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I want to archive my old class syllabi from previous semesters and start a new home page for this spring 2025. How do I do that? Thanks!!

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When I'm copying a module to multiple courses, I have to copy the module individually to each course. Then, after an undisclosed amount of time, the module appears in the new course at the bottom. It would be awesome if a) I could select multiple cou...

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One student gave me a request through Disabilities to have her test time extended by an extra half. How do I set aside that requirement for only this one? I don't see the option when I select "Assign to."Thank you.Marcia Gilbert gilberm@phsc.edu

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I just read this similar post, but it's different enough that there's potentially a different solution. For one of my teachers, when the Gradebook is set to filter for a section, the SpeedGrader loses its "Showing Sections" filter.  The first line of...

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We were so excited to have Checkpoints, and indeed those work really well; points, calendar, grading and more. We turned the feature on immediately on Jan 18.  Thank you Instructure!  Teachers love it.  Canvas Canvas Release Notes (2025-01-18) - Inst...

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I have a quiz created with TestGen that contains images. I have used it with a problem in Blackboard, when I  attempt to import the QTI .zip file into Canvas it fails. What could be the cause and the work around?

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It is showing my old "to do" lists not my current courses that are shown in the card view but I want them in the list view, please guide me into what I need to do..

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Is there a way to search quiz banks throughout multiple courses?

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I have several blocks of text within my Canvas pages that have the same font and the same font size but they look different, one visibly looks larger than the other.The html preview also shows that they are in the same area (div, class etc.) as each ...

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I made some tweaks on the course before it disappeared such as change of due date and assigned groups to all of my students. Got messages from them saying they can’t find their grades for their assignment. Checked to see and the assignment is missing...

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https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Ideas/Assignments-Recurring-Assignments/idi-p/358096#comments What's happening with this idea? Would someone please provide an update? From 2015-2024, the demand for this function seems to be there. Thank you...

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I like to use Manual grading but I will Post grades several times during a Module as it is going on, as the submissions roll in. I know students can receive a notification for when their assignment submissions are graded then grades are posted -- but...

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Hello All- I am an instructor. I recently invited all of my students to begin our course. One of the invites I sent, used the correct email address but when I manually entered the student's names, I did so incorrectly. The student was able to correct...

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To allow assignment uploads after the due date, all assignments were due latest at the original course end date, I went to Settings and changed the course end date in Course details. However, students are anxious, because they cannot upload. There is...

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Somehow, a few students' discussion-board posts are showing up in the "Comments" field of the students to whom they are replying rather than on the board where everyone can read them. I didn't know this was possible. Is this a quirk, or is it a featu...

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Hello, I have fourteen "groups" of five students each set up for weekly discussions. Along with participating, and in addition to the initial discussion question, I like to post additional weekly questions that help move the conversation along within...

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Students do not have access to my Canvas course if they are not officially enrolled. If they are dropped from a course (usually due to not paying tuition on time, they are deleted from the Canvas course. I'm OK with that.However, some students are dr...

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I have encountered an issue where Canvas assigned random negative fudge points to student quizzes. I noticed that other instructors encountered this issue as far back as 2019, and yet it seems nothing has been done to resolve it. My quiz was not time...

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Yesterday I was able to see student's posts and replies to their groupmates on individual student's grading pages. Today, I am not getting the view that sorts the students' posts and replies on their own grading page. I only see the entire list of po...

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Specifically, I currently use Speedgrader to comment on, and rubrics to score, essays submitted. I also link essay rubrics to Learning Outcomes. Turnitin LTI 1.3 says Speedgrader and rubrics will no longer work. That says to me that grading will only...

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We have a teacher that each time she uses Google Assignments LTI as an external app and selects Google Assignments instead of Speed Grader, it is making a copy of the assignment in the student's Google Drive.  Also, when she creates an assignment and...

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I created a test in Canvas and I'm wondering if there is a way to download/send/copy to my laptop?

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I had a faculty member call me because the publish buttons for items in their modules were missing (see attached image).  They were using Firefox (the preferred browser of our IT department). The + button at the top of the module also wasn't working....

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I found this post archived: Can we have a feature for the instructor to manually move a student's discussion post from one board or group to another? This would help when students either post in the wrong place, need to be moved into a new group afte...

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We are finding submissions made by students dated and time as the 1st of January at 0:00. With "time to attempt this 46,412 minutes". Is anyone else experiencing this? Some of these submissions do not appear in our system until several days after the...

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Why do some announcement show a "Reply" and others don't? I would like to turn off "reply". It shows even when I deselect the "Allow Participants to Comment"

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I looked back and saw that there are 2 separate posts on this topic from 2023 and it appears that the issue still has not been resolved. An import today, with adjusted due dates, resulted in an email going out to 350+ students notifying them that an ...

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I'm editing a quiz I inherited that is in the Old Quiz format and trying to create a numerical question with a very small answer (1.34e-5) and the editor keeps defaulting my answer to zero. I get the same behavior when trying to edit the error margin...

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Is there a way to have students simplify a formula as their response for the "Formulas" question type in new quizzes? 

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We encourage our staff to create home pages for their Canvas course rather than go straight to Modules. Most staff aim for the 'button' approach, usually inside some sort of table design. Here is a front page for a Minecraft Club course:   Now I kno...

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