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We are migrating our SIS from Skyward SMS to Skyward Qmlativ.  I do not have any contact information for our current CSM.  Where do I find this?

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Some of my courses have a "View Progress" button at the top of the modules page, so I can click on students' names and see where they're at in the course. It's even in my sandbox course that has no students. However, other courses don't have this but...

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Hi all- We are about to administer our NSSE survey to first-year students and seniors. I will assume there is a way to embed the NSSE link in Canvas, so all of these students have access to the survey. Does anyone have experience with this or am I th...

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I can create an assignment and publish it in a module with no trouble. When I click on the assignment to edit it the usual edit screen comes up but is immediately replaced by a summary of the assignment which captures the screen, denying me access to...

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I'd like to ask a few questions.  What does this mean? Can this give a student extra credit if they complete an assignment?  What happens when you try to create a Classic quiz with this feature enabled?  What does this mean? Is it like the pop-up ...

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 It has a grayed-out x. Is it not available for Free for Teachers?  

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Quick question --- could a student copy and paste information before lockdown browser and hit control v when in lockdown browser?

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One of students is abroad in South America and has lost access to the internet.  She texted me her discussion post. How do I as instructor post her discussion on the discussion board so others may respond to it?

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Hi everyone! A few students have asked me how they can see which of their peers' posts they've contributed to without having to click on every peer to see which one they left a comment for. When I click on a student's profile, I can see all the board...

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In my course I have a page called 'Additional reading material' where I post recommended articles and literature. I have never had any issues with it but now changes I make are not showing up when I press save? What is extra strange is that when pres...

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Hi all, I used to (until this quarter) be able to, in the gradebook, click: "Message students who"Select from the dropdown, "scored less than"Enter "-1" in the value. This allowed me to email all students in the class FROM the gradebook, where I was ...

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I have been using Office 365 to submit assignments on Canvas for over a year. Today, Canvas linked to my work 365 account instead and now I have no access to my school 365 account through Canvas.I have already tried removing everything from my Approv...

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Until a few weeks ago, I was able to adjust rubric points automatically by basing them against a scale of ten and then adjusting the total value of that category. For instance, if perfect was 10 points, good 8.5, average 7.5, etc., then I could chang...

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I'm a Mt Sac student.I have not been able to open assignments from ACCDB files. I would like to clarify that I am using a Windows computer, not a Mac, so that should not be contributing to the issue. Please help.  Start File NP_AC365_2021_2a_Gretchen...

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A new student enrolled last week and has been in PowerSchool since then.  He is not showing in Canvas.  Any thoughts on why this might be?

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How can i enter a quiz automatically in Canvas? I have it in the form of multiple choice questions with answers in a word document.

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I'm teaching a remote class at the University of Denver and trying to show my students some documentary material in the Canvas Zoom application. I've played with the settings in Zoom and Canvas and I can't seem to make this work. Any suggestions?  

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Hi there, I would like to delete this account. Thank you!

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Hi there, I have students submit assessment in a course in 2024 that was marked on speedgrader with the results in the course markbook.  The students have since rolled over in to the year 12 course (it was a year 11 course) but I wanted access to the...

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Im having a problem with watching videos that one of my lecturers posted on a canvas page. In place of the videos, theres a sign-in button which if i click just downloads a document named “authredirectmsal” which is just blank. This is just for my la...

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I have posted assigned readings as "assignments", as recommended by CANVAS support.  They do not have any grade value but they still appear in the grade book, cluttering up the real graded assignments.  How can I get rid of these spurious columns?

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I am creating animations for my math classes and would like to embed the code directly in Canvas course pages. Is there a way to use Html, CSS and js code inside Canvas?Any help is appreciated.

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A Student's test on Canvas closed for that Student (for whatever reason) before that Student could finish the whole thing, that is, all of the required questions.  So, . . . : How do I allow that Student to re-take the whole test all over again? Is i...

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I am a student Canvas user, and I want to make sure that I see any announcements made by one of my instructors. To that end, I have previously set my Notifications settings so that I am notified immediately through my email when an instructor makes a...

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Something went wrong for two of my students when taking a quiz. Their quizzes are marked as "In Progress" for the last 3 days, and hang up when I try to view them. I went in moderation and tried to set it so they get a second attempt, but neither one...

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Hi,Our Canvas site has enhancements turned on. I normally set up assessments as an 'Online File Upload' and turn the Turnitin Plagiarism Review on.This semester I have set the assessment up as an external tool > Microsoft OneDrive LTI 3 assignment wi...

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How do I copy my Syllabus in Canvas (many pages) and send it to another instructor?

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Hello, I am trying to find a way to put a downloaded link from an eBook on to a page?  The link cannot be edited and I am trying to see how I can move it onto a page instead of it sitting in the Modules.

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Currently, we can save comments in our rubrics (particularly those I use when assessing discussions).  As my assessment has become more refined, I am discovering that I no longer need some of  my previous comments, but must scroll (and in some instan...

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