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Hello,I am asking as both an administrator and an instructor.In order to apply for a grant in Japan, it is necessary to have a screen on Canvas that shows the enrollment status of each participant. Is it possible to set up such a screen? I would like...

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Hello, Is it possible in Canvas to write and save the same instructions for all the quizzes and assignments once without having to copy and paste them into each quiz and assignment individually? I have been using Canvas for a few semesters, and I fin...

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I wanted to know if anyone else's students having a hard time getting the nervous system? If so, does anyone have a better way to breaking the nervous system down?

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Whenever I try to upload a picture in a Discussion, I get the error "File storage quota exceeded". I have used 0% of the 1GB in my files. Any fixes?

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I co-teach a course of 84 students and when I go to speedgrader, I have to use an Excel spreadsheet to find who of the 84 are mine (all of section 3 and some of section 4).  Is there a better way?

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How do I get to the necessary starting worksheet?I can't fine the path to download necessary files (starting worksheet for each module)I'm a beginning student. 

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Greetings I am generating some pages in canvas that have a lot of material.  I would like to contain / constrain that material so that the pages are not infinitely long.  I tried creating a table and setting the height, but the large pages of data se...

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How can I access student submissions for a course from the last semester? I need to access the files and text that they have submitted as their assignment.(Speed grader in the screenshot is grayed out/dissabled)

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Hello; i have been trying for the past two days to fix the number of points per a question on a test that was made on New Quizes . I have followed all instructions i have found and youtubes and nothing works. When i open a question to edit  the numbe...

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I believe I hit a bug, which I'm able to reproduce. My course has three sections of ~22 students each. Create a Group SetFor Group Structure, select "Split number of students per group"Check "Require group members to be in the same section"The wrong ...

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In my canvas my formative's didn't immediatelyshow the percentage of my plagiarism and it  is not working so please help me to fix this problem. Because of this my teacher could not check my Formative , So  can you  help me immadietly, I already conn...

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I need help making module visible.  Can I text with a person to do so?

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Here is an issue I have just encountered during the past year. When I communicate with individual students or they with me through Canvas, their contact information turns up populating the contact list in my iPhone. How can I stop that?

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Pictures with jpg format are not showing in the app, in browser (both chrome and safari) of iPhone and MacBook. I already tried to turn on and off “allow cross website tracking”, still does work. Please kindly help to suggest some solutions on this i...

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Como hacer para que me aparezca la opción de "discusión" en mi Canvas?

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How can I execute a take home exam (via Canvas) that is limited to 3 hours once the student checks out exam during a two day window AND allows students to submit their answers as a document (scan, word, excel) so I can see their work? 

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Hi there,I just added a new Page to my course, but I can't find it on the "Pages" tab. I noticed that the new pages I add appear at the bottom of the list of pages on the "Pages" tab.I added "Week 5 | Applied..." just now that appears at the bottom o...

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Hello! We've been using closed captions within BigBlueButton (integrated within Canvas) but have found them quite limiting. Does anybody else use BigBlueButton and find a easier and more effective method for showing closed captions for students who n...

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So, I'm about to start with a new group of students, while the existing group is still working on some assignments.  Can I create a new cohort of students in my course to keep them separate?  Or do I just need create a new course for this cohort by c...

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Good afternoon, Myself and some colleagues are attempting to help a faculty member come up with a solution for their Canvas course. They are wanting students to take some sort of pre-requisite quiz to demonstrate competency. If they score let's say a...

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I provide local Canvas support at University of Wisconsin-Madison. I would like an overview of all options pertaining to the life cycle of a Canvas course. I understand about creating courses. (We have an automated system for our time-table courses, ...

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Does Canvas interface with PocketLab?It seems that PhET is partnering with them and I would like to use some of their lessons on Canvas for my classes. I would like to assign them to my students and not sure how I would go about doing this.

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Something changed a few weeks ago. I sort by class when I enter grades (probably pretty common!).All of a sudden, sometimes when I switch to a different period, it won't populate with the students from that period.I have to get out of the grading mod...

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In Quizzes, either fill-in-the-blank questions need to be able to do partial credit, or matching needs to have a word bank option instead of drop down.

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Hi, can anyone advise with more of a support request. Its probably user error as I can't find any existing information in the community but if not it needs to be addressed urgently. Students within a course have reported getting notification emails t...

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It would be very nice to be able to have extremely small font sizes in Canvas as a means to add some hidden text to put in a trojan request to detect cheating with AI. The smallest it can go right now is 8pt. 

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To all   I'm a newly minted admin for canvas.  It was a rushed title and I'm still learning it.  I got this question from a teacher.  "As we discussed. I am having issues with my NOCTI Canvas assignments. The problem is I need to add my underclassman...

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I imported a .zip file from Blackboard.  All went well; no issues. But, when going through the question bank of the quiz questions, everything LOOKS fine . . . until I click the link, "Show more questions." The link opens up more question, which are ...

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When I go into the edit assignment dates page (which I think is a very handy tool) the column width cuts off the name of my assignments at approximately 7 characters and I can't see the name of the assignments well enough to know what I am editing. I...

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Greetings, has the TutorMe app changed? I am not able to login. Who can I can contact to resolve this issue? 

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