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Hello Canvas Community, I am using a tablet and can't log in. I've checked to make sure my password is correct, checked my email, etc., but nothing is working. I need help 

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Our group is beginning to utilize Canvas Outcomes for reporting for ABET on a mastery (0-4) scale along with the previously utilized 0-100% scale for specific assignments. Utilization of free-form comments prevents the rubric from also being able to ...

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Anyone else only able to view the last 10 events for a course's Gradebook History at the moment? Beta oddly shows the same data from today, while Test shows 10 events just prior to the refresh. I have submitted a ticket and am awaiting a response.

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Can students see the actual grade change in a grade change notification? For example, if I entered a new grade for a student by mistake and then (a few minutes later) entered the original lower grade again, will the student get a notification that in...

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When I use the equation editor in the Canvas discussion board to insert an equation with LaTex and say Done, the reply form returns without the menu above (i.e., nothing at all). That means if I want to insert another equation or underline text, etc,...

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3 questions,  all dealing with how canvas arranges assignments in the gradebook.  1) In Canvas Gradebook Settings, under View Options, I have Arrange By set to Due Date - Newest to Oldest.  However it won't stick and I frequently find it set back to ...

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Looking for a way that my colleagues and I can input assessment dates onto a calendar for our student body.We are teaching online via Canvas and need to maintain a “working” calendar throughout the year for our entire cohort of students in each year....

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Hi everyone,I'm hoping someone might have encountered this issue and can shed some light on it.We’ve had a strange issue with a series of calendar events in Canvas for one of our modules. The series of events has been working fine, but today’s specif...

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In the past (more than a year ago) when I posted an Announcement in Canvas, it was also sent to students via email.That doesn't seem to be happening now, and I don't see any reference to this in my class settings.

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Hello there,It's been three days I am facing an issue in canvas learning while I want to open my lesson, when I go to Dashboard then selecting any of my subjects, go to modules/ selecting the lesson, it opens but the graphic format is showing wrongly...

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I'm one of the few people doing Learning Mastery having to input my own outcomes, so I don't have help from my district or site, so hoping someone can help me. I have inputted my own outcomes in my courses (so much work!). I have linked each individu...

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How does Canvas determine the "average" grade for a "Category" ? For instance, if the category is "Lecture quizzes", but individual quizzes within that category are worth different amounts of points, is each quiz "weighted" equally???? This is import...

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I have created a quiz to assess my students on a piece of work. Some of the questions give feedback based on the whether they have the answer correct or incorrect. Also also have a rubric attached to the quiz.I am able to select the rubric easily eno...

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I have been using the free canvas app with my students as my school is a private school without an LMS, and I have not been able to find a way to disable student to student messaging on inbox. I saw a supposed checkbox that I could unmark in the sett...

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Hi there, Oddly specific question. We've been having some difficultly with organising separate meetings for Tutorials/Workshops using Canvas Groups. I'm supporting a Course Coordinator with this issue. Here is their question: "Our cohort is large and...

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How long after completing a course will the content remain accessible to me? I would like to be able to recover some material from my undergrad (I am now in a Masters program) and I'm wondering if it is a Canvas decision or instructor/institution-spe...

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i have been in IT for 40 years so not exactly a computer nubbie.there seems to be at least 2 ways thru the portal to make an account.  i tried both.  both either say i have an invalid pairing code, which i dont, its current, the other web form just g...

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I am an independent developer, not associated with any institution. I want to request enabling LTI Developer Key (in my free account?) so that I can develop integrations with our online teaching platform. Whom do I contact to request this? thank you.

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It happens, not often, but regularly that our SIS-system introduces duplicates of an individual, that then subsequently gets merged in the SIS-system. To keep our Canvas in step with the SIS-system, we then manually merge these duplicates (or delete ...

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When marking assignments on iPad it is handy to ink the student submission, but there is no ability to copy ink to reuse. I like to write a comment / feedback, then re-use it on other student's work. It would save time if I could copy the handwritten...

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I'm an instructor. I've published an assignment, but students don't find a window to submit it. Also Student View shows no "Submit" button.  What do I need to do to enable students to submit the assignment?

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I have an instructor who has lost his modules through no fault of his own. both modules from previous courses and recent course are not visible and no content is visible. we were unable to use the delete command to restore the data. How can we find o...

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I have folder with 70 files, one for each student group, that I want to link to from the Assignment page, but I cannot seem to get a link to the folder, which is inside the course's Canvas page. None of the (archived) suggestions help: https://commun...

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I am my school's Canvas admin.  A teacher accidentally deleted 29 assignments from a course.  He meant to delete only one but was distracted while in class with his students - separate discussion, so let's not go there.  If I am correct, there is a q...

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How can I hide suspended users in the peoples listing?

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I want to terminate my account and request to be forgotten, but all possible ways as described in helpfiles appear not available to me. I can also not find any other way to get support than this way, by posting in community. Please delete my account ...

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Hi all!For our Spring intake at our University, we’re thinking about making orientation materials available early, but we don’t want students to start too soon.Is there a way in Canvas to release content on specific dates without manually publishing ...

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Hello, I am an instructor, hoping to get in contact with a CSM to assist with integrating Office365 with Canvas, in Australia. When trying to add the app, I am asked to contact my CSM for a Consumer Key & Shared Secret. Please let me know how I can g...

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I am requesting a change to the Canvas feature "Add to Student To-Do List." Currently, when a page is added to the Student To-Do List in Canvas, it is immediately visible to students, regardless of its scheduled publish date. This can be problematic ...

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When I revise my lesson plans and hit 'save' there is a reply that says "Lock date cannot be after course ends." But I've checked this and even re-entered dates that are before the last day of the course and no matter what date I put I get the same r...

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