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Good morning Community! My second "I'm stumped" post of the morning - maybe I should just call it a day! LOL! Here is another teacher query that I'm not entirely sure how to answer. I searched the community but did not find the issue addressed.  Here...

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Good morning Community, I was presented with a question this morning that I’m not entirely sure how to answer. I searched the community but didn’t find this issue addressed anywhere, and the instructor guide didn’t shed any light either. Here’s the g...

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We’re refactoring our synchronization process between our internal calendar database and Canvas LMS. Currently, whenever a course is modified — for example, when a calendar event is added, updated, or deleted — all enrolled students with verbose noti...

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Hello,Thank you for always helping us out. I work in user support for Canvas LMS and serve as a sub-account administrator. We often receive inquiries from students saying, “I thought I submitted my assignment, but it turns out I didn’t.” When we rece...

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Can anyone tell me how to attach a Rubric to as assignment or Quiz (single essay question) when Canvas refuses to see the Rubric that is already in the course? It also keeps telling me the Rubric is a draft, but there is no option to finish it, save ...

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I am the principal and we just engaged with a school for some On Demand courses who uses Canvas.  We provide students with an iPad and now the school parter is saying that videos in Canvas are not compatible with iPads.  Here is the error my students...

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I've never experienced this before.  I have used speed grader to grade 30 out of 70 of a particular assignment. It will not let me go any further. It won't load the next student and then it tells me the page is not loading and asked me if I want to w...

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What is the replacement video as of 12/25 for: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Video-Guide/Groups-Overview-Students/ta-p/384356   Thank you,   Carole Francis

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Hi,I am having issues with my video recordings of BBB (BigBlueButton) in Canvas.  I can record my class, but when the recording is created the students get a 404 error when they try to access the video link.Does anyone have any suggestions?Pete

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As a teacher, is there a way to change the precision in Canvas. I saw that it rounds off the hundredthousandths place 0.00014= 0.0001. Is there a way to change this setting? When I do Canvas as SJCC the numerical answers get an extra decimal place. 0...

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Is there a way for Professors to calculate class average scores (semester totals) without doing this manually? Manual calculations are OK for small classes, but when you have a large class, this method becomes a challenge and I question the accuracy ...

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Why on earth would Canvas change this feature? The comments within the same assignment allowed me to see the conversation with my student, allowed me to see what I had already typed to them, and we could communicate this way. Now I have no idea what ...

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Hello,In the process of renewing the Google SSO cert for Canvas. Wondering if I only need to point to the correct cert in Google Admin and then calculate and paste the new cert fingerprint in Canvas?  

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My students cannot submit their APA 7th edition paper because of a Turnitin Error. It states "Sorry, we could not process your request. Turnitin assignment could not be created. Date_post - post date must be after start date." I'm not sure as to what...

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Why doesn't Canvas have a way for case managers to manage accommodations/modifications at the account level? It seems inefficient for multiple teachers to have to go in and manager each individual student. 

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I took my 2.5 hour exam today only to find out that none of my progress was saved. When the time limit was reached, the exam flashed a “Go to Results” on screen. Nothing was happening when I clicked the button, so I refreshed the tab. Then, it said t...

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​Is there a setting in Canvas that opens up more/less for parental access?    I saw a parent account this weekend where they could see only 'Assignments' for some courses, but 'Assignments' and 'Front Page' for others.    Does the parent h...

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When using the grading feature, the screen jumps quickly left and right about 1/8" or more. It's like trying to hit a moving target just to click Submit. Keying and then editing is an impossibility with the jumpy screen.

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Hi, I can filter live in the gradebook to see late submissions but when I export it, it doesn't pull through to the data. I want to know if late submissions have a trend in our summative assessment results. Can I pull a report that shows late submiss...

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Could anyone confirm please either Sandbox Canvas Instance have Ignite-AI enabled or not? If enabled, how to get it.  

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Is there a way that I can see which grades I've left comments for in the gradebook, without having to open the sidebar?I'd like to be able look at my full gradebook and see - without clicking on individual grades one at a time - which grades have a c...

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The module remains locked only given 3 attempts 30 minutes but did not pass what I do now since I can't get to the other pre-requisites. It is for drivers Ed took the test in module 4.9 but failed.Cannot reach 5.1 what do I do.

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How could we retrieve auto-saved responses from our discussion post? 

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I have a student who uploaded a PDF file which contains several textboxes using the Canvas DocViewer Annotation tool. I can't confirm if the annotations were made before or after the assignment due date. Is there a way to view the timestamps of when ...

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Sat down to grade a quiz today and noticed that for a handful of students (5 of 30 students or so) fudge points where automatically assigned. They were always small (+/- 0.5 points) but any points being assigned by Canvas is a no no and concerning. H...

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If one group of students is given an assignment, does it automatically show up in their "assignments due" list?  I made a module and added an assignment into it that is only for one small group of students in the class. When I go to Student View, the...

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How do I change Open, Close & Due Dates in a course using one process?

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I accidentally imported "copy a Canvas course" & imported the entire course. Is there a way to undo that import so I will not have duplicate everything?

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We are in the early stages of exploring Canvas LMS and see that the test environment refreshes to mimic the production environment on a monthly basis. Has anyone explored the possibility of pausing the monthly refresh in the situation that an extensi...

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Hi. My name is Jade Champagne. Ms. Wells is allowing me to message through her portal. I am the CTE Instructional Coach for LPSD and we are experiencing a few issues and have additional questions. We have reached out to our contact for our District (...

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