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 I signed up for an account as a teacher, but I think I should have signed up as a student.  Can I change my account?

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In canvas I deleted an assignment together with all the grades and comments I wrote. Can I retrieve them?

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All of the sudden, no videos are displaying on student's video. Also, it appears to have a different format. What is happening?!! help!!!!Att. 1 - Teacher's view; 2. Student's view. 

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I'm unable to see any sort of images on my canvas portal, is there a specific video/visual player that my computer needs to support canvas to see these images?

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After the minor updates in UI yesterday, students are having significant difficulty in submitting files (other than image files) from their Google Drive - I've added a screencast video to the end of one of their assignments to show them how to downlo...

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Making a virtual art show from student art work.  Can I copy images from speed grader (student work was graded there) to paste into a power point?

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I can't seem to find the settings that would make this inconsistent. I need for my students to see the rubric at all times.

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I almost have my discussion board ready but where and how do I manually put the students in the groups I want?

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I'm looking to add a module to my Canvas course that can only be accessed by a certain set of participants. Is there a way to keep a module open to some but closed to others? Thank you for any help with this!

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Is there a way we can see which instructor does or does not have a syllabus in Canvas?We move all courses online due to COVID 19 since March. We would like to run a report in Canvas to see who hasn't made any syllabus updates, who does or does not ha...

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Hello,I'm an Education Specialist.  In order to support my students, I need to access other teachers' Canvas pages.  When I log in to canvas it takes me to my page.  What do I need to ask the Gen Ed teachers to do, so I can access their pages and see...

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  MODULE from "Not visible to students" to "visible" Please how do I change  MODULE from "Not visible to students" to "visible to students"? 

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How do I add a student to a published course?

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Has anyone had this issue?  After putting in parameters for acceptable document extensions, it seems that more than once, the system has defaulted back to one type of extension.  For example, when I go in to make the manual change every week, which I...

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With the new update, the submission screen is no longer showing the "Google Drive" option for my students to choose a document from their linked Google Drive. There is now a "large paperclip" for browsing the computer and even under "more options" th...

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I missed a lecture last week and want to watch the video.I looked under 'Collaborate Ultra' and selected 'All previous sessions' but don't see them.  (See screenshot attached).

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How do I reach Course Settings?

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I've been unable to record a video in my announcements for students to view. I've attempted multiple times but get the spinning beach ball of death every time. It doesn't seem to be an internet connection issue. Any ideas on why it's stalling?

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Help! I posted assignments with questions for my students to answer, are they able to answer on the same page , or do they have to do on a separate document and then link and turn it in that way?Thanks Gavilanes 

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My students are uploading a google slide  on Canvas.  I want to copy the slide from Canvas to put into a presentation.  How would I do that?

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The classic quiz item analysis does not report all questions (23/25). Is there another place to find statistics for all questions. I've never had this problem before. Thanks!

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Students are able to get around pre-requisites modules in Canvas.  I have the assignments page disabled in my navigation, but they are clicking on the assignment directly from their to-do list and that allows them to go out of order and complete assi...

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My teacher is showing that an assignment was never turned in through canvas when I am sure I did submit the assignment on Saturday around 11pm.  Is there any way I can see what submissions where made on my account that night, if any? Please help. I a...

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A quiz locked while a student was in-progress. She cannot get back in. If I give her another attempt, does she lose everything from round 1? How can I allow her to continue without losing her work?Thanks

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I want to weight assignment groups in the gradebook. The canvas guide shows that I can do that when I create the Assignment Group, in the same box where I give it a name.My Canvas page does not show the box which permits a weight to be given to each ...

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How do I get pictures and graphs to show up on my computer?I am taking a test review on UT Canvass onramps for College algebra and no pictures are showing up, I have refreshed the page, restarted my computer, and logged out. I have no clue what to do...

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I'm taking a course and the assignment was to create a course using this platform. How do I find the link to share my module with my classmates and professor?

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I am trying to add students to my course but when I click +people the "role" drop down options are only teacher/adult roles.

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Is there a way for multiple instructors to share a link with only their students within the same class? I share a class with four other people and one person sent her zoom link to what she thought was her section, but it ended up going to everyone. I...

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if I want to send the same email weekly to students, can I just set up an automated email?

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