I'm wondering if there is an easy way to make pages and files available / visible to a certain group of students only. I have a course with Section A and Section B, they have a common group project and common materials, but other materials are differ...

We are retrofitting our Storyline simulations for accessibility. Therefore our SCORM files are being updated from the previous file version. After uploading the latest SCORM file, we are unable to delete the older version SCORM file. There is a trash...

I'm having an issue with New Quizzes, Item Banks, and Outcomes. I have about 20 Item Banks filled with a variety of questions. I'm trying to go back and add Outcomes to individual questions in the Item Banks. But I can't. When I go to add an Outcome ...

Hi, I used curl to get a list of discussion topics (announcements). The data was successfully returned. However, the returned string contains special characters, which BBEdit shown as a red reversed question mark.   There is one before the JSON strin...

Let’s say I create a "Quiz Bank" with three questions and assign different point values to those questions, for example looking like: (1) T/F = 2 points, (2) a Multiple Choice = 3 points, (3) and the third is an Essay Question = 25 points.  The probl...

Hi there.  Originally I created a Free for Teachers account to develop a couple of online courses that my organization intends to facilitate.  On these courses we would like to have a few custom registration questions to help us learn more about who ...

Is there a way to enroll students to a course using their phone number instead of their email address?

I include requirements and prerequisites because I do NOT want students moving on to the later modules without having completed an earlier assignment (in this case, midterm exam). However, apparently a student who did not complete the requirement has...

We are creating a course with 5 modules, each module has a quiz which will be graded as percentage.  We would like to measure the course per module completion and quiz results. What would be the best settings for this?  We will be granting certificat...

I work for an institution that trains teachers on using our product.  We are creating a course with 5 modules and would like to send users an automatic notification that reminds them to complete their incomplete modules.  Is it possible and how.     ...

How can I register the access the code for my class, or Do I have to wait until my class starts?

We recently had a student reach out for support because they authored an assignment using the RCE, and then (unknowingly) waited until after the availability date to submit.   After submitting, their composition disappeared, and they received the mes...

If a student is using the Canvas iOS app, will every file that they access in the course appear on the Access Report?  Everything is logged when using Chrome, Firefox, and Safari but I'm curious about when using the app.  

If you use New Quizzes and want to create a practice quiz as you could in the Classic Quizzes, that feature is missing and is important to include. If you select the "Do not count this assignment towards the final grade" checkbox, the quiz still appe...

Hi, I was doing the capstone project and since the date to complete this is extended to 31july, i took some break due to my project work and when i came back to complete this my account was deactivated since i had exceeded the mentioned budget cap. I...

I am curious as to how other institutions handle account roll-offs. What we are looking for insight on is as employees/faculty roll-off or leave our institution how do you handle their accounts in Canvas? Do you simply just delete the user's account ...

Hi all, my university currently uses Canvas for all course-related content. This upcoming semester, I am going to trial a program called 'Notion' which allows me to do everything Canvas does but with more scheduling, note-taking, importation of media...

Im trying to make a custom grade book column, however, when trying to do so I get this error:   { "errors": [{ "message":"An error occurred.", "error_code":"internal_server_error"} ], "error_report_id":519 }   The req...

Hi, I would like to get a list of assignments sorted by their creation_at or due_date in descending order(most recent assignments). On https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/assignments.html#method.assignments_api.index  , I can see an order_by which...

Hello, We have found an error in Classic quizzes where some questions do not display the selected answer on the quiz results page. Does anyone know what might cause this or how to fix it?  

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A relatively new Canvas Instructor. 2/3 through the term, and the "Total" column has "0% F" for every student. All assignments are in the Group "Assignments". What switch did I not activate? B

I am having a few technical issues between the users and we are not sure what the causes are. Michael was able to complete the quiz with no issues, and his test results were recorded instantly. I was also able to have him submit the results more tha...

Is there a way to change the appearance of your canvas course in a way that is better suited for presenting? I have been teaching my course by screen sharing it, but it is clearly not meant for this because of the distracting published icons and side...