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As a admin is there a way to see which teachers have completed the "Growing with Canvas" Course. Also I believe this course educators can earn badges? How does this work and where can an admin take accountability of that.

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I'm trying to figure out a way for my students to upload videos that they have created for the entiresection to be able to view, as well as to provide feedback.  I know that feedback can be providedin the Discussion boards.  Is there a way for studen...

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How do I conclude an enrollment in my course?

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Occasionally I will hear the "Chat alert" tone (and see the speaker icon in the correct browser tab in Chrome) but when I look at the chat, there are no messages. Am I missing something? Does chat sound the alert for other events in the chat such as ...

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What is the difference between "Course Chat" and "Module Chat"? I can't seem to identify any difference or why I sometimes see one and sometimes the other.

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Hi, I'm trying to add a Quizlet activity to a module but I can only add it as a link which takes my learners to the external website. I have seen other users have the activities from Quizlet embedded in their Canvas module. Maybe this is a feature yo...

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I am new to Canvas as an instructor. I have a hard copy exam (Word document). Is there anyway I can import this as an exam (quiz I guess in Canvas) as opposed to typing each question and building it that way in Canvas? What is the easiest way to hand...

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I am grading a Canvas Quiz.  The quiz contained several essay questions.A student made the following comment while I was grading the quiz:  "Is it an April Fool's joke to make us watch our grades incrementally go up?"I did not know that students woul...

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I want to have a video office hour with my class. What is an easy way to do that?Thanks, Steve

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I wish to give a student extra time on a quiz.  When I grade it though Speed grader, It assesses a late penalty. I wish to override that late penalty. 

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I am having trouble recording audio only to add to a page. I followed the guide for how to add audio but when I press save, nothing is added to my page. A grey box appears and then it disappears. There is no button to play the audio I recorded.

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I created an event in the Canvas calendar that I ended up deleting, but it is still showing up in my Google iCal. How do I get rid of it? I have uninstalled and reinstalled the link for Canvas and the event still shows up.

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I know how to get a PowerPoint into a YuJa video, but can you do it the other way around?  I'm on a Mac.

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Is there any way to add photos or other visual icons to the module titles? - Thanks! Ted Coine

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can anyone help me

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I know how to hide a grade but I want to completely hide an assignment so it doesn't show in the gradebook at all.  With virtual teaching kiddos are really confused about information in the gradebook from assignments that are closed and were before w...

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Hi,This seems like a really basic issue but I can't figure it out.Example. We only have online lessons.Course A has a start date 2 weeks from now.The course and Module 1 are published with introductory text so students are not faced with an empty Can...

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I have TAs who prescreen student work before I grade.  The anonymous function that removes student's names from work is really valuable in removing bias in grading, but I would also prefer that the TA comments be anonymous, because we are a small sch...

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There are two groups in the course, the instructor wants each group to take a different quiz.

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Are there extra layers of security in Conferences to eliminate hackers?  I had someone hack my conference yesterday (ghosting a student's account and posting in the shared notes area) and post profanity.  Ways I can send a password or manually allow ...

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A few of my students have said that when they click on assignments or pages in Canvas the following image shows up. Anyone know what this is or how to fix it? I have had them check their browsers ect, but I haven't seen this before. 

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Was uploading a file from discoveryeducation. It froze on the bottom of my file screen and will not let me upload any thing else and I cant remove it or delete it .Help please.

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I let students submit additional posts in a Discussion to help raise their initial score I submitted to Grades.  Students post again, and then wait and wait, etc., then send me a direct message query, because Canvas does not place a new icon alongsid...

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Correcting papers on canvas using speedgrader

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How do I create and post audio files?

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I am creation thin common cartridge package and here is my manifeast file having all information. When I import this package on canvas I get "Unsupported content package". I don't know what this error message mean. Here is my manifeast file.<?xml ver...

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Hi, one of our courses has 4 sections. However, when we try to edit sections in the people function, the sections aren't visible to move students into?

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Hi!Some colleagues and I have experienced the following issue:We wanted to create a test with a file that the students only should have access to from a specific date & time.This is easy enough, BUT when uploading a file, the DEFAULT setting is "publ...

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Because I am involved in 6 subjects (only this semester, it will get bigger next semester) I get upwards of 100 notification emails a a day. I need to have notifications on for some subjects but not the others - but there is no option to fix this. It...

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The First Question: Does lockdown browser work with new quizzes yet?The Second Question: Is there a way to copy questions from a NEW QUIZ to a CLASSIC QUIZ?

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