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Hello happy to be here as an auditory learner, this orientation has helped me to know the best learning style for me. and how to improve my studying.

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I use Canvas assignments to collect student homework uploads, then post a pdf answer key following the due date.  There's usually a few students who turn in the assignment late.  Is there any way to make a file's availability dependent on whether a s...

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I imported my course from last year into a new course for the current year.  I realized when using Speedgrader that the test answer was different than what I thought I'd made it.  When I went back to look at the quiz, it showed this:  In speedgrader...

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I am trying to conduct peer evaluations thru canvas quizzes. This means making a quiz for each presenter and assigning it to every student but themselves (self-evals are a different quiz). Is there a simple way to take the one quiz I've made and turn...

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My students are completing an Edpuzzle that is linked to Canvas through the integration.  They have watched the full video and answered the questions but it is not letting them submit.  It still tells them to complete the assignment they have to watc...

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I would like to be able to create a private discussion board space for the teachers that are part of my Canvas course.  Currently, I only can see how to make a private group for discussion by using people classified as Students, rather than Teachers....

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I can't remove line items in the module. The"remove" status pop-up is missing when trying to remove a line item from the module. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Is there a way we disable a type of notification at the institutional level?   We use a different SIS for our official grade book.  We would like to turn off Canvas grade notifications for parent observers to reduce confusion.  

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Surely I'm not the only person who has had that problem: when you're writing a quiz question in Canvas but forget to click the "Save" button for that particular question, the question disappears without a trace when you "Save" or "Save and Publish" t...

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Buenas tardes, quería saber si canvas tiene alguna forma de revisar la "bitácora de usuario" de los usuarios con rol administrador por asignatura?

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Before retiring, I exported my Canvas courses as .imscc files to my Dropbox on Jan 14, 2022. Now, I created a new Free-for-Teacher account for my tutoring, and want to import the prior courses. So, I created a new course and attempted to import a cou...

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Hello, I have to read Frankenstein, by Mary Kelly.  There is the Wordsworth classic Illustrated 1992 or the 1997 one with a illustration on of a waterfall, I think.  Does it matter which one I read please? 

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I'm looking to assign tasks only to certain differentiated groups rather than adding each individual student to the assignment.  Is there a way to create these groups within a class?

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I was wondering if there was a way to display student name on my home page. I am thinking of displaying something like: Welcome, [Student name].  I am not sure if it's possible to do that. Let me know if anyone has done this before

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Hi everyone -I have a question about how to best apply Canvas quiz exemptions to a large subset of students enrolled in a merged Canvas course.ContextI help coordinate a large enrollment, multi-lecture course. We've merged all lecture sections into a...

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Is there a way to view the assignment's due date directly from the Grades page?

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Tried uploading an image, but it says I can't...so will do my best with just words.There are two different classes I teach.  I record to the cloud for each class, and then publish in Canvas Zoom Recordings for each class.  Unfortunately, somehow I ma...

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Hi, I'm trying to figure out why so many of my questions never move from Classic Quizzes into a Quiz Bank. I have gone through every question in the Unfiled Questions. They aren't there. It's frustrating because I can't find a way to reuse these ques...

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I design Canvas exams with 30 multiple choice, and 1 essay question. Back when I gave in class exams, I didn't return the multiple choice as I didn't want these being passed down year-to-year, but I returned the essay as those change. Is there a way ...

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Hi, how do you add "Delay posting" in group announcements? it looks like this option is not available fro groups.

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I'm teaching statistics at a university and really miss a good discussion/community forum integrated on Canvas. It's hard to find relevant stuff in old posts and it feels more like a Q&A forum. Do anyone know ways to integrate other forums into Canva...

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Has anyone been able to find a way to get a link directly to an email in your Canvas inbox? I need to be able to get to specific conversations without having to dig around and search for them.  I've gotten as far as: https://YOURinstance/conversation...

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I would like to have the original profile pic that canvas gives you where it's just your initials.

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how do I set up a wiki page for an assignment?  

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Hi I am a student and my calendar on cavas has not been loading or updating. Its very much an inconvenience as I use that slander to keep on top on my classes. If there Is something I can do to see all my calendar events it will help out a lot thank ...

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I am attempting to do the Canvas Discussion Assessment at the end of Module 3 in the SOLO course and it will not allow me participate. How do I go about getting this done so that I can move on to the next Module? I have reached out to the instructor ...

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Exactly what the title says. I keep trying to open my Bookstore Menu for my classes (tried both classes) and the Bookstore Menu keeps giving me these security puzzles to "check if you're human". I tried refreshing the page, as well as closing out the...

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I teach two sections with 250 students each. I would like to offer them extra credit on their tests, as the main credit questions are quite tough and I expect the median grade to be below a C. It seems as if the designers of Canvas have never been te...

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I am working on a Canvas site where students will submit reflections each semester. Each student will be linked with a faculty/staff reader based on their interests. Each faculty/staff reader will read about 10 student's reflections. What is the best...

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I am using the peer review choice for an essay assignment. I want my students to give feedback on their peers' essays, but they are only have the ability to leave comments in a comment box.  I want them to be able to highlight and drop pins in the as...

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