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Hello am facing some error through the installation of canvaslms and blocked on the command `bundle exec rails db:initial_setup` and give fixnum deprecatedThis this the trace:> /var/lib/gems/2.4.0/gems/soap4r-ruby1.9-2.0.5/lib/soap/mapping/encodedreg...

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I have assigned a quiz to a group of individual students.  I would like to be able to copy that quiz and assign it to the same group of kids without having to put all of their names in again.  Is there a way to copy the group of kids to whom the quiz...

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I have an LTI 1.3 external tool working with Moodle, and have launched the version of Canvas available in the AWS Marketplace, but have not successfully gotten it configured to work with my tool. Initiating a deep linking call to the tool sends the o...

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Hello,In our course be would like to add modules/pages or files that are only visable for the students that were present that week. Is there a way that a teaher could type in the attence (completed/not completed) on a canvas assignment and that this ...

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How do I align the columns in a rubric? 

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Is there anyways to edit the automatic course invitation text in Canvas? If it is possible how can I do it?

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In our test instance of Canvas I tested the following scenario.I created an admin role with the only purpose to create users, the permissions for the role was:Users - manage login details (which enables merge users)SIS Data - readUsers - add / remove...

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One student writes his assignmnets on an arabic sett computer (we assume) but writes the text in english. When my teacher tries to comment his assignments her text goes right to left. Can we adjust this in any way so she can comment and the text goes...

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I copied a 200 point quiz (which was created from the quiz bank) to other courses but only 161 points are showing.  Some questions say, "This question group is set to pick more questions than are available" but I know that the bank has 2-3 questions ...

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I'm a bit new to using canvasapi and I haven't found anything that will let me get the due date of an assignment. I'm a student and wanted to be able to get all my assignments to print ordered by due date. So far, I have been able to fetch and print ...

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Hello, I am new to this forum and relatively new to Canvas. As an admin with responsibilities for overall student performance in all classes, I am hoping for a way to export the "current score" column for all students enrolled in all courses for a gi...

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I am creating a quiz with multiple answers using CLASSIC QUIZ. No choice for exact match can be selected, hence when a student answers partial correct responses, they are awarded partial scores. I'm looking for any possibility that an "exact match" o...

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So, Canvas discussions are a train wreck.  There's no message list view. There no inbox.There's no usable threading. I mean, there "sort of" is, in that you can reply to discussions in a threaded way, but you can't collapse or expand those threads.Th...

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Good evening!An instructor set up an assignment with unlimited attempts.  A student submitted multiple times to the assignment.  The instructor graded the first attempt (using DocViewer).  The student can view her score, but not the DocViewer feedbac...

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I submitted an Assignment and forgot to upload my annotative bibliography with it. The professor asked me to resubmit the assignment. I uploaded the AB and clicked resubmit. The professor has just informed me that My AB is there but the body of work ...

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On my Front Page there is a letter A with a down arrow to the right of it next to the class section number. It has to do with "Alternative Formatting" I cannot delete this character and was wondering if students can see and click on it as well. How c...

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Hello. I've looked through all the guides, but can't figure out the best way to set this up. I know you can set Assignments as Anonymous grading and Moderated grading, but I need to secure the material with an Access Code, so I need to use a Quiz. Wh...

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Thanks to COVID I’m having to split my class into two seated groups, one for Wednesday, the other Friday.  I’ve divided them into official groups in canvas.  But for some assignments, I only want to assign access and due dates per group without it be...

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Canvas didn't allow me to pair to observe my children's accounts on my gmail account, but did allow it on my yahoo account. I prefer using my gmail. How can I find out how my gmail is "already in use"? Can an account be looked up under that email?Tha...

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Hello, I have teachers that want to print a grade report that only shows the aggregate grades of their student roster. (Not one student at a time but a printout of the grade report of the final grades from all students.) Is this possible? Thank you.

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The Canvas documentation says that for graded surveys students "must complete" the quiz to receive credit. But it seems that students can in fact get full credit if they only answer 1 question and then submit. What is the purpose of this? Is it a bug...

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My coworkers and I created a shell course for Pre-Calculus so we could add content then drop it into our individual classes. Our quizzes have images added. When we transfer from the shell to our course the images all show up. When a student goes to o...

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My Professor gave me a password that I cannot get to work.

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I am trying to add "grading notes" to an essay question in a quiz. I looked up and found on here how to do that. However, I do not have the drop down options like is shown in screenshots. Why can't I see how to add grading notes? Any idea or help is ...

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Can I add a teacher to another teacher's workroom? Or do I just need to add the teacher as a sponge to a classroom. The want to share content. I've searched for awhile and just can't find the answer. Thank you!

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I am getting an error message when I sync grades through Canvas today.  Is this being fixed?

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I have 3 teachers in my building with the same general issue students are getting the rocket ship icon that says "Sorry, something broke"-all are media submissions-all are late-when the student clicks on the assignment it briefly flashes the assignme...

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How do I remove an assignment uploaded incorrectly by a student?  

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When trying to take a survey quiz, the application gives a "Page Error" when a question is submitted. The information looks unsaved at first. However, when the page is refreshed, it routes to the survey overview page and it displays that the survey w...

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Once I’ve clicked on a course in dashboard and I get to its main page I have a list of menu options to the left. I’ve dug up some tutorials that show “assignments” and “discussions” listed in that menu but I don’t have mine showing there. I have to f...

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