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i've trolled for this topic but find mostly dead ends from 2019 or so. We are implementing the MYP and would love to find out what best practices schools may have adopted using the Canvas LMS. 

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Student is making a response in a discussion and can show screenshots of what she submitted. Intermittently, her responses appear blank to me. If I go to “edit” her blank response, I see what she has submitted. 

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Solution Posted: 04-18-2023 View Solution
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I can no longer access my grade book. When I click on grades, it flashes for a brief moment and then doesn't load at all. I also can no longer view submitted assignments on Canvas unless I download and open them. This is happening with all my courses...

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Currently the YuJa application is loading with the system navigation showing; with most links being broken for faculty due to permissions. The behavior I am after is open the application in frame without the system menu or breadcrumbs but still showi...

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Solution Posted: 04-18-2023 View Solution
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Why can't instructors and students subscribe to a Group Discussion? I am designing a course for 150 students, so we break the students into groups of 25. I have created a "collaboration corner" discussion which is non-graded, and students aren't requ...

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I am running student council elections through Canvas. Students can select 1, or 2 candidates for each class representative position. I currently have these elections set up as ungraded surveys with a multiple answer question. Is there a way to limit...

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You used to be able to click on a student's assignment through gradebook and speedgrader and score assignments using the turnitin.com tools. Students could look at teacher's comments from the turnitin.com LTI through gradebook and you did not have to...

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I am the new Registrar at the Maine School of Science and Mathematics and would like to speak to my Customer Success Manager. Thank you

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Our school board members have requested access to our Canvas instance. Their purpose is to better understand what is being taught at our school.Has anyone else allowed their (non-parent) school board members to access Canvas? I have set up a bare bon...

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We're looking for a way to make it obvious to teachers (but not students) if a student has an allergy. Ideally a peanut icon could appear next to them in the attendance screen or elsewhere. I searched but didn't find anything on this topic. We could ...

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Solution Posted: 04-30-2023 View Solution
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Hi folks! I'm a Canvas admin assisting one of my faculty members with question banks. When we look in their course and go to manage question banks, about 10 or so question banks appear. Perfect, that's what we want. However, when they go to add quest...

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Solution Posted: 04-18-2023 View Solution
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The Canvas Community instructor guide "How do I hide or post assignment grades in SpeedGrader?" erroneously indicates that “Students will not be able to see their quiz responses while quiz grades are hidden” when the "manual" grade posting policy is ...

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Solution Posted: 05-24-2023 View Solution
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We have a course that has multiple teachers. Each of our teachers has the same default email address listed, which is a shared inbox, and a personal work email listed for sign-in purposes on the settings screen. When a participant clicks Help-->Ask Y...

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Solution Posted: 04-17-2023 View Solution
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I have been trying to work with requirements in a module. The goal is to require students to complete a quiz, which contains a case scenario, before viewing follow-up material to the case scenario. I went into the module / edit / requirements / selec...

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I have created a Mastery Path that should show an assignment with a student scores a 10 on a quiz and a page to view if they do not.  In student view, I can see only the assignment when I score a 10 on the quiz. However, I can still see it and access...

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Solution Posted: 04-20-2023 View Solution
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I am an instructor and would like to remove attendance notices sent by email to students.

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Hi. What is the diffrences between classic and modern quizzes that are to require LockDownBrowser, and how do you force set quizzes as always modern quizzes? We are having different issues between theese two, and prefer to have modern quizzes to be u...

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Hi everyone, Does anyone know if we have any report on calculating how many downloads of a particular file in Canvas course? I see in Analytics, we have only file uploads. But our faculty prefer to see the download instead.I have tried to find a work...

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Solution Posted: 05-13-2023 View Solution
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Hi! Can anyone tell me what the dinosaur image means in Canvas if it shows up in place of a quiz essay answer? Thanks!

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Solution Posted: 04-17-2023 View Solution
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Students and faculty are unable to subscribe to a discussion, even though they have updated their notification settings and they are not required to post first.The option to subscribe is "greyed" out.

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I am having problems and need help. Josephine Ezeanya

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Solution Posted: 05-23-2023 View Solution
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Having problems with this assignment.

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I’m investigating the expanded use of Canvas here at my university.  This question deals with the ability for an instructor to add a student to a class on the fly.Situation explained.  The university operates both didactic classroom courses and clini...

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Solution Posted: 04-15-2023 View Solution
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I think I already know the answer to this question but I thought I would double-check. Per the Canvas guides, in order to award students full credit for a question in New Quizzes, you have to go into Speedgrader, then go into an individual student's ...

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I am an instructor with a 'learning to learn' student learning objective.  I want to use the New Analytics student activity reports to show students their opportunity to learn more effectively by engaging in key content (pages) earlier (right after a...

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I've received an extension on medical grounds but feel as though one extra day would make a huge difference for editing and submitting as the time I was granted extra was also spent catching up on work outside of uni. Will I receive an immediate fail...

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Hello,I requested access to a Ventures Basic shell course on Canvas. I was promptly given access to Ventures Basic Units 1-5, as well as all of Ventures Levels 1-4 and Transitions, but I am missing Units 6-10 of Ventures Basic. I am working on Unit 9...

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Solution Posted: 04-18-2023 View Solution
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Hi there,New canvas admin here and I'm trying make sure I fully understand the Term end dates and what happens when those dates are reached.  I know that typically the course becomes concluded and goes into a read-only state on the Term End date.Our ...

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Solution Posted: 04-14-2023 View Solution
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I am an instructor and looking at the instructor view in Canvas Gradebook, What is the meaning of the red dot icon in the upper left corner of the grade book columns? It appeared for the first time yesterday in some Discussion Board columns.Thank you

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Solution Posted: 04-14-2023 View Solution
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