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This is a bit our of left field...but here we go.I have a student who has returned to Thailand and is currently in Bangkok. She is reporting she is unable to access Canvas, and therefore cannot continue her studies.Does anyone happen to know if Canva...

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Hi everyone, exporting canvas courses to other instances is very intuitive but my recent course export(.imscc) exceeds 5GB requirement. It' 7.5 GB !! It seems like I am unable to import. What would be the best way to achieve this. Thank you so much !...

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I have students attempting to attach a picture to a discussion, and they are getting an error.The error states that they are unable to upload as their storage quota is full.I thought it may be the course disk space so I have increased that but to no ...

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If I want my students to answer a writing prompt within Canvas,  what would the best option be? Create an assignment?

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How can I print student responses after they have completed a quiz

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I am having an issue where students are downloading other students work directing from the canvas submission and then turning it in as their own. Is there a way to restrict a student from downloading a submission once it has submitted or even restric...

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How does the activity log work for a quiz and how should I interpret it?The log will say "Stopped viewing the Canvas quiz-taking page..." and then when they resume. I told my students I could monitor their activity during an exam, so they should not ...

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Hi, I want to attach a pdf to a quiz, without my students getting notified that I have uploaded a file. The problem is that when I go to the files in the content manager on the right, it only allows me to choose files I have uploaded to the course. E...

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How do I enable my students to view my modules?  Right now they are inaccessible from the student view.  Thank you.

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My professor posted a power point as a link when I clicked it the power point downloaded. Then when i clicked the newly downloaded power point it would not open. Please help I need to veiw it to complete assignments.

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Once a ZOOM cloud recording has been 'Published' in Canvas, do students have the ability to download the recording?

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How do I include observers in a "quiz" (that is really a survey)?  Currently, Canvas is only allowing registered students to take the survey.

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How can I recover the password that I forgot to get into canvas

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We are testing RESPONDUS LOCKDOWN BROWSER FOR CANVAS and the instructions state:For Canvas Cloud customers, simply request that Instructure enable LockDown Browser plugin for your institution. After enabling the plugin, institution administrators wil...

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Hello:I would like to change my profile photo in CANVAS and when I go into settings to change it, it allows me to select a photo, yet it does not save it.  Do you have any suggestions as to what a fix would be?Thank you.

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What right does the User role relief teacher have?

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Hello,Have created a graded quiz - yes I checked that box  and have points of multiple choice and essay questions totaling 60 points.I have published the quiz. However, the grade book says out of 0 points.It shows as sixty points in the edit screen, ...

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This is a three part question.1. Can I start an assignment (online submission assignment) for the purposes of participation over the month and be able to add to the assignment (additional questions, etc)?2. Can a student save their progress of an ass...

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On a canvas page for one of my classes, over half of the side pages are inaccessible. I do not believe this is an issue for other students. It just has a grayed out box that says "canvas.umn.edu refused to connect". All permissions for the site are a...

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Hello,I wanted to know how to add captions to my videos that I have already uploaded into a module and how do I access assistive tools?Thank you

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How can I see which student uploaded the file for the group assignment?I have a couple of groups where students did not communicate and there are three files uploaded. I cannot find a way to see who uploaded the files for the assignment.Thanks!!

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Have created an assignment using and external URL.  Student open and edit the office365 document in the browser and submit their response.  Some students are able to do this successfully, other are not able to access the document.  Students have had ...

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Hi,Does anybody know how to get in Office365 when you get something like this:Sorry, the Microsoft Office 365 LTI Tool has experienced an Error: notAllowedThank you

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I created a Canvas Quiz.  The last "question" was for an optional file upload for students to show their work.  I made it out of 0 points.  I am using it manually to award partial credit to questions that were not scored correct automatically.  The g...

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I am trying to set a Quiz in Canvas to allow one student additional time to take it, since that student has permission to take additional time due to a learning disability.  Is there any way to do this, shy of making a separate quiz just for that stu...

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How can I quickly change all my questions to a point value of 0.5 rather than the default 1.0?Nvrmd.... I just found a solution:  Moving all questions into a question group then changing the point value..... Thanks for letting me process. 

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I am planning to assign a podcast assignment to my Fall course, and I'd like to know if they can be uploaded via Canvas, and if so is there a particular format that is necessary? A part of the assignment is to produce a transcript (which I know can b...

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I am the librarian at my school and am trying to assist a teacher who is desperate to have her Canvas issues resolved. She created her courses and now several of the assignments are not accessible to students--saying that they do not have permission....

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I accidentally put an assignment in twice and didn't realize it.  Is there any way to combine the two assignments? Students have already submitted to both so I would like to merge them so that they are not getting the"missing" label for one even thou...

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