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As a K-5 Special Education Resource Teacher, how are your setting up your Canvas Classroom? How is it organized? Do you have courses for each grade level subject area (reading, writing, math, social-emotional/self-help)? Do you just post modules on t...

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I would love to hear about teachers' experiences with this.  I would be great to hear about when this might work best and when it's probably not the best idea.

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I want to use BigBlueButton through Canvas.  My students that are using a Chromebook cannot get past the echo test.  They click on the microphone and allow, then they wait and nothing happens.  Is there a setting I need to adjust? It is only the stud...

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I have a calendar linked to assignments on my Math course.  A few days ago, a student brought to my attention that all the numbers and buttons on the calendar show up as locks on her Student View.  When I checked my Student View, I saw several random...

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I tried to insert a YouTube link into one of my announcements yesterday and it no longer gives me the option to have it embedded just when I insert a link using the rich text editor. Has something changed? Is there a way to re-enable this? I have rec...

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I designed the first quiz with 2 attempts.  But the students who wanted to take it a second time were denied.I had to go into New Quiz, click on Settings, and choose Allow Multiple Attempts.  We have to put it in twice for EACH QUIZ.  

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Hello,If there is an an assignment in the "Assignments" section on the instructor view, how do I make sure it gets put into the Modules for students? I have Chapter Review Quizzes and Inquizitive showing up in "Assignments" on the Instructor view but...

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Hello, My name Vannrith Iy. I am PE teacher I really want to learn how to use Canvas to teach PE online for some students at home. How can I use Canvas to set up my PE lesson? Thank you for your advices.

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Good Morning,I am a Kindergarten teacher new to Canvas. I need to know how to start an assignment. 

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Hello all, I am a 7th-grade teacher in San Antonio, Tx and we are new to Canvas. I was wondering if I have to integrate an app like flipgrid or edpuzzle every time I create an assignment? I seem to create a new assignment after I have integrated flip...

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Hey Folks, right now, when you try to filter on Module in the Gradebook, the list of Modules in the pull down list is arbitrary.  It would be nice if they were sorted in the same order as the actual modules.

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The Home page is missing both the Publish and Unpublish buttons as well as the Course Status title. And is always shown on the right side vertical bar. Also, none of them are under the Syllabus either. Where else can it be? Or is this a task that my ...

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I am an Encore teacher  - very large school We need to double classes for specials How do I enter two different Canvas classes - AT THE SAME TIME!!

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How do I make a student

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I signed up for an account. However, I signed up as a student instead of a teacher. How do I correct my mistake? How do I delete my account so I can sign up as teacher or is there a way to switch from student to teacher account internally?

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I gave my students a quiz with a 20-minute time limit and gave them 3 attempts to complete it.One student used all 3 attempts and took the full 20 minutes each time. But when I open the Log for the first 2 attempts and scroll down to the bottom of th...

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I have assignments with rubrics attached to them listed in a Module. The rubrics are visible before the assignment is unlocked, so the students are still being able to see what they have to do. Is there a way to not make the rubric for the assignment...

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I want to import a word doc or google doc into pages, but I cannot figure out how. 

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I have 3 sections cross-listed and the only grades being synced in Power Teacher Pro are the main course.  Any suggestions?  

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Good afternoon!  I am an instructor who has used Canvas for several years.  This year, I am not able to access Speedgrader through individual assignments as I have in the past.  The notification to grade the assignment shows up on my dashboard (I can...

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I have posted a simple mp4 file for students to view within a page. From my view, there is a "expand to full screen" icon and this seems to work for me. However, I have several students who do not see this icon and therefore can't watch the video in ...

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Can anyone please explain whether Canvas has a glitch or what might be done to resolve this crisis I'm having? Up to just one week ago, my pairing of a media e-textbook through Macmillan's Launchpad platform looked great on my Canvas course shell, ev...

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My Canvas courses are using the old "Grades."  Is there a way to upgrade to the new "Gradebook?"Thanks.

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Hello!I recently cross listed my classes, and followed the directions of downloading all the students submissions and the grades. When importing them after the cross list the grades appear, but whenever I re-upload their submissions (I didn't change ...

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Hello,Google Assignments has 3 problems: 1) the grades don't transfer to canvas 2) you cannot separate students into groups or sections when grading, so in my case I am stuck grading 70 papers at the same time rather than 35 today and 35 tomorrow. 3)...

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Is it possible to schedule recurring meetings for weekdays only?

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Once I finished a screen capture video using Canvas Studio I receive "Error: Host in basicupload.request.url doesn't match site in partner info!" Not sure if this error is related to my past usage of Screencast-o-matic? Thanks for any help. Here is a...

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My background is in engineering, not education, and I am having trouble figuring out the differences among criteria, outcomes, and rubrics. I've searched the documentation, but everything I've found either describes the mechanics of setting them up o...

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Can the rich text editor function be used when sending messages to students or using the in box? 

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