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I have a free account, independent of any institution, but I lost the button in dashboard form creating a new course. Is there any way for me to recover this ability?

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I had a semester ONE class, with quizzes. I now have a semester TWO of the same class. I imported a quiz from the semester one class into the semester two class, but get the message "Some settings have been disabled because the assignment is in a clo...

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Good morning. I am an educator who is developing a course for elite-level athletes to further hone their skill set and am wondering if Canvas will work as the LMS.  Here are the needs:1.  Video uploads back and for between athlete and coach.  This is...

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I want students to move through a module with two items in sequential order. I believe I have it set up correctly, but Canvas is not enforcing the sequential order. I've attached screenshots of the module (there are two items and they are in the corr...

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Presently I am using ActivePresenter to edit my videos, insert the quiz questions, then process and export the video (in SCROM format). I embed the video into Canvas. I make the link visible to my students in a Module, my students play the videos and...

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I am Zarif Eskandar I like to start studying Module 1 , in the course of Clinical Chemistry :CHEM X416-044 Quantitative Analysis : Applications in Clinical Chemistry

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Hi All, We have a number of assignments that are done through an External tool and then graded by SpeedGrader. We noticed that the students are able to exceed the limits we have set on their assignments. Is there a way to enforce the submission limit...

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Hi there. I have been asked by every person I show our Canvas course to, if it is searchable.I see in the forums that a suggection for this development was made back in 2015: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Courses-Comprehensive...

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How can I download a pdf from the adobe website to upload it to Canvas?

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I went in my course and did some alterations to assessmentstotal points of all tasks equals 100in each assignment, the "Display marks as" is Letter Gradethe marking scheme is "Competency grading" However, I am not able to save the course. I am gettin...

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Why do some of my assignments not have a way for the student to upload their file?  There is no button up on the right hand side on my screen where it also says sped grader.  My pass/fail assignments do have the ability to upload.

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Hello, I am a Canvas admin and during the SIS updates for Enrollments, We did get a list of several errors, but I know that they can be ignored, however, at the bottom, it shows:"and 1 more warnings that were not included - Download the error file to...

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My students need to see the PowerPoints I have loaded  in Files but is is currently disabled in Student View.  How do I enable files for students?

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Hi there. I am wondering if I can control the size of the right side bar in my Canvas course. It is for "course status" when I'm in as instructor: in student view it has calendar etc displayed.This side bar really overtakes the course content window,...

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Hi,In the `learning_outcomes_results_fact` [table](https://portal.inshosteddata.com/docs#learning_outcome_result_fact) from the Canvas Data Warehouse, we used to have results from multiple questions linked to the same learning outcome in a Classic Qu...

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I want to be able to take notes from reading materials inside Canvas, so that I can reference them during class/lectures. 

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Does anyone know how to remove or delete a student from a canvas group? 

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Can I create an "open" course with no start or end dates (like a resource hub) or do all courses need start and end dates? I want students to always be able to access this course but still want to push occasional announcements out to it.

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We recently switched to using New Quizzes, but found that the LockDown Browser settings are lost every time a course is copied. Do you know of any proctoring solution where this doesn't happen? Or is it an effect of New Quizzes on all proctoring solu...

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Hi,I am the Distance Learning Coordinator for my site (so admin/instructional design/all-in-one/etc).   One of my faculty has decided to not use modules and just make all assignments via the Assignment area (which is restricted from student access) t...

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Is there a way to send an announcement to multiple sections of the same course?Thanks

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While this seems to be a minor 'issue', I am surprised it is occurring. In the Dashboard List view, one can scroll up and see content from expired courses. I would say that this is not helpful and can be quite confusing for students. Is there a way t...

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I created a sample exam in New Quizzes and tried to upload a document as part of the instruction, but I was unable to find the document upload from the rich text editor field. Is the feature removed under New Quizzes?  

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I don't see my classes in my canvas any one knows why?

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I had my students do a pre-course survey. It appears canvas only lets you see the results one student at a time. I have over 40 students, and you can see why this is a problem. I would like to tally the result and share with the class. So it will hel...

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How do you export a theme and place it into a different canvas account? Is this possible?

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When setting up a discussion board, the name of the person posting a message shows up on the upper left margin. Is there some way, some setting, that would highlight the instructor's name so that it would stand out from the messages posted by student...

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Necesito saber si hay opcion a crear grupos de trabajo en zoom? y como puedo instalar un puntero en la clase ZOOM para ir señalando puntos claves en la presentación asi como si existe opcion a escribir sobre lo que se esta presentando. Quedo atenta y...

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Greetings, Many of our students use the Bell List (the bell notification visible in List View) to keep themselves organized. If they hit the X on an assignment, that assignment is then moved to the Dismissed list and no longer visible unless the stud...

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When creating an assignment I don't always want to assign it to everyone, but I also don't want to have to type in every students name. My classes are large;30 students. I may want to assign to all but one or two students. Is there a way I can do thi...

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