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Ahoy all,I developed a demo course in the college for training using CidiLabs' Design Tools. Having designed that course to actually teach, I imported it into the teacher account for widespread use. It stripped the CidiLabs codes. Is there a way to r...

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Very weird - only 1  assignment is not syncing to power teacher pro.  have the category correct  (imported from PS) and the box is checked (to sync to grading system). All other assignments are syncing fine. Any clue?

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I made a Canvas Quiz and assigned it to multiple students in multiple classes. They took the quiz and I am using SpeedGrader to score them. Before I began, I set scores to post Manually, and as I began grading, the column heading for the quiz indicat...

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I would like to make a series of assignments in which my students will produce a short piece of writing, then go back and edit it several times. Is there any way to have students create a google doc that will automatically embed into several differen...

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I'm trying to find the easiest way to do this AND have it crystal-clear for students. If I attach a file to a specific assignment in SpeedGrader, where does the student look to find and read my attachment? Up to now, I've been emailing the attachment...

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With everything going digital, trying to find a way to give my tests in canvas while blocking external websites so the student can't cheat.  Haven't been able to locate the procedure, if it even exists.

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There is an odd bug in the way excel graphs interact with the speed grader.  Students have an assignment where they are to graph data in excel, fit a trendline, and include the equation of the line on their graph.  For several students, when they cop...

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I and my 2nd grade daughter are extremely frustrated with the difficulty in being able to open and view assignments.  Our teachers are listing their assignments in each class under modules instead of the assignment tabs, so when we go to courses tab ...

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Is there a way to get a total number of responses that a student has made to discussion posts (non-graded)? I have given discussion questions as exit tickets throughout the quarter, and I simply want a number of times a student has responded without ...

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I was able to sync two of my classes but for some reason my third class will not sync.  Any idea why?

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When I want to randomly assign participants to a breakout room, it does not allow me to do so. Has anyone else experienced this and found a way to make it work. Needing to manually assign my participants to breakout rooms takes so much time (large gr...

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I have assignments that require students to upload multiple items. Can students view multiple submissions for a peer when completing a peer review?If not, then can an instructor delete a student submission so the correct item show for the student con...

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Hi,I am an instructor and have 74 questions on my next quiz. Is there a way I can make the test out of 150 points and calculate the point values that way? I want all questions to be equal points. Best,

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I use my iPad gen7 and the iOS canvas app. My app and my iPad are up to date. I can see my dashboard and I can pull up classes, but when I click on certain tabs like “modules” or “syllabus” I am left with a blank page. I don’t have this problem with ...

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Why can't you use math type in the matching questions?  Also, why can't you set up the matching questions to give partial credit?     Will the math type ever expand to cover upper level mathematics like integrals, piecewise functions, limits, etc? 

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Is it possible to access one report that shows the User Access Reports for all students in a course?

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I noticed that most of the trainers for Canvas are high school teachers or teach at the college level. I find it hard to relate to the content and the trainers are not aligned to the needs of k-3 grade teachers. Are there any trainings specifically f...

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Hello! I am an instructor and I found that Canvas's calculation is different from my expectation for late submission penalty: Scenario: For a 10-point assignment, there will be a 10% deduction for submission 1 day after the deadline. A student submit...

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Is it possible to take a picture while submitting an assignment directly from Canvas.  I have seen videos that its possible through the app.  Is there an option when selecting a file to upload that it access the laptop camera to take a quick snapshot...

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what are the limitations of an user generated Access token? if a student gets a teacher to share a token with them what access could they have ?   Thank you!

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Hello, I need to check the quiz log of several students who say they kept getting kicked off a Canvas quiz during a remote exam this week. I want to verify this is true and figure out how much time to give them to complete the questions they didn't g...

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Hello!  I have a faculty who would like, instead of ignoring scores for each student in an assignment group, would like to retain the highest scores in an assignment group.  Is there an option or a work-around for this?Thanks,Nancy Webb

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Not sure if any other students are having this problem, but I cannot submit an important assignment because an error message keeps popping up every time I try. This error did not show up before, because I was able to see and download the document my ...

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Why do Assignment Group titles show up in the grade book? 

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As I'm grading assignments using the rubric, students are able to see the grades as I save them. I would like to grade all the assignments and then release the feedback to everyone at the same. Is there an easy way to do this? Thanks!Janice

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I am a PE teacher and have many many Canvas sections assigned to me. When I go to copy a course and it lists all my other courses, they all read the same way: Physical Education 05-PO2-Hopkins Physical Education 05-PO2-Hopkins Physical Education 05-P...

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I grade using my apple pen. It is wonderful to be able to write comments and make corrections on the papers. I would like to write on the discussion posts. I want my students to use correct grammar, spelling, etc. and not make careless errors. Discus...

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I had a student take a test on a different date and I didn't download the previous student submissions. After the student took the exam, the previous submissions were deleted and now all I can download is one submission, the most recent one. Is there...

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Math teacher here...I've been creating rubrics on assignments where each criteria corresponds to a problem on the assignment. I have been having students use the Canvas Student app to submit photos of their work so I can try and find mistakes if/when...

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Is it possible to identify contributors to a Collaboration document? I'll be using the Office 365 LTI. Thanks!

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