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I've downloaded assignments and supplemental documents to the assignment section and pages section in the instructor view, but the student view doesn't show these documents, nor is there a listing for pages in the menu bar.  What do I need to do?

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So, for about 1.5 hrs I have been trying to figure out how to see the names of my 10 groups. Yes, I manually, manipulated the names into the groups (note: not efficient). Then, I logged onto this site and there was this really nice data set with all ...

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I teach digital imaging classes and frequently require my students to submit image files with sidecars.  The problem I am having on Canvas is the the "download all submissions" function automatically renames all the files, making the sidecar files to...

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Hello, nothing is loading on my computer regarding each of my canvas courses.

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A faculty asks:"I want to set up ONE discussion forum for Module 2, but want to group my students in THREE groups giving them THREE different questions. The tricky part is, I want all their grades to appear in ONE column in Grade Center (not 3 differ...

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I completed a course. It was graded and I passed. There was no PDF attachment to the email with the certificate of completion. I do not have any proof that I did the course such as transcript or certificate or an AA number. 

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i have an assignment to do for my Chicano Studies class. Every time i click the PDF link it shows that it's locked. Why is locked? i already spoke to my professor and she said that the PDF isn't locked for her.

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Hello,I have a faculty who cross-list two sections (graduate & undergrad) in one class, and she created two discussions for each section. Her question is about the grade book that she does not want to have two columns for each discussion.Is there is ...

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If I click "move/copy question to another bank", the dialog box has a check box so I can "Keep a copy in this question bank as well".If I click "Move Multiple Questions", there is no copy option available.  The dialog box is entitled "Move/Copy Quest...

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I need to print my transcript with grades from last semester. How do I do that?

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I am a student in college, and in a particular class I worked ahead. I did 5 Assignments that are due a month from now. They are already graded on canvas. But, I want to see what my grade would be if I did NOT work ahead. So my goal is making the gra...

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How do I change the status of a person in CANVAS from student to participant? A student in my class has decided (and has received permission) to drop the class as a student but wishes to continue to audit the course.  

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How do you hide the percentages?

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Hi, I want to download the contact emails for all of the students in my class so that I can add them to a group for access to a specific Google Doc. Where can I find the email addresses, and is there an easy way to download the email addresses for th...

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I copied a 2-week course that I created last semester.  This semester, I copied the course into a new shell and then I added modules 11-20, but when I click on the class I do not see the new modules (11-20).  If I click modules then I am able to see ...

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I have read some past postings on Best Practices for subaccounts and managing LMS permissions.  I thought I might post again a question about how other schools are managing permissions.Our school requires all faculty to use the Canvas Gradebook and S...

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I'm trying to download the transcript from a video that the instructor posted. On the video it says to To download a transcript of this video, click "CC" and then the download arrow.However, when I click on the "CC", it refers to captions and subtitl...

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I added extra time to a student's quiz using the moderate this quiz feature and added 30 minutes but it shows up as a grade of 0 which is confusing, since the quiz isn't openb yet and no one has taken it. Did I do something wrong? Why is the grade sh...

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My instructor says that there is a link to take the survey but on my end there is no link and is not letting me click on the "take the survey" button. I have emailed here the problem and she said to ask for help here. I do not know what is going on. 

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How to change "Notification" on Canvas

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I know that instructors can find enrollment dates for individual students by checking their Access Reports. But in large classes this is very tedious. Is there a way to download all that information at once, preferably in a spreadsheet?

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One of my teachers has come to me with a question about Moderated Grading, and I figured I'd ask it here.He's curious if there is a way to give the student all the rubric feedback received from the graders, regardless of which grade is chosen.  As it...

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Hi,          I am a new instructor with canvas and just started a new semester. I want to share Instructor's material slides with students in canvas, but its publisher's proprietary material and there are clear instructions from the publisher to not ...

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I was able to add my TA earlier this week, but no longer can find where the pull-down menu is for that

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Ever since I attended a single class at a certain campus, they've been pretty liberal with their use of the informational messages that appear at the top of Canvas in the web browser version. While they can be dismissed, it's incredibly annoying to h...

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Our district has recently opened access to basically beta test the use of observer for parents (we are only letting certain teachers know about the change so they can do some videos for our teachers about how this looks specifically for our district)...

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We recently turned on the Diffing via the API.  I need to know how it works if a student is manually removed via canvas application in error.  The file loaded always had that student in the enrollments file that is loaded to canvas.  The student was ...

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How do I erase an extra dashboard that is up? One is empty and the other one has all my work in it.

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