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In the old Canvas system, resubmissions were peach. In the new system, they are green. However, if a student turned in the original submission late, it shows up blue in the gradebook. After reaching out to the help desk, I understand that the color w...

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Why does Canvas keep allowing me to access my inbox sometimes, and other times only shows a blank screen? Is this issue on my end with my computer, or is it Canvas having issues?

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My students have submitted essays in doc to canvas, but I cannot figure out how to make comments on their submitted drafts.

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Has anyone run into any anomalies with the MANUAL grade post policy. I have a situation in which the manual policy is set at the course level, but it is applied erratically to the actual assignments. The user swears she did NOT change these individua...

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Solution Posted: 02-05-2020 View Solution
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In the new grade book, how to adjust the total grade column to calculate unsubmitted and/or ungraded assignments as zero (and not have to wait until past the due date)?  AKA Calculate the total grade based on all assignments, not only on the graded a...

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I need to correct one incorrect answer on my  running anatomy course.  I cannot seem to successfully tap in the correct answer.  Everythin seems frozen..  How do I correct an answer??

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Hello, Dwight Global Online School is looking to hire someone who can create a set of templates and design tools for our online school.   We would be doing this work over the next month and are looking to get started quickly.  If you are interested, ...

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I initially thought that submissions' posted_at timestamps would either be the same as the graded_at values, or some later date, identical for all submissions linked to the same assignment, representing the date-time when all grades are released to s...

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How can I add a student?

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Help!

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How do I engage in an online class. I am registered to an online digital media class added I just don't know how to view the class and actually participate in it. 

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Solution Posted: 02-04-2020 View Solution
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Hi, Several of my canvas icons have the closed eye over them. I keep clicking on the closed eye to make certain parts of Canvas visible to students, but I still cannot make some content visible. Can you please help thanks?

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How do I access my digital textbook?

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Onliine course of HLHS Medical Terminology that is tied in with McGrawHill Connect. Assignments from Connect automatically graded and goes to gradebook - no problem.Problem: one assignment in Connect is a Pronunciation Assignment that I have to go in...

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So I am a librarian, I have a course in Canvas that is campus-wide. I want to create an ungraded assignment where students can submit work for a creative writing contest. My issue is that there is no grading or speed grader so I can't access the uplo...

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Can I import a Question Pool from SAKAI into my Canvas course?

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When I create Outcomes and Rubrics at the Account level, I usually export the Outcome Report in to analyze them. Those are the rubric criteria that contain the bullseye. Do those rows also end up in the Canvas Data Portal files or are they only in Ou...

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I am trying to add a student to my class.When I enter his email address, I see my name linked to his email address.  Obviously I screwed up but I don't know how to undo my mistake and get him enrolled.I'm desperate.  Please help me!

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Solution Posted: 02-04-2020 View Solution
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Hi, I created an assignment in one course and the same assignment needs to be posted in another course.  As an admin, is it possible to import the assignment from the course to another one?  Thanks.

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I have Mindtap synced to my course, and grades are coming through, but when I use Message Students Who, students who have a grade are still showing up as if they did not submit. Anyone know if this is on Mindtap's end or a feature not meshing up righ...

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How do I get help adding an SIS ID and Login ID for new class members?

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Our school, Georgia Cyber Academy, is a fully online virtual public school serving students K-12. This year is our first year using Canvas as our LMS and we are using all new curriculum as well. We would like to explore options for our high school st...

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Has anyone seen or reported issues trying to embed images into discussions using the new RCE? The images appear fine for me (admin), but when I masquerade as the instructor all I see is the Alt Text. No images.

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Solution Posted: 02-26-2020 View Solution
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I want to put grammar rules and exercises into a module so my students can find them. When I open a module, it looks like the only place I can link to or import from is assignments, but I don't want these things graded. Can I import or link to materi...

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how do you stop auto fill when typing a quiz bank?

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How do I make features on task bar visible to students as some say (Pages, for example)'not visible to students."

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How to you copy a test from one course to another?

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We are having an issue with red "invalid-markup" boxes showing next to equations created using the built-in Canvas math equation tool.  These boxes only appear when using Firefox.  They do not appear in Chrome.  I have included screenshots of the iss...

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Once upon a time, not too long ago, Canvas grading program allowed the instructor to assign points to an assignment but change them to percentages automatically if that was the chosen setting. Now, an instructor can assign points, but he/she has to m...

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My student has turned in his assignments via Google Drive on Canvas (he already updated his sharing settings) but they are still not showing up on my end. It just says that Canvas refused to connect. Is there anything else the student can do to make ...

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