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How can I delete an uploaded attachment in peer review because I accidentally wrote my name on the attachment I added?  

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Students have expressed that they like having the most current module at the top of the page - however, if you are using pre-requisites, they disappear if I move the module to the top. We want students to progress in a linear format, but this seems t...

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I am an instructor trying to turn on LockDown browser for a test we are to take tomorrow but it has been saying "Please Wait" with the wheel of death for about an hour now. Any suggestions on what could be causing this? Thanks  

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I cannot find where the ungraded survey is.  I have looked under quizzes but do not see this option and do not see the option for classic quizzes either.

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Hi! Has anyone attempted to create a role that closely resembles an Account Admin but lacks the permissions to modify the global configurations for the Canvas instance? The background for this is that we want to restrict who can make configuration ch...

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I had answered a couple quiz items as a Test Student to check out my quiz. Now it is incorporating Test Student's quiz grade of 28% in my Quiz Report (e.g., Low Score is 28% and High Score is 94%). I believe this is also affecting the mean and the it...

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Is there a way to prevent students from being able to look over an entire test after they have taken it? My district allows students to retake a test if they fail it, but some of them have figured out they can look over the failed test later at home ...

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Can I get access to all the courses within a program for which I am the program director? I would like access for the courses that I am not the designated instructor for. Is this possible?

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I am having multiple issues and I have no idea how to get them resolved.1. Students cannot reset their password. They click to reset password, and it does nothing. No email comes back. Not even in their spam/junk folder. 2. Students can login at my s...

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This may seem like a silly question, but I am fairly new.... I have a course created with modules.  I then created a front page, but when I go to that front page, it doesn't flow to the modules.  Do I need to create a "beginning" module to put the fr...

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An instructor is sharing student submitted assignments to Canvas with student names on them. There is no actual grade stated, however there are comments from the professor providing grading feedback.The instructor is sharing assignments of the same c...

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In the Certificate I deliver, there are about 85 different assessments to be resulted in the Outcomes Report. The problem is that some of the might be grouped together (2 theory an 1 practical), while same others are split, making it very difficult t...

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I am doing a portfolio for a class. In this portfolio, we are expected to submit examples of our work, including canvas quizzes as a demonstration for learning. In the previous format of canvas quizzes, I was able to save these as pdfs to print them ...

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I see the following message in grades: Category "Instructor has not posted this grade"All my settings are good......- automatically post grades is on- Hide assignment group totals is unchecked- I even tried to switch to manual and post but still no l...

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Hi!I'm using Canvas Free for Teachers with a group of students from a wide range of universities. I sent out course invitations and am tracking confirmed enrollments. Some students are clearly enrolled and active in the course (based on course activi...

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How can I download the list of signed up students in groups in a tab delimited or comma separated file?  

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As Admin I can set `participation´ in the root account. Picture below is in Dutch, sorry about that, but I hope you will be able to figure out my question                  Please imagine with me. The participation is set to start on august first 20...

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Suspend or delete a year group ie: year 12  students can we bulk suspend or delete?

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When is canvas going to allow student to customize their courses with photos? It's so annoying to have some courses with photos and others without.  

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I am an instructor. My course has several assignments that have variable due dates. Students can submit some until the end of the semester. Their total grade displayed gives the impression they have an A+ in the class. However, if they do not submit ...

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Hi,I just started my training. I am asked to embed stuff/links. Where am I supposed to do this?Am I supposed to follow along and practice on my Sandbox Course?  

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I hate hate hate when you open "Record/upload media comment" it steals the browser focus so you can no longer scroll through the document you are leaving a media comment, which makes it totally useless. I always end up opening the doc I'm commenting ...

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Problem:I like to grade all of my assignments on canvas and then sync those assignments to my schools gradebook with the Sync to SIS option canvas offers. This is great, but I have noticed an issue from it. When I make an assignment that has a paper ...

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Hi!Hope your well.I'm looking to try install (or have access to a Canvas instance) so I can code frontend pages in HTML/CSS/JS and use it as a sandbox. Its for my own use to learn and develop at home. If anyone can help I would really appreciate it. ...

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Hello,I wondered why Canvas doesn't have the option to review an uploaded file before submission, leaving room for one to submit a wrong file accidentally. You can only what you submitted after your submission and it doesn't seem right. It's like pri...

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I have been told by our school ITS personnel that Respondus Lockdown Browser only locks the student into Canvas. In other words, it does not lock them into just the page with the quiz that employs the Lockdown Browser. Is my understanding correct?

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Is there a way to submit multiple file types in one Canvas Assignment Submission?  For example, if I want a student to turn in a video from STUDIO in addition to a PDF file turn-in sheet, can both be turned in at the same time?  It seems when a video...

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How do I add the TimelyCare quick link tile to the banner on the left hand side of the screen (where the icons for Courses, Dashboard, Calendar, Outbox, etc. are listed)? Yes, we already have a partnership with TimelyCare.Thank you

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Our department is considering transitioning from the Questionmark testing system to using Canvas quizzes for administering exams. I understand that Canvas is not designed to be a testing system so I have a question about how robust it is. Most exams ...

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I am a teacher. can't see the information for the last student on my grade screen. Anyone else having this problem? Here's a screen shot:     As you can see, it is hard to read the information in the last row. Clicking on the scroll bar does not chan...

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