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Can teachers poll their students and get results from a class vote?

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Howdy! I have designed a new homepage and when I make it my new 'front page' part of the last column of buttons is cut off. I know it has to do with the table the buttons are in and because the course stream and course navigation eat into the width a...

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Hello!Where can I find the confetti feature? 

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Is there a way to assign a pdf worksheet so the students can type on it? I can get the assignment to open for each individual student to see, but I am not sure how they can edit the pdf.  My students are using chromebooks.

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Our school has moved away from percents and letter grades to standards-based grading. We report out on an integer scale (0-8), with each number representing a level toward mastery.  These are not "points" and do not add up or translate to a letter gr...

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For quizzes that have both machine-scored (multiple choice etc.) and manually-scored (written) questions, it seems that Canvas automatically posts the student scores as if they scored 0 on the written portion, prior to me grading those questions.  I ...

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How do I delete old comments from my students work?

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Apparently, yesterday I was putzing with courses and had some of them "turned off" in Calendar. As a result, I missed two meetings that students had booked with me through the system because I didn't see them. I understand wanting to keep class event...

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How can I manually cross out completed tasks from my calendar? Some cross out and some do not.

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I am new to Canvas. I am an instructor. In the last MLS of Blackboard grade book there was a total points column that showed how many total points were in the course for all assignments. In Canvas I do not see where the points are calculated to show ...

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I have made several attempts to edit my name to include my new last name.  When I go to settings and click on edit profile, it does not allow me to change my name.  Why is that?

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Actually i deleted a course in canvas.instructure.com accidentally  i have the course number can anyone please help me out its very urgent

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Hello,How does my instructor know I am here online daily for attendance?

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Good day all,I am a new IT Helpdesk manager here at my school (Gulf Coast State College), and we have run into a curious problem.  I have a faculty user who, when they log into the GSCS instance of Canvas she gets a view that has the Canvas page cont...

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Is there a tool of function that allows for canvas discussions to be anonymous???

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How do I add a done button to a page

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Hi all-I keep trying to upload a profile pic onto Canvas- but like other comments I have seen here, it selects the image but will not upload no many how many times I try, or leave/refresh the page. I am on MAC and the software is all updated, but I c...

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Is there a way for Admin to easily block students from courses when they have not made their payment?

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Many of my teachers subscribe to the Scholastic Classroom Magazines. I am following Scholastic's directions on how to add the LTI integration to Canvas, but having no success. After adding the App with the key, secret, and launch URL per the directio...

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How can I copy a course  to a new semester but not have it referring back to the older course?

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I've added two email addresses to my Profile as an instructor, but still can't get either one to show on my Profile under "Contact"- it says "No registered Services...".  I don't know what I'm doing wrong.Thanks,Dana

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Is there a way to remove the cartoon characters from the middle of "Reply" page in Discussions?

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I recently took a credit-by-exam for English 2 and I was sent an email an hour ago telling me that it had been graded but when I went to check my grade it said I was no longer in the course and could not view the grade. Does anyone know how I can fin...

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I am looking for detailed directions to export a canvas class and import it to a new empty shell

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I searched that the previous post on this wasn't asking the question I have, so my apologies if someone else has asked this specific thing before. I allow extra credit in each grade category in my course. However, I do not want any grade category to ...

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I have one student who is not able to type into the text box for essay questions on a canvas quiz.How can I help him?

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I am trying to sign up for class URL: https://everettsd.instructure.com/enroll/CKKK3T but I don't where ....to do this!!! can you help?

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I have an assignment that had a due date time of 11:59 pm.  Canvas says the student turned it in at 1:13 pm the same day, but Canvas also flagged it as late.  I'm thinking they turned it in late but changed the time on their computer so that it would...

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I am creating a Professional Development course for my District. I need to add curriculum coordinators so we can collaborate in the development of learning opportunities for teachers. How can I do that?

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Hello All,I'm not aware of a built in Live Video option within Canvas. What 3rd Party services have people been using that integrate with Canvas well?YouTube Live, Facebook Live, Zoom, BigBlueButton for examples to mind.Any help and advice would be g...

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