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Am I the only one having issues with canvas tonight? It  lets me log on but when it shows my dashboard the cards are just empty and keep flashing as it was buffering...

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Can someone guide me?

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Looking to see if there is an option for changing the language option to Irish??

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I added my class, but it isn't showing in canvas like it's supposed to.

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how do I nickname a course on dashboard?

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Solution Posted: 01-18-2020 View Solution
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So I dropped some classes, but I'm still enrolled in their canvas courses. There seems to be no way to delete myself from the courses, but is there any way to stop these specific courses from notifying me every time something in the class happens wit...

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I can't find any information on how to withdraw from a class?

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Solution Posted: 01-22-2020 View Solution
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Hello,In Course Navigation when I click on the Grades link, settings icon, for some reason I cannot see Late Policies option.I only see View Gradebook History, Hide Students Names, other options related to columns and enrollment, but no Late Policies...

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need help registering my math lab

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Solution Posted: 01-17-2020 View Solution
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I've been trying to access assignments for classes through canvas on my MacBook. I can see everything just fine from my phone and desktops but my not from my MacBook (which I've already made sure is up-to-date). It will load the side bar with Account...

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How can I clear my dashboard of old courses?

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Solution Posted: 01-17-2020 View Solution
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Would I be able to create a "quiz" in the Quizzes function within Canvas that a student could access multiple times to edit? I have what I call a "final exam" in a class that is more of a thinking, writing, and content application exercise. "Grading"...

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I have most of my assignments set up for automatic late penalties, so that if a student submits an assignment, quiz, or discussion post late, there is a corresponding late penalty. However, I have some assignments where I allow students to resubmit w...

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Solution Posted: 10-27-2020 View Solution
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i am an instructor and when i log into my course page i cannot add any content. i down see any edit button. could you help? rmy5@columbia.edu. thanks

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In the Canvas gradebook, am I able to weight different portions of the students' grades?  If so, how do I put the %s for each type of grade in the Canvas gradebook?

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I have assignments assigned to me but they do not load when I click on assignments tab on the left.

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I have developed quite a few pages that display #interactive molecular animations that all depend upon a Javascript library called Jmol. All of the pages work as developed both from local windows directory AND from a Linux server. SOME of the pages w...

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Canvas went live for us at the beginning of this semester, which was earlier this week. Although we didn't use them, we created course shells for the Fall 2019 semester in our Canvas instance. We are moving away from Blackboard, so faculty need to ge...

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New to Canvas and I am using Speed Grader for the first time. When I grade via my uploaded rubric, it shows the score for each criteria; however, it is not showing or calculating the total score once I've checked the student's respective rating. I th...

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Solution Posted: 01-17-2020 View Solution
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I bought the ebook and cannot figure out how to get it in canvas, followed the directions in my email and nope. Please help. 

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I accidentally deleted a test. I thought it was something else and it was deleted. I was not the creator. 

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If you wanted to give every student the same comment, is there a way to do it as  "fill" or batch comment instead of pasting/typing it over and over in the Assignment Comments box?

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I edited the release date on a copied announcement but the post date still shows last semester.  How do I fix this?

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How do I share a class I've created with another teacher?

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Hello,My "to do" notifications aren't clearing when I am completing an assignment and it has really thrown me off.

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How do I copy another instructors course?

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How do you mute an assignment while grading, with the new gradebook

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Can I open and take quizzes outside of the United States? Is Canvas supported internationally?

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Hi,I have a blueprint with LTI integrations. When I sync the blueprint to a new associated class, the LTI keys are copied to the associated class.Does anyone know of a way to update the LTI keys used for an assignment in the new associated class post...

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I've been working with formula questions in Quizzes for a while and am trying New Quizzes.I would like to make variables that are dependent upon other variables.Example:"What is `x` plus `y` divided by `x^2 - y`"  and Canvas would display  "What is 3...

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Solution Posted: 01-18-2020 View Solution
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