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I was wondering how I eliminate the "missing" title next to a kids name once I have inputted their grade?  For example, if a student received a 5/5 on a late assignment, but it is still showing missing after I have updated the grade how do I get rid ...

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Is there any way to put institution wide files in canvas?  For example, a video file that tells them how to use Canvas (as opposed to putting in a link).  Or if we have a specific file about how we (as an institution) use a certain app or a file shar...

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How do i upload a screenshot

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I have a problem with Canvas. I had a parent who wanted a pairing code. I did it wrong, and now the parent is actually observing me as a teacher, not their child's account. How do I undo this? I am a controller - this comes from one of my teachers.  ...

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I've exported a course into a new empty shell. In the old course I had no assignment groups. Now I'm creating them because there are so many assignments, I'd them to be visually more organized when instructors click on Assignments in the main nav. Th...

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When i made my canvas accoun t,my son,'s  account was open  ,and my parent account was pired with my son's ,how can i solve it?

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Is there a way to integrate Readworks.org into Canvas? How are middle school ELA teachers providing access to online reading sources? I want my students to be able to annotate their reading as well.

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I want my students to be encouraged to participate in discussions by earning badges on occasion. Is there a way to assign a badge if a student has replied successfully to a discussion?What about a badge to individual students? An example would be Goo...

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I would like to link to Pages in Assignments. I want to set up Assignments in advance to be visible to students at later times. However, if I publish the Pages that are linked in these Assignments, students can access them early by going directly to ...

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I have a section from last school year that is still in my current course.  I have tried to re-cross list the class, but it won't work.  I have tried to individually delete the students from People, but when I click on the 3 dots, I don't have a dele...

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I did not get the Resources link or digital Badge for the webinar I participated in yesterday: Managing Quizzes. Also did not get the survey. The host was K. Rogers and C. Digen (lead).

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How do i uninstall some of the external apps that I have previously installed?  I am not ready to use them and I don't want what the students to see all cluttered on the left hand size of the screen.

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If divorced parents are both observers can they see each others messages to teachers?

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I have assigned my students some reading and practice from CK12. I have it integrated into Canvas and the submission is from an "external tool". One student does not see a button for turning the assignment in. He completed the practice (sent me a scr...

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Hi,  We use Canvas in conjuction with ADFS (3.0) for SSO. When logging out of Canvas, we get an error message:  SAML2::InvalidSignature Please advise how to solve this problem.  Thanx in advance!   Mathieu  

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I have several mp4 videos in m Echo360 space. How do I move them to a Canvas module folder? Thanks.

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I am required to have a 1 on 1 weekly Wellness Check with about 20 students.  The Wellness Check is done via Google Meet - and I want to have a scheduled call appear on the individual student's Canvas calendar (similar to an assignment). My goal is t...

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I am using the Canvas API. My workflow has an option that first deletes all files in my course on Canvas, and then reuploads everything (i.e. a "wipe clean and start" option). The problem is that when I upload a file, it goes to an "Unfiled" folder. ...

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If our district uses a different grade book, we have to manually update grades for all late submissions. Canvas currently does not have the option to notify us if a quiz is submitted late. Please add this feature!!

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I set up my classes to sync to PTP however only one of the classes did.  I've looked all through help questions and can't seem to find the answer.  Any help?

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I have created separate units in my course/module for each topic however I have found that the units run on to each other rather than as stand alone units.How do I separate them please

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dearI ll need access code to submit the exam could u help me how can I receive submit code? 

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how can I have access code as submit would u help me? 

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I am trying to listen to mp3s that students submit for a music composition project and can't seem to listen to the mp3s without downloading them in SpeedGrader. While I know they are all works of art I wouldn't mind saving some space on my computer. ...

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My students have not received the email from Canvas to join the course. The course is Published and Canvas says the email has been sent, but students have not received it. I am the instructor. 

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If a student is new to the school after the beginning of the year, and the teacher has set prerequsities on all of the modules, is there a way to override the prerequisites for that student?

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Hi folks, I'm super new to Canvas and so are my students.  I'm looking for video tutorials for students to simply log in for the first time.  Specifically I'm looking for bilingual English/Spanish resources and tutorials that demonstrate Chromebook a...

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I want to edit the way my Kindergarten students submit their work for an assessment.  Instead of uploading a photo, I want them to submit a video.  I've edited the directions on the quiz, but I don't see anywhere to specify whether they upload a vide...

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The term for the courses are coming from PowerSchool. We have year-long terms. We need to setup the term to quarters for grades 7-8 and semester for grades 9-12. When we do this, we get overlapping dates. We do not see anyway to create a set of gradi...

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What a supportive community!  I'm a new Canvas user, but a previous user of other LMSs, and I'm not sure how to do something I think should be simple: allow students to upload files without it appearing as a graded assignment in the gradebook. Here's...

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