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Hi,I have a strange problem.  Some of my students have stopped participating, although they are still registered in the class.  They are no longer completing quizzes and exams.  For some quizzes and exams I can enter a zero, but for others I cannot. ...

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I'd like to turn on the New Quiz feature for my teachers but it is greyed out on my feature options admin page. I thought that New Quizzes was now available for all paid accounts. Any ideas? 

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I just finished my first year of using Canvas - both as an instructor as an admin.  Yay!  Anyway, I try do "housekeeping" and organizing when I can.  We have lots of students over the years in the school who have duplicate names.  Anyway, I was think...

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There seems to be a recurring problem with "coca error 132001" Is there a solution yet?

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I am unable to view the dashboard. Any suggestions?

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Hi, I recently made an SIS import for new student accounts but a couple of SIS ids overlapped and the result is that some of the students lost their accounts. Is there a way I can set up the students again without losing their data?

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My computer ran into technical issues midstream and I needed to transfer my stuff to an older computer we had at home, a 2011 Macbook. When I try to run Canvas on Chrome, it doesn't load properly and I can't see the courses I'm working on. I know it'...

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How can I put exponents when I am using Matching Type of Questions?There is no Math quill or means for me to put exponents.

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How do I retrieve a deleted Module?

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Has anyone had any reports of students being allocated random quiz questions from Question banks, and reporting that one of their questions (which was a text-only question (spacer) drawn from a bank) changed?Student wrote = I attempted question H fir...

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Is my Mac laptop compatible with Canvas?

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how do i view my class on line?

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i was just wondering how to put the ID code on canvas or add a course ID number?

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Do you have to provide email address, or is it done through canvas?

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Hi All,I would like to hear some advice from the community about how to manage rolling intake on Canvas.Our school have a rolling intake every month, which mean we will have new students every month. At the moment, we are having a bit of problem in m...

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Dear sir/ma,I was checking my last semester courses in Canvas and I noticed that they are all gone. How can I retrieve them? Thank you!Olatunde Idris Oparemi

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Have been supporting colleagues add calendar events to course, however, I don't have admin access and the admin team is super busy.A colleague could not make a new event recurring in the course calendar as the 'duplicate' button was missing. We check...

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I have set up an Assignment with text entry submission. However, there is no way for me to open the submissions  as there is no Speed Grader option, nor any indication that students have submitted anything. Several students have said they submitted t...

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How do I record a Welcome Video for my class and publish it?

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When using a Question Bank for making a Quiz, I have to a couple questions.1. If I have 50 questions in a bank, can I set it for the kids to each get 40, etc?2a. If (as in #1) each kid answers 40 out of the 50 questions in the bank, are the questions...

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We have to open each question indivdually for any Quiz with more than 25 questions. Could an easier way to see questions and then save as we go, without leaving the screen and having so many clicks, be developed?

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Hola, Qué tal Una pregunta, ¿hay alguna forma de recuperar los contenidos de mis cursos de Febrero- Junio de 2020? Sucede que varias de mis evidencias estaban cargadas en Canvas y ahora que entré no las encuentro. Espero su respuesta Translation from...

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I have just recorded a Panopto video and I want to attach it to a module.  How do I do that?

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I am working on a project where I am matching student submissions back to our local database.  To crosswalk this data I am using the sis_user_id field in the Pseudonym_Dim table downloaded out of Canvas Data.  Now to my issue.  Lets say for example m...

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I am trying to design something as New Quizzes, but it keeps converting the quiz back to Old Quizzes.  I have turned on the New Quizzes setting in the Feature Options.  I am looking for advice on 1) how to ensure any quiz that I make is New Quizzes (...

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Im having trouble with a video assignment.  How do I make a video on canvas using my webcam?

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How do you grade assignments, save grades and post all grades at the same time. 

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Hello, can canvas see if I took a screenshot of the exam?

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Hi  - My instructor said she would publish the Canvas page to a course so we could have access to the policies and syllabus etc today right, and I went on Canvas. It says it's "Published," but it doesn't let me in? Why am I not able to go onto the co...

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