I want to integrate Microsoft  365 in my Canvas course. Specifically, I want to use it as a collaboration tool. Do students need a OneDrive account to use this 365 as a collaboration tool? 

We have migrated from Sakai, and the one feature I miss is Mathematics in ChatRoom. I would interact with students using Mathematics (MathJax), so that I could reply with simple RG-58 is 50\(\Omega\) line, but also hairy Maxwell stuff \(\nabla\times\...

Hi, I currently use Matlab grader (as external tool) to create assignments in a course.  However, the configuration of Matlab grader is such that unlimited submissions are possible. As a consequence I have two problems 1) even if I set the attempts o...

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to create a fill in the blank with multiple correct answers that are also checked by Levenshtein distance. For Example.  Question: Name one phylum of protists with a photosynthetic organism. Possible Answers: ...

I keep getting empty choices for the MC options. I go back to edit, hit the little garbage can to delete the empty ones, update the question, and save. When I go back to review, the blank spaces, and more, reappear. Any suggestions?

We have configured SSO in canvas using username but we are getting below error: Is there a way to perform the authentication using LMS_ID? Thanks

I've tried modified EVERY element for the assignment but cannot figure out why the option to duplicate is sometimes unavailable.  I have only run into this issue recently (within last two weeks)!!  [examples are from the same course]

One of the admins at our school had his 'Account Admin' role revoke recently, and I want to try to track down who revoked it, or how this might have happened. Is there any kind of event log available anywhere in Canvas which might record this informa...

Many of the math teachers in our building use a 7 point scale which is based on the IB-scoring system. They have all enabled grading schemes in their course so that the total grade is displayed as the IB 1-7. For example, a student sees a 92% and a 7...

I am importing sections via SIS Import. And, an error has been reported. "Error while importing CSV. Please contact support (error report 19044000000000214)". Do you know what this means?

Is it possible to avoid that students make copy/paste or screen shot in quizzes?

A teacher in my school system is receiving the "Grading category missing for assignment" when trying to sync to PowerSchool. The assignments are in a properly imported category from PowerSchool, verified by the paper/arrow icon. Group weights match t...

I use multiple blank questions to get R commands from students, The csv student analysis report, however, corrupts them to useless bits. For instance, a perfectly fine answer like "x <- mean(x)" only comes out as "x ", whereas "x <- mean( x[ which(x ...

I've got three kids enrolled and I'm having difficulty viewing their schedules/assignments on the calendar both on the computer and the phone app.  It only lets me select ten of the classes total, not per student.  So my first question is if there is...

I want to pick individual questions from quizzes I have imported from Commons and put them into a question bank. Is this possible? If so, then how do I do it?

In the Canvas REST API documentation, I've found that these two entries seem to be identical: /api/v1/courses/:course_id/users/api/v1/courses/:course_id/search_users Are they really two entries that do the same thing?  Does one refer to the other?  I...

From this post, I know the default is: "Students cannot view previously submitted comments by any other reviewers, including comments by TAs or other instructors." I want students to ask unique peer review questions for each assignment, but this is n...

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to create a fill in the blank with multiple correct answers that are also checked by Levenshtein distance. For Example.  Question: Name one phylum of protists with a photosynthetic organism. Possible Answers: ...

On the quiz that I am creating, I have questions that have an initial problem statement followed by several multiple-choice (MC) questions based on that statement. I am currently doing this by giving the statement as a "Text (no question)" question, ...

Hello i can't figure out how to make grey document links (see photo). Can anyone help me with this? Thanks. Anthony

Hi All, we were pretty pleased with the Direct Share feature to copy content between courses and were promoting it as an alternative to the export/import tool. However a user has stumped me today, she points out that the 'Copy To' feature only works ...

I have a single class that has 20+ calendar events in a day. The problem is all of these events show up on my dashboard list view, and really clutters it. I tried hiding the course notifications, and unstarring the class on my all courses page. This ...