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I am the administrator for the course evaluations at TMCC. We use Watermark Insights Course Evaluations & Surveys. Our instructors are able to view their course evals in Canvas. However, I've had several instructors who cannot see the link to view th...

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I can't find a way to export them, only old quizzes or exporting the entire course as an ismcc file. I did a little research and saw some posts from around 2020 that people were saying its impossible, only old quizzes, has anything changed in the las...

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I am trying to input information into my class. I click on the assignment link and it does not allow me to input or import information.  When I am in the module, I can drop a file in it, but then I can't see the file. Please advise!

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Hello,Does anyone know where I can locate a data point (or report) for "last date of attendance" as reflected by last submission (assignment, discussion, assessment, quiz) to Canvas, per student, per course enrollment?For context, I'm looking for the...

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The sync button is not available to me under "Actions" as the step by step guide suggests. 

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Solution Posted: 06-27-2023 View Solution
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Canvas should allow teachers to pick their preferred base font for each class. Teachers are able to change the font, but, at it is right now, it's inconvenient. Every time I make an assignment I have to pick the font I want instead of it being alread...

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I keep getting the message "Please use a valid LTI launch URL." when trying to look at New Analytics on a concluded course. 

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Solution Posted: 05-30-2023 View Solution
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Hello Instructure team,We are moving away from the Canvas LMS at the end of June, but are hoping to export user data from the nearly 200+ courses we've run since 2017.  For example, each course has 20 assignments and anywhere from 30 to 100 students....

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Hi Canvas support team,I am looking at my student portal and I have many classes that are deleted from my student portal. The funny thing is that these classes are not showing on my transcript either. The classes the police/troopers and canvas employ...

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I have assignments showing to be graded on my To Do list, when I click on the assignment it takes me to Speed Grader and shows me a student without a submission. In fact there are no ungraded assignments.  These assignments have no due dates. 

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Solution Posted: 05-30-2023 View Solution
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I have students who have not yet accepted the course.  I have repetedly sent the invitation, but I've gotten a pop-up that says invitations can't be sent without refreshing the course.  The problem is that I no longer have a refresh button.  Students...

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Situation:  New user and I'm teaching an online, asynchronous class.  Students can log in whenever to do their work.I'm planning to give a quiz, but I am concerned about students' wandering eyes when they don't know the answer to a question and try t...

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Solution Posted: 05-30-2023 View Solution
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I tried to add a new student to a course, but they keep reporting that they haven't received the invite email. I eventually gave up and tried inviting them via a different email address, which went through. I wonder if the original email bounced beca...

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We want to report and view mastery/ outcomes/ standards at account and sub-account level. However, when we view a given student, we (and we believe they) see ALL outcomes at above Canvas course level even if they are not connected to those standards ...

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Hi, I can't open files that is posted on canvas. This is both pdfs and docx documents. It works on my phone and other computers, just not my personal computer. When I try to open the file, it opens, but it's blank.

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Hi, can user access be managed at a module level?

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is there a way for a marker to automatically insert 0 in all unanswered questions of a quiz?

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Hi There, Does anyone know if Canvas has  feature or an integration that can help to reduce the time that teachers spend in grading, mostly written responses or essays? This can be more of using auto-grading process as well as providing feedback auto...

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Hello, I just wanna ask a question.Can we access recorded instructors' video lection in the Canvas after we graduate?Thanks

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Solution Posted: 05-30-2023 View Solution
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I am having issues with one of my courses not saving my completed sessions as complete. For example, Module 1, sessions 2 and 3 to be exact, anytime I log out and back in, the system un-checks, or makes it appear I have NOT completed sessions 2 and 3...

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An external tool has been implemented at a University using LTI1.3.The tool generates messages that are relayed through CANVAS Notifications to both the Instructor and Students enrolled in the course. That's nominal.However, a copy of every notificat...

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My school account is xxxxxx@student.aru.ac.uk, and my student number is xxxxx88. I have been unable to log in my email, please ask for a solution. Consistently show the problem in the picture, but I didn't do anything

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Solution Posted: 05-28-2023 View Solution
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I am trying to make it possible for my students to schedule appointments. When I go to the calendar, I can create events, but there is no option to create an "Appointment Group".  I assume this is because Scheduler is not enabled, how do I enable it?...

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Solution Posted: 05-29-2023 View Solution
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Hi, how do you get the "move" option in the Discussions section? I need to re-order my discussion posts but I don't have a move option and when I simply drag and drop the discussion does not stay put. Any help is appreciated!

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Solution Posted: 05-27-2023 View Solution
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I am having trouble on safari to view the grade page as well as on the discussion board when I try to post it keeps saying loading replies. 

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I've created a question bank of about fifty items. I created a quiz, linked it to a question bank, and created a question group to pull five items from the question bank. When I save and preview the quiz, it contains every item in the question bank.

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Solution Posted: 05-27-2023 View Solution
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I had completed a class assignment that did not save the completion status once I had finished the assignment; however, after I moved on to the next assignment the instructor informed us to take a screenshot of once you complete this assignment and s...

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Hello, I had a course in Dec 2021 but now when I see the details it is missing all the data like students, quizzes, enrolment dates are changes, files everything has disappeared. I can just se the course title on the dashboard but inside there is not...

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Solution Posted: 05-27-2023 View Solution
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As a teacher I am trying to  upload documents and it says ERROR 400, what is this

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I can control the date and time an announcement starts to by using the "delay posting" option.  How do I stop an announcement's display?

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Solution Posted: 05-26-2023 View Solution
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