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If an instructor limits the number of attempts allowed for an assignment, is there a way to moderate and allow a specific student an additional attempt like this option for quizzes? NOTE: I provided a workaround, but having a built in option like wit...

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how can they be getting notifications on the app about unpublished content i am adding to *unpublished* modules ?

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I have 4 sections of Biology, I have cross-listed all my sections into 1 Maser course. I assigned a Google assignment to all sections. How do I grade this Google assignment by section? Thank You - Lisa Marmion North Penn School District

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I'm a beginner at Mastery Paths and just realized that there are just three paths. Is there a way to get same affect with another solution?  I have class chosing out of four topics and I would like them to see materials from the one thej choice. /Lin...

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In my large lecture course, I want to track how good I am at creating assignments and training TAs. I would like to track how much time it takes, on average, to evaluate student assignments. This is possible because we all meet to do grading at the s...

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My school district is new to Canvas this year, and I don't completely understand how cross-listed sections work with grading. Can someone Explain Like I'm 5 -- how does Grade Passback work for Cross-Listed sections? Does someone on the admin end need...

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I keep seeing this image in student view when I load in new images/graphics.Is this really what students are seeing?  I can see the image fine when I am in teacher mode.

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When I share a course, will all headers and customization be shared also?

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I am a Graduate Teaching Assistant (co-instructor of the course), but I am unable to view the Sandbox Course created by the main instructor. Although he invited me, the Sandbox course remains listed in black font, and is not clickable (whereas for th...

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Hi,Im creating classification task with New Quizz-tool. I have 3 categories in which the students need to add certain labels. The set-up is fine but I have problems with grading. I'd like the students to get 1 point for each correct label in a correc...

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The elementary schools in my district want to have one grade level page shared by all the teachers. In other words, all fourth grade teachers will have editing privileges and divide the work between them.  This “shared” page is apposed to each teache...

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Hi - my wife created her observer account but forgot the password. We couldn't find a password reset link, and after too many failed attempts, we got a message that said "Too many failed attempts. Contact your administrator," suggesting that her acco...

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I need to open a course and add students to it, but then create groups for 3rd-5th graders and 6th-8th graders. There will be hundreds of students in this course. Is there a way to somehow autopopulate these groups, or would they have to be added man...

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I created a module and added a file from my documents to it. I would like to add another activity, but I cannot figure out how to add another file

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Ok so by mistake I downloaded the Canvas "Student" app and entered my credentials and it logged me in, but it has me as a student, which I'm not, I'm a parent. I realized I downloaded the wrong app then proceeded to download the Canvas "Parent" app. ...

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I am a system administrator and a teacher.  We set up Cisco Webex through canvas so that the students can easily get into the correct teachers classrooms and be a part of the class.Most of the students are able to connect and get into the class, but ...

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Good day!Some of the courses that are still published are not visible anymore on the teachers' dashboard. The end dates are open and the courses are published.What would be the workaround for this? Thanks!

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HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CLASS TIMES ARE FOR WHICH COURSE YOU TAKE?

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I am an instructor and all my classes that rolled over from Powerschool are showing up in "Past Enrollments"  with an end date of 8/13/20. How do I make these courses current so I can create my course and have students be able to participate?

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Hi all, Silly question, but I am hoping for examples of use-cases where our users and etc. would find benefit from course designers adding API endpoint attributes to HTML links in their front facing content. I am referring to something similar to the...

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I have embedded a Google doc into an assignment that I have created using the external tool option instead of the HTML.  The problem is that when I log in to my child's Canvas account (he's also my student) and try to access the document (using Googl...

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I need extract the list of students and teachers with the api but don't appears the sección and the rol. I am ussing /api/v1/courses/:course_id/users  and just can saw this:               "id": 3341,         "name": "fdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdf",      ...

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Is there a way to make a Scheduler appointment group that is over a long period time (i.e, every day for a semester) for office hours?

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I have a parent account and have successfully added my 5th grader, but every pairing code my 9th grader gives me says its invalid.  Please help....as I'm trying to be organized and ready for school to begin.Cheers.

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Within a single cross-listed course, I have 4 sections. As course director, I'm pushing common content to all four sections, but I want individual instructors to be able to post personalized contact information and other section-specific information ...

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How do I link a SpringBoard activity to Canvas?

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I am a high school special education inclusion teacher. I am not sure how to add modified independent practice to the canvas page that will only be available to kids who need modifications.  Thank you for any advice you can offer! 

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I am trying to grade and annotate programs (ie source code) in the speedgrader. The format and indentation of the code are relevant. However, when the code is visible in the speedgrader the lines are wrapped in which appears a document in portrait fo...

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I have just moved from Google Classroom to Canvas.  The one feature GC seems to have that I can’t replicate in Cavas is being able to view all student assignment submissions at once in a visual overview.  This is extremely useful.   I see that you ca...

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Khan Academy already does what CANVAS does, and does it better, for FREE!  Why are taxpayers being gouged for this arcane, Byzantine interface? This is perhaps the most inelegant interface since DOS.  Save your district time and money. Use Khan Acade...

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