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Is it possible to move the Correct and Incorrect feedback in a Hotspot Question as a teacher or as a student so you can see more of the image? 

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In one of my courses on Canvas, I'm no longer able to see the Home view. The default view seems to be the Syllabus view (table-oriented view of course schedule and basics of course grading). When I click on Home, Canvas only displays the Syllabus vie...

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When grading, I prefer to view students' work without having to download it to my computer or ipad. For some assignments, some student work is viewable in speed grader and some student work has to be downloaded and opened. What file types are viewabl...

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Based on data coming from the API only, how can one know whether an assignment was created using an old or a new gradebook? 

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How do I create an organization in Canvas (announcements for my department)?

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Hello!I searched the community and found a few threads on the subject but they are quite dated and maybe not focused on what I am curious about. So, at our university we are very focused on group work for assignments. In our old bespoke system we had...

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I am researching ILP v5 to see what the pros/cons are. We're currently using informer to generate CSV files which we then upload via SFTP to Canvas. I've roughly implemented posting the CSV files to canvas, but I like how the SFTP upload sends us an ...

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My QTI zip files are not uploading.  Anyone else having this issue?

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How am I able to access my grades in my canvas account? it is still showing just zeros? 

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I am trying to assist an foreign language instructor so that students don't rely on services like Google Translate when they are writing their compositions and when he wants to grade them after the fact, he likes to make in-line annotations to show w...

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Varför ser jag inte kursen FOU 2000? Jag ska vara angiven som student?Det här meddelandet har översatts med Google Translate.Subject:CoursesMessage:Why don't I see the course FOU 2000? Should I be listed as a student?

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How do I access the course Q&A?

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Our school is slowly moving toward online submission through canvas of assessment tasks.Our current system requires students to sign a form with the time they submitted and an acknowledgement that what they are submitting is their own work.When submi...

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why is my dash board, home, announcement pages and others not showing content?

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Has anyone else had the problem that Gradebook severely truncates the titles of each assignment, making it impossible to tell which assignment is which?Like most instructors, I give my assignments names like "Homework 01" and "Homework 02," or "Parti...

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I wanna to ask a question about my class and I took a class of English 88B night class with Nathan Wirth from 6:10pm -9pm and I just wanna to know is that was trying to look it up at Canvas text book to print it out and it sayRequired Texts & Materia...

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Hi, When I use the Canvas link through my coast portal and clicked on the courses, nothing shows up. It shows as a white screen even if I use Safari, Firefox and Chrome. The only file I can access is the syllabus from word document. Please advise.Tha...

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When the instructor is using the speed grader for discussion posts, it isn't auto populating the score to the grade book. I set up the discussion boards to all use the same rubric. Did I miss something that is making it so when the instructor uses th...

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Can you add 2 rubrics to 1 discussion post? Each rubric with a different point value? 

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Can we still download Microsoft Office and where and how do you do that?

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hi i was looking over my discussion submission and would like to fix it, can i delete it and resubmit?

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Is there any way I can enrol students to a course without having to use their email address. For example sending them a link to the course?

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¿Cómo puedo dar extensión de entrega a un alumno en particular? 

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I recently changed my laptop to a Mac Apple computer. When I try to read my assignment, the page is blank. Does anyone know why this is happenings?]

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How do I make the dashboard be my opening screen when I sign on to Canvas.  I must have changed it at some point, but I'm not sure why it opens to an old course.

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I wanted to use Respondus with my Canvas and I upload a survey via respondus to canvas.  I can see it and interact with it on my account but my students are saying they couldn't access it.

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I am trying to create an arc using LaTex in my quizzes like:but can only get one that looks like:Any ideas?

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Is it possible to have a checkbox with lectures so you can check the box after viewing the lecture. It would help when you have a long list of material to cover.See attachment. 

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We are attempting to implement a software that uses many data points to help improve student retention, one of these data points is attendance. We are currently using the RollCall Attendance tool to enter and get reports on this data. We are able to ...

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In Canvas when I click on the dashboard it is completely white, I have tried to customize it but it continues to do this. And when I click on my inbox to try and send or view a message the page is also completely white. This is also happening with my...

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