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Whenever I try to submit a google doc in Canvas, it is automatically changed to a .docx file. How do I fix this?

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When creating an assignment as a teacher, and clicking file upload, students can turn in a PDF, Good Slides, Google docs, etc.  Correct?

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I would like to add StemScopes as an external tool for the teachers within my district. It seems as though this could work, but I am not seeing how to go about doing that.It seems as though there is a lot of interest around this within the community ...

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As I was registering for Canvas I created a student account and it has been attached to my district portal which is what we use to communicate with students and it houses all of the apps we use regularly. Does anyone by chance know how to get my acco...

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I teach two different courses. When I have both open,  is there a way to change the color scheme of one? Kind of like how you could change the theme color on outlook mail? I need a way to differentiate  between the two; visual color change that is ea...

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Hello!  Currently, I have 5 courses listed for my 1 elementary level class.  Our district set it up this way so that grades would mesh easily with Synergy but it's more detailed than the students understand.  My students need it to be as simple as po...

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Dear Canvas HELP:I am both a STAFF member and a PARENT and I need help signing up as an observer for my two students in the same district.  We are at 3 different campuses (Elementary, MS, and HS), but are all in the same district.  They were able to ...

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when i try to take a quiz it doesn't show me the questions? 

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Can anyone help as my email address has a ! In red next to it and I am told there is a problem but it doesnt say what......It is my email and it is correct.

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I have a combined gradebook in skyward. When I sync my grades only 2 of the 3 classes will sync to skyward. I tried to sync just the missing class and I got, grades have already been posted. Help

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Is it possible to allow students to view the chat files in the Zoom LTI?

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I have a school that set up a Newsela integration, and it appears to work fine -- until a teacher tries to sync her classes with Canvas. Then a message appears and says that a Canvas admin has disabled her ability to sync. So far, I cannot find where...

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I hyper-linked a word in the instructions of an assignment to a PDF file.  When the students clicked on the link they get a blank screen with the word "unauthorized" in the upper left corner.  What can I do to fix it?

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In the past, Canvas would sync all assignments, discussions, and quizzes etc. into Skyward as long as they had points, the correct code, and a due date.  This year, Canvas will only sync items that have a grade in Canvas. Meaning no other assignments...

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Good afternoon Canvas pros, I am new to Canvas this year.  I successfully synced my grades to Infinite Campus but they are showing up as raw scores.  I would like to sync grades to Infinite Campus as percentages so all of my assignments have equal we...

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Hello, A teacher has made a new quiz with an upload file question (among other kinds of questions). Is it possible to download all files students submitted in this question (preferably with one operation)? Thank you,Kristbjörg Olsen

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I am a 6th grade Math online teacher.  Some of my students can not submit their google docs to me.  They say it cannot submit.  Other students can submit just fine.  Finally, some say they cannot even view the assignment.  I am not sure if this is a ...

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When I try to access Speedgrader from assignments, it is often grayed out.  I'm not sure how to grade the students if I can't click on that.  Any advice?  

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I'm designing a self-paced course for students. What is the best way to incorporate engaging and interactive activities (e.g. flip-card exercises, interactive videos,..) in the course? How can these exercises be designed?Also, is the New Quizzes feat...

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My student says this error message is popping up:  error on the notebook communication until teacher links the websiteWhat do I need to do to fix it?  Is there something I did wrong in uploading the assignment?This is a google slides assignment that ...

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I am new to Canvas. I want to be able to "send to" modules to our third party translation dept. Even if they are not a Canvas user, can they "edit" the module (where I placed the Google translation) and send back to me with their translation. We are,...

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Hello,Our school converted from Blackboard to Canvas and an online course I teach was imported earlier this summer. We just noticed that none of the latex that we had on the Blackboard side is converted to equations on the Canvas side. We could go in...

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Earlier this week, my students were able to use the turn in to Canvas button to turn in an assignment from Adobe Spark.  Today, that button has disappeared for them.  Any ideas on how to fix it?

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I embedded a Google Slide presentation into Canvas and have it starting automatically. However, the audio does not start automatically, I have to manually enable audio through the "Exclamation Point" icon at the bottom of the screen each time. My stu...

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This question was brought to me by one of my teachers. I thought I would share it here to see how other Canvas users are handling. When you click an event from the canvas calendar, it shows a clickable preview of the event without clicking further on...

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I am attempting to get files from a Shared Google Drive (from the district) into an assignment in Canvas. I know there is not a direct way to do this but seeing if anyone has found a work around. I have found a work around to get something from a Sha...

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I am trying to embeded a Nearpod draw-it slide in a Canvas quiz question to have students create a graph.  However, when I preview the quiz and submit an answer the image does not show up.

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I think I am following the directions correctly when uploading an assignment through the Google Cloud Drive option via the "External tool". Everything uploads correctly, which is great!! However, when the students click on the "Blue Lettering" of the...

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I am trying to encourage our organization's teachers and staff to utilize the expert power of the collective here at Canvas Community. So that we can find our teacher and staff posts more efficiently, are there other suggestions we can utilize other ...

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