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I might be asking too much of the system here but....here it goes. I want to make a page that links to the assignments due for a student that week. But I am also using learning mastery and prerequisites/requirements, so not all students will have the...

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I just set up the new Google Meet LTI 1.3 in my Canvas instance.  It was a very easy and straightforward configuration.  I spent some time as a teacher using it to create a course as well as a student seeing the created meeting.  However, upon checki...

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As an institutional Canvas admin, a common complaint teachers who teach courses synced with Blueprints is that the see unexpected shifts in the order of items in modules. Are there best practices which would minimize this problem? The blueprint syste...

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Hello. I have a mastery path question . . . I think. I've created a "new quiz" that has 5 sections. Each section corresponds to a module in my class. If students do not earn enough points in any given section, they are required to complete the corres...

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If I build a quiz with question groups that pull from a quiz bank, can I continue to add questions to the bank and have them get pulled into the quiz via the question groups AFTER I've finished building the quiz? Or, do I need to have all the questio...

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New to Canvas Admin and I think I messed something up.  All of my teachers and students have open access to classes from several years past.  I thought I had archived the classes, but I'm not sure if that worked.  How do I clean up the list of classe...

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Does anyone know if it's possible to take grades from Canvas gradebook and import them into Schoology gradebook?

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Students took an exam that I assigned them but I had to assign it to 1 student and instead of adding that 1 student in the assigned to link I accidentally assigned it to everyone (but closed it immediately). The previous gradebook I have has records ...

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Does anyone has a sample of a csv file to upload Students Learning Outcomes in Canvas via an API call?How should I fill the csv for new outcomes to link them to the appropriate courses.We were able to link and see them to a outcome group, but it does...

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Hello,Where are the video recordings stored if they are recorded via the speedgrader? Does this count towards total course storage?Thank you, Ana

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My school recently set a grading scheme at the Account level. It uses percentages. For faculty who use points that divide evenly like 1000, there's no problem. Canvas' grading scheme doesn't work well when entering a points grading scheme for faculty...

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I accidentally published the wrong assignment in my AP Bio class; however, 1 student actually submitted something for it. (I caught my mistake before the rest did.) Canvas will not let me unpublish it because that 1 student submitted something. Do I ...

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Our students are required to complete a lesson that uses a SCORM gradebook pass back. The lesson must be completed before the quiz unlocks. Up until last week, this took under a minute. Recently, however, we have had many students complain that their...

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I am teaching four courses.  How do I create my ABOUT your INSTRUCTOR profile just once and then copy it to all my courses?   When you click the three verticle dots to COPY CONTENT...that module is not available to transfer.

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I was wondering if there is a quick way to share a list of banks of questions to someone else. I have a list of 20+ banks that I want to share with a colleague, but I don´t want to click the share button in each bank. Is there an easier way to do it?

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I am trying to set an automatic reduction in grade for late assignments.  I go to the gradebook and go to settings in the gradebook.  The ability to give 0's for non submissions is grayed out, the ability to automatically deduct points for late assig...

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I am looking to utilise an Accordion menu in my pages, however I am looking for a way to use the same menu in each page without having to copy the HTML code into each individual page... I used to be able to do this sort of thing using frames, but as ...

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My SpeedGrader suddenly started alphabetizing my students from Z-A instead of A-Z and there doesn't seem to be an option to change that.  This happened suddenly without me changing any settings.I can go into the gradebook and change the order from A-...

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I incorrectly created a student account for myself when I should have created a parent observer account.  Is there a way to change the account from student to parent?  I don't want to have to create a new email to create a parent account.

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Somehow my speed grader is sorting students in reverse abc order. The list starts with my Z's and has A (last names) at the end of the list. I tried randomizing and resorting, and the gradebook is sorted normally. Any suggestions?

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I try to log in as a teacher, but it's only showing my parent account. This didn't happen the first three years I've used Canvas. Please help now, school starts tomorrow! Got no help yesterday, getting desperate... 

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I have come across several instances of teachers reaching out after creating a quiz, sharing the quiz with another teacher using "send to" and then the recipient can see it in their 'shared with me" content, but when we try to import it into a course...

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Hi Canvas Community!   My institution is currently searching for a course survey tool that integrates with Canvas. Integration with our SIS (Anthology Student) is also an ideal feature. We have already hosted demos for Blue by Explorance and Watermar...

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I teach at a popular online university and must comment on almost every student's assignments. Is there a way to have a predefined comment such as "please use APA v7 formmatting when submitting your assignments". This gets very tedious during the fir...

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I run a Culinary school, and we've switched to Canvas this year.  I typically use attendance/participation as a large portion of each students grade, as we are primarily teaching hands on principles, with limited canvas based assignments.  Is there a...

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My students submit mock-ups, physical models, working prototypes, or make a presentation or give a talk. Canvas only features No submission/Online/On paper/External tool. What can I do? The Canvas online help offers no advice.

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All assignments have the same availability and due date, and in the student's Grades view, their order is messed up; also one assignment, despite comparison with all other assignments, shows the "-" sign instead of the "crossed out eye" symbol. What ...

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My students show up in alphabetical order from z-a instead of a-z.  It only appears this way on my computers, yet on my iPad they are in alphabetical order when I go to my to do list to grade. I have sorted to list alphabetically, but they are still ...

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It would be helpful if students were able to draw out their responses to questions. I am aware that this is an option in assignments, but then I am not able to add multiple choice questions or other question styles. I have seen that some people use o...

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I am an accounting professor and need some help creating a quiz. The issue is that I need to create a table for journal entries. (I am currently having students upload a word/excel file). I can see how to do multiple drop down and multiple fill in th...

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