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Hi, I have tried uploading my interactive google slides presentation into my Canvas home page. On my google slide, I have images with links to various things my students can use for virtual learning. I published my google slide to the web and copied ...

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Is there any way the headers in Modules could have different color backgrounds? This would be fun.

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Hi, I am wondering if any other admins out there are having issues with configuring ZOOM LTI Pro with Canvas.  I followed the directions exactly as shown the Zoom LTI Pro Page.  It instructed me to use the LTI URL Entry, which I did.  However, after ...

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Hello, Dwight Global Online School is looking for an experienced Canvas practitioner to assist with enrollments this fall.  The person would start immediately.  This is a contract position with an hourly wage.  We are a dynamic, innovative organizati...

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I am having extreme difficulty logging in to the Canvas program. I have even gone as far as creating a second account. It was working fine yesterday and today it has given me much grief. It took me 20 minutes to get logged in. What am I doing wrong? ...

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I know there is a way to sort the Gradebook by last name A-Z, AND that you can have it so the first name is before the last name.BUTIs there anyway to sort the Gradebook so that student's names will be listed A-Z by the First name?

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On the Syllabus page, what controls the order of the course summary within a date? I know it isn't by time or alphabetical, as shown in this image. Assignment 8.4 comes before Assignment 8.1, and both are due by 11:59pm. I've seen this repeatedly ac...

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How do you create a new canvas user account with their authentication user id set to saml.Im assuming creating a user account is simialr to the sis import of user headings within the csv file.    

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I'd like to use the Canvas icons as references on my course pages so that when I refer to assignments, dashboard, calendar, etc. I can use the same icons that students will see in Canvas. 

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hola, como puedo asignar un apodo a mis grupos?

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When creating a copy of course, the resource link ids change for the contents in the new copied course and LTI launch fails as there is no available data mapped with new resource link ids.I need history of previous Resource Link Id of the contents in...

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I have three course sections and would like to link them all so I don't have to input the information three separate times. Is there a way to link all my classes together?

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What are the pros and cons for embedding a mp4 video or embedding a video from youtube etc.Some videos I have downloaded that are also on youtube. Is it better to put the mp4 or the youtube link?

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Hi everyone,I'm a music Professor and I use a lot of graphics in my lectures, such as Treble Clefs, time signatures, etc. Having to do my class this Fall online, I'm finding that whenever I insert a music graphic into my text it gives me a double lin...

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Hi, We have a hosted Canvas platform and we would like to setup a assignment condition that the submission end date does not fall on Thursdays. Is that possible with the existing system. Its just that we perform maintenance on many subsidiary systems...

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I have tried embeding slides with external links in canvas.  Before I save it, the links work fine.  Once I save the page the links will only work if you right click and open in a new page.  When you click on them it acts like it is going to load and...

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I have a student who needs for time to take many quizzes and tests during my course. She has accommodations and other courses her instructor gave her more time to complete her work. The computer from my university controls the time limit on quizzes a...

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This would be helpful, especially if you don't want overlaps in your quizzes.Thanks!

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I have the following modules - Music Theory, Solfege and Rhythm.  (There are more, but to help keep this questions brief).  Can I make a button that says "Music Theory" and it takes me to the Music Theory module and not the page that lists the module...

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When creating my account I accidentally put that I was 16 years of age. I do not know how to change it, I am blocked from viewing things. 

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Canvas admin here trying to figure out the best way for teachers to see all of their students from the same course (multiple sections/canvas courses) in order to do one conference.  If the teacher has three sections, is cross-listing the best way to ...

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I have teachers who record a video to show on the course homepage. Sometimes, they want to change that video without creating a new page, but later they want to go back to the older video. Are the videos they record saved as files in the course somew...

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I don't know if this is a new thing, or has always been like this. We've used Canvas for 5 years, and this is the first time it has come up. An instructor contacted our online help department today and said they had cc'd themselves on a message, and ...

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HiI'm having trouble viewing all the external tools, specifically the Kami Google Drive Assignment, on my MacBook Air.  I can see them on another non-Apple laptop.  Any thoughts on why I can only see some of the external tools when creating an assign...

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We have students without access to the internet (an no means to get internet) does canvas have a way for students to download their assignments for offline learning then resync once they return to school? Similar to the way Google Classroom and docs ...

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Is there a way to have module links in a course on a front page on Canvas?  I am attempting to link several modules to the front page of my course. The module links on the page are associated with an icon button  I created, for example, one icon butt...

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Hello all!  We are brand new to Canvas, only days old, and the teachers I've imported into Canvas do not have the button to create courses.  When I looked, it seems that permissions to create courses is found in the "Account Roles" area of Permission...

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Hi all, So I've run into an odd problem with the Zoom LTI Pro and was wondering if anyone has gotten this specific configuration to work properly. Within the Zoom LTI Pro there is an option to auto-provision instructors and students. The specific wor...

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Hey All!I know how to wrap text around an image. Is it possible to wrap it around a video?Thanks!Leslee

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