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My profile list me as a student, I am a teacher.  How do I fix this?

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I am interested in the idea of "collaborations" but want to make it a little simpler to have the collaboration doc be uploaded to all student gradebooks of that group.  So, here's the question: If I use Google Assignments to publish a google doc by n...

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Hi there,I just found that my original settings were changed without my editing. I tried to edit my display name which I've used so far, but I could not find any option to edit my name. The only two options I could change are language and time zone. ...

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How do I delete my account.  The district needs to create one for us and they need to use my school email.  I need to delete so they can create a new one.  I've searched the site, and nobody can seem to give a strait answer.

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Hello,I recently had to remove a student from my course.  This student completed Evaluation Forms; however, I did not print out the data or download the data.Is there any way I can retrieve the feedback from this individual who I removed?Thank you,Ja...

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I have enrolled students to my roster. One student has accepted the course invitation, however his name doesn't appear near his login ID, even though when I check on user details, he has his name there. How can I get his name to show up on the course...

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How can I share my Canvas with my teaching partner?

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Is it possible to use this in Canvas and have the student access THEIR SAME copy multiple times for for prolonged assignments? Or, will it create a NEW copy each time they click on the assignment?If this is something that cannot be repeatedly opened ...

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I want to use my instructor introduction.  Is there a way I can copy it from one of my courses and add that page to the rest of my courses?  I tried to copy course and select pages as my content, but I think it will copy all the pages, not just the i...

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Why can't I add people anymore.  I put in email address and it says user not found.  Before it sent an invitation and they logged in.

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With the update to the website, I'm unable to add new students to my course. Previously, I would paste emails into the box that comes up when I click +People. Then I would hit next and get the screen that is attached. There used to be check boxes to ...

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When a file or image is embedded in a page, the html contains the file ID number so the page renders correctly. Since I am skilled enough with html, it would be simple for me to replace one image with another image if I just knew the ID number of the...

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Received internal error trying to add user to course not it will not allow me to add any user to course says it cannot see email address.

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How can I do this in my canvas pages?  I can't seem to find this anywhere?  I would love to have this type of organization on my Canvas pages.Thanks

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I am trying to add "people" to my course, but I can only see that the preference is for addresses ending in .eduHow can I add students with gmail and other accounts?Thank you

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I can't watch the videos posted on the module section of my course.  It is not the first time it has happened. I restarted my computer, refresh the website, used a different browser and it's not working. Can you please help me?Thanks,

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Just wondering if there is a way I can link to a Module's Text Header from a page?

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How do I upload clip art into Canvas assignments?

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Hello,Is it possible to change the style attributes for match questions?As shown below, the Hebrew words are too small. I have received a lot of complaints in the past. I really hope I can make the words larger. I have not found anywhere I can adjust...

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I am unable to play videos in the module section of my course, it simply displays a blank gray screen. This also does not work on all the browsers and devices I've tried, the link is unable to respond, and all attempts to restart the computer, intern...

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Hello,I have been using google suite for 4-5 years now ever since district go Chromebooks for English classes. We are switching to Canvas this year and I have been doing some online courses on my home laptop.  I made a screencast on a Google Doc that...

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How do I delete a course?

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I have a discussion topic where I am awarding various amounts of points for various activities like posting a relevant article, asking a question about class, commenting on somebody else's question/article, etc. So I would like to award points for li...

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I got this link from the university to sign up as a parent, for “Parent Share”, something about Parent Orientation, but I think I somehow accidentally signed up as a student.  How do I change my account to be a parent instead of a student??

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Hi - can someone tell me how to change attendance reporting in Canvas to a percentage?  I am a bit lost trying to figure it out.

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Can CommonLit be embedded in Canvas?

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Can students annotate a PDF in Canvas?

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Is it possible to have Canvas display the number of items in a Module, and which item you are currently on? For instance, a note at the top of bottom of the page that says something like "Item 3 of 11 in this Module". I know it's always possible to l...

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How do I create separate student groups?  I will divide my class into 6 groups and assign each group two Zoom presentations to the rest of the class.  The group members need to be able to communicate with each other and receive a group grade in addit...

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Hello, I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but I'm using Canvas in Google Chrome and suddenly I can't see the docs students upload in the Speed Grader. It keeps loading the file, but never showing it... ¿What could be the problem? I didn't c...

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