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As an observer, how do I see if an assignment has been submitted?  Can I see the assignment itself?  Is it consistent?  I think I've seen some listed as submitted if I drill way down into the course, assignments, etc, but is there a quicker/easier wa...

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How do you check time spent on Canvas for a past course? Under my current courses I see "total activity" on the "people" page. For past courses, I cannot find total activity. I'm looking for minutes, not page views. Thank you!

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Where do you find the key to the symbols on the Grades page?  There are check marks, X marks, exclamation marks in a circle, check marks in a box, an insert/edit symbol...what do all of these mean?

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On Canvas Instructure (free version), how do you change a student's name and have it reflect for the teacher? I typed the wrong name, and the student fixed it on their profile, but it has not changed at all on the teacher's side. 

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Where did my week 1, 2, and 3 go?  I lost those 3 weeks when creating week 4 modules on Canvas.

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If a student does not turn in an assignment on time how do I get Canvas to insert a "0" points (not %) for the assignment?

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SLP SOS Our district is operating in a hybrid program currently- we have students attending brick and mortar as well as those live streaming from home. The therapists and I are currently try to figure out the best way to schedule students remotely fo...

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Good afternoon everyone,I'm a new admin to the Canvas LMS platform. At our school we have a set of employees that meet with students every week and go over course work, attendance, etc. It's about 10-12 employees that cover about 400 students or so. ...

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I am using the Free for Teacher account. I gave all my kids the join code, they enrolled and used Canvas successfully for one week. Now they are locked out. Their logins are not working. I had them request their password and all except one student ha...

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In my graded quiz, I allow multiple submissions and have elected to keep the score. Before fall semester 2020, if a student resubmitted before I graded their quiz, the latest submission overwrote the previous submission in SpeedGrader. I could see pr...

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How do you get Canvas to transfer a "completed" assignment as a "collected" assignment in PowerSchool using Grade Passback?  The issue is that when you mark the student assignment complete, it shows up with points as a "0" and if you edit the assignm...

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I want to add a contact link in my homepage that sends students directly to a message to me, not the inbox so they don't have to look for the course and person they want to write to. 

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Hi, I created a test and can view and attempt it through Student View. However, none of my students can see the test in the class module, and some can access it only through Grades.  When they access through Grades the due date is all wrong. 

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I was wondering how I eliminate the "missing" title next to a kids name once I have inputted their grade?  For example, if a student received a 5/5 on a late assignment, but it is still showing missing after I have updated the grade how do I get rid ...

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Is there any way to put institution wide files in canvas?  For example, a video file that tells them how to use Canvas (as opposed to putting in a link).  Or if we have a specific file about how we (as an institution) use a certain app or a file shar...

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I'm trying to create my own site and I'm struggling with the possible visions of what it could look like. I'm teaching four periods of science and one period of social studies, so what's the best way to use modules, courses and pages to accomplish th...

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If you are a Parent and you Pair several children to one Parent Canvas Observer, is there any way to sort information per pupil/child when in Card View or any other view? Skyward has a pull down menu to sort by child, but I find no feature or option ...

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I have a problem with Canvas. I had a parent who wanted a pairing code. I did it wrong, and now the parent is actually observing me as a teacher, not their child's account. How do I undo this? I am a controller - this comes from one of my teachers.  ...

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Hello,I want to add files to a course that only teaching assistants can view. How can this be done?Thanks,Scott Larwood

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Hello,How do I find out what are the Teaching Assistant permissions? I am not an admin.Thanks,Scott Larwood

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As a K-5 Special Education Resource Teacher, how are your setting up your Canvas Classroom? How is it organized? Do you have courses for each grade level subject area (reading, writing, math, social-emotional/self-help)? Do you just post modules on t...

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I've exported a course into a new empty shell. In the old course I had no assignment groups. Now I'm creating them because there are so many assignments, I'd them to be visually more organized when instructors click on Assignments in the main nav. Th...

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When i made my canvas accoun t,my son,'s  account was open  ,and my parent account was pired with my son's ,how can i solve it?

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Is there a way to integrate Readworks.org into Canvas? How are middle school ELA teachers providing access to online reading sources? I want my students to be able to annotate their reading as well.

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I want my students to be encouraged to participate in discussions by earning badges on occasion. Is there a way to assign a badge if a student has replied successfully to a discussion?What about a badge to individual students? An example would be Goo...

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I would like to link to Pages in Assignments. I want to set up Assignments in advance to be visible to students at later times. However, if I publish the Pages that are linked in these Assignments, students can access them early by going directly to ...

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I have a section from last school year that is still in my current course.  I have tried to re-cross list the class, but it won't work.  I have tried to individually delete the students from People, but when I click on the 3 dots, I don't have a dele...

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I did not get the Resources link or digital Badge for the webinar I participated in yesterday: Managing Quizzes. Also did not get the survey. The host was K. Rogers and C. Digen (lead).

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How do i uninstall some of the external apps that I have previously installed?  I am not ready to use them and I don't want what the students to see all cluttered on the left hand size of the screen.

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