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I have my exams, but need to copy one of the exams and change the requirements.  How do I just copy the exam and rename it?

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How do I create an empty course shell?

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How do I re-arrange my announcements on the Announcement Board once I have posted ? Thanx

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I have a table with images (buttons) on a page. I can easily link videos to the button if they are not from YouTube, but if I try to link a YouTube page to an image as a button, it automatically embeds the video below the button. How can I prevent th...

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I am adding an image to a page. I have added a hyperlink to the image. I would like the hyperlink to open a new tab/window. The HTML keeps rewriting/removing HTML adjustments like target="_blank". It appears that I may need the appropriate value to r...

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I know that the weighted grading is available on the assignment "group". But what if I would like to have a weighted grading per specific activity within an assignment group. Eg. Quizzes is 50% of the students grade. Under it are: Quiz 1 is 20%; Quiz...

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I am using an external tool (Panopto) that has been demonstrating issues linked to quizzing when students access assignments through the tool (Panopto) in through Course Navigation.  The workaround has been for students to access the Panopto assignme...

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Some modules have the option to duplicate and some don't.  Why is that?  Type of content, settings?

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I am new at this and trying to use an interactive google slide as my homepage in canvas. I have tried following directions that I find on line- they all say click edit, and them HTML editor. I don't see HTML editor as a choice. What am I missing? It ...

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What is the difference between distance and displacement?

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I run a Student Success Center and have administrative access to Canvas so that we can look up student grades and track their course progress. Students have the option of "testing out" grades in their courses to see what final grades they'd get if th...

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How do I unlock content?

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Can these tabs become buttons using some sort of command in the HTML coding?I love how buttons grab your attention and I think having these tabs be buttons would make them easier to differentiate if I could vary the look of each from its neighbor at ...

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I have been watching different implementations of CANVAS and I see that the ideal is to have the maximum width of the pages not at 100%, but at a percentage like 80%. This way, it doesn't look bad when the screen resolution is FULLHD.I haven't found ...

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on the CANVAS app on my phone, it shows that I have a profile pictureon CANVAS on my laptop it shows that I don't have a profile picturethe photo wont load on my computer 

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I am a coordinator at OLLI who will be conducting a study group remotely this summer. I have set up my ZOOM account through Northwestern and scheduled a ZOOM meeting with my group as a test a couple of weeks before the semester begins.Normally as a c...

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I am having trouble previewing PDFs in Canvas on Google Chrome on my laptop (image attached below).  It just says loading for the past few days.  A few days ago, I was able to preview PDFs in Canvas on Google Chrome on my laptop.  I can preview PDFs ...

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Is it possible to create a links to instructor's Canvas profile pages on a Canvas page? We have a course with multiple instructors and want to create a page which lists each one, with a link to their Canvas profile. I tried copying the URL when the p...

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How do I (or my students) view a Previous Zoom meeting?  When I click on it, it acts as if I want to join the meeting, even though it ended long ago and was recorded.

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I am currently having difficulty assigning an exam for a student.  I can not set end dates or time-frame.  Every time I try to save the exam, I get small empty red boxes above the dates.  I am able to assign it to the individual student but not the d...

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Why am I unable to select and start courses? I have followed the steps to enroll and I get a Error message.

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How to put a letter grade on the total in the grade book?

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how do you rearrange pages in a canvas course

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when students on both android and desktop enter code they get invalid codejust today i log in canvas platform.#

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Where is the LTI link in Canvas?

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Hi, as per the video of how to set-up your a/c on Canvas, 'am unable to get the Dashboard view in the same manner.. need assistance, please. Thank you!

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Hello,I'm trying to create an inline preview for a web link in the syllabus  with  the rich text editor.to explain what I want to achieve:When you add a url to a module , the default is a preview window, however you have the option to open it in a ne...

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On an assignment I created, students submitted their paper. I wrote some comments about it next to the assignment on a box for comments; I gave it a grade and sent it back to the student. Now, I don't t know if the student saw my comments or received...

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Is there # I can reach for canvas support?

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I have administered a quiz and it is closed. May I reopen it for one student to take it because they have an excused absence?I have tried the "unlock this quiz" and it does not open it for the student.thnakstina hubler

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