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I am teaching this summer and have created a survey for my students that I made available on May 21 at noon. The course is published and so is the Survey - but students are unable to access the Survey. They can access the Course. I went to the Studen...

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Solution Posted: 05-22-2020 View Solution
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How do I access the Rich Content Editor in Canvas?

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Solution Posted: 05-22-2020 View Solution
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My courses are not showing up on dashboard

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Solution Posted: 05-22-2020 View Solution
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Why can't imported pages write over existing pages?  Why do they have to have a -2 on them?  This is so frustrating that I have to 1. delete the page without the -2, 2. rename the page with the -2 to remove that -2, 3. re-link all of the pages.

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Solution Posted: 05-23-2020 View Solution
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Do I need to download the files and the zoom videos if I want to have a back up of them? How long and how big can these files be saved on canvas?

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Solution Posted: 05-23-2020 View Solution
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Good Afternoon!  I teach at a community college that uses Canvas, and since COVID-19, I've been using the Conferences tool to share and record online lectures.  It's worked wonderfully for the most part.  Currently, however, a few of my summer studen...

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Solution Posted: 06-10-2020 View Solution
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My department and I have decided to align. We will all be teaching the same thing. We will be working collaboratively to construct our course on canvas. In effort to save time and work smarter, is there a way to create one course and share it so we c...

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Solution Posted: 05-23-2020 View Solution
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When students submit jpegs for their discussions and reflections,  they are not open and I have to open them in another tab. I did not have to do that before. Is there something I can do so the images will be open as they are posted? Thanks, Jan

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I am supporting users in classes that have pdf files stored in the Files repository. The users can click on the three dots (vertical ellipsis?) next to a file name and download the file there. The users can also click on the file to view the file in ...

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Solution Posted: 11-20-2020 View Solution
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Is there a plug in or third party app I can integrate with Canvas that will allow me to embed realtime surveys within my Canvas class so students can see the overall results once they submit their reply (for example, I provide a question in the surve...

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to eliminate unnecessary scrolling? I found a previous question about this and someone said they were going to look into it, but it doesn't look like it went anywhere.

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Ahoy all,Because my school didn't go the Google Integration route, I'm not finding enough documentation to help me use Office 365 collaborations. Especially for students. There's only information about viewing Collaborations overall and for students ...

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How do i go back to previous assignments?

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How do I make my Home page a "front" page?  When I click on "make this page a front page" in pages, it is not highlighted.

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Solution Posted: 05-22-2020 View Solution
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Is there a way to unlock a File or JPG when completing an assignment.I am creating a Module called Powers.  When students complete certain assignments on Canvas certain Power will unlock on their Canvas.  These could be jpg, docs, links to something ...

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Estimados Les saluda Elías Madrid, formo parte del grupo de trabajo de ESPOL. Esta institución educativa recientemente ha adquirido la plataforma Canvas. Recibí una capacitación de parte de su soporte técnico referente al uso de esta plataforma. Quis...

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Solution Posted: 08-31-2021 View Solution
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Why can't students @ mention each other in replies and then get notifications when they are @ mentioned on discussion boards? I want students to (a) not have to subscribe and get 80 notifications when they really need 4 and (b) be able to draw in mul...

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Solution Posted: 06-06-2020 View Solution
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Our K-12 school is looking for a good way to prevent students and parents from downloading proprietary videos and recordings of online classes. So far, we have been recording them through a variety of means and uploading them straight to Canvas, but ...

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Solution Posted: 05-26-2020 View Solution
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I'm trying to connect our LTI Advantage app (ChemVantage) in Canvas. Registration seemed to go fine. ChemVantage supports a JWKS server, so the configuration JSON specified the public_jwk_url parameter, not a static key. I can see the app deployed at...

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After building a course, remodeling it, and redesigning it again, it's time to look at the modules and see if they can be moved from MEH to Marvelous. Here is the same module with an attempt at adding action verbs and separated by guiding questions. ...

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How do you submit via unicheck?  I have an assignment that will need to be submited today and have no idea how to do that.  There is no submit button to my assignment.  I am okay with technology but do not understand this at all.

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Solution Posted: 05-22-2020 View Solution
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Adding students to an existing course

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I have successfully given quizzes and copied quizzes.  I've done the latter for students who require extra time for an exam, and/or students who are taking the exam at a different time (i.e. a make-up).  Yesterday I followed the EXACT same procedure ...

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My Canvas deleted one of my classes off the dashbord and I can no longer see where this class is at

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Solution Posted: 05-22-2020 View Solution
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How does a teacher migrate a New Quiz into the Classic Quiz format?

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I think the answer is currently no, but wanted to double check with the community before submitting an idea. I have a math teacher that uses the numeric response questions in New Quizzes and wants to be able to use grading notes (like those available...

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Ex: when they last logged in

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I have heard that Canvas has optional modules available to support social network analysis (SNA).  SNA can be used by instructors to x-ray patterns of participation in online discussion boards.  As a TA/researcher, I painstakingly built SNA matrices ...

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Solution Posted: 06-15-2020 View Solution
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Hello, how do I save and keep all my quizzes after all the courses are being closed after June 3rd?

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Solution Posted: 05-22-2020 View Solution
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i amt trying to load up 3d images, large files, and cannot seem to do so.is it perhaps that the format is not recognised?Many thanksDermot

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Solution Posted: 05-24-2020 View Solution
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