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I often make Google Spreadsheets with math questions. Using conditional formatting, a maze or picture appears based on their correct answers. They like the immediate feedback. In Google Classroom, I liked being able to quickly glance through, knowing...

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I recorded an audio file as part of a Canvas page. After I recorded it, I realized I would need to post a transcript and would like to download the file into a utility which will automatically generate a transcript. Some have indicated that a right-c...

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Last night, I had a student email me a video asking if I was 'messing with the grade book.' They said they had 93.72% in my class and every missing assignment had been given full credit even though they were marked missing. In my grade book, this stu...

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We created an LTI provider that renders the Canvas Course modules (Quizzes, Assignments, etc.) to PDF. There seems to be a compatibility problem with the rendered SVG images from Math Equations from the Rich HTML Editor. What we do: Fetch the Course ...

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case number 06740278Support was very helpful, but can the developers work their magic so that I can use the Annotation tool in Speedgrader while the Peer Review function is turned off?  I'd like to be able to have both of these features available. 

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What is it? Why is there a link to it on my home page?

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This is a very basic thing. A student should be able to see a view with *all* outstanding assignments, meaning assignments that are past due (or soon to be past due), across *all* classes such that there is not submission made yet.  This should not h...

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Does anyone have rubrics for a welding course where the main objective is to train welders how to become proficient with physically welding such things as steel beams for bridges or pipes in a nuclear power house. The only document needed for this so...

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Hello, I am a college student. I wanted to know if Canvas can be used outside of the USA, such as in another country (Pakistan).Please let me knowThank you 

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I just gave a quiz, and wanted File Upload of PDF responses.  All of my students have supposedly submitted, but for almost all of them, there is no file for me to view, nothing to download, nothing to open.  See below, this student is marked as "Subm...

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I assigned a practice quiz and it's being graded, but the speedgrader tool is not showing up so I can give students feedback. Is this because it's a practice quiz? How can I make the change now since students are already working on the practice quiz?...

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We will be moving our faculty from Box to 0365. I'm concerned about broken links in Canvas among other issues that we will be facing.Has anyone else gone through this process? If so, I'd love to hear what to expect.Thank you so much! Leona

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Hello All, I'm trying to find out the best way to add a unique SIS ID to all our users? All probably need to perform this task weekly and looking for best way possible on performing this task going forward and well taking care of our current users. T...

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Hello,My district hasn't purchased Canvas, so I'm using a free teacher account.  I was able to merge my curriculum cassette into my Canvas to help deliver the course to my students, but have no idea where to find the course code to give to my student...

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Is it possible to embed a fillable PDF document for students to submit in canvas? I realize that you can put one in with a downloadable link and even embed it. However that changes the behavior of the PDF file. If this is possible, How?

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Hello Support, I’m hoping someone can help us figure out what CANVAS setting is preventing an External Tool from being listed for all courses when it is set to PUBLIC. The Canvas Admin also doesn’t see the Configure option when clicking the drop down...

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I have a teacher who says students are getting multiple copies of the same assignments.  Does anyone have an idea what the problem may be.

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SpeedGrader is jumping around. We have cleared browser cache and updated the browser and we are using Chrome. Is there anything else that may fix this?

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I made a quiz in Canvas and attached a rubric. But when I'm grading the quizzes, although I can use and click on the rubric, students can't see the graded rubric. Also, it won't let me input a grade into the rubric, and this quiz doesn't show up unde...

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Sorry but this may be more of a vent!  Our district finally made the decision to purchase an LMS.  We had several meetings to decide which would be best for the district.  Many teachers used Blackboard and begged for them to just purchase that.  Howe...

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I have a teacher that is assigning a quiz to an entire section. However, 1 student will not be taking it until a later date. We don't want that single student to have access to the quiz at all (she's afraid of the student getting in, taking pictures,...

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I am having issues with creating a rubric. I set the criteria and ratings, but when I set my points, my ratings change. I have calculated and did the math with MY ratings, but any time I set the points it goes to CANVAS ratings. How do I prevent that...

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Hi,I have been added as a teaching assistant to several Canvas modules. In all of the discussion sections there is no reply field visible. I can only see "reply" if I turn on "student view", which is an imperfect work-around as my posts then appear t...

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How do you add weekly number in to the Canvas calendar?

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I really hope there is an easy fix for this out there!I am almost at the end of the 1st nine weeks (1st quarter) and all my grades have been put into the 4th quarter in the grade book. I have tried to export and then import them into the correct quar...

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I am both an instructor and building Canvas admin in a high school.  One of my colleagues is having trouble with her Gradebook - she very much wants to sort assignments by date, but when she has that option selected, they are not put in date order.  ...

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Is there a way to create a bank of stimuli, each with its own attached questions, and then select RANDOM ones to populate my quiz? I can do that with MC questions--add 10 random questions from my bank, but it doesn't seem to work with stimuli because...

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HELP my Classes show OFF and I cannot get into my anouncements!!

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I have allowed the upload of jpeg and png files and canvas is telling students they can't upload. What do I tell them?

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An assignment was created that required an Online - Text Entry. There was only 1 attempt allowed. There was one student that submitted the wrong item. How can another attempt be added for just this one student without affecting the other student subm...

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