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We are starting a course-like program that would work really well in Canvas. The problem is that some of our participants won't be affiliated with our university, so we can't use our institutional version of Canvas. How would I go about setting up a ...

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Hello,As an admin, is there any way to create a generic login credentials, so people outside of my institution can access a specific course on our Canvas instance? Please advise!Thank you!

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When creating a shell should it be empty or copy content from another course? I'm taking over for another professor in the new semester so I plan to use what they have already set up.

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Images are missing from uploaded PowerPoints, and I can't detect a pattern. Very frustrating! Sometimes it's an image overlaid atop another within a slide; sometimes it's just a plain old, unlayered image. I'm pretty sure the missing images were orig...

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Dear allI am at the end of my ropes. I am trying to help one of my students reset her password. I can see on the course, that she has a profile and she is registreret on the course. Her name is in the participant list. But now she cannot login and sh...

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I am finishing a master's degree next month and would like to showcase some of my work completed in the program.  I have a free Canvas account and I understand that it is limited in what I can and cannot do.  I see the "visibility" option is grayed o...

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Hi guys I just need some help regarding the duration of using the Canvas Demo. Has anyone used it before? I could find anything that indicates how much time do I have for using the Demo. Thanks 

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Hi I am wanting to use canvas. I'm finding it very unfriendly; I have my own driver training business and want to learn the system so i can implement my courses through this platform. I'm not part of a big school or institution... does that mean my b...

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i have created an account for my student but i have enter the wrong password , i'd like to delate the account, but i don't see ant option for it. is it possible ? 

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I am using Canvas Free for Teachers. Some of the students enrolled in our courses have forgotten their password. When they "Request for Password", they don't receive any email from Canvas. Is there any way I can reset their password from Canvas?

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I have modules with several course pages under them, is there a way to automatically assign points to learners when they view a page? I would like for them to be able to use the gradebook to keep track of which pages they've viewed and which ones rem...

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Our school has utilized Canvas - Free for Teachers for ALL past cohorts.  We have just purchased the Paid version and will be inviting all future students through the Paid version.Can we introduce the Paid version to a cohort that started the first t...

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I am using Free for Teachers.  Some of my students try to register and join my class using the phone app.  They get stuck when they are asked to enter a school code.  I don't have a school code. What are they supposed to enter when we're using a Free...

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Hi, when my students try to reset password, they get the following message: "The password for this login should have been given to you by the system administrators at University Inc, and Instructure doesn't have access to your password. If your passw...

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I am a developer looking to build integrations using LTI, but I don't seem to have an Admin page in my Canvas account where I can get my developer API keys.I just signed up for a free account, but I can't seem how to access the admin area, and search...

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Students in some of my classes do not have the ability to upload assignments from Google into Canvas. I am a teacher using the Free for Teachers Canvas account. I set up my new classes the same as I have in the past so I'm not sure what's going on.

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Mysteriously, 3 of my students ended up with a login that looks like a random set of numbers.  they are now unable to log in (we are using FFT). The error message they get is below, which is troubling - totally unable to reset their access.  Help!  Y...

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I love Canvas and use it at one school where I teach but now have a new Canvas account for a new school. The new account has a red vertical bar on the left side; how can I customize that color? Thanks.

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My school does not use Canvas. I am using Canvas because I used it before and by far is better than google classroom. I have all my students enroll in the curse, but somehow they are not able to log in, and it says you are already a user when they tr...

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Hoping someone has the ability to guide me in their issue.I have just a few students who I am unable to get enrolled.I have sent them a direct invitation from Canvas, sent them the code to self-enroll, and have them try to log into Canvas using the G...

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A Graded Quiz is being reported as missing for a number of students who have graded submissions (as shown in Moderate Quiz) made before the Due Date. As I report missing items to parents this causes many follow-up emails weekly. Help!

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 Please, how to remove this button? I can´t move it cause arrows are blinking!!! I´m from Brazil and I have a FFT account.

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Hi,I created free Canvas account for teacher and there I cant see Admin option in menu. I want to integrate my LTI tool with Canvas and for that I need admin access. Can anyone suggest how to get admin access or how to upgrade an account so I can get...

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I just finished building my first course in Canvas, but I'm not sure how to send my students the invitation to join and participate in the course. Thanks!

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My students create their Canvas accounts through their Google account that is tied to our district. I've been using Canvas for years and haven't had any issues until this year. I have two students with the following message when they try to create th...

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Please help me to recover my course https://canvas.instructure.com/courses/3532712 it is accidentally deleted. 

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I am using the free version. I don't see a delete course option in the setting. Help. 

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Hello Everyone,I am new to Canvas and attempting to use canvas as the platform for a professional development course. One core feature of our professional development lessons is that attendees can work through lesson content and answer reflection que...

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I am at an institution that does not use Canvas, but I have used it in the past. I downloaded backups of my Canvas courses and would like to restore them to access the content on the Free for Teachers Canvas. However, I cannot import the course becau...

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Do the Canvas mobile apps work with the free version?I unsuccessfully tried using the teacher app to scan my login QR code.On the app I tried using the "Canvas Network" option but I use my Google login instead of manual username/password credentials.

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