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A huge amount of time and effort goes into SORTING lessons within assignments especially when intergrating year after year - There should be a way to alphabetize assignments so that they can be  eliminated if duplicated.  If anyone know how let me kn...

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Hello, I am running into an issue with receiving notifications for Canvas Deploy Notes. The help tab displays a red dot whenever a new release comes out, and I do not have show badges for new release notes selected. It is a minor inconvenience to man...

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I have launched a self-paced course that people can take at any time (no start or end dates).  It is also ungraded.  I do have modules that are set as prerequisites and parts of the modules are set as requirements.  Many students have already started...

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Is it possible for an Observer/Parent to message their student through Canvas?  Looking for alternative messaging options since we will not be allowing cell phones next year.

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Is there a way to have kids record themselves in Canvas Quizzes to answer questions so that they are in Lockdown Browser.  We have a world language teacher that would like to assess the students while lockdown browser and have the students provide au...

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When I import a Canvas course--usually from a prior semester--I've discovered that almost all of the internal links in the imported course end up pointing to pages/modules/quizzes/etc. in the OLD course. This is something I didn't realize until I beg...

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I have a question regarding group assignments in Canvas. When one student in a group uploads a submission for a group assignment, do the other students in that same group receive a notification about this submission? My understanding is that they cur...

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Since I'm an admin, would my experience differ from that of faculty team members? I'm asking to confirm whether it's necessary to have someone without an admin role test the associate course.

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Hi, Let's say I took attendance for a class meeting on July 4th. Several days later I realize that I need to change the attendance status for one student (let's call him Bob) from 'Absent' to 'Present.' Is it safe to go back and change Bob's attendan...

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I want student to submit assignments using the Text Entry Box option to simplify formatting and reduce technical issues. However, when making them in SpeedGrader, it does not show properly.The line length is too long meaning that some text is hidden ...

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I literally clicked the "Reply" button just as my Chromebook lost internet connecting. Twenty-one minutes of rebooting and logging back in later (my school's Chromebook is slow af), I see that my response to the discussion post has been submitted, wi...

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How do I turn off the notifications for just one of my classes/units? I was unenrolled by my university administration but I have not been unenrolled on Canvas so am constantly getting notifications for a class I am not in . 

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An unexpected "NORMALIZATION-COLLISION-UUID" has appeared in the login information for users. This issue affects users who are automatically synced from our Active Directory (AD). What could be causing this?

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Does anyone use an admin chrome extension or browser extension to check the history of SIS imports beyond the latest one? I used to have an extension called "Admin Tweaks," but it seems to be broken or not updated. 

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Is there anyone that can show me how to use canvas in person?  I just don't understand no matter how much I read.  I guess I am more of a hands on learner.

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Hello, Does anyone have any suggestions/workarounds for the following scenario? We have an online, asynchronous certification course. Students have an open 4-month window to enroll, complete the modules, and pass the exam to maintain their certificat...

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Hi all,After years of manual CSV file uploads, we are finally integrating Canvas with our Student Information System (Workday).When a faculty is reassigned from a course, because we were manual, we were able to create a copy of the course for them in...

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Hello,How would a Canvas administrator properly extend the grading period for all faculty to enter grades?I had thought it may be under grading period, but it appears the necessary settings may be under terms instead.  Is it as simple as navigating t...

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Hi all! I’m Ajay Hinduja, born in Punjab and now living in Geneva, Switzerland. With 15+ years of travel across Switzerland and Europe, I've had the chance to explore amazing places, indulge in incredible food, and uncover secret spots off the beaten...

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Hello Dr.  Christopher Weir, I am experiencing an issue with where to post the week 5 ePortfolios assignment. Please see the attached and let me know if anything additional is needed.  Thank you, Ayesha Banks

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Canvas: Grades PageOverlapping Content or Cut Off Content (the Canvas UI looks sloppy at all widths on desktop)   To Reproduce This Bug: Use a desktop computer and browser(e.g. 13 Macbook Air and Firefox Browser) Go to the Grades Page for a Class At ...

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I sent out a course invite by adding teachers and assigning them as observers to my course. But they are no longer showing up and "are kicked off" my course.Are there analytics to to see who I have invited, if/when they accepted/were removed from the...

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I recently was assigned students to my course but they needed to be assigned to another teacher.  I still see these students in my Pace Reporting screen.  I don't have access to their courses when I click on them, but I do see them in my list.  How c...

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I need to reach out to a fellow student in my class so I may submit a project before the deadline, with canvas, I am not able to see his email as we could in Sakai.

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We noticed today that the Quizzes function changed in our Canvas course. Faculty can no longer see the Build button and edit their quizzes before student use. The only way we could find this feature was to Publish the Quiz. Go to the Home Page and go...

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I use the "Has ungraded submissions" filter, so that my Gradebook is not cluttered with hundreds of quizzes that have already been graded or students haven't encountered yet. The "Has ungraded submissions" filter works great, until I refresh the page...

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Where and how do I "accept the cookie policy'? I cannot get anywhere on canvas as I have a message telling me to "accept the cookie policy" but I don't know where to go to do this  Any help would me appreciated.  I am on Brave on a Mac 

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When working in Pages, when I select the type of html editor to use (Pretty vs. Raw), my choice is remembered on any other page I work in. So, for instance, Pretty html is the Canvas "default" but when I switch to Raw html in Pages, the html editor w...

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Hello, Our school division provides licensure points to teachers who complete training from the Canvas On Demand Training Portal.The Admin Reports are not exactly user friendly. Can you please provide a link to Download the reports as a CSV so that w...

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Hi,  I thought I found somewhere a reference to the time releases are applied to PROD on their release dates.  Also, how much downtime is there in the system during a release in PROD?  I can't seem to find this information now.  Thanks,Justin 

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