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Our administration would like us to implement an academic integrity pop up everytime a student logs into Canvas. (Very similar to the Acceptable Use Policy that a first time account users receive when they log in). They want to students to have to cl...

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Hi I know there is a list of different shortcuts, that you can type in your URL, to make changes to the course. Like /undelete at the end to undelete .test. before instructure.com to work with at test version etc. Does anybody have a list with these ...

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I was receiving email notifications from Canvas before and then it randomly stopped and now it's saying that Canvas is unable to send me emails to my school email which hasn't changed at all, and I can't delete it I can only add an email. 

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I am a chemistry instructor and am attempting to build an assignment out of a quiz using the variables function.  Your variables do not allow exponents to reach values up to 10^-14.  This is a big handcuff for those of us working in pH/pOH, where que...

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I copied over an exam from course template and overwrote an existing graded exam, how do I go back? 

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How exactly does the Screen Capture application for Canvas Studio work? Does it allow instructors to capture (record) my primary screen while I am showing something in class so that students can later refer to the recording?   

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I can't enter grade from gradebook or speedgrader for 2 students. It gives me this message after I enter the grade and hit enter. There was a problem updating the submission. Any clue? Thanks. 

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I have spent the last hour trying to do this with no success. I think I've done it before but I forgot how and  the guides have been no help. I want to create a question bank with selected questions from 3 existing quizzes. Those quizzes' questions w...

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Hi, I have aligned questions in a quiz to outcomes in Canvas. However, is there a way for students to see the outcomes/alignments that they missed (without it being a rubric)? Or is there a way for students to view their results by outcomes?Thank you...

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Sometimes students type an answer to an essay question (classic quiz) but only some of the words are visible. If I select or highlight the entire area, I can see their answer. One student said that some of the words turned red as she was typing - tho...

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Students are taking an exam but they are being met by a loading screen and then it goes blank. I have found this to be a very common issue within the canvas community upon researching and I would like an immediate answer or tips on how to fix this if...

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When I attempt to reply to a discussion put up by my professor, I get the error "Sorry, Something Broke". I have tried refreshing the page, trying it on a different google browser, trying it on a new tab. Nothing has worked.

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I have a habit of changing the colors of my courses to match them with my preferred color scheme. However, today when I tried to change the color of one of my courses, it didn't stay and kept reverting to its original color. On the other hand, someti...

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Is there any way you can restore a deleted canvas conversation if the person you sent it to isn't replying/re sending the conversation and you don't have access to it anymore since you deleted it.

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I used to be able to provide and view submission comments for my assignments in SpeedGrader.  However, all of a sudden, I cannot see any submission comments (both my students' and my own) unless I go to the individual grades page for the students.   ...

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  We have just set up Turnitin as our plagiarism checker, and I have created an assignment specifically for students to get used to it and check their assignments against Turnitin (without Draft Coach) before attempting their 'live' assignments  I wo...

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How can I get access to courses that I've taken in previous semesters? I only see one of my previous courses listed on the "All Courses" page. 

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Hello!I keep encountering a problem that seems simple enough but I can not figure out how to solve it.Whenever I try to respond to a student email through Canvas, the email error message comes back:   I do not understand how to confirm a communicatio...

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It looks like Blueprint “works” for Announcements and for External URL links (items in Modules). However, there’s no mention of support for these in the documentation that I can find. Is this a “use at your own risk” kind of thing? Anyone have any ex...

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 Hi Canvas Community!Is there a Canvas resource to assist faculty understand/show what copies over from one course and what does not. I often have faculty looking for their assignments groups when they copy a course, but groups do not copy over. It w...

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  In the Learning Mastery Gradebook, is there a way to export the pie charts that show up when you hover your pointer over an outcome?  I know that I can export a report into a spreadsheet, but I'm looking for a more visually friendly way to present ...

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I am using a trial of an LTI that we are exploring and when I add a student to a course in either the test or beta environments and log in as them, I get the following error: Students are not allowed to access test installations.If this is the case, ...

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Hello.  Years ago I had asked Canvas if it is possible for students to see their earlier submissions after uploading a revision. For a writing class--wherein students need to reflect on their drafting--this is very important. (I realize they can down...

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Is there any way I can Import excel sheet to canvas gradeing book, with students marks? When i tried to export the students details and add marks and import back it is not taking. Importing excel is easy as we can work off line and once the final gra...

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Hi.I wanted to make "my recorded BBB session" posted longer.How can I do it?Is the feature related to "Enable waiting room"?

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I need your help, please.I have been trying to add a new teacher to one of our courses offered here at my school, but I keep receiving the below message, given that the email addresses provided were absolutely correct.We were unable to find matches b...

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On my canvas I can clearly see my assignments on my calendar, however when I click them rather than it bringing me to the assignment it just brings me to the entire class. My assignments are available and I can find them in modules, but it would just...

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I have a teacher reporting that she cannot grade the Turnitin LTI assignment in Canvas. She receives an error stating "The membership service has encountered some errors." Has anyone experienced this? If so, what was the issue?

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Hello!  Has anyone used a Canvas site as the home for a mentoring community?  Any references or examples would be greatly appreciated.Gratefully,Joan Combs Durso

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I have saved points for 1.4 and 4.4 of the EDU 5822 Trine Course yet are not showing in "Grades".  I have updated my browser. Please advise.  Dawna Clawson 

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