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aa2339

Why won't anything show up in Canvas on my laptop?

When I log in to canvas on my phone I can see everything I'm supposed to: my classes, my modules, information, all of it. When I log in on my laptop, all these things are blank. I'm pretty sure my laptop is updated and I don't know what to do! I've t...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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hatfield_robin

Why are 2 of my students Blocked to progress to the next module, when the o...

Why are 2 of my students Blocked to progress to the next module, when the other 10 classmates were able to move into the next module without any issues? This has NEVER happened before. I have "republished" the module and that did not correct the 2 st...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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a9ba4d94dea0a5f

Exam in a public course?

Is it possible to have a public course that allows students not enrolled to complete a quiz?  

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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karen_moore1

Disable calendar for students

How do I disable the calendar's access to assignments for the students?  The students go directly to the assignments without using the Learning content first. 

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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info118

Adding individuals not groups

My other Teachers can't add a single students name, they can only add groups. How do I rectify this?

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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anica_d_lee

Questions about sending email to students in old class

How can I send email to students from a class that is not anymore active on my dashboard? Particularly, i want to send an email to students from class I thought in Spring 2020.Thanks 

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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beverly_hodel

I have my powerpoint on canvas, but I changed them for this semester. What...

I get a message "Failed to create new item."

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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jbrown6

Drawing Lewis Structures in Quizzes

Drawing Lewis Structures

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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davidf2

How do I unlock a document

I have a document that when on my smartphone it says it is locked but I can access it on my laptop. ow do I unlock this link 

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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rberglas

Add "Next" tab

How do I add the "next" tab to my pages

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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eanderson8

Free for Teachers to Paid

We currently have a Free for Teachers account and are considering migrating to a paid account.  If we do that, will we easily be able to move the students who are currently signed up with us to this paid account?  Or will we have to invite them all o...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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eanderson8

Using same email address for different institutions

We currently have a Canvas Free for Teachers account and have invited individuals from a variety of school districts to join our "course" as students.  We used each teacher's work email address to add them to this course.  Apparently, one of these sc...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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kmatson

How do you create question variants in Canvas quiz question?

Does anyone know how to create question variants in a Canvas quiz question? We need variants of the Ka [conjugate acid] and [conjugate base]?Thank you,Karen Matson

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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luketheestes

NEED HELP ASAP

how am I supposed to draw a graph on google docs their is no item in their to draw with also in you quiz number 7 it told me to graph my answer but their is no were to graph just a text box. furthermore it is also impossible to put in the input for g...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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john_gonzales

Student Course Access

How long after a course ends can students continue to access the course site?

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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awallace4

OneDrive & Fillable Forms

Hello,I am a new user. Here is what I would like to do:I have a training form. Ideally I want to provide the form within Canvas, have students fill in the form within Canvas and submit me it. Is this possible?I thought we could do this by uploading a...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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215lyn

Export Blackboard class to Canvas

I am trying to export a class from Blackboard to Canvas but not all the material transfers over. I'm not sure why or what to do as I have attempted the transfer several times.

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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ziebarthj

Retrieving Deleted Announcements

Is there a way to retrieve deleted announcements?  My assistant deleted most of my previous announcements by mistake?  Thank you!

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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judith_sullivan

how do i clean up the long list on left side of page?

how do i clean up the long list on left side of page?

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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cquang772

Problem with Code Embed tool for Assignment Submission

My Java programming class is using the external tool "Code Embed" to submit our coding assignments. Before, I was able to use the Code Embed tool easily, but now I am unable to add new embeds at all. The previous half screen of being able to select m...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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ysalazar1

Como crear chat, como instructor en Canvas? No tengo la opción

 . Hola como creo un chat? no tengo la opción en mi canvas como instructor

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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cstewart2

Content from Tabs 3 and 4 showing up in all tabs

I'm trying to make four tabs for this section of the course, but for some reason the content from tab 3 and 4 are showing up in all tabs. How can I make the content from 3 and 4 ONLY show up in tabs 3 and 4, respectively? Here's the code being used: ...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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samson_chung

What are people using to access the data from Canvas Data Portal?

Hi all,I have just gain access to the Canvas Data portal last week and have been exploring it. From what I can tell so far, it is a tab delimited file stored inside a gz file. Excel can to a certain point understand the Tab delimitation but it is not...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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holmant

How can I tell if students can view a particular student's Discussion?

Hello.  I am support for a canvas class of 30 students.  These 30 students are split up into 5 groups (6 students/group).  These groups must respond to a weekly discussion.  The students are unable to see other participants posts UNTIL they post firs...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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asettanni

Can an assignment be posted as an interactive worksheet?

I'm wondering if there is a way to upload a hard copy quiz to Canvas as an assignment or quiz and have students respond right on the document? It is a timed assessment so I'd like students to see as many questions as possible (not navigating one ques...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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mhacktapp

Is there a way to track student participation?

Is there a way to track student participation? Not just whether or not they have logged in, but if they have participated in discussions, accessed resources, opened or downloaded the files I've posted, etc. We need to track student engagement and I n...

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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kahlar

Duplicate modules in the shell

Is there a phone number to call Canvas directly for help? I have duplicate contents in my shell and my new module is not showing up in the shell. Any help or suggestions? I really want to speak, over the phone, with someone from Canvas. 

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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tinamcfolley

recorded lectures

how do i aceess recorded lectures

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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tatewalker

Canvas Registration Email Blacklist

Howdy!Is there a blacklist function anywhere where I could restrict certain domains from registering with Canvas? We're getting a lot of spammers from foreign countries.

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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ericwhitmer

To-Do Calendar Pages

When you delete a to-do calendar page from a course, are the to-do's their own pages or are they tied to other course pages?

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06-30-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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