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Imagine you are a middle-schooler, and that "missing" button is the only thing that will get you to even somewhat begin to care about whether or not you do your work. Your teacher has warned you a million times not to ask her if something will be gra...

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Hello Instructure Community, Does Cookie Run Kingdom sound familiar to you by chance? If yes, this course is just for you! This Canvas course, Cookie Run Clubbies official Wiki, informs users about the Cookie Run Kingdom-based upcoming series, a magi...

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I am the principal and we just engaged with a school for some On Demand courses who uses Canvas.  We provide students with an iPad and now the school parter is saying that videos in Canvas are not compatible with iPads.  Here is the error my students...

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​Is there a setting in Canvas that opens up more/less for parental access?    I saw a parent account this weekend where they could see only 'Assignments' for some courses, but 'Assignments' and 'Front Page' for others.    Does the parent h...

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Hello everyone, I'm wondering if anyone has found a solution to "track" what learners do on a course page? If a course page has a video, I-frame, or a link to an article, is there a way to see who has accessed them and how many times? Perhaps through...

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I am getting a lot of assignment created notifications as teachers tend to create all their assignments for the week on Sundays.  I cannot find a setting to disable these notifications.According to this previous post (https://community.canvaslms.com/...

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Previously, we used our SIS to generate a user id using a student's SIS ID plus an additional number.  I found that parents would lose this information and it would become difficult for them to login to Canvas without asking me for help.  What if we ...

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I see other comments and have followed the solution to adding a second student.  However, where does the pairing code come from.  I have not received one from any of the teachers and when I asked them during Back to School night, the teachers were un...

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Any one know how to get the content of the course displayed as a full screen instead of this half thing?

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We have an issue with nothing showing up under the TO DO list on card view. This is affecting one of my three students (the other 2 have normal functionality). This is consistent across all devices, both in student and parent views. We have tried all...

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My student started online schooling a week ago and has been completing all scheduled modules, tests, and live group sessions each day. A majority of the graded assignments are showing as missing, and the modules show that they have not been opened or...

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How do I edit the number of attempts in an assigned assessment after the assignment has been published?

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I’m using a Canvas Observer account to track my student’s progress. Right now, I only seem to be able to click into each course separately.Is there a way for parents/observers to see all grades/assignments across classes in a single view?

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So...I had been checking out the lessons (Since this is my first year at SUU) and I didn't know that when I had clicked on a quiz it had started. And my teacher hasn't gotten back in the past two days. is there anything I can do to reset the quiz? Pl...

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Can a student delete their parent as an Observer?When I log in to Blend I can no longer see anything related to my son, he is not linked any longer. No clue how this just happened overnight. Through his login and settings can he delete people as Obse...

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I want to use differentiation tags to group students and then create a course pacing option based on the differentiation tag.  For example, we have full-time and part-time students (in the same section) part-time students get longer to complete the c...

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Hello,I am blind and use my computer in windows high contrast mode (I've tried canvas high contrast mode, it is not as robust or accessible).  However, there are lines running through the words.  It looks like formatting doesn't quite line up.  I've ...

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Parents are receiving notifications from courses that their students were in last year.  The term dates were set to end at the end of the school year.  How can I as an admin turn off these notifications?  Do I need to conclude the courses?  What happ...

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I have used EdPuzzle integrated through Canvas for several semesters and different classes.  I assigned a video lesson that has open-ended questions that requires manually grading, which I have completed.  This is my first assignemnet for this course...

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As a parent/observer, it would be helpful if I could see when my student had marked a module as complete.  Currently, when my students mark that they have completed a module, I cannot see it.  This makes it very difficult to manage their work.  I am ...

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Is there a limit on the number of observers that can be linked to a student? 

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I am trying to add my 2nd child to my account to observe.  I have generated a code from his account but every time I enter it into my account it says "Invalid Pairing Code". I have tried generating new codes and still get the same Invalid.  Who can I...

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My GCA students calendar on Canvas always seems to display the incorrect information for what classes she has each day. For instance, today for every block it says the same class when you click on them, when she has 5 different classes today. It neve...

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Hi-I have been assigned to a class as a student instead of being a parent observer of the class. How can my student be switched to the class and I be switched to an observer? 

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Suggestion: Please make it possible to change the due date for all the quizzes in a single Assignment group at the same time. Problem: Currently, to change the due dates, I need to do it manually for EACH individual quiz, which is very tedious, as I ...

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Is it possible for an Observer/Parent to message their student through Canvas?  Looking for alternative messaging options since we will not be allowing cell phones next year.

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Hi all,I teach 4-5 sections of American Government online, about 250-300 students. I used to have an average of mid 70s on my online American Government classes. Since the advent of AI, the average has crept up and now is in the mid to high 80s.Stude...

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How to find district name given a name or account which can be fetched from LMS.

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I have this new course based on science experiments and learning how things work. Do you mind if I promote it here on the Instructure Community? To help you write a simplified reply, here are some criteria: Criteria 1: Educational Canvas Course Work:...

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