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I cannot import my test banks or shared quizzes into my Canvas course. The test banks are being imported as IMSCC file from Evolve.  I have tried to import these several times and each time I get a failed message.  I had no issues importing tests the...

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I have several different small groups that I've created different modules for; parents notified me that students can't check off assignment when done.  I've gone in to choose "complete/incomplete" for review activities and I'm stuck on group sections...

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Parent responses to emails send out through BLEND announcement says "discussion topic is locked..... log into account". How do I unlock for responses?

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It seems like when my students try to submit two things (a paper and a video or an outline and another word doc) Canvas only accepts the last submission. Am I setting it up incorrectly?

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canvas logged me out and wont let me back in.

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I have 5 groups in my class, and each needs to turn in one project together.  How can I give each separate group a place to turn in their project and then grade it once for all members of the group to receive credit?

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Sometimes the links are clickable, and sometimes they are not. I'm looking at one entire class's papers today, and none of the links are clickable, so I think it's a Speedgrader issue, not each student's document formatting issue. I graded another Sp...

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I just about lost it this morning after appearing to discover that not a single student has been watching my lecture videos on Canvas. I clicked "People" on the left side. Then clicked names, and went to the Access Report. One after the next, there w...

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Hi,Community--I need to download the "Communications" content (i.e. Inbox messages) between two users in a course - see Capture.JPG att'd. Does anyone know of a way to perform this from an "Admin" role on the front end? What about from the backend th...

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I usually have a on-site hands-on anatomy lab practical where students have to identify 2-3 anatomical structures at each station before moving on solving a total of 50 structures in the end. With the COVID-19 crisis, I need to do it online and thoug...

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I have a student who has and issues viewing Announcements in Canvas. The announcements are locked when he clicks on the Announcements course link on the left. He says this is happening in both the web version and the Canvas Student App. He is the onl...

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How can I enter grades as Complete or Incomplete?

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Hi there, I am trying to send an announcement but when I save, the announcement will not post, when I go to a different page, the announcement is lost. Can anyone help? Thanks!

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I am editing an exam and it includes both multiple choice and essay options. I am wondering if there is a way to1) randomize the multiple choice items separately from the essay options so that the essays are last and2) allow students to choose only t...

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In our district we have many course that are transcribed credit and thus use the LMS that the technical colleges use which is Blackboard. We all like the feature of being able to import content and test question banks into Canvas because much of the ...

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Why can't I add a rubric to an assignment? There is no "add rubric" button under the due date.

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A professor is having some trouble getting his BigBlueButton set up. His canvas course is supposed to start in Spring and the students are all listed as users in the Grades and Users tabs but when he tries to start the BigBlueButton conference there ...

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I recently copied my created assignments to another Canvas course that I keep as a master and also deleted them from the original course and now I cannot find them anywhere. I tried the /undelete but they were not there. Is there anything else I coul...

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I exported Quiz grades to EXCEL, now all graded quizes do not appear under Grades in Canvas. How can I retreive? Thank you!

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I feel foolish even posting this dumb question, so forgive me if I'm asking something obvious.  I used Canvas as an undergrad and grad student, so I'm comfortable with how it works.  When I had to abruptly switch to remote teaching a few weeks ago, t...

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In the following screenshot below (taken from the article How do I set details for an account? > View Who Can Create New Courses), if one user is enrolled as a teacher in one course and a student in another, which setting takes priority? Will it be a...

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Hey! I teach high school special education therefore I am listed as teaching 28 different classes. How am I ablate make an 1 announcement and share it with all of my classes instead of having to make the same announcement 28 different times. Thanks f...

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I have a teacher that has us "like" an announcement. We don't get credit unless we do. We cannot reply in this assignment though.

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I haven't submitted my peer review, but it has a check mark by their name, indicating that I have submitted them.When I click on the rubric, I am not able to edit their points.It says their total points are zero.  

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I noticed if the local user; the user won't be able to use the SSO to login to Canvas,  was created through the SIS import, there is not an option for them to change their password. The checkbox for "change password" is not on the GUI. Could anyone e...

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I have a Power point presentation that has a 10 minute video in it. Will I be able to show this video to my students through the conference portion of Canvas? I really like using the conference section of canvas and my students are used to it now. I ...

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I created a quiz for my students and it is not showing up in my grade book. I have the right dates and assignments selected as well. What can I do?

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Hello,How do I do a batch upload of graded quizzes to each student in my section?My graded quizzes are PDF files. I have recorded the number of points in the gradebook, but I want to send the files containing grading comments to each student in the s...

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