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Looking for the addition of partial credit for alternative format questions in Canvas, like ordering and category/matrix. We can only do it in close drop down, matching, and multiple response. 

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Hello! I'm helping faculty set up outcomes and we are wondering how to align multiple program-level outcomes to a senior capstone project. I apologize if I've missed something obvious. We're not very far into implementing outcomes, but I haven't foun...

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One of my assignments defaulted to the grades not being visible. Meaning no student can see the comments I left for them. How can I change that visibility? I don't want them to see each other's grades, just their own.

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I received this message from a teacher in my district. This is not the first time I have heard about this issue. As an admin, I see it when moving from masquerade mode to the admin screen. Canvas seems to frequently drop my login. For example, when I...

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Are there any good colours for a person who is red-green colour blind to use on the calendar? I've been struggling to find good colours to use to see each of my classes, but none of them seem to work very well, as there are very few distinct colours.

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Hello Canvas community..   I am looking for someone with experience with Pearson textbooks (specifically for math if that matters).  We were talking with our Math faculty about how they use Pearson for testing but that students could just go around C...

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Whenever a student turns in late work I have to manually change the grade from missing to late even after I enter a grade. It automatically changes it if I use speedgrader, but not when I am at the gradebook.When I enter my pile of late work at the e...

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I have an instructor that says at a previous university, he was able to export all student quiz responses. He wasn't sure if he was using Classic or New Quizzes, but I'm not seeing a way to do that in either one.  I showed him the reports, but those ...

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Hi everyone, I’m experiencing an issue with the Attendance tool in Canvas. When I open the course in Google Chrome, the profile pictures of students do not appear. However, when I use Microsoft Edge, the pictures display correctly. It looks like the ...

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Hi Setting up a rubric using the import rubric template csv file, content looks like it conforms to the requirements, but when I upload the file no rubric appears. Is there any way to see that has gone wrong during the import, trying to see if I have...

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I'm having trouble understanding how the Canvas text editor decides how to handle line spacing. The attached screenshots show an example. One renders a larger gap between two bullet points, while the other doesn't. My experience in this and other cas...

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Has anyone found gaps in their course analytics ? I'm currently seeing missing last view date, last participation date, and participations at overall course level, even though the same data is present at individual week and student level. Am also see...

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It would be very beneficial for observers (parents) if they could view instructor comments. If they had access to this information, they could better understand the grading of individual assignments and better understand the errors that their student...

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I have a new React + Flask webapp. It has its own login for users to start using the app. I have added this as an external tool in Canvas. What I want initially is to see of canvas users can start using the webapp without having to login if they clic...

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I am trying to import a quiz from Cengage Publisher into my Canvas LMS, but the quiz keeps showing up shaded, making it impossible for me to import. What am I doing wrong? I've done it before, but I don't know what I'm doing wrong now. Please help. T...

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I would like to know about tokens what are they? Are they something I will need to use ?

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Hello! I'm curious about the processes universities use to make sure apps are FERPA-compliant before setting up LTI integrations. Who initiates the process? Who is responsible for making approval decisions and what documentation is required? Does any...

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How can an instructor download student media recordings from the Canvas Speedgrader? We've tried enabling the "Performance and Usability Upgrades for SpeedGrader" feature option. This provides a download option in SpeedGrader but when the teacher cli...

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In Lab Instructions: Building Microservices and a CI/CD Pipeline with AWS, I can't start the lab because it has a message: "Lab is in state: CREATE_FAILED, please end lab and wait for it to complete." So, I click End Lab, but it doesn't have any mess...

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It seems like I am missing comments that students make in reply to my comments on their assignments. I do get notifications in my inbox, but I honestly miss those a lot of the time. Is there something I can turn on within the Canvas site itself that ...

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Hi there,We have a teacher with imported assignments that have their due dates change after publishing. Other faculty members have reported they watched this behavior occur. -An imported assignment has a due date adjusted to the current school year. ...

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When creating a rubric is it possible to chnage the levels of understanding to a percentage rating so that if my criteria carry a different point value it will work across the board. Not sure where, how or if possible to change!

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Currently, applying formatters to a block that contains list items typically applies the formatting to the content of each individual list item instead of surrounding the entire block with that formatter. This means that the "number" part of a number...

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I have a question regarding hiding one particular course setting on a global level.  When you click on any course in Canvas, and then access the "Settings" for that course, then scroll toward the bottom, there is an option titled "Hide totals in stud...

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It would be great if there could be an interactive 'checklist' feature. Instructors can create a checklist of readings, assignments, and other tasks that students need to complete within a given week (or other time period). Items are marked as comple...

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Any (possibly preliminary score) entered in the "Score" box when grading a written submission causes the page to automatically submit that score to the grade book if the instructor clicks anywhere else on the same page, without even moving to another...

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Is it possible for Canvas to act as the school's management system. Teachers and Administration being able to post notices to the whole school or to a specific year level? Also, to be able to do roll marking on Canvas instead on other programs within...

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Looking for help on this topic which I've already brought to Canvas now three times and have had no resolution.I have unit quizzes set up in my course that are designed to have students take, see answers, then retake, so they are able to test their k...

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In Canvas, I would like to move the order of announcements up or down depending on the importance of the topic, but I don’t see an option to do this. Can you help me? If this feature does not exist, how can I let the Canvas development team know so t...

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Hi I'd like to weight the assignments within an assignment group differently based on the student's scores within that group. Within the assignment group for exams, students have four scores. I do not want to drop any of the scores. I want their high...

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