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Imported a course from Moodle. Basically there are a lot of files that I need to move to different modules. Is there a way to select multiple files for movement at once? 

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Solution Posted: 03-15-2019 View Solution
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I am having trouble syncing my grades from Canvas to Powerteacher Pro (first year using PTP, had no issues with regular PS). When I go to sync a grade, I'm getting this error: "Grading Category missing for assignment." However, the assignment has the...

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 10-18-2018 View Solution
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For example: How do I do "this"?

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 06-24-2022 View Solution
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Because of my institution's particular needs, I am trying to find a way to add TA's to a course so that they can only interact with students in a particular section in Canvas. In particular, we want it so that when a student goes to the help menu and...

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I concluded a number of courses, but now want to be able to download the quiz student analytics. Is there a way to do this in batch? I found a workaround, which is to go to People --> Prior Enrollments --> Select a person and click on the assignment ...

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I would like to be able to replace files in canvas.  Is there a way to replace a file with a new file without first deleting the old file, then adding the new file?  It seems as though the only things you can do with a file is: download, rename, move...

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Solution Posted: 09-07-2018 View Solution
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I would like to remove the "test student" from my roster on canvas?  Canvas keeps including this in my grades and statistics.Thank you,Will Gosnell

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Solution Posted: 04-15-2022 View Solution
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Can I remove or at least hide the test student from gradebook?

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 09-07-2018 View Solution
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how do i upload a picture to the disscussions board

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 09-06-2018 View Solution
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As a teacher can I go to a course and print a missing assignment sheet for each individual student?

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 09-05-2018 View Solution
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I already have a parent canvas account, do i need to open a new one for my second child or just add? Where do i add his code? Thank you

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Solution Posted: 09-05-2018 View Solution
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Let's look at one fantastically frustrating example...First let's go to quizzes on the left navigation panel. There are two quizzes, but they can't be "unpublished" because there are students submissions (note that there are NONE, by the way, not eve...

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 12-01-2021 View Solution
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Is there a way to sort alphabetically by first name in the grade book?

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Solution Posted: 08-30-2018 View Solution
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I've done a search on the Canvas guides and the Q&A and haven't seen a solution for my question. I hope someone here has advice for this newb! I'm allowing 2 attempts at quizzes, but a 2nd attempt certainly isn't required. How does the system "know" ...

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 08-30-2018 View Solution
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Student reports that he is unable to type text into the text box for an assignment.  any ideas about what is happening?

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 08-29-2018 View Solution
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How do I invite another teacher to share my course? 

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 08-30-2018 View Solution
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I am currently having an issue within a Module where students are unable to access a link inside the module. The message students see says, "The file is currently locked". How do I unlock a file? Thank you!

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 08-28-2018 View Solution
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Canvas imported all of my Blackboard folders as modules. How do I nest folders within modules. It appears you can only reorder them.

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 08-28-2018 View Solution
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Hello.How can i invite my friends to join canvas network

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 08-28-2018 View Solution
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I've already cleared my cache and cookies and verified I have no data at all but I still can't upload a profile picture (and yes, other students in the class have and can do so). It attaches and then saves indefinitely while never saving. 

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Solution Posted: 01-16-2020 View Solution
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Students are indicating that they cannot see or locate my discussions.  I have them published and I can access them.  How do I remedy this?Thank you!

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 08-27-2018 View Solution
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Is it possible to award partial points Categorization question types in quizzes.next? ##quizzes.next‌

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 08-30-2018 View Solution
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We have roughly 28 users in a course in the free version of Canvas.  Since all students became active, we are experiencing extremly slow loading times.  Graphics sometimes don't load at all, and uploads take forever.  Everything is lagging.  Browser ...

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Solution Posted: 08-30-2018 View Solution
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There is a Canvas course page for a large class I'm a TA for and I want to make some content visible only to student sections I'm teaching. I saw there's an option of making the content accessible only for students with a link but wouldn't that mean ...

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 04-23-2021 View Solution
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Has anyone made a canvas emoji- are we allowed to do it? Would love to be able to do this. Any recommendations for an Emoji maker?

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 09-04-2018 View Solution
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Is there a phone number for tech support?

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 08-27-2018 View Solution
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How do you do a word count on a document submitted from a student on Canvas?  It was very easy to do on Google Docs, but I can't figure it out on Canvas.  

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Solution Posted: 09-14-2020 View Solution
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When I record a video comment in SpeedGrader, I can't hear the audio track on playback. I can see my lips move in the video. When I try to talk to text feature to dictate a comment, the mic picks up my speech fine. When I play audio on my computer th...

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 02-16-2022 View Solution
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If you want to add an image to a course card, can you remove the color overlay or are you stuck with it? Canvas help says you can remove it but I can't figure out how. 

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 08-25-2018 View Solution
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what does the blue dot beside an announcement mean?

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Canvas Question Forum
Solution Posted: 08-24-2018 View Solution
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