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When I attempt to add questions from a question bank to my exam, Canvas cannot "see" that my question banks exist.I created several question banks yesterday (10-4-24) without issue. However, now I am trying to create a new quiz by pulling questions f...

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Students have iPads and use the Canvas student app. I use a MAC with chrome browser to enter comments on assignments in speed grader. When students view comments on an assignment on their iPads in the Canvas app, the text is jumbled with random chara...

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Hi Canvas Community, I’m currently using the new Canvas quiz format to create interactive labs, which has been a game changer for my teaching approach. I appreciate features like building on previous attempts, incorporating stimulus sections, asking ...

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Who: ASL teacher What: Teacher recorded videos of instructor signing. Each video was then uploaded into a question stem. When it comes time for students to take the quiz, they are seeing a 403 Error. This is happening with every quesion. The instruct...

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I would like to make a series of assignments in which my students will produce a short piece of writing, then go back and edit it several times. Is there any way to have students create a google doc that will automatically embed into several differen...

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I had an instructional designer ask me whether it was possible to create multiple due dates for the same assignment (for the SAME students). She mentioned she saw this in one of Canvas's release notes, but I have not been able to find anything on thi...

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My students can see their grades, but not the total. They see this:"Calculation of totals has been disabled"But the box in setting labeled "Hide totals in student grades summary" is unchecked. Is there something I'm missing?

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Hi there, I am trying to create a probabilistic multiple choice test (like in the picture below), I have created it within Unity, hosted it using an Amazon S3 bucket, and embedded it in a Canvas page. How would I now make it so that when they finish...

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We have two courses that have a didactic and a clinical component.  The student has to pass both of the components to pass the course.  We can weigh each component according to the percentage of the course but cannot sub-weigh each of the components....

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  Hi, I am having issues with students' ability to view their individual learning mastery grade book. I tag outcomes to questions in New Quizzes. When I have multiple quizzes that have the same outcome tagged within them, it should show the students ...

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I am wondering if there is a tool/option in Canvas to control resubmissions of an assignment? Specifically, having a different/additional availability window for resubmissions that is ONLY open for students who submitted work by the initial deadline?...

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Hello, how can i change the dates of multiple announcements in bulk. Kindly help with a step by step process of doing it .Thank you.

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Is there a way to add Teacher Assistants to a group? It appears only students can be included in a group.

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Hi everyone! This is a multi-tiered question, so bear with me! I am working with a department outside of my own to create a handful of courses. They are wanting a way to create a "channel" with a specific email address so that all participants can be...

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We need an update on when learning outcomes from New Quizzes will be able to push outcomes date to the Learning Mastery gradebook.  Any update on this? 

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I noticed a few weeks into Fall semester that my saved grading comments in the Grading Rubrics are now truncated and cut off with "..." after 100 characters. Having used these comments for awhile, this now adds to significantly to the workload of onl...

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I notice that recently the format in Quizzes for the Show Correct Answers at and Due Date are different. This is a weird inconsistency which creates problems since I used to be able to copy from one box to another to avoid having to retype the same t...

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Hello! I have tried a different browser, everything. I keep trying to add a question to a quiz and Canvas refuses to save it. I update question, publish, save and publish, the question disappears everytime. Any help?

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When I navigate to settings then to apps to download Kami or any other external app, the app center is empty. No apps are showing. I try to search but nothing. Normally a bunch of apps are present. Please help

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Hi - I am an instructor, and I typically use word minimums as part of the discussion requirements.  I see the word totals in uploaded papers, but I can't figure out how to do this with discussions.  A search of the community yielded posts that were n...

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Hello - I'm looking for a way to vary both the score and the max score for individual students on a classwork assignment. Let me explain: I want to assign a weekly classwork score for students, worth the equivalent of 3 points a day. So if they parti...

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Hello! Does anyone know if there is a way to automate manual settings in Canvas quizzes? For example, turning manual quiz and gradebook settings on or off over the weekend? Thank you!

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Hello Hive mind, Does anyone know of a way to set the default for grading to have the rubric already viewable instead of clicking "view rubric" for each student, each time we grade?

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Hello! I created several courses using the same basic template and they've been used by dozens of students in the last few months. Yesterday, I was informed that a student is unable to download documents (PDFs and PowerPoints).  The documents are sav...

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Is there a way to get scheduled Teams meetings to show up in the Canvas calendar? Obviously, the students can click on the Teams Meetings tab in the sidebar of the course, but that requires students to check every course instead of being able to see ...

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It would be really helpful to have annotation tools in SpeedGrader for discussions, particularly when we're noting spelling, grammatical, and APA errors.It would also allow us to comment directly on the discussion vs. within the rubric.Jus' sayin'......

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Have you ever considered adding a feature to Speedgrader for New Quizzes that highlights students' incorrect responses by changing the color of the question tab on the left side of the screen? For example, if Item 3 was answered incorrect, the 3 tab ...

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As an New Admin (about a month into learning) I was asked by a teacher to add a student to a course. The following are the steps I took and still cannot find a "add people" button Admin, People, name of instructor, acted as user, select course, and o...

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I am working with a professor who has many pieces of media (audio and video files) embedded into her course using a unique method I've never seen before. These files are used in pages and quiz questions alike. The HTML for the content is something li...

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