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I am a teacher in LISD. I already have a Canvas account.Can you please help me pair my child's Canvas to my LISD account? Thankyou

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Hi, relatively new to Canvas here.Is there a way to show/hide (publish/unpublish?) course content (e.g. a file) to only a particular section of students?Example use cases:One class (section) has a slightly different 'term overview' to another due to ...

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im am a 10th grader and I have multiple honors classes , which I get a lot of home work and every time I log into ccps and click on canvas I get brought to a white page with only dashboard , I can't go to any of my classes or even click courses becau...

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Solution Posted: 08-18-2022 View Solution
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Is there a way to organise the Assessor Comment Library after comments have been added 

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Un saludo a toda la comunidad,Busco ayuda para crear un perfil que pueda ser observador pero a nivel de cuenta, no de curso, es decir, que pueda ingresar y visualizar movimientos, actividades, foros, calificaciones, recursos, movimientos, vista de us...

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I copied a Teaching Plan into each of my modules and started editing them. I just realized that as I edit, it is not only editing the specific module that I am working on, it is also editing all of the module teaching plans that I copied. Therefore I...

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Hello, I want to build the reading in my modules for my class.  What are some ways to get to and list current readings assignments? 

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Solution Posted: 03-21-2023 View Solution
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How do I hide completed courses from my dashboard? I clicked the star and they were hidden. After the date the course was scheduled to end, they all reappeared. The star is still white but all classes reappeared on my dashboard.  

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Solution Posted: 08-17-2022 View Solution
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Hi,My Dashboard is still showing my child's previous middle school announcements and I am unable to view her current classes at her new school. 

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Can emojis be used in Assignment names that will be synced with Synergy SIS?

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Solution Posted: 09-23-2022 View Solution
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A year or two ago I changed my name but then the feature was removed. Can my name somehow be reset back to ANGEL RIOS? 

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Solution Posted: 08-17-2022 View Solution
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The survey I am creating is a poll of the students' answers for each question. This is not a graded assignment, but will facilitate discussion. How do I view the results of an ungraded survey?

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I have a teacher getting an error message when trying to use Grade Passback. See attachment. 

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I have cross sectioned two classes.  One is syncing with powerschool and the other isn't syncing with powerschool.  All assignments and point values are the same.  

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When downloading assignments in bulk, the zip file contains files which are named with the student name.Can the filename be configured to include the student id field?Thanks

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Solution Posted: 08-17-2022 View Solution
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My settings don't show an option for cross listing courses with two different course numbers. i need to  combine a grad and an ugrad section into one for content sharing. all the other answers tell me to cross list.  is there any other option?

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I've successfully had my students synce their Canvas calendar with their Google Calendar, however, only events are syncing NOT assignments, is that an error on my end or are Canvas Assignments not able to sync? 

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Solution Posted: 03-21-2023 View Solution
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How do I duplicate a module?

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Solution Posted: 08-17-2022 View Solution
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Good afternoon all,Let's say our Canvas has a page at:https://univ.instructure.com/courses/1200/pages/helloworldWithin it is an html element to which I have given the id "Research&ManInfo"S0, if I wish to point to this element within the url, I const...

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Solution Posted: 03-21-2023 View Solution
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I teach high school Algebra 1. I randomize the quiz questions so each student gets them in a different order, but we always have a constructed response on paper. Our workaround for this using the gradebook is to make an essay question where they ackn...

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Solution Posted: 08-20-2022 View Solution
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When creating a Mastery Path and using a Classic Quiz as the trigger item, an instructor can immediately see the breakdown of which student fell into which Mastery Path (picture). In a New Quiz, this breakdown does not exist, so instructors would hav...

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Anyone can advise me on how to create a push a separate sandbox course to all teachers accounts on Canvas?

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Is there a feature to filter out early submissions and give extra points to early submissions? I understand the gradebook and be exported, modified and uploaded back but this is extremely error prone. Thanks in advance for your feedback

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I am an admin for the first time for a high school that has a handful of beginning users of Canvas. I have had a tricky FERPA question brought up by a Canvas teacher user: a teacher is beginning the school year with students in a discipline alternati...

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Solution Posted: 03-30-2023 View Solution
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How do I disable Canvas Calendar?

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the export course content button is gone in the previous courses, is there way that I can export them?  How do I view course content offline as an ePub fi... - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)How do I export a Canvas course? - Instructure Commun...

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Solution Posted: 08-24-2022 View Solution
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Hello, I am a teacher and a parent. I paired with one of my own children. I thought it was for only the 21-22 school year. I am now getting unwanted emails.  When I look in his account or mine, I can not find where I am paired. What can I do to be un...

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I have a rule set for an assignment group to drop the lowest score.However, a few of my students cheated on a few of the quizzes, so I gave them a zero for those particular assignments. Problem is, Canvas drops the Zero that I want them to keep.Anyon...

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Solution Posted: 08-16-2022 View Solution
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I'm in the process of setting up my Canvas site for the fall and everytime I click on Home to set up my welcome page - it automatically is going to the Syllabus page. Help!

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Solution Posted: 08-16-2022 View Solution
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The interactive videos on canvas only have the options to decrease playback speed (0.25x and 0.5x). I've tried to work around it using the Video Speed Controller extension on Chrome, but it does not affect it. Is there any other way to increase video...

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Solution Posted: 03-21-2023 View Solution
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