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I am having an issue with assignments opening up in Speedgrader.  There is just the "Spinning Wheel of Death" as I describe it.  It works great for a few submissions and then it stops.  I am having to download each assignment submission to grade it, ...

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We just shifted quarters at our school at I went to add a time limit multiplier for a student who just received 1.5 ET accommodations and that option is no longer there. There is a mention now for students who already have ET that it is part of cours...

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I need a excel file from the grades in Canvas. Copying manually is not possible due to large number of students. Exporting works but after loading CSV to excel the file is not organize well and unusable. Think the separation of data is not done propp...

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How do I set my computer keyboard to easy select my accent marks and punctuation in Spanish language from my keyboard?

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I'm trying to setup Canvas with SCORM assignments that open in a new window. Right now there's a ton of extra clicks required...The student clicks on the assignment button -> opens a page with a link to launch the content -> opens a new window that s...

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We have the assignment submissions set to one attempt. How do we do in and give only 1 student an additional attempt? I know in quizzes we can do this but not finding it in the assignments. 

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I am trying to setup a user roll that can only see grades and attendance. I created a roll called Career Technician (permission.jpg). When the user looks at their menu they have a whole bunch off items that we dont want (menue.jpg). How can I set thi...

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A faculty member has subscribed to the Calendar feed using Google Calendar. In Canvas, they added an "Available From" and "Due Date" for an assignment. The assignment appears in Google Calendar. However, the assignment appears as an all day event on ...

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When users are having difficulty with logging in, an admin can modify their username and password. However, most users do not want their username to change. The best way, it seems to me, is to change only their password and then suggest they change i...

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Maybe I'm worrying for nothing but its the first time I've seen this. I had a student come in today with a question and I noticed that  their Canvas dashboard looked like an Observer's dashboard would.  There was a dropdown (attached) and the student...

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I've created time slots in the calendar for my students to book, but they are saying they can't see them. It seems that, to view the time slots, they need to click on "Find Courses" and select the specific course where I set them up. Is there an easi...

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I have a course with multiple group sets, each containing more than 30 groups. Students can self-enroll in these groups through self-enrollment. The problem is that students have to scroll extensively to locate the groups, as all the groups appear on...

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I'm looking for a way to publish all grades at once in Canvas. I currently have around 100 tests uploaded as practice material, but the grades are set to NOT PUBLISH. This setup means students often email me asking to release their scores, which can ...

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I am a teacher and I have used Canvas before to allow students to submit assignments with Turnitin. However, when I click into where I can usually see the list of assignments, I can now only see options to download them and then re-upload them to pro...

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Hello All, I've seen a lot of feedback both in this user group and on the update posts about expand/collapse and preferences as well as rubrics, but there are a few other issues I've run into with how checkpoints have been implemented that I wanted t...

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Learning Mastery Gradebook will not load when I open it - there is only a spinning wheel. The traditional Gradebook view loads fine. Any ideas how to fix it so the Learning Mastery Gradebook view loads?   I have already tried clearing history and cac...

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To keep the grading to-do list uncluttered I tend to click this button for assignments that won't be due for a while yet. But new submissions come in and I have to click again. Is there any chance for an "Ignore Until Due Date" option that works simi...

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Is it possible to delete "Test Student"

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I have a teacher whose courses are cross-listed and she chooses to enter different due dates for each section. When using Speed Grader, she is unable to switch between sections to grade the same assignment. When selecting a different section she gets...

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Is there a way to access a previous school year's calendar on Canvas?  

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I tried to download the student videos that were submitted using the media camera in canvas and I am not able to download that file. Is there another step involved. These were videos created in Canvas using the internal camera feature and not an exte...

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We are utilizing the draft back extension to help combat AI generated writing. When my teachers utilize the Google LTI 1.3 and open the doc for grading, the draftback extension is not there. If they access the papers through the Google drive folder s...

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Hi! I am trying to access zoom-links through Canvas for a course where I am assigned as a teacher. Everyone can see the zoom-links except for me. I get an entirley different interface than all the others.  I have made sure that my Canvas-mail is the ...

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Hey all..I'm planning the orientation for new students at my university and wondering if Canvas can handle different groups for each campus.We have two campuses, and I’d like to tailor the experience a bit for each location. Is it possible in Canvas?...

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We have an assignment component set with Canvas linked to TII submission. The settings would allow students to have late submission. As per normal practice, students are allowed for 1 attempt of late submission, thus, Speed Grader must have shown onl...

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Hi, I have videos on EdPuzzle that i am intergrating into Canvas coursework, but i want to block the actual edpuzzle page, (as there are many non-educational videos on that site). is that possible, like to block edpuzzle website throught google.admin...

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Who can help me open a quiz that has been closedMy professor told me to contact canvas support but I can't seem to find it. 

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I'm an instructional designer working on online Canvas courses everyday. I'm not happy with the recent "improvement" to the rich content editor. When using the html editor, I've noticed it has a white background vs. a gray background. Not terrible, b...

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