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Could you guide me through how to recover my old original submissions? I re-submitted 3 times. Each time I re-submit my new assignment, Canvas automatically delete my old submissions. I want to recover my original assigned submission with my instruct...

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Good afternoon, I am working with a faculty member who is uploading many QTI files for Item Banks in her program. According to Instructure documentation, Item Banks should be named as the QTI file that is imported into it. It isn't doing so, and I'm ...

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We set up our master courses with the discussions set for the Default Thread State, as seen in the image. However, when we made a copy of this course for the offering that students will be enrolled in, the feature did not copy over. Is there a way to...

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Hello, My team and I have created two courses that have gotten very large (there is no direct faculty interaction, these are video courses, etc), so Canvas analytics no longer runs and I need these analytics for grant reporting. I may not have unders...

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I'm a student, and i was submitting a recording for an important conversation test in my spanish class. after i had finished the recorded, i accidentally clicked the back arrow button on my chromebook keyboard and was sent to another page. when i ret...

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Is there a way to create different versions of a test using the same item banks so that students sitting next to one another cannot cheat? I do not have time to create 2 tests and then assign to individual students.

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We are reviewing our roles and permissions in our instance of Canvas and I am wondering how people better manage those with assessment roles? Our Banner script does not assign CRN's by content area (ie.. there is no grouping range). I am wondering ho...

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I'm a part-time lecturer at SATS. I have an issue in the Gradebook where the title of the column is 'Practicum Forms Dropbox'. Students have to post forms into this space. They don't get marks, they are allocated 'Complete, Incomplete, or Ungraded'. ...

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We're a bit of an edge case I suspect, but we support/administer a large number of courses simultaneously, and one of our routine tasks is to go through all courses, all quizzes, and moderate each quiz to "shake loose" any and all outstanding submiss...

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I've configured Canvas to use the "google" authentication on the Admin->Authentication page.  Note I don't mean the SAML authentication type with GSuite as the IDP, but the actual "google" choice from the "Add an identity provider to this account" dr...

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What the title says. I have trouble with audio processing due to an acquired disability. I need to use the Shorts videos as supplemental material for my "Intro to Canvas" course for faculty members at my institution. It's hard for me to select which ...

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I logged into Canvas this morning and all the content is pushed left, leaving a giant white space on the right. My classes also have this issue. It was fine last night. I restarted the computer and tried different browsers--all the same. Any thought ...

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Hi there!I am looking to see if there is a potential asynchronous one-way video interview solution for Canvas LMS? My goal is to use Canvas (or, most likely, some form of tech that can be integrated with it) to facilitate asynchronous viva-style asse...

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So far, I can only communicate with profs and student in currently enrolled courses. This prof. doesn't always receive my emails, which is why I need to reach her via Canvas. Thank you. 

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I prefer to enter grades through Gradebook as it means I can quickly enter scores by using the tab key. This saves me a significant amount of time when teaching 16 classes per week.Is there a way Canvas can be set up so grades entered in Gradebook th...

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“ and ” are the HTML codes for the left and right quote marks, respectively (" and "). When I copy from a plain text editor into Canvas' HTML editor (in an assignment page), initially, all seems well. But once I click to view the result i...

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For as long as I can remember if we had to delete an email address that was assigned to the user from Banner we have to go into the account settings and enable "Users can delete their institution-assigned email address", then either act as the user a...

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I would like to know how students can type accented letters in their answers in the dialog boxes in Canvas from a PC. 

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i send you ELA saff

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Hello!! I hope you all are doing well! I was hoping to reach out to this community for your expertise on a grading issue I am experiencing for a course that I am helping with. The course is designed to give students autonomy over their learning, with...

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Is it possible to hide an assignment from students, while also allowing grade entry? If so, can this be done programmatically via the API? I found that by not assigning a due date, the assignment does not appear in the student's To-Do, but setting a ...

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I gave a quiz. I published, students took the quiz. I see 31 attempts, when I press Quiz now. I can not get to the grading feature. When I select it, the feature says "unpublished." Is there anyway to retrieve the 31 attempts?

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Good morning from the East Coast!My role as an instructional designer left me with a question we have not been able to sort through on our end that maybe this will help bring a resolution.Has anyone ever encountered an issue with Canvas Quizzes where...

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I am nearly completed my online course Cert IV Accounting & Bookkeeping.Can I still access teaching materials from units passed previously?If so, how?

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The course has students working on a project in groups, and in each group, there are 4 students. One of the assessments requires that the students of each group assess the other members within their group, so each student has to do 3 peer assessments...

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Hey everyone, I've been finding it difficult to download my recorded conferenced videos on BigblueBotton. I've searched for the download option but i can't seem to find it, I'd appreciate your assistance. Thanks.

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I have been using a website to turn quizzes made with a word processor into a QTI zip file. I have uploaded so many quizzes to Canvas this way. Suddenly the QTI zip file is no longer a choice for me when importing content into a course. I did this to...

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Hello! Many of our instructors here use the Google Assignments 1.3 LTI to have students submit work. Teachers do really like the Google Assignments grading interface, but we're having an issue with students being able to actually see the rubrics for ...

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Hello everybody, we have this issue in our CANVAS, our time zone is Asuncion (-3:00 / -3:00), but it seens there is an error, you configure a quizz with a date and CANVAS save it with one hour +, for example, the time you put is april 4, the canvas c...

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Hello Canvas Community, Whenever I try to upload a video file, it displays this error: When I click Retry, it just displays it again. Can this error be resolved? It's a total hassle. Again, it only appears for video files. This course is the only on...

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