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How do I keyword search my Canvas messages?This seems like a very basic functionality that is just... absent? Am I missing something? 

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Hello. Has anyone ever wondered why we can't have percentages of grades next to the course cards on the dashboard? It's driving me crazy flipping back and fourth between courses! 

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I am aware that my Bachelor's degree online is not necessarily connected to the same content or people I had when I completed my Certification and Associate's degree at my local school. This has been proven with the calls I continue to receive as if ...

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We have encountered an issue that raises concerns about student privacy and course integrity. When students receive the status "concluded" in a course, they are still able to access access the course in a read-only mode. This is a good feature since ...

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Does anyone have experience with creating courses that students can test out of assignments in a module after completing passing a test?After our students complete a module pre-test, we would like for our students to test out of assignments that they...

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I'm trying to add a rubric to an assignment where I can use the free-form commenting feature. However when I check the box and click Update Rubric, it doesn't save.    Why is this setting not saving? Is there something I'm doing wrong or is this an...

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I was trying to take a Smart Proctor exam and it would not load. I got an agent on the line to assist and when I tried to go back to desktop to use my cutting tool to screen shot the issue. It would not let me and I lost Smart Proctor. Next thing I k...

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How do I submit my video I recorded when it says unable to process. It was a 15 minute long video.

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Hello! I made this student account by accident. I got confused and created a new account instead of signing onto my original account. From what I see on this forum, the only way to delete an account is to ask a Canvas team member to do so; so, can so...

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Hello,My team is attempting to quantify the growth of student enrollment in our course. How can I find the number of students enrolled at any specific date? We would really like to see the data by month.Example January 1- 252 studentsFebruary 1- 289 ...

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I changed some notification settings and am suddenly getting push notifications and emails when an assignment is created, which is very frequent. I can't figure out which notification option controls this; I looked through multiple times and there do...

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Hi,I posted a reply on a canvas discussion thread on April 09. However, I saw today that my reply has been turned blank. There is no text and it is recorded as empty. This is a graded discussion and I found this out when the grades were release today...

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Hello. I ama student trying to change my profile picture. When I upload the picture and press "save," it says "selecting ima,ge" and nothing happens. I have tried over the course of the past month, and it's always the same.  I have also tried several...

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Could you guide me through how to recover my old original submissions? I re-submitted 3 times. Each time I re-submit my new assignment, Canvas automatically delete my old submissions. I want to recover my original assigned submission with my instruct...

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I'm a student, and i was submitting a recording for an important conversation test in my spanish class. after i had finished the recorded, i accidentally clicked the back arrow button on my chromebook keyboard and was sent to another page. when i ret...

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I would like to know how students can type accented letters in their answers in the dialog boxes in Canvas from a PC. 

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Hello everybody, we have this issue in our CANVAS, our time zone is Asuncion (-3:00 / -3:00), but it seens there is an error, you configure a quizz with a date and CANVAS save it with one hour +, for example, the time you put is april 4, the canvas c...

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I'm trying to submit an assignment that's a video and it's not submitting. The video uploaded just fine, but when I click on the "submit" button, nothing happens. I'm using a firefox browser on my laptop, but also tried using the same browser on my p...

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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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