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I am a math teacher who has several question banks to use. As I check for questions to use in a new unit, I find that many of my previously created and/or imported questions have converted to latex code. Help! I don't want to recreate the wheel and s...

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If a student misses the midterm due to one of several allowed factors, I’d like to roll over the weight of the midterm to the final for that student. Can I do this in canvas?

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Hi all, I have a faculty member that created a 7-point grading scheme, created an assignment worth 7 points, and set the "display grade as" to Letter and applied that scheme for the assignment.   What we're noticing when grading is, the middle range...

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This is a minor UI/UX suggestion in my view, very low priority imho:Currently, when I create a quiz that needs to be copied to multiple courses, I need to click on the vertical "..." button, click on "Copy To..." which opens a panel where I can selec...

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I want to allow students to go back and retake an activity, but doing so seems to update their grade to their most recent attempt. Is it possible to "lock" or set a condition on a grade to something like taking their best attempt, or first attempt?

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Hello   I'm asking this here as I haven't found an answer yet. I have a blueprint page that I use to maintain further Canvas pages (all the edits and information updated in this blueprint page is then pushed out to the other course pages via a sync)....

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When moving from a specific module to an assignment in the module and then going back to the module, why does the back movement take you to a different area of the modules listed? It seems all I do is scroll up or down to do anything and can never go...

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Hi there, Does anyone know when this idea will be open for voting? It is part of the theme Improved UI Controls and Usability - Additional filtering and view options which currently has an "identified" status.  According to the how do themes work pag...

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Are there abreviations for all 5 status options? For example, ex for excused and mi for missing. What about Resubmission and late? Also, why when I enter in scores and I edit a status do I only see late, missing, and excused, but I cannot see resubmi...

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How can I get anonymous feedback from students in canvas? Is there a way of setting up an anonymous survey for students in modules? 

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How do I create anonymous feedback for students? Link to the guide mentioned in one of the replies is coming up with error message. 

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Seems to be Issues with Canvas connection. No link between canvas and OneNote through tab on Canvas ‘Class Notebook’Any help much appreciated.  

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Our school is moving to the 4 point rubric for assignments and assessments.  Canvas has the option to add a rubric to assignments/assessments, but will not average the different criterions.  I can do it by hand, but this seems like an extra step and ...

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I have a Canvas teacher account and I want to become an observer for my son but I do not want to make a new account. is there a way to become an observer through my teacher account?

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Hi all!I am somewhat new to teaching and to using Canvas from the teaching side, so hopefully there is a feature for this or a workaround or something that I don't know of.I have been messing with using rubrics for grading, and they're great! However...

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I created a quiz, had students take it, and forgot to add my outcomes. I have since gone back and added them. When I go to my outcome analysis, they do not show up. Is there something I am doing wrong or is this not an option after the fact? 

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is it possible to make a copy of an entire rubric? (In order to save the old one but tweak a new one?)

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I created a survey as a quiz on Canvas, and previously I was able to download the results in an Excel/CSV, but cannot find that option now. Did something change and how do I do this now?

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I have seen this brought up here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Ideas/New-Quizzes-Expand-regrade-partial-credit-grading-to-be-as/idi-p/588057 I am looking for an actual answer, however. Can you regrade formula questions in new quizzes? Th...

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If I can access the Build page of a new quiz from the assignment settings page, why can't I access the assignment settings from the Build page of a new quiz? For that matter, what is the purpose in not showing the course navigation in the left sideba...

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Having an issue with text to speech recording. The button is there and I can record fine, but when I try to end a sentence and say "period" it literally spells out the words instead of ending the sentence, stopping me from continuing to give feedback...

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This has not been addressed, and many people need this update: Treat graded discussion postings like assignment submissions. When a student makes a posting to a discussion, it shows up on the to-do list regardless of whether they've already been mark...

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Hello friends,I have a recent request to integrate Microsoft Learn into our Canvas instance. I have been doing research at various sites to learn about the LTI. It might be beyond my understanding on how to integrate this piece of software, and I was...

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I link HMH through Canvas. Students are required to "...load (HMH) in new window" to access activity. Most students have no issues accessing activity by loading in a new window. Recently, a couple students were taken back into Canvas after attempting...

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Scenario: Students are allowed multiple attempts to submit a quiz. They submit a quiz on time and are happy with their score. They think all is well. They accidentally open a new attempt, which Canvas automatically submits for them when the late wind...

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I think this might be a one-time strange bug, but has anyone ever seen something like this before? I have an instructor who copied some PDF from an old course, but they all came over without a .pdf extension. Students can still download the files and...

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A few of my students have seen this pop up for just a moment when using Google LTI 1.3 it goes away and they can complete the document fine. We are using LTI 1.3. Is anyone else seeing this? Or any idea what it might mean?

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Hi there,   Why is it that a 403 Forbidden response is returned when a user enrolled as a student attempts to delete a submission comment that they made? It is understandable to not authorise editing or deletion of instructors' comments, but I find i...

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Eevee, the adorable and versatile Pokémon first introduced in Generation I of the Pokémon series, has captivated fans worldwide with its unique evolutionary potential. With a total of eight different evolutionary forms, known as Eeveelutions, Eevee s...

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