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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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A recent update (some time between 4/9/2025 and 4/11/2025 seems to have broken a really important feature.  To meet accessibility requirements, I have been creating HTML files that contain a lot of mathematics (using PreTeXt, which is sort of like La...

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Long story short I got injured.  My grading period ended last Friday 4/4.  We had until 4/11 to enter grades. We are on spring break and I have 3 assignments and random missing work to enter scores.  How can I do this?  Grades are not finalized til T...

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Can you set access to an assignment or module to be based off the start of the course instead of specific due dates? So instead of a date-based due date, it would be a delta days-based due date with an assignment due 10 days from course start, etc. I...

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Our students submit an assignment each week, receiving a grade each week; but all in the same category.  Currently, we use separate dropboxes/columns for each week, which becomes "messy" on the grade book. Is there a way to create a single assignment...

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Hi, how do you remove points from rubrics in enhanced rubrics? Corresponding view in traditional rubrics: Best Regards Jonna

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Hi, I have did a workshop with a lecturer that would like to set not only a whole module, but specific module items a date and time to be published at. I'm having trouble finding the right solution to this, or if it is even possible. I am aware that ...

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I am trying to prompt the students to engage more with the content and be able to examine their own learning. One idea is to spread a series of tasks, activities, and ungraded assignments, and only after completing those does the student have access ...

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linked google doc assignments have disappeared from pre-created modules. Starting with this week's module, doc's that I've linked before (and used before) have suddenly disappeared. BUT, it still shows that I've linked it, it just doesn't show to me ...

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Why are courses we add to Commons losing image links when they are copied to a course?

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Hello there.I am specifically asking for Canvas, and NOT Catalog. I am wondering if there is a way to block certain email domains or IP addresses.For example: If I provide a direct enroll link to a course, can we specify it doesn't account @aol.com? ...

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Good morning Canvas Community,I am an ID working with several faculty members from our biology department. They are collaboratively working on a shared course. In it, they have been copying item banks that are being used in New Quizzes, but they have...

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I was previously able to indicate a negative score in the Rubric, but this function seems to have disappeared... is it possible to bring this back?I want to include/have included item(s) within the rubric to account for did/did not actions that will ...

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I have a table and would like to make one of the columns wider.

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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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Hi there, I use group events in the Canvas calendar but recently when I've tried to adjust the schedule by selecting "group details", they've been greyed out and I'm unable to adjust the times and dates. I can change the description, location, and op...

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Exporting announcements with a picture. Will this ever be addressed by Instructure??? I teach 4 classes and have to copy over 40 some announcements to each class.  The college wants the picture included. 

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Our institution uses the & symbol to denote courses that fulfill specific general ed requirements. Ex. Math&107.  After the recent import update the instructors cannot search for their classes using the & symbol, it has no impact on the results. Exam...

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I'm trying to track down information about auto-captioning. I know that auto-captions are available with Studio, but I've been told that auto-captions WITHOUT Studio (i.e., vanilla Canvas) are coming soon. Does anyone have any information they can li...

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Morning all, In the image below, you can see that the Previous and Next buttons float at the bottom of the screen. This means that users do not have to scroll to the bottom of the page/screen in order to move forwards or backwards to the next module ...

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For assessing students confidence and fostering self-reflection we use a self-assessment at the end of a module.As well as allowing students to keep track of their learning, this information helps the TA and Course Leader to see if there are any conc...

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At Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, there is a requirement to identify a local mentor. The webpage with Instructions is here: Week 3: Enlist Your Local Mentor.Students send a verification link (https://share.hsforms.com/1BODo5ApDSZWw87_dXCuNZ...

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If you pause while typing in the search box of Canvas Discussion Forums, it takes off anyways.  This is extremely frustrating having to keep clicking back in and re-typing.  Can it just wait until you press "Go??"

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My school says it is difficult to develop a course on Canvas and that this is what often keeps them from offering new courses.  I'd like to see if i can learn to develop and publish courses on Canvas so that I can offer that service to my school to h...

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We are trying to setup our first blueprint course using mastery paths. When it is synced to an associated course, the conditional content pages in the mastery paths are no longer in the mastery paths in the associated course, even though they are syn...

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I have created several New Quizzes in which I have aligned each quiz question to a single course learning outcome. Is there a way for me to automatically create a question bank that contains all quiz questions aligned to a single course outcome? Or, ...

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Hi all,I am a Instructional Designer trying to find a solution/ work-around to build the following activity type:- a question that allows short or long responses (a few sentences to a paragraph)- ungraded (no instructor will be manually releasing fee...

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We have a number of courses that were created from templates (the Enable course as Course Template is selected in Settings). There is something new happening. When we copy a course created from a template, it's copying the course itself AND all of th...

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I've uploaded a SCORM package with a virtual tour. It can be implemented as a page and the tour functions (360 view works, going from hot-spot to hot-spot works). The integrated video however does not work; it shows a dark blue frame (which is indeed...

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