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How do I rearrange my announcement on my announcement page or home page? 

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I've found that Assigning content (Assign To) to students still allows those via Public and Institutional Visibility (Course Visibility) to see content. In my testing, this happens with Module visibility as well as Content in a module. I'm wondering ...

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Hello, I was attempting to change a student to another section. I removed from the section and then added to the new section. I submitted okay, but read something about deactivating user. So when I saw that I hit reactivate user which something came ...

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An Instructor recently requested that I, as the Canvas Admin, delete a Group Set that a Student in the course created.  The Instructor was unable to do that nor was I.  There is no option of using the kabob (three vertical dots) for this specific Gro...

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In the rich text editor for a Canvas page, if I create a link to a YouTube link to using the rich text editor, it displays like a link with no thumbnail. Good. But if I do this in the HTML editory, a thumbnail displays. Looking at the HTML, the reaso...

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Hi, I want to create a question and answer discussion that will appear on every page of my CANVAS course. In every module no matter what section of the module the student clicks on. I want them to be able to ask questions from their classmates about ...

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The highlighted image is below.  When I click on it, it opens a question box, but I can't add more questions.  Is the button not a "duplicate" button?

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I have a multi-part question. I have quizzes that allow unlimited attempts (since they pull from a very large question set) with the highest score showing in the gradebook. I also set a due date, but only because I had assumed that even if a student ...

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Hello! I'm working on Outcomes and need to build reports to show results at course, program, and institutional levels. I also need to show the hierarchy of outcomes so it is visibly understandable how they are related/nested. I haven't been able to f...

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Problem Canvas is not persisting the Google LTI 1.3 connection when editing existing assignments. This issue has been confirmed across multiple users. Symptoms Error message: "Page Error: Something broke unexpectedly. If you have a moment, click here...

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 When reassigning a quiz to an individual student as an accommodation, an instructor accidentally unassigned everyone else from the quiz and the scores disappeared from Gradebook.Can the instructor just reassign the quiz to everyone to recover the sc...

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I'd like to be able to cap the score for one category at 100%. (I use weighted categories for overall grade calculations.) This category contains assignments where students can work ahead (by doing extra tasks one week) so that they have a cushion if...

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I see that every multiple choice assignment I created under the Canvas Quiz option does not open and is giving the error code that says “couldn’t find valid settings for this link”. I can’t even open the assignment under “build” to look at it or prin...

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When I go in to configure  external tool and  add an external URL, Canvas will not connect with and imbed my PowerPoints in my assignments for my students.  Normally when I have done this for the last 5 years it will connect the One Drive Powerpoint ...

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I am new to Canvas.Say I create an assignment group within Assignments, and I call it HW (for homework).Say I have three assignments in this group, namely: HW1, HW2 and HW3. I want a total score for the HW group because this will be 40% of the final ...

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On the page about the learning mastery gradebook, it says that instructors can view all students at the same time. However, Canvas actually only shows me 20 students per page. I would like to see all 200 of my students on one page. It is a pain to cl...

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Hi, This topic was asked back in 2021 and archived and am wondering if there has been any progress since then. I can't see anything new in the Guides.  Context: I have students undertake oral vivas online across a 4-week period. If a student fails an...

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For some reason I cannot get the fill in the blanks to trigger the dropdown. I have cleared my history, tried typing the question, copy and paste from the example. I cannot figure out why the options are not showing in the dropdown.   

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Is there any way to make the speed grader comment box smaller or expandable. Most times I write a word or 2 in the comments box but then have to take the extra step of scrolling down to find the submit button.

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I can't see the images in reports when we're reviewing questions in class. 

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Could someone, please, explain to me: (1) why annotated files downloaded from Speedgrader do not contain the full text of the annotations? and (2) why it is not possible to print out a downloaded PDF in SpeedGrader with its included annotations? Spee...

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Any time I click the three dots next to any item under modules in Canvas in the instructor edit view to show more options, Canvas immediately jumps to the top of the page. I have tried this across multiple different courses, browsers, accounts, and m...

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Why is it when I embed videos or insert images in my Announcement they only appear in the Announcement on Canvas and not in the email that goes out?

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Is there any information out there about the nature of the relationship between OpenAI and Infrastructure in regards to the sharing of teacher created content on Canvas?  Does the deal preclude Infrastructure from giving access to course material and...

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We currently use Canvas Free. When students are enrolled in a course through our CRM, we want to automatically:Create Canvas user accountsEnroll them in the appropriate courseReceive webhooks when they complete coursesQuestions:Does Canvas Free inclu...

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A teacher entered grades and submission comments for half the class.  She was grading one question at a time and clicking the update for each student before going to the next student.  The next day, when she wanted to continue entering grades for the...

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I have used Panopto before, but it was integrated with my institutional address by my IT team.All of the solutions here and elsewhere say that Panopto is some hidden option in Canvas LMS. It's not there. Where do I start? I can use it when I log in t...

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Hello, I had a Canvas profile picture that was perfectly fine and it has now disappeared. I am not able to upload it again.  What explain this? I find it bothersome that something like this could change without my approval. Now there's a way to take ...

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I'm trying to upload a document from my google drive that has fillable text boxes.  (i.e. here's a question, answer it in the box below, etc.).  This is an assignment.  I want students to open the assignment, respond, and then submit the assignment. ...

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When I first create a new module in Canvas there is a great drop-target to upload files.  This drop target stays around as I add content until I navigate away and come back.  Then it disappears.  At this point, I have to go through a multi-click proc...

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