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Need to differentiate content for adult learners from 9 school teams we are coaching. Just took the MasteryPaths webinar. I tried to create a one-question graded survey/multiple choice as my source assignment (each answer option corresponds each of t...

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I have marked a number of assignments in the grade book as Excused for those students who added the class late however those assignments are still being calculated in the final grade. No idea why.

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Hello All! If you're looking for a quick way to change the visibility of a course navigation tab for all account courses, here's a Python script you could use that I created! https://github.com/switchroute/Python/blob/master/canvasapitabfileshidden.p...

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How do I screen record on this site, It's for an assignment and I'm lost on this website.  

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I am setting up a discussion board in a way that students have to post themselves first before seeing others' responses. Can I set two different deadlines for these two types of posts? For example I want them to post by a specific date, and then resp...

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Regarding my media files, once I embed them in a page, can I enable the ability for students to download them?

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I do not have a module button in my navigation barSetting up  canvas for remote teaching

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Is there any way to view the entire semester's attendance for a class instead of only one day at a time?

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I know nothing about computers and am in desprate help, After I log in thru Respondus lockdown I get a message saying, "Your browser does not meet the minimum requirements for Canvas. Please visit the Canvas Community for a complete list of supported...

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I am director of curriculum and we are using Canvas for virtual learning for the first time.Is there a way to to ensure that observers/parents cannot read discussion posts of all the students in class, only their student(s)?  

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Hi- We are running into a very strange issue with user names. The Display Name, First Name, Last Name is not being updated by the users.csv file, and somehow getting Full Legal Names from somewhere, and even though we are sending Preferred Names in o...

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When I assign an EdPuzzle, I use 100 for the points like all of my other assignments.  Then I select Incomplete/Complete.  However, If they don't make a 100 on the EdPuzzle, they are marked "incomplete." Can I change this to mark "complete" regardles...

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I have a shell with three sections of students in it, well over fifty total students.  I have done two sections cross-listed before without issue, but now I have noticed when attempting to run SpeedGrader that it is giving me an error message request...

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How are pre-k master teachers, or teacher coaches able to use canvas?  They do not have their own classrooms, rather they are there to help and support the teachers in their roles, they do their own assessments and observations and provide feedback. ...

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I am receiving the error message "Error unable to transmit file to the storage service. The service may be down or you may need to re-log in to Canvas." while trying to upload a google doc from my google drive into Canvas under Files. I have tried re...

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I'm an instructor-How do I edit my homepage when there isn't an edit icon?

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Is anyone having issues with their Canvas today?  I was logged in to Canvas, sitting at the Dashboard.  All of the sudden, all of my courses both Published and Unpublished, have been replaced with the Passport to Canvas course!!  Not sure what happen...

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Am I right to think that the only way for students to see details for a completed quiz - their answers, the correct answers, feedback on a specific question - is for them to access the quiz through the Quiz option in the left menu?I was hoping that t...

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I have recently switched to new quizzes, and I do not see any way to export all my student answers to a text file.   Is there a way that can be done easily?   If not, it would be nice feature to add, and it would be easy to code up.

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Is there a way to assign students to groups based on outside data, e.g. a spreadsheet? We have some 90 groups out of 1000 students, so manual assignments are undesired.

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Who can I call to get an issue fixed? I have reported a problem a week ago and not received any word or solution. I have called the main 800-203-6755 but no one ever answers even after leaving voicemails.I have an issue that is needing fixed now, act...

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Is there any way for me to receive an email notification for students who turn in assignments after they are due??

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I have a High School Math Department asking the following:In our math classes (Geometry and Precal) we have a shared canvas course that we post our materials into. For quizzes and tests, most questions we have to snip a problem that we have somewhere...

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Here is a screenshot from the teacher view of the application configurations in the course. This is where we are stuck. When you click on the settings wheel to add placements it will not allow to place in the Canvas course.....? So the app is in the ...

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Is there a way to see which assignments have a submission from the Student APP/Grade tab?  From what I can see you have to click into each assignment to see if there is a submission (unless the assignment shows a grade).  Is there a way to set that t...

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In reviewing student's work, they have different symbols to show they have submitted something to an assignment. Does anyone have a key for these symbols (I have see T and a document)? Trying to help our SPED teachers monitor their students easily!

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Hi, In the course, I assigned a project to 4 groups, with 4 members each. 50% of the grade will be a peer review grade, where each member of the group will evaluate each other on a) task performance, b) collaborativeness, and c) punctuality.   I woul...

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My work doesn't have Studio - just Canvas. Are there any video analytics in Canvas?...such as how many views of a video or who viewed it?tia!

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 I tested one of my registrations links, pretending to be a student, and received this message.  I can't find any information in my course to send students an email as the comment states. Is there something else that I need to do to allow students ac...

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Can anyone tell me how to add the “student view icon “ to nav bar or elsewhere to enable a single click toggle from instructor to student view in coursesTx

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