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I have a Google Slides virtual journal that I plan to have students write in periodically.  The same "journal" should last the whole year with students contributing to it occasionally.  I know how to add a Google assignment that makes a copy for each...

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When I open my canvas, I can't see my dashboard or open up any of my assignments on my mac computer, suggestions and help please

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Whenever we open a media file on Canvas, it automatically downloads to our laptop hard drive, often creating multiple/duplicate files ("(file name)1,2,3", etc.) each time we choose to reopen the file/s. How do we turn off or disable this function, if...

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Hello all, I am a 7th-grade teacher in San Antonio, Tx and we are new to Canvas. I was wondering if I have to integrate an app like flipgrid or edpuzzle every time I create an assignment? I seem to create a new assignment after I have integrated flip...

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How do I make my email address visible on the Home Page?  I'm working through Sandbox and the Canvas courses, at this time I am to show that my home page has, in part, contact information.  How is that done?

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I made a new quiz, posted it, and had 2 classes take it on one day. I was able to grade them in speed grader and everything went fine. Then, the next day I had kids from the next classes take it and when I try to grade it or access it in any way from...

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How can I observe a second student via Mac OSX laptop? Mobile instructions don't translate. 

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When I am posting a discussion, I can add classes to the "Post to" part. If I add each of my classes into this, does that mean that every single section will get their own, individual discussion board? Or does it mean that all of my classes will pos...

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We have 'homework' quiz where students get up to 3 attempt for each question.  Currently, there are 12 questions and a total of 100 points.  When students take the quiz the first time, they are getting 1 point for each correct answer or a grade of 12...

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My canvas grades are not syncing to pinnacle.  I follwed the directions given to assign the categories in pinnacle.  Only one set of grades for a quiz synced.  The other grades will not. 

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I set up a number of lectures to be graded as complete/incomplete. In my grade book, it will give students a green check even if the assignment was late. Is there a way to have Canvas show that complete/incomplete assignments were submitted late dire...

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I downloaded an interactive quiz from Storyworks magazine.  It is in my google drive.  How do I make that a quiz for students?

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We have been using BBB for several weeks now via Canvas Instructure and have been quite pleased thus far. We hold class every Tuesday and Thursday evenings and record these LIVE  session. Usually within 24 hours the recording has populated as expecte...

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Every time I try to post an assignment it posts my home page instead of the attachment. 

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how do i link my canvas and evolve account together? I have both but cant get my homework to show up in evolve

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Is it possible to change the background colour of the separate cells in a table? I know how to change the background colour of the whole table, but I would like each row to be a different colour. Is this possible. Thanks in advance. 

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Hi there. My name is John Chavis and like everyone else in the world today, this pandemic has pretty much turned my world upside down. The things I maybe took for granted, being able to hug the people at my church, shake a stranger's hand and make a ...

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i am a mom with 4 kiddos. they are all in 4 different grades ( kindergarten, 1st grade, 2nd grade 4th grade). when i tell you that this is overwhelming, i am confused, i am lost, the printer will not work and everyone is behind, i can't keep them in ...

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Hello!Every week, my students are asked to submit a piece of writing and comment of their peers' work. I'd like to know.1- What is the best way for them to upload work that other students can comment on. I'd like each students to be able to upload wo...

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I have already been designed my homepage for a course but I want to change it to a template that I found instead. How do I do that? 

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Hey Folks, right now, when you try to filter on Module in the Gradebook, the list of Modules in the pull down list is arbitrary.  It would be nice if they were sorted in the same order as the actual modules.

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I know how to insert a PDF which opens as an in-line preview as an instructor (Like this tutorial). However, I want my students to be able to do this as well. When I attempt this as a test student, I do not get the option to upload a file or see "my ...

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Other assignments sync to Infinite Campus, but for some reason, the first quiz (graded quiz) will not sync. I created it in Canvas, sync toggle is on, and it's a "graded quiz."   HELP!  HELP!  HELP!  Frustration has set in.Thank you!Tricia

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Hello, teachers and students see Mark as Read or Mark as Unread dots. If a student does Mark as Unread, does that changed the "Read' status for other students or me (the teacher)? If I "Mark as Read" do I change the status for students?  In other wor...

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Per your instructions:  When I delete "Everyone" and type the section name into the "Assign to" text box, it says that the Courses I am looking for are not found.My classes have been cross-listed by grade levels and face-to-face vs. virtual; then the...

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Sometimes I will send a message to a student from the People page on Canvas, which is convenient, but I found a really annoying bug. When I click on a student's name, the details for that student show up on the right side of the page. It shows the st...

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How do I make the left sidebar in Canvas a little wider?

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I have used canvas for a few years now and through reading responses on this community-been able to answer all of my questions. until now...   I crosslisted my canvas courses like always. matched gradebook categories and all the normal start of schoo...

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I synced my most recent Edulastic Assignment to Canvas and can see the updated grade in the Gradebook view.  However, when I export the Gradebook, the grades show up as n/a.  Any ideas here?

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Hey, is there a way to Export the Gradebook by section?  I have already turned the Section Filter on the Gradebook view so that I only see scholars enrolled in my section but when I export, the whole grade level downloads.  My goal is to try to expor...

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