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Hi everyone,I’m exploring ways to add custom JavaScript to a specific course in Canvas LMS. I’ve looked into the Theme Editor, but that approach applies JavaScript globally or at the sub-account level.I’m trying to inject custom JavaScript that runs ...

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Hello everyone, I’m looking for some guidance on how to analyze results from tests conducted through Canvas quizzes, specifically for: Question-wise attempt analysis – I want to review how students performed on each individual question to identify w...

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I am in a course where the discussion instructions are very long. I used to print out the discussion instructions but haven't been able to since they added a scrolling page inside the discussion page. Is there a way to disable this? It's so long that...

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So I've noticed a bug (or feature?) in Canvas when you go to assign students to groups "randomly" where if you have two students with the same surname, they will always be put in the same group. I tested this across two Canvas classes in multiple tes...

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Our school currently has a trial version of Canvas for our district. Our teachers are trying to enter the students into their courses but it wouldn't allow them.  I was allowed to enter mine, then was given the optional boxes of entering students' fi...

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Hello,  I am trying to create an excel template to add SIS IDs (which are Salesforce IDs) to current users via their login  ID's. I used the following sheet structure to attempt this: user_idintegration_idlogin_idstatusSalesforce IDSalesforce ID We u...

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We have group assignments, how about group quizzes? Problem: Students meet together to take a quiz as a group activity. Currently, one student (or more) will be the "sacrificial lamb" and will take the quiz and learn which answers are incorrect. Some...

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I have set up a group in which assigned students are to post their class notes under the heading "Files" and a subheading I created called "Class Notes." I put all students into this group. But my students have been unable to upload their notes, beca...

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When I hover over the equation, it gives the message "clickable math" and does not read it. I have tried both Access8Math and Math Player Math Reader without any luck.Do you know the best equation settings to use, such as Math Renderer, and Show Math...

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Hello, I am teaching in a cross listed course shell (4 sections, 2 are mine) and I have my gradebook filtered to show sections 3 and 4. This is working correctly. Navigating to grades and selecting speed grader from the hamburger at the top next to t...

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I have student features because I wanted to use an alt account as a student account to complete assignments for my course. But, since I was using the alt account's email, it connected my account.      Or maybe I need to delete the course?  

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Something weird is happening and I hope someone can help me out, for it is not the first time this has happened.   I have a new quiz, where students can get a maximum of 20 points. I added a grading scheme to this quiz. It turns percentages into a nu...

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Who can I contact when having a issue logging  in?

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I use Canvas through my school for classes. I recently signed up for a third-party workshop course, which is provided through Canvas as well. However, I used a different email at first to sign into Canvas, which created a new account. Then I tried ag...

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Like many, the 2024 Discussion Redesign has impacted my use of Canvas. These days I continue to look for and create work arounds to lost functionality. Today, my focus is on removing student and my own tests to discussion forums without leaving the '...

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I can't figure out the difference between "Cell Spacing" and "Cell Padding." What I'm trying to do is create more of a space between the edge of each cell and the text inside the cell: as it is, it's crunched right up to the left-hand cell edge. Also...

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I am the account administrator and am trying to add additional admins to our subaccounts. I've already created additional admin roles based on the directions found here successfully, but once I go to the Admin tab under settings, the additional roles...

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So I use NearPod and integrate the NearPod lessons into my Canvas site. It used to be flawless but lately it will randomly ask students to sign in with one of four options - Google, office 365, and 2 other options I don’t recall. Why is it randomly d...

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When will the new courses be available to add to the favorites list 

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I want to create a short essay quiz (1-2 paragraphs) with fill-in-the-blank for my students. Need help.

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I recently enrolled in my Spring 2025 classes after the semester started, and while they are visible on my schedule in MySMU, they are not appearing on Canvas. Enrollment advised me to contact my professors to add me to the Canvas courses, but my pro...

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I MISTAKENLY COPIED THE WRONG COURSE INTO THIS SEMESTER'S SHELL. I READ THAT I CAN GO TO MY COURSE SETTINGS AND SIMPLY PRESS THE RESET COURSE CONTENT TAB ON THE SIDEBAR BUT I DON'T SEE THE TAB. CAN ANYONE HELP?

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I have not been able to load my assignments connected to Google Drive. When I open the assignment that my teacher assigns I click on it and click on authorize to connect to my google drive and it shows up as loading but will continue showing that is ...

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1) I am trying to copy course content from last semester to this semester.  I cannot get the pages to copy/import.  I've done this every semester since 2020 and not had any problems.  Any ideas on how to fix this?2) I've also got another new problem ...

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Is there a way to use two sorting orders at the same time to display a grade book?  I'd like to sort the columns first in the order of Assignment Groups and WITHIN each group, display the assignments in the order of earliest-to-latest due dates.  It ...

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How do you assign weights to an Assignment Group?

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Description of the Issue:I am unable to upload my elevator pitch video for the first assignment of the INT 6200 Experiential Learning Project course on the Canvas platform. Despite the video file being under 60 MB, I have tried multiple upload method...

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Hello! How can I make the video content in the Modules section mandatory to watch in full without allowing skipping?

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