copy/paste or screen shot in quizzes?

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A teacher in my school system is receiving the "Grading category missing for assignment" when trying to sync to PowerSchool. The assignments are in a properly imported category from PowerSchool, verified by the paper/arrow icon. Group weights match t...

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I use multiple blank questions to get R commands from students, The csv student analysis report, however, corrupts them to useless bits. For instance, a perfectly fine answer like "x <- mean(x)" only comes out as "x ", whereas "x <- mean( x[ which(x ...

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I've got three kids enrolled and I'm having difficulty viewing their schedules/assignments on the calendar both on the computer and the phone app.  It only lets me select ten of the classes total, not per student.  So my first question is if there is...

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I have just created a course (last one of several for the year) and added all my students who are also part of the aforementioned courses. Parents are able to observe their children in all the courses except the new one. I can't find out why or how t...

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I want to pick individual questions from quizzes I have imported from Commons and put them into a question bank. Is this possible? If so, then how do I do it?

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In the Canvas REST API documentation, I've found that these two entries seem to be identical: /api/v1/courses/:course_id/users/api/v1/courses/:course_id/search_users Are they really two entries that do the same thing?  Does one refer to the other?  I...

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From this post, I know the default is: "Students cannot view previously submitted comments by any other reviewers, including comments by TAs or other instructors." I want students to ask unique peer review questions for each assignment, but this is n...

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Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to create a fill in the blank with multiple correct answers that are also checked by Levenshtein distance. For Example.  Question: Name one phylum of protists with a photosynthetic organism. Possible Answers: ...

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Hi. My question concerns the items that are in the navigation list and viewable by the instructor but not by the students. It appears that the items that are native to Canvas can be re-ordered, and so some items---e.g., People or Quizzes---can be kep...

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On the quiz that I am creating, I have questions that have an initial problem statement followed by several multiple-choice (MC) questions based on that statement. I am currently doing this by giving the statement as a "Text (no question)" question, ...

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Hello i can't figure out how to make grey document links (see photo). Can anyone help me with this? Thanks. Anthony

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Hi All, we were pretty pleased with the Direct Share feature to copy content between courses and were promoting it as an alternative to the export/import tool. However a user has stumped me today, she points out that the 'Copy To' feature only works ...

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I have been using Classic Quizzes and Mastery Paths in conjunction for most of this school year. Since Classic Quizzes will be phasing out next year, I thought I would try New Quizzes and Mastery Paths. Unfortunately, I cannot seem to replicate my fo...

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I have a couple students with a disability that need to access recorded lectures of the course, but I don't want the rest of my class to have access to those videos. (Students with disabilities are required to sign agreements saying they won't share ...

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I am unable to log in to this Canvas community forum on Firefox. When I click on Log In and enter my school name, it takes me to my course Dashboard for my school. It does not let me go back to this discussion forum. It is totally frustrating to be u...

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I have a single class that has 20+ calendar events in a day. The problem is all of these events show up on my dashboard list view, and really clutters it. I tried hiding the course notifications, and unstarring the class on my all courses page. This ...

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How do I cut and paste a DOUBLE SPACED piece of writing into DISCUSSIONS? Our instructor does not want us to attach a document. But he wants our submissions to be double spaced.  And the discussion removes all paragraph indents and line spacing when ...

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My dashboard is not loading on canvas but is working fine in the app. Using google chrome and it is up to date and it is not my wifi because it has been working fine until a couple days ago. Anybody know how to help?  

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I have been using classic Quizzes. In formula questions, I can give students auto-generated input parameters to a specified number of decimal places. However, Canvas won't display trailing zeroes (Edit: this issue may only pertain to what is shown it...

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Students in my class work in groups. It is only possible to assign quizzes to individuals, unfortunately, so a group leader will submit the group's response to a quiz. How can that student (or I) share the graded quiz with other members of the group?

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Since we are working on line, I want students to be able to sign up for individual slots in my office hours for privacy.  The group appointments is a way to do that, but it seems that I must set up every set of office hours manually.  Is there a way ...

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