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I am having a problem with certain things like equations and characters not showing up when I am looking at assignments and descriptions of assignments on canvas. I have had this problem before but I just used a different computer but now I don't hav...

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I have a Macbook Pro that has been updated to OX Yosemite and Safari to 10.1.2. Whenever I use Canvas though I cannot see the files that my instructor adds to the assignments board. Do I need another software to see these attached files? 

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Hello,I have published content under Pages and Assignments (an on-line discussion) and I can't make it visible to students. The eye is still there. Mirela 

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How do I create a group assignment for 45 students, with 3 separate topics, 3 groups for each topic, and only one student can self select what topic and group they want to join?If I set up 3 different groups it appears there are 3 separate assignment...

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How do I add the classes I am enrolled I  to my profile?

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I had to duplicate a test for 4 students so there are 2 tests in grade book.  The test is out of 45 points.  For some reason, in speed grader for test 2 but not test 1, in the right hand section it shows "grade out of 0" but to the left there is a sc...

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Hi All, We can't see the students' profiles on the gradebook. Does anyone know if that is a glitch? #WheresWaldoTracie @nzingo ‌stefaniesanders‌

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Hi. I am having an issue with group assignments in Canvas. I assigned students to different groups for group assignments and once the term had started, I had late enrollment and had to rearrange the groups and create new groups, for which I created a...

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When making an initial discussion post, does one repeat the scenario, and points(questions) to be discussed?(nursing classes)

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None of the links are working, the homepage is popping up as a blank and that's for all 3 of my online courses? What do I do to fix this?

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I have some students who are using Canvas to send me emails. Fine.However, the emails come out of a temporary account in infrastructure.com. Not fine, because Google mail always goes nuts whenever I reply to these messages. ("Make sure this is someon...

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How do I publish a class so students may see the contents?

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Most of my students will be using Examity to take their online exams, which requires an access code.  A few students need to take their exams in an on-campus testing center which refuses to use access codes and instead insists that we use the "filter...

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EDIT - the fix appears to be to delay Javascript for 1 second on Safari and Firefox. This now seems to work great with this delay and was definitely the cause.Hi guys, we're using a custom javascript to make page tabs, and it works perfectly fine in ...

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How do, I delete the LCI Assignment from my Student Portal, it was already filled out from my previous class before I was dropped.  Thanks!Lisa

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I want to allow students to redo work on a previously submitted text entry assignment.  Where is the function to make this an option?   Much thanks! (Knowing me, I'll probably figure this out after hitting submit here!)

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I  accidentally posted the wrong assignment

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I would like to add the chair to my course but do not know which role to give her since she doesn't need to receive all the email/announcements that I send out.

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Canvas Course Blueprints : We have a need to know the following (using Canvas APIs) : For each Quiz inside an Associated Course, I need to retrieve the Quiz ID that this quiz was created from in the Blueprint Course.Is there any easy way to do this ?...

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Hi! I've uploaded a few textbooks on the Canvas site under "Recommended Textbooks for Purchase," but inputted one of the books (number 9) incorrectly. I'd like to delete it and manually input it with the right publisher/date/title. When I click "dele...

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Canvas will not load on my MacBook. I am using safari and also tried going through google but either work. The page just glitches and nothing shows up, everything is blank. How can I fix this problem because I need to download text books for my class...

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A faculty member forwarded me an email from one of his students who was concerned that his Fusion program wasn't working well with Canvas. For those of you who haven't heard of Fusion, it combines JAWS and Zoomtext so that the both text-to-speech and...

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Often times students will be interrupted and won't be able to finish what they are writing. Sometimes they can go back and finish the work. Most of the time they lose their work and have to start back over.

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I want to create an online quiz, how do I do that?

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How do you change the "Course Summary" detailed list of assignments and due dates?This appears under the "Syllabus" section in the left column.Thank you.

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I had my grade book for each course all set up before the new grade book took effect. Now, none of the assignments I posted are on the new grade book.How do I transfer assignments from the old to the new grade book?

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I cannot find the submit assignment buttons on either of my courses.  One course says it's a blue SUBMIT button at the top of the page and the other course says it is a red SUMBIT button at the bottom of the page.  I do not see either one.

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For some odd reason, a person's name appears as somebody else's in the roster and gradebook.  My guess is that I accidentally had a name associated with the wrong email when I sent the course invitations.  How can I change it?  I see the correct pers...

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Don't know how it happened, but grades entered are now listed as deleted & not being counted toward total. How do I undelete?

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