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I added a section to an SIS course. I want to delete the section, but the system won't let me because I, the teacher, and enrolled in the unwanted section. Is there a way to delete the section?

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Hello All,  I am trying to do an assignment on module 2 and I am having some issues.   I am supposed to do an essay using the data tool by Neighborhood Nexus & when I use the filters it does not seem to work.  And I am trying to figure out if I am do...

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One of my instructors has 8 lab assignment categories with multiple assignments under each category. She wants to set it up where all categories have equal grades, but then drop the category with the lowest grade. For eg: (This is how I understand th...

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We have Google Assignments LTI 1.3 integrated into our Canvas instance. In the Google Workspace Admin Console (https://admin.google.com/) can we leave Google Assignments and Google Classroom OFF? If we have to turn either one ON, what are the minimal...

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This may be a long shot, but I'm having issues with content that has been migrated from one course to another.I have made Edpuzzles in an old sociology course that I was able to move to my new Canvas course, but the grades don't sync between the assi...

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One of our instructors has a lot of In class assignments that students submit via Canvas but not show up in the gradebook. He plans on consolidating them into one column in the gradebook and manually add the grades.    I tried two options: Checked th...

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Is there a way to have a survey not be auto-graded until an instructor reviews and releases the grade? I am thinking, for example, of a student who might not complete a survey correctly but gets "complete" points for submitting content–that an instru...

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I am in Virginia and we have CTE competencies and our assignments are one of the ways that students are able to demonstrate their mastery.  Some courses have 80-100 competencies.  In the past we have been able to link more than one competency to an a...

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Hi I know there is a suggestions page but I don't have time to read through every one to see if this has been suggested before. I know that Canvas the company wants to make their product the best it can be. So just from a teacher who uses Canvas ever...

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I have a teacher with 3 sections of the same class in PowerSchool.  Two of the sections have transferred over to her course in Canvas but not the 3rd.  The settings for the sections in PowerSchool look identical.  Has anyone run across this situation...

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Problem: Ally on Canvas removes image descriptions when you fix contrast issues. For example, here is a screenshot of an Ally error message I would get: The image has contrast issues. When I fix the contrast issues and re-upload, Canvas removes the ...

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Hello, I've noticed teachers and students have redundant options to use Google LTI 1.3-- for teachers, there are two Google LTI 1.3 options to pick from in the external tool finder (see screenshot 1), and, for students, there are multiple Google opti...

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Hi Our college is a recent adopter of Canvas, and I created some test assignments to have a dry run of the process with a small group of 3 test users. For all 3 users, they uploaded a file as per the instructions, and received the 'Submit failed, ple...

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I switched classes this semester, but the courses haven't changed on Canvas. It's preventing me from doing my work and I need to get it fixed ASAP.

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Hi,  I've got a group assignment set up, but one of the two partners in the group was absent and will have to make up the work for this assignment only.  What would be the best way to split up the group for this assignment only to both not allow the ...

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Has anyone had experience with more than 450 students wanting to access a course at exactly the same time? Unfortunately, we had the experience that more than 450 users could not access a course because the loading time for opening the course was too...

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I left the page and my reply on a post disappeared I think its gone forever but I don't want to believe that because I spent over an hour writing it. If anyone knows anything I can do that would be very helpful!

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Hello, I am new to Canvas Notifications.  Please provide instructions on how to turn the daily summary notifications.  I am a part-time student while working full-time, and I appreciate getting notified whenever our instructor posts anything onto Can...

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I have three grades in my gradebook. All are published and ready to sync over. However, when I click the button to sync, only two of the three assignments show up to choose from. Why isn't my third assignment showing up?

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In New Quizzes, I would like to be able to select a group of questions from a bank and have the quiz randomly pull a set number of those questions into the quiz.  This was a feature of the Classic Quizzes that I really liked.   I do not want to creat...

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Hi,I need assistance with receiving the grade/score for assignments when I receive an email alert about grades.We have two email accounts attached to our profile. Both email accounts receive notifications that an assignment or test has been graded bu...

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I am a great grandmother babysitting my great grandson.  I won't have any students, classes or give any grades.  How does setting up computer information help me out?

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I need to speak with someone who is very knowledgeable when it comes to Canvas LMS.Email is jdhenry62@gmail.com

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I embedded a document in Canvas but how do I delete it?

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When composing a message,  I used to be able to hold down the CTRL key and select specific recipients from a list of students in the course. Now, every time I click on a student name, the list disappears acting as if the CTRL key is not held down, wh...

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Anyone have feedback on their experiences between using the Canva 1.1 vs. Canva 1.3 LTI? The setup from the Edu App Center and 1.1 seems very simple. Is it worth it to go to the 1.3 LTI for Canva?

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How can I tell if my canvas home work was successfully delivered digitally?

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In other LMS's I've used, I've been able to reply privately to individual student posts (even if the initial discussion posts are public to students in the class). Private replies do not seem to be available with Canvas discussion forums. This is dis...

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I can't find anyone using that id in canvas at all.

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