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Does Canvas Mail save messages as you are type them?  I spent a long time typing a detailed message to students and I pushed something and the mailbox disappeared.  How do I recover the draft message?

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Hello!We would like to be able to upload lists of new students to create new Canvas Student user accounts. Can you tell me the best way to do this so that we dont have to add them manually one at a time?

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 I need to know who do I read material for Quiz 1 on HIT 162?  

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I'd like to see the Assignment Group of an Assignment be displayed. It is there when you are in edit mode, but once you save it, you don't see it and can't confirm it unless you hit edit. It could show like this:

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One of my completed courses is still on my course dashboard. I have checked my "all courses" settings and have found that none of them are "star-marked". Any possible remedies?

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New to using Canvas - I want to upload files for my students but whilst I can do that that the visibility to my students is disabled - how can I correct that?

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I had an instructor come to me with the following issue:The instructor had created math equations in a quiz and resized the math equation using the handles on the box that surrounds the equation.  He then saved the changes he made to the question and...

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Hi Canvas As we create some text-heavy images that go beyond the text capacity for alt text and become unreadable on some devices in the LMS it would be good to have the 'click to enlarge' built into Canvas as a preset for images. We don't want to ha...

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During a lesson on Collaborative Ultra and Canvashow and where can i get students to respond to a questionSay - Hand written response - adhoc and upload to Canvassave and keepadditional measure of engagement.

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Hi, to whom this may concern. My professor has sent me invitation of a course at AWS Academy, but once i clicked the "Get Started" button, it went straight to log in page, and I can not log in using my school email where the invitation is sent to. An...

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Hello, Canvas.Question: Does Canvas have any plans to upgrade the email feature soon? The email feature in the iteration of Canvas that I am using at my institution is quite antiquated. It's simply a text-only function that allows for attachments. Is...

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I have a few "inactive" students in my Canvas class, but can also see that their activity time is showing activity in the course. How is this possible? And are these students able to see the course?  

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I keep getting a message labeled "Too Long" when I try to publish an announcement. How do I fix the issue and what does it mean?

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A student completed an assignment on time with a grade of 100%. However, the student went back to the assignment to review for the test and Canvas counted the second submission as late and deducted the points from the assignment that was submitted on...

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I know there is an issue with converting rubrics from Blackboard to Canvas because Blackboard's rubrics rank low to high, while Canvas' rubrics rank high to low. Since I knew this, I converted by rubrics in Blackboard to be high to low because it is ...

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Is there a way to use a cumulative course grade from the grade book as a requirement for accessing course modules?

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Is it possible to convert a PDF in Canvas to an editable word document?

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Is it possible to assign a module, or parts of a module to a group only rather than everyone enrolled in a course?

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Here is the concern:It is hard to navigate finding the gradebook and students' grades in Canvas. Can you put it as a main tab on both the Canvas Mobile App AND Canvas LMS? I have students ask me questions frequently enough about their grades and I ne...

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I've been testing canvas locally in Docker, and was running the User Access Tokens report. One thing is confusing - when configuring the report you are given the option of "Include Deleted Objects" The problem with this language - in common language ...

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I have checked the user guides, and it says that .png image files are compatible with Canvas.  However, all the .png files that our instructors have uploaded do not display the image.  We have converted them to .jpg and uploaded them again, and they ...

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For example, I would like to add a module at the end of the course titled "Congratulations! You did it" but can only be shown if the student not only passes the final exam, but also completes other assignments in the course. In the final Module, it w...

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Hi,     I hope this finds you well. I am a student (user role) and while watching videos in that are in the media gallery, I noticed that the audio would become silent the moment that the video speed is 3x speed or 4x speed. I can tell the video is s...

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idk how to delete a canvas submission as a student HELP ME 

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Hello! I have reviewed this article and related questions, so I understand how to import the groups themselves. However, my students will not import into the groups. Is there a particular header I should be using like I did for group_name? Thanks!

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Is there a way learners can log into their Canvas Account and see all of the courses that are available for enrollment? Each course is set for self enrollment with a link or code but how do I let learners know the course is available? If what I'm try...

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Is there a way of limiting access to a course module based on the overall grade a learner has achieved for the course (as documented in the grade book)?

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I need to be removed from the Class: 1070-NOAA-24001 / Contracting Officer's Representative Course . How do I do this as my boss will not let me attend.

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My online class uses Honorlock as its proctoring system. I have installed the Honorlock chrome extension on my chrome browser. Every time I go to access the assignment, it asks me for an access code, although, my instructor stated that we shouldn't b...

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