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Can I create an etextbook in Canvas and use it for my course? If not, in what program can I create an etextbook that I can then import into Canvas? Ideally I want to create 1 etextbook that works across platforms e.g. kIndle, canvas and that can then...

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Please tell when and where on Canvas I can find the list of students signed up for my course (ST8330) for the Fall 2024 semester. Thank you. -   Dr. Michael Cohen, TLI Instructor for ST8330

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In New Quizzes, there is a section where Marking Notes can be added. How does a teacher know that these notes exist. Is there a notification or icon that shows that there are notes entered?    

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Hello,  I am an administrator and an instructor. I would like to know if a question created in an Item Bank in New Quizzes can be modified to a different type of question? For example, the question was created as an Essay type question, and I would l...

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Hello i have just registered be i cant find any resources to commence my studies, how will i have access to study materials? 

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Can you apply a template to all existing classes in a semester?

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Hello! I'm looking to conduct an interview as part of an assessment for my class. It'll be in the form of an assignment submission. Is there a tool that I can use on Canvas or external app that can conduct interviews where students can record their r...

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Hello, Cool trick I Can save HTML to my Files area, and I can iframe those into my course with no problem.  This is amazing and opens the doors to a whole new level of interactives natively being hosted in Canvas. Problem:  This cannot be shared to C...

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Hello. I recently took a summer course, and it was my first time using canvas. I now need to download the transcript so I have it saved to use later, and cannot figure out how. I googled it, and cannot find anything that is applicable to the page I s...

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I would like to export completed rubric scores (numeric and comments) from Canvas to a spreadsheet from all courses that use this rubric so I can compare them.  Does anyone have a tool that we could use for this?

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I am an instructional designer providing support to faculty, and we are running into an issue with the "Assign to" feature in Assignments and Modules. When faculty assign an assignment to a specific section or group of students and then add this same...

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Hi, I've been teaching with Canvas for about 10 years and the recent changes to the interface are a huge downgrade in functionality. I don't like them, my students are complaining, formatting is routinely getting messed up, and my colleagues are also...

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Hi everyone, is there a way to bulk reorder module items? For context, I am trying to merge 5 modules into 1, is there a quick way to combine all the items from the modules? Thank you. 

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Hello, in Canvas' Assignments section, is there any way I can quickly sort the assignments in the numerical order? Thank you. 

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Is there a way to add a course title in the subject line of the notification email when a person is registered into a course for the first time?  Right now it looks like the subject line is the same for all courses.  It would be helpful if the subjec...

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I'm testing out mastery paths just to see how they work. I can get it to work fine if I start on an assignment or a quiz, but every time I try to set it up where I add the conditionals onto a graded discussion as the start, I click save on the master...

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We have a "newbie" starting in September - what's the best way to onboard/ train them up in Canvas? I've seen the Commons Course ... just wondered if there's anything else that folks have seen/ used that's had impact?

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I need to share pages and assignments with fellow educators to discuss design, layout, etc. When I publish a course, because of the "Not available until" date, which is in September, nothing shows in assignments. Because of the "Not available until" ...

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I want to create a single About Your Instructor (for example) page in Canvas that I can have linked to in all my courses. This way I only update the page in one place and it is updated everywhere. What I am doing now is creating the page in one cours...

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Is it possible to set up an email that would automatically be sent to any student that completed a specific assignment? We have a "Your Final Reflection" assignment at the end of all of our courses and would love to send a customized email to any stu...

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Good Afternoon,I was hoping to have some assistance or advice regarding auto-responses in the Canvas Inbox. The setting is enabled. I have created an out-of-office time frame and message as well as turned it on. The characters of the email are less t...

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I'm getting really annoyed when I have to pull up a list of all pages. I click "Pages" in the course menu and then I have to make the same choice again by clicking "View all pages". Please tell me there's an easier way to view all pages in a course. ...

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Hi, I have created a course which contains the assignments, pages, events, modules, sections etc.  I'm using sections as my participants start the course in cohorts but at different times.  Assignment due dates, events, announcements etc are assigned...

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Is it possible as a teacher or admin to download all student discussion posts in a course?

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I can't tell which page I am looking at. How do I get rid of two and keep the one I want? or edit the address? Here are the three URL's-- If I click on the HOME link in the left menu I am directed to the address below. This is problematic. Even thoug...

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Hi everyone,Is there a way to upload a CSV file (or similar) to create a large number (64) of empty new course shells?We are trying to integrate FlexPoint and we need to make an empty course in our Canvas for each of their course offerings. It needs ...

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How do I create a task completion checklist in a course for the student when each module which has been completed? I have a course that I am the admin of created by a previous colleague.  Students are emailing asking me about the checklist not checki...

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I'm an Instructor in adult education, and I've recently been designated as my campus's Canvas Admin. My department teaches the same seven Courses over the course of our program, so every single student cohort has the same course content. I'm working ...

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Hello, I'm writing to you because I'm having a problem adding deadlines since the Canvas update. Indeed, when I assign an assignment to different dates for each student, I click on “apply”, “save” and yet NO deadline is applied and updated. I don't k...

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