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I’m currently preparing for the Cisco ECMS 500-220 (Engineering Cisco Meraki Solutions) certification exam and am looking for the best available preparation resources—particularly a high-quality practice test that closely aligns with the actual exam ...

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I have quite a few students that are not able to submit a picture of their work this week. This has happened a few times over just this year (it's not happened in previous years), but this week there are at least 8 students that cannot upload a pictu...

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I recently was made aware of a warning message in the “preview” window in Canvas courses when students select some files. The warning message seems to be occuring for files greater than 25 megabytes (MB). Wanted to share what I’m seeing, should you o...

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Can somebody please tell me where I go to download cover page template. I found a link but it doent take to me to template

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I need to access Turn it in but I don't see the link in Canvas.  I am a Mercer University student in Atlanta Georgia.Thank youRenee

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Hello there:I am registered for IFC-5 course by Leon Van Berlo from BuildingSMAR. the course has been terminated at some level and I am not able to continue studying anymore. Does anybody have an idea? 

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Hello,  The Canvas video guides for students, instructors, and admins will be deprecated in December 2025. Where can I find a short video that provides an overview of Canvas's basic navigation for newly enrolled students? I could not find a video sho...

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Hello Just wondering if anyone knows how to fix this Canvas issue, ""Whoops, look like nothing here, Page not found". I can see the contents on Canvas app on my phone but I have this issue when log on Canvas through desktop. Thanks !Phuong Nguyen

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How do I set up for the proctor exam?

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For my canvas name it is my under my mothers name, due to the fact that I am using her email for it. It will not let me change my Canvas name to my name.

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I am wondering if anyone knows if Canvas has a time limit attached to their student user accounts, and if so, how long might they be. I want to know how long after I graduate my data would still be available if I wanted to access it still.

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There is no way to get around the locked down videos that are hosted on Kaltura but need you to authenticate with Canvas to watch them. So, if we are trapped in the Instructure UI the least they could do is improve the embeds. Terrible. Either tiny, ...

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David Chan 531Z In dealing with one of our M&E term contractors who is repeatedly not taking in follow-up matters assigned to him whether by managing agent or the client. I had tried to use Principle of persuasion – Authority.Using our managing agent...

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I have written several exams on my PC in Canvas via UBC's website. I recently attemped a trial quiz in preparaton for a final exam and the Canvas system was running brutally slow and jumpy. I was unsuccessful in determining why after several hours wo...

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I need the join code to create an account for my student! Google says to scroll. to more options, but its not there! Help!

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I submitted a peer review for an assignment and it shows me what score I gave them and how I graded their rubric. However, for the instructor, it shows that I didn't submit it/or it didn't properly go through. I can't redo the peer review unless the ...

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When doing quizzes on Canvas, my browser (Firefox) starts to freeze, which makes it a pain to deal with when typing. The timer freezes, and I am just praying that I can finish this before the timer ends. Typing is so bad when it freezes every second....

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Hello teachers, we at Saddleback Academy have launched the MTA program and announced that we can only log in to the canvas system through the Application Portal. Now LockDown Browse is directly bound to the canvas official website, we can't log in to...

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Suddenly, when trying to open some discussion posts and assignments for my classes, I've been getting the same "Sorry, something broke" error. It's been affecting pretty much every device, computer, phone, tablet. It's stopping me from responding to ...

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 I want to make attendance reports, but the platform asks me for the SIS number. How can I get that number or is there something I need to do (setting), or am I not doing it right

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Struggling with Canvas quizzes NOT accepting answers.  Students click on multiple choice or T/F, and no answer will record.  Have tried on the app and on the desktop versions multiple times. Will work for some but not others, and exiting and restarti...

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Hola Solicito ayuda por favor para identificar qué puede estar pasando cuando un usuario se loguea con su correo electrónico por SSO de Microsoft y le sale el siguiente error.  

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Clicking on Learning Mastery Gradebook results in a spinning wheel that never loads.  I have input Learning Outcomes on all the assessments in Canvas Outcomes, but am not able to benefit from putting all this time in (days!) as this feature that is s...

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On the student end, I see the grade distribution but not my grade? Is there a feature on Canvas that makes this possible where the grader hid the grades but somehow allows the distribution to be shown?   

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whenever I open my canvas it shows a giant unloaded graphic

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I am in need of a copy of a paper submitted through Canvas LMS in a previous semseter. Are these submissions archived and can they be retreived?

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This question was asked but did not have an answer-I recently posted a quiz, but it was in "practice quiz". When I realized it, I switched it to a "graded quiz". My students are showing they have submitted the quiz, but on my end it shows they are mi...

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I have a discussion video due at the end of the week. I have to upload a 2–3-minute video on the information we got in this week's class. I have the video recorded on my laptop. I have tried to submit the video but when I click submit, it asks me for...

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Is anyone else having issues with the essay questions/ text boxes in Classic Quizzes? Another teacher in department and I started experiencing issues on Thursday last week where Canvas is not formatting the text boxes correctly and it squishes it tog...

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Hello everyone! I am having an ongoing issue with past courses remaining in my current courses area, but only from instructor Dave Jones. Is this something the instructor needs to do? My CIS282 and now my CIS217 classes, which I have already taken, a...

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