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Title: Request for Assistance with Student InformationDescription: I am a student currently enrolled in a course and I need help with an issue related to personal student information.Issue Details:User Role: StudentProblem: I am experiencing difficul...

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Solution Posted: 02-23-2024 View Solution
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I cannot see text submissions on speed grader. Image/pdf submissions are fine, but text submissions are not displayed

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Good afternoon, Is there an option to delay the reveal of the options in MCQs by a few seconds to allow the learner to try and retrieve the answer through existing knowledge before the options are presented? If not, is this something that could be co...

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Solution Posted: 02-23-2024 View Solution
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The assignments page is disabled in my courses, how do I change it so they can see it?

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I do not have a "Discussion" link on the left side of my screen in Canvas, why is this?

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How do export or transfer questions from various quizzes into an exam bank? I know how to edit each one individually to add to bank, but is there a way to copy all the questions from a quiz into a bank? 

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Solution Posted: 02-22-2024 View Solution
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For the past couple of weeks speed grader has been broken for me. It used to show the contents of the file (.py files were treated like plain text files) and allowed me to highlight and add comments. I used this feature extensively to give feedback t...

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I have imported questions using a QTI file, but some of the questions appear with the HTML code visible. When I try to remove the extra text and save the question, it shows that the text is removed.  But, when I reload the page the questions go back ...

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admin - courses - display newest firstanyone has a encountered a way to display the newest courses first in the admin tab instead of having the oldest first?thx

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While interacting with my school's Canvas access on the web using the Chrome browser from my office desktop, I cannot copy the contents of a text box containing feedback into another text box on student-submitted work. I often find myself typing the ...

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How can I print the Quiz Statistics Page that contains the Quiz Summary and Question Breakdown? I have attempted to print it from the Google Browser, but it cuts off the left side of the page. I have also tried saving it as a PDF, but the same issue ...

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Solution Posted: 02-22-2024 View Solution
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I can see through past posts that users have been asking for this update for several years. Though we appreciate the inclusion of user-chosen pronouns, allowing only one selection from a list is inadequate. Some people use multiple sets of pronouns. ...

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I found this idea for the product : https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Idea-Conversations/Immediate-grading-feedback-on-each-question-New-Quizzes/idi-p/520970 What does "Archived" mean? like, it will never be added to the product?I really think it is...

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Solution Posted: 02-23-2024 View Solution
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I don't have the pair with observer button enabled, does anyone know how to do it?Without this button I cannot perform parental pairing.

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Solution Posted: 02-23-2024 View Solution
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Feedback for Canvas from a topic coordinator: There is no auto correct for feedback comments or find function for finding words in the text of the essay in speedgrader. It would be great if this could be included. Thanks

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Hello,I am a teacher and my policy is that students get 50% for any missing assignments. I have the gradebook set to do this automatically. However, I have noticed that it only works for assignments that get a point value grade, not for assignments t...

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Solution Posted: 02-22-2024 View Solution
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So here's a weird bug we're having with Classic Quizzes.A prof has named her multiple dropdown question field "[ans]", (without quotes) and while that appears fine while editing the quiz, students only see the text "[ans]" in the question. It works w...

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Solution Posted: 02-29-2024 View Solution
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Is there a setting in Canvas that I'm missing somewhere that enables setting the percentage of how much a group of assignments counts towards a total grade?See attached images. I have two classes where the option is available for one class but not th...

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Solution Posted: 02-21-2024 View Solution
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Can I modify the status abbreviation options for submissions? Right now the only available for assignments are excused, none, missing, and late. I see there are others available, but I am not able to apply them to submissions. Can Canvas please allow...

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Solution Posted: 02-22-2024 View Solution
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Hi!I am wondering if there is a way to link a selection of courses so that you can select the "group" and add people to all of them at the same time?This has come about as my institution split what was one course per university year a while back, and...

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Solution Posted: 02-21-2024 View Solution
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I want to create a quizz with let's say 20 questions.the first 5 questions are linked to a specific situation, for which I need to create a common instructions.Then around 10 questions that each is separate, then another bloc of questions that have a...

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TL;DR:Question banks on quizzes shared to another person vanish from the creator's library of banks, but are still accessible by quizzes that reference them.The Situation:I have created about 5 question banks, each containing three similar questions ...

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Hi.I was taking a quiz for a class and the screen kept glitching because of a pop up notification. The screen would dim and light up with the notification. I have taken many quizzes on Canvas before and everything was fine. I know it was not an wifi ...

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Solution Posted: 02-26-2024 View Solution
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Is it possible to restrict the viewing of a specific module within a course only to specific students? 

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Until now, whenever students would submit Adobe Illustrator files, the SpeedGrader document viewer would read and show the files that students submitted. That currently doesn't seem to be the case anymore? This speeds up grading simple visual assignm...

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Solution Posted: 02-23-2024 View Solution
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Is there a place in New Quizzes where questions that aren't associated with an Item Bank live? In Classic Quizzes, the equivalent would be the Unfiled Questions Question Bank. This allowed instructors to reuse previous questions despite them not bein...

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There is a lot of discussion in the community about where users *don't* currently have access to the RCE - like in Rubric building, some feedback areas, or some parts of questions in Quizzes. And I completely agree, teachers should access to the RCE ...

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The option to delete the default assignment rubric does not appear when creating a rubric. There should be a trashcan icon that removes this default rubric. There should be a trashcan icon next to the pencil icon. This allows for the default outcome ...

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Is anyone else having trouble deleting the default outcome in a rubric? It was working fine last week. Today the trash can is not there

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Solution Posted: 03-26-2024 View Solution
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Me gustaría saber si es posible asignar de manera autómatica la co-evaluación entre los miembros de 1 grupo de trabajo. Lo puedo hacer de manera manual, pero me gustaría poder programarlo.   Gracias

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