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Hello,I am trying to duplicate my week's modules, quizzes, discussion, etc. I was able to duplicate the week in one of my courses by selecting "duplicate" but I don't have that option in my second course. Why would I not have this option if I importe...

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I apologize if this has been asked before, but I'm not finding it in a search, possibly because the associated search terms are too general:I am grading a quiz I gave last week that includes multiple choice and essay questions. I assumed Canvas would...

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I am learning "Discussions." The term "threaded discussions" is used with no explanation nor link.In the list of Discussion set-up choices:Options                Allow threaded repliesWhat is that? Why would I want it (or not)Thanks!Con Buckley

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When i try to add a quiz to my Module, I can only choose from quizzes I made in the "classic" platform. I cannot add any quizzes I created in the "new quiz" category. Where are they? 

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I accidentally imported modules from one course into another totally unrelated course. How do I reverse this action?

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What is the most efficient way to email/message ALL students assigned to a course?

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HI, I'm trying to copy a created course into a shell. I have tried Copy and then I tried importing content through settings. I repeatedly get an error message (see image below). When I click on the Missing Link words, I am taken to what looks like th...

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How do I make my course available to my students?

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I have a course where students can do projects by themselves or with one or two other people. I would like to be able to prevent a second student from joining the self-sign up group when a student wishes to work by themselves. Currently, I manually r...

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I am having the students reply to a graded discussion.  I am also having the students respond to two student discussion replies.  I would like the students to see the replies to the graded discussion post (so they can select two to reply) but not see...

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A user can generate an access token manually. How can my LTI give a user a place, like a textfield or something like that to let the user paste the manually generated access token in.

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How do you change the order of pages

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One thing I personally miss about Blackboard are the lectures that used to be on there. This semester, any lectures that looked similar to those were just the slide show and not interactive like they were previously. Is this something that you are wo...

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Hi. I am having a hard time submitting photos on canvas. I downloaded the photos as pdf but for some reason I am unable to submit it. HELP!!! Thanks

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Is there a relatively easy way to make sure students do not cheat on an on-line exam. I know enforcing time limits is one way, but I am concerned that students may have connectivity issues. This is not the way the course was originally taught, we wen...

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En un conjunto de grupos, puedo cambiar a un alumno de "Grupo" ?

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We are currently building our Canvas course for faculty certification to participate in online teaching. As part of the online faculty certification team, I would like to see if it's okay for us to attach links to some of your training videos?

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In one of my classes, students are writing short stories. We usually celebrate students' final drafts with a read-around. Everyone brings in a printed copy of their short story, and we pass the papers around the room until they've all been read. What...

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How do I create a question bank from questions I have already created in a quiz?

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Hi All,I am looking for a way to do these:- A log of student log in such as total time, courses...for all students in our Canvas- If not a easy way through Canvas GUI, then API? I am not familiar with API tool, where to start?Thanks

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How do I make my course calendar visible to students in the student view?

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I had my students take a proctored quiz in Canvas with Proctorio. Now that they have taken the quiz, how can I get their grades to show up in Canvas grades?

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I am confused how to upload a video to my teachers.

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Does the alert show up on their home page, does it get emailed to them?

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How to add assignments to grade book

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How do I split my course into sections?

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Why is it that when I click on select assignments, there is a large blue block that reads "LAUNCH" What didn't I do?Do I need to do something else?

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I am a teacher and just setting up my classrooms.  I want my students and parents observing to receive emails that contain my announcements.  I know I need to have my course published first.  Do the parents and students need to click on the "external...

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I can view reports for an assessment in New Quizzes, but unable to print the reports.

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I have been trying to re-upload submissions into SpeedGrader but keep receiving the following error message:Internal Server ErrorThe server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.Please contact the s...

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