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Hi,I am having issues with my video recordings of BBB (BigBlueButton) in Canvas.  I can record my class, but when the recording is created the students get a 404 error when they try to access the video link.Does anyone have any suggestions?Pete

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Why on earth would Canvas change this feature? The comments within the same assignment allowed me to see the conversation with my student, allowed me to see what I had already typed to them, and we could communicate this way. Now I have no idea what ...

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Hello,In the process of renewing the Google SSO cert for Canvas. Wondering if I only need to point to the correct cert in Google Admin and then calculate and paste the new cert fingerprint in Canvas?  

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Why doesn't Canvas have a way for case managers to manage accommodations/modifications at the account level? It seems inefficient for multiple teachers to have to go in and manager each individual student. 

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I took my 2.5 hour exam today only to find out that none of my progress was saved. When the time limit was reached, the exam flashed a “Go to Results” on screen. Nothing was happening when I clicked the button, so I refreshed the tab. Then, it said t...

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When using the grading feature, the screen jumps quickly left and right about 1/8" or more. It's like trying to hit a moving target just to click Submit. Keying and then editing is an impossibility with the jumpy screen.

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Hi, I can filter live in the gradebook to see late submissions but when I export it, it doesn't pull through to the data. I want to know if late submissions have a trend in our summative assessment results. Can I pull a report that shows late submiss...

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Sat down to grade a quiz today and noticed that for a handful of students (5 of 30 students or so) fudge points where automatically assigned. They were always small (+/- 0.5 points) but any points being assigned by Canvas is a no no and concerning. H...

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Does Canvas LMS have any type of progress indicator to inform teachers or students of a student's progress as far as percentage of the course that has been completed?  In my Canvas course all assignments are prepopulated for the semester.

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Instructors cannot tell which files are linked and which aren’t. The idea of going through a cleaning all of those out just isn’t feasible time-wise. Would be great if there was an option to purge the orphaned files in Canvas. Like, if when you copie...

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The student is having a problem uploading material that she has already done, but when in Workspace and submitting the generated PDF is missing certain sections

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Posts in discussion forums that have been deleted are being included in email summaries even if the email summary is generated after the post was deleted. Only the first n characters are displayed in the email, but this is still a potential issue if ...

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Hello! I'm trying to help an instructor make his materials accessible. He teaches math and statistics, and uses Latex, tables, and images of formulas in his materials. He's trying to make these things accessible for students using screen readers and ...

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Hello,I'd like my students to be able to use two class periods to write a full literary analysis essay while using the respondus lockdown browser with Canvas. Respondus says this is a canvas issue. Does anyone know how to set up an assignment so stud...

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I am an instructor at Woodland Community College I have some discussions that post the score from the rubric and others that do not. They look like they are all configured the same way. Dr Jiménez  

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The box and whisker plots on assignments are not appearing for myself or my students despite:the box being unchecked in settingshaving at least 5 submissions gradedhiding and unhiding the distributions in settingsThis is true of all assignments, with...

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MY course has been working fine up to a certain point. All of a sudden, it is not allowing students to progress or view assignments. I haven't changed anything, and this is a copy of a previous course that did not have these issues.

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A student is reporting that discussion board due dates are not showing up in their To Do list, while assignment due dates are showing up. The due dates are set for the discussion boards in the course. Is anyone else experiencing this issue or know ho...

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I have a number of pages (pre-authored, we are new to Canvas) that contain dynamic svg--and thus use an object tag. These files, and the html files using them, are then hosted on Canvas, but embedded in an iframe. Whereas <img src=a/b.svg> tags (file...

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As an instructor, when grading student submissions in SpeedGrader, I am able to click View Rubric and use that as a means of grading each rubric item. However, on this particular student submission, I cannot view the rubric. I've emptied cache, hard ...

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Hello everyone, I'm wondering if anyone has found a solution to "track" what learners do on a course page? If a course page has a video, I-frame, or a link to an article, is there a way to see who has accessed them and how many times? Perhaps through...

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Hi,I am trying to delete an old integration from our canvas account. But it does not allow me.I see a request failing in the network tag complaining about invalid dataCould you please take suggest how to resolve this.

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As an instructor, I am trying to upload a document in the Assignment Comments section for students (while in the SpeedGrader) but it is "stuck" in the "Submitting". When I click to go to the next student it gives the the message "You have created a c...

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I am a clinical nursing instructor. I created collaborations for all the students in my course and their instructors. When I first went to set up collaborations for my course, it turned on OneDrive and Teams meetings. I left them on, thinking there w...

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Hello All:I have a discussion post/forum assignment, that requires a slight twist.  In addition to creating their initial post, I am asking my students to also post a 2 questions (based on readings) for class discussion. At the end of the posting per...

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Is there a way to prevent a Canvas Designer from being listed as the author when creating or duplicating a discussion board? Until recently, I was able to duplicate existing discussions without being attributed as the author, regardless of who create...

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Hi!Has anyone had experience with using a scientific calculator on Canvas? What are some nuances in terms of calculation? 

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This is a UX bug. When a graded discussion has checkpoints enabled, the discussion assignment itself does not have a due date (even though there are due dates for the reply to topic and reply entry). This causes problems in two important areas: The S...

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This is the example, and I don't understand. I tried many ways and don't know what I missed or did wrong. 9. Indicate the result of 2+3?... General question feedback.+ Feedback for correct answer.- Feedback for incorrect answer.a) 6... `Feedback for ...

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I typically have Canvas grade EdPuzzles as complete/incomplete - when students finish they used to wait for the end of the video, they would hit submit, and only then would Canvas mark the assignment as completed. This year, Canvas is marking student...

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