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When I make a change to courses, it shows in student view on my computer, but when I go to access it as a student on an iPad, the page is blank.

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I can't get an assignment to allow students to check when it is complete.

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Is the search bar on the top of main Discussions board, been updated to include a specific Student's (myself) posts for all the individual discussions?

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After watching all of the videos for how Canvas works and how to navigate modules, I learned how to keep a module locked until a certain day and time. I did not see how you can schedule that same module to relock at a certain time and day. Is there a...

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I created a cloud a assignment but it does not give me the option below to add a rubric for that assignment. How can I add a rubric?

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I have three classes on my dashboard as an instructor. Two of them are working, one isn't. The dates are fine for "opening" the class, the class is published. My student view indicates from my side that everything is okay, yet my students can't acces...

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Hello Canvas community, I was wondering if someone can answer a question that I have.  The school I teach at uses  canvas courses that are in evolve elsevier platform.  The shell provided does not have the apps tab in the settings  (course section  n...

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Hi! I am a student using Canvas. My "To-Do" list on the R of the dashboard in cluttered with items that are due a long time from now. Is there any way to filter this list or update the settings so that it shows me only what is due this week? I have s...

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I am trying to submit an assignment in pdf form. It says on the assignment that the professor is accepting pdf files. However, when I tried submitting it, it won't go through. I used other options such as google drive, file from the computer, and dir...

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I am the Canvas Controller at my site and none of my instructors, including myself, have been able to get a successful reservation on the Calendar Scheduler. We are following all the directions, students see the appointment times, but once they selec...

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It is very confusing. There is no clear instructions to find out what the assignment, where it is and so on. When I took online classes, each instructor had individual pages and I get a message when assignment is posted. Here, there is no way to find...

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Hi, I would like to create a Quiz question with multiple Numerical Answers, but each answers results in different points, from partially to fully correct. All I see is all answers give the same number of points.  For example, answers in a range: 0-1 ...

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teacher set up courses; did not realize all the quizzes were showing up as published. A student went ahead and started multiple quizzes even though we just started school and no material has yet been covered.  The teacher tried to unpublish all the q...

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I am a music teacher and was thinking of a creative way of using music to have students "check in." Many teachers are doing this with various emoji' that students are posting or clicking, etc. I want to upload a pool of mp3 audio clips that students ...

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My school is using a hybrid schedule so I created sections for the two halves of the alphabet.  If I have a student who needs to be moved to another section, will their work go with them to the new section?  Will I still be able to find past work in ...

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In my course there are multiple instructors, I know how to show only my students in the gradebook, but how can I go from one of my students to the next using the speedgrader? I can see my students now in gradebook and when I go to speedgrader for my ...

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Can there be a bulk grade option added to the grade book! It is exhausting having to click on each individual student to mark something as missing. Many of us have almost 200 hundred students times many assignments. It would be easier to mark all as ...

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When using google assignment in the external tools, are you able to select and add a google form?

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I have a student that has been moved from my period 2 class to my period 4 class.  The classes are identical.  I was unaware of the change.  How can I find the grades of the assignments she already earned so I can enter them into the new class period...

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I sometimes like to hear my teachers at 1.25x-1.5x speed as a way for proficiency and to hasten possible long pauses that happen when anyone speaks. Can teachers tell when I do this? If so, how can they tell? I'm new to the world of online learning, ...

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Hi, I tried all the suggestions to get all my courses to load, but for whatever reason a course I registered for isn't loading on the dashboard or course list. My other courses are showing, but this particular course isn't. I tried clicking on all co...

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Hi all. What notification do I need to turn off so I don't get an email for every submitted assignment with an attached google doc? (I have already fixed my notifications NOT to send emails for assignment submissions.)Thanks!

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We just migrated to Canvas and I am very frustrated that the nice modular pages that came from our old LMS can only be viewed one-at-a-time.  Perhaps there's a feature that will allow me to do this. I have an 'orientation' module for students that in...

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Hi I'm a para-educator. This platform is really new to my school and a big question is how do I (teachers/paras) view students work while they are working on it.  So we can chat with them in the doc or just monitor.  It is a function as a para I used...

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The LTI Deep Linking 2.0 specification allows the Deep Linking Response message to contain any number of selected or created resources from a tool.  The Platform is then responsible for adding all of these resources into the current context (a module...

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We are moving to Canvas and I have NO IDEA how to integrate Google Classroom and Canvas. 

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Hello, We gave our Clinical Faculty an account level role to allow them to see all the coursework that their residents are enrolled in.  It looks like they are now receiving 'Administrative Notifications' for New Account Users, Reports Generated, etc...

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I created a bitmoji classroom on Google Slides. In the slides, I include links to various urls. I embedded this to my homepage in Canvas. The links work in a web browser, but in an app, none of it works. It appears as though no links are there.  

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My son's CURRENT homeroom teacher/class is showing as a past enrollment.  As such, the teacher's page is not showing under his current dashboard.  When I reached out to the school, they said they've done everything on their end and can't help. What s...

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As a Primary teacher, we have to use buttons on our homepage to make it easier at pleasing to the eyes of Primary students and teachers. So every week, we have to link new assignments and pages on the homepage buttons.Is there a way I could delete se...

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