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Hello, I teach art classes. I wonder what's the best way for me to create a place in CANVAS for students to upload an image of their drawing/painting. These are my specific questions:(1) Should I use Discussion? (in Setting, I allow students to attac...

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If I accidentally send students a compressed folder with files in it, can I stop them from receiving the email once it is sent?

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I'd like to have students take a picture of their work to submit for an answer for a quiz.  I have found that there is a "file upload" option for a quiz question, however, the grading side becomes an issue.  When I go into the speedgrader to grade th...

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In my ENG 310 class, I have a Week 1 Information Literacy Module assignment that includes a quiz. When My student open to assignment to just look at it and do not answer any of the questions, Grade Center posts a "0" for the grade. What's the problem...

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How can I create a 25 item matching test that will give credit for each correct answer. For example, if a student gets 20 out of 25 they should get a score of 80%. It seems like the current template only allows all or nothing credit--by that I mean t...

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please help i want to know where to find rich editor content.

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Please help.. my instructor posted clickable links to files of my classmates presentations for this weeks discussion .. they open for everyone but me! I’ve tried on several computers and I’ve made sure pop ups are allowed. I’ve never had this issue b...

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From a teacher: "The students are telling me that the submission box on my canvas is locked.  Can you unlock it or do I have to do something"Can someone help me with this please?

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I have a teacher who wants to share her PowerPoint presentation in a Canvas Conference.  She wants her students to access it and scroll it while she teaches.  Can this be done?

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If I use a question group to have multiple possible questions, each of which is an essay question with a file upload, when they are graded using speedgrader, will the corresponding question show up somewhere?  In other words, when grading the work I ...

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What's the best way to add student-generated video (probably shot on their phones) onto my course Canvas site?

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Hello,I am looking into getting a new laptop for my online classes in the Bachelor's in Business program, any suggestions for the computer, specs, and especially for storage and downloading assignments.Thank you for any suggestions.Debra Millward

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I would like to set up a drop box or folder for students to upload papers.  I followed the directions to open grades, then the paper assignment ans hover over the dots and click download submissions.  I do not have that option.  Is there any other wa...

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How do I have access to logon free training for faculty? I have attempted multiple times, created an account, and nothing. Please advise. Thanks!Rosalillia

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I created a new account role (Admin > Permissions > Account Roles) earlier this week.Now I would like to assign this role to users, so I navigate to Admin > Settings > Admins, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the "+ Account Admins" button. ...

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One student has reported taking and submitting a New Quiz multiple times. The New Quiz shows as incomplete (no green button indicating the assignment has been submitted in the student's module). When I try to grade it in SpeedGrader, it shows nothing...

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We are launching a new version of a previous course  (version A).  We cloned the previous course and created Version B.  Version B is unpublished and I'd like to make all of the updates to it, then publish it. Is there a guide that provides instructi...

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Can I chat with my  entire class at once or with only one student at a time?

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I just concluded a Canvas conference that was recorded.  It is not appearing as recorded in the Concluded Conferences section.  Help! How much time does it take to appear as a recording?

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CONFERENCES: STUDENTS CAN'T SEE EACH OTHERGreetings everyone - I am having an issue when meeting with my students in Conferences: They can't see each other. They can see me and I can see them clearly, but as I said before, they can't see each other. ...

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Like other schools, we are doing a rapid change from physical classroom to virtual.  Management is asking for a daily report that lists classes scheduled for that day and a simple yes/no indicator to show if the instructor engaged in the conversation...

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Can you make folders in the Conferences tab so that each graduate student (4 total) has their own Conference meetings with their sections and recordings in their own folder?

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Our application integrates with canvas, we are experience issues starting today, I can confirm these were working yesterday afternoon just fine and surfaced just today. Does anyone have any information on this? When creating user we are getting follo...

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How do I edit question banks from previous courses?  Mine only say "view"

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I recently signup with an account and i clicked on the link to confirm registration. However, when I went to publish a course it says I have not clicked the registration from the email .. I went back to the email to confirm that I did and when I clic...

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I am looking for new curriculum for our school to help the teachers with their classes. Are there any recommendations for curriculum that works well with Canvas? Thank you

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On the 4th of march of this year, I uploaded an assignment on the platform. I am sure of this, as I double checked if I did it. I still have the proof that I uploaded it in my browser history. But by checking the canvas platform, it says that I have ...

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How can I invite a guest to join the CANVAS conference?  I would like this person to interact with the class, but she is not part of the University.Thank you!

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How do I find the grading curve in a particular class on Canvass?

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Hi, we will be using Canvas conferences while school is closed.  For those of you who have run the conferences and recorded them, do the public chat and comments get recorded and saved?  A teacher wants to require his/her students to make a minimum n...

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