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Hi thereI am a teacher and I have been using the video recording function to provide feedback to my students. I disable the camera and only audio is recorded. Perfect! Now, i am teaching a unit with group assignments and I need to provide the same fe...

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I am supposed to develop a lesson plan using Canvas. Please how do I go about that? 

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Are you comfortable granting admin level permissions to third party integrations?  As a Canvas Admin, we go with the vendor instructions to install Developer Keys, API Keys, LTI apps, Admin level Access Tokens, custom JavaScript, etc.  If the third p...

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I was wondering if any one else has seen this in new Quizzes? On the left I have one score (133/150) but the actual grade on the right is different (100/150). i have checked the points and the 133 is what it adds up to.

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My students made video recordings for Essay type questions on New Quizzes using the RCE (insert, media, record media).  When I go to Speedgrader, I get an unauthorized access denied error and am unable to view the videos for any of the students in or...

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I am wondering if there is a way to "lock" the Syllabus tool in the course settings Navigation tab?  It was requested to have this tool locked so that instructors could not have the ability to remove the Syllabus tool from the course navigation menu ...

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When I click on my quiz to start it nothing pops up and the area is blank. I only get 3 attempts and I am on my 3rd because I have tried logging on from different computers to see if it will work but it is still blank when I start the quiz PLEASE HEL...

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I would like for Canvas to randomly assign students a number when hiding student names option is selected. After several trials, it seems that Canvas is programmed to assign these numbers alphabetically. For the primary teacher, this poses a non-rand...

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I've uploaded a SCORM package with a virtual tour. It can be implemented as a page and the tour functions (360 view works, going from hot-spot to hot-spot works). The integrated video however does not work; it shows a dark blue frame (which is indeed...

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As anyone done a questionnaire within Canvas to define a students VARK Learning Style? Very similar to this, but the results can be given within Canvas.https://vark-learn.com/the-vark-questionnaire/ It would be fantastic if I could get add this withi...

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In gradebook, assignments in the heading and grades (columns) do not line up.https://drive.google.com/file/d/17Ib7sLyTliABgjf85zrgChEZ50Rpkj1D/view?usp=sharing     

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Hello there!Our school will transition from our current LMS to Canvas this summer, before thoroughly implementing it with all our students in the fall. In our current LMS, in order to post assignments, reminders, or any content on the Student's Learn...

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We are synching data between Canvas LMS and Salesforce and wondering if we can create custom fields on Canvas side to store Salesforce Ids. On Salesforce side we can create custom fields and store the Canvas id. In similar fashion we want to store th...

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Hello wonderful Community members Our institution had many sub-accounts (courses separated by faculty) and in the past we have been able to add users (our tutors) as admins (with restricted permissions) to specific sub-accounts, which would allow the...

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Hi,I assigned a final and distributed a maximum of 100 points. On the syllabus, the final is said to weigh 30 points out of 100. Unfortunately I forgot to adjust this on the final itself, and now the final outweighs all the other assignments combined...

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I am trying to add a designer to help me create a course, and it says the user does not exist. Which is true. However, I cannot add; do I have to add another way? Talk to the administrator.  How do I find out who is the administrator? 

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Hello Everyone,  We recently became an entire Microsoft school. I am looking into connecting Collaborations with our OneDrive. Our security team is concerned about the app permissions it grants. I wonder if anyone in this group came across this at th...

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I have graded an assignment, made it visible to students in speedgrader, and posted it.   When I review the grades, some grades are hidden by an icon that looks like a piece of paper.   If I hover over it, it will show the entered grade.  How can I b...

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Hi,I am an instructor. The Totals column is missing from the gradebook. Is there a setting that needs to be changed? It's not that in the Settings, the "Hide totals in student grades summary" (which applies to students anyway) is checked.Thanks,Asif

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I manually paired students and observers in my course, but parent observers are saying they still need a code. How can I help them connect?

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Hi there, I am a new student here, day one, just want to make sure this is where we post a discussions. LoL Can someone help me with this please? Thank you. 

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Hi there,I have uploaded a SCORM object as a graded assignment and configured the settings to open the SCORM object in a new tab. I have included learner instructions at the top of the page. When I review this in Student View the 'Previous' and 'Next...

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Is there a way to set a default grade with a default comment? It is really takes a lot of time to have to individually copy and paste the SAME comment into each student's assignment using speedgrader such as "Good job on this assignment!" Can we get ...

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I set up groups for students to join but they are locked. Why is that? Desiree

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We have a program at my school in which students are able to regain course credit through a teacher created stand alone Canvas courses.  We have used the same courses for about 3 years now.  New sections are added for each year as we deal with differ...

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Hi all. I suspect I know the answer to this as I cannot find a way to do it in quiz settings and I can find no info in the forum or in an online search, but you never know your luck... So, is there a way to add reading time to a quiz, where students ...

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I need to change my primary email for Canvas, but nothing seems to be working. I don't use my former email anymore so it's pointless. Is there any way to change this?

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So for my AP Human Geography class, we had an assignment that was just our Unit 1 Study Guide. I had the assignment done already, and I submitted then called my friend afterwards to ask if he needed help on it. However, I got an F on the assignment b...

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Many universities are being called upon to verify faculty documents for compliance with ADA accessibility rules. My impression is that Canvas has facilities in it for checking documents for this kind of compliance; if that's true, I'd like to know ho...

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