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Hello, I like multi-tasking my desktop, so when I'm answering questions on canvas, I tend to have canvas on one side of my desktop and maybe a music app, or google meet screen taking the other half. I was wondering how it is handled if you mouse over...

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I have to conduct a 2.5 hrs lecture and 5hrs laboratory every Monday for my online classes. On our first meeting , I was able to record and receive a recording of the first 2.5 hours last Sept 15. But the rest of my classes Sept 15 and 21, I did not ...

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My course visibility is set as private and I want to make my course available to public view so that more and more students can take benefits of it, So please help me to set my course visibility as PUBLIC. To check out the canvas course link: https:/...

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Hello.I downloaded Canvas-LMS from AWS Marketplace. I want to use the new analytics, but it doesn't show up anywhere. I checked and it doesn't show up by default. It seems I need to set it up, but I can't find a place to set it up.Where do I have to ...

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I had to fix a MC question after a Quiz was graded. I figured out how to change the answer to the correct answer, however, the Quiz Report does not reflect the change. I would like the Report data with the new information after the regrade. Will this...

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I am a parent and my child is having issues with assignment submission.  He will upload an assignment and a few days later it shows that no assignment was submitted. He has found himself constantly redoing and submitting assignments. Please help.

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My to Do list has many items listed that are over 2 weeks old and trying to clear them only prompts the message "Unable to mark as complete." These listed items are often not assignments, they are announcements and calendar notifications so there is ...

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On assignments that I put in as Complete/Incomplete I would like to change the percentage/point value assigned  to incomplete assignments from 0 to 50%. 

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When I copy an assignment from a module and just change it's content, the students can't submit their new project....is it because they already submitted in original copy?

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For some reason when I submit my homework the format is changed when my instructor looks at it and some times it does not even show up at all. Should I use another program? I use office word but it is online and not downloaded to my pc. 

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I gave my students an assignment using the Google assignment LTI. 12 of 14 students had no problems. However, one student got this message so was unable to access the file. "No preview available". Does anyone know why this message appeared and what t...

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So at this link: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/assignments.html#method.assignments_api.indexIf you scroll down to where it says "An Assignment object looks like:", it looks like the Assignment object is a dictionary that's used to store data...

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      Students are only logged in with their Google Accounts, but this message in Canvas keeps coming up:  Log InYou need to authorize this integration in order to use it.Please sign in to your Google account and authorize this integration. When we c...

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I'm getting a "Request failed" error message when (repeatedly) trying to sync grades with Skyward. This happens often when the assignment is generated using an External tool (Flipgrid)Is there anything I can do to to facilitate syncing from Canvas to...

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Is there a setting or way of indicating for some class participants (not all) that they do not have to submit specific assignments because they have passed those in a previous course. The course is live, so any solution should have the ability to ove...

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How can I, as an admin, set passwords for user accounts besides doing it one by one. We are working on an SIS integration and through the test environment I was able to see the user accounts pulled into canvas. However, our younger kids (k-3) do not ...

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 I'm a student who just transitioned onto Canvas and I wish that late or missing assignments were pushed forward to your To-Do list like it was on Classroom so I knew if it was actually submitted or not. I also wish there was one compiled to-do list ...

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Hello! I just gave my 2nd quiz. The first one I gave last week scored fine in gradebook as a percentage. This one shows as "0"s for every single person who took the quiz. I went back and checked their scores under "Moderate" in the quiz itself, as we...

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IVE TRIED TO REMOVE AN ACCIDENTAL OBSERVER FROM MY ACCOUNT FOREVER NOW AND I STILL CANT FIGURE IT OUT. I HAVE CONTACTED SUPPORT THROUGH CANVAS AND THEY TELL ME TO DO API CALLS AND STUFF LIKE THAT BUT I HAVE NO CLUE WHERE TO TYPE THESE API COMMANDS OR...

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Is there any way to increase the width of "classic" quiz windows? There is a big discrepancy between the question development display and the student display. To begin with, I usually work with my screen at 80% zoom so that I can see more on my lapto...

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My canvas account is saying that I have duplicate assignments and therefore won't sync to canvas.  I did find a couple of repeat modules but they have been deleted.  Still won't sync.

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I am trying to make a bulletin board with a bunch of pictures that have been submitted through Canvas, but I can't download the pictures to my phone to then upload them to the Walgreen's app to have them developed. All I can do is modify or write on ...

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Is there an easy way for students to turn in pear deck takeaways? It puts it in the 'shared with me' folder which canvas does not access it does not seam. Thanks

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Buen día a todos Se hicieron unas modicaciones en un paquete con un index en HTML4 y HTML5 y al momento de expandirlo en Canvas no se visualiza correctamente o tarda mucho encargar cierto contenido, ¿le ha pasado a alguien?

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I am a high school teacher and I'd like to see exactly what steps a student would take in order to submit an assignment with pdf file upload.  I tried using the student app to upload a file to an assignment, but I keep getting an error that says "Sub...

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Evening all,  A student - based in Germany - is trying to access Canvas and submit a piece of work. On the log-in screen, they get the following message:  'Not Authorised - You are not authorised to access this site because you are located in a count...

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Several of the teachers in my school have attempted to use SchoolNet as an External Tool in an Assignment. I have walked teachers through how to create this assignment, but a sporadic number of students in each class have been unable to access the te...

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Hello all - I (instructor) exported a quiz from a course I'm currently teaching and then re-uploaded the quiz to the same course so I could add the questions to a test bank I am building. Unfortunately, it now appears that the quiz I exported was "re...

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We have so many issues in our district trying to get Aeries and CANVAS to sync. It's been working for me now with some minor glitches like (double assignments posting in AERIES--still can't figure that one out). But today when trying to sync I am get...

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