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I have had a course from Blackboard moved to Canvas.  I have a well developed syllabus but all that content is in the Module area.  I tried creating the a link but it just opens the entire Module area.

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how do i put in progress grades

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I am trying to embed a sway (not a link to a sway).  All of the directions I find are for the old RTE and I can't figure out how to do this with the new RTE.  I would like students to open the page and see the content not have to click on more links ...

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Why are some students' quiz completion time reported precisely (e.g., 39 minutes) and others say "completed in about one hour"?

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Good morning, I am trying to build a final exam for a literature course off the quiz function.  I will need to ask a number of more thematic, general questions, essentially short essay questions, which I will need to grade myself, off speed grader.  ...

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How do I give credit for a bad question to all students?

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I wonder if there is any Poll or on-the-spot quizzes which can be shown in the Canvas screen.  I mean like Socrative, Mentimentor, Kahoot, etc. can be used at the class (or Zoom) lecture to find out how the students understand which the result can be...

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Is there a way for an instructor to evaluate a student in Canvas such that the evaluation would not be seen by the student but would be part of their record? Our institution is not a school so we use Canvas a little differently.  Our students meet wi...

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I am using Canvas Conference for teaching my students. I have recorded the lecture and saved on my laptop. When i try to play the downloaded video only audio can be heard... i cannot see the presentation/pdf/word document which i had projected and us...

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Is it possible to post grades for just one student? I have given an exam online. I don't want to reveal the marks to all of the students - it's against our policy unless the student formally requests an exam re-read. How do I reveal the grade and com...

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Hey, the option titled 'required to view quiz results' is selected as yes.  I've never seen this on a quiz before, so two questions. 1. What exactly does it mean they are required to view their results? What does this experience look like for the stu...

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There is a module with multiple documents included and I would like to leave the module where it is, but also make a duplicate of it and move the duplicate to a different course.

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I have to export my grades to admissions now that our semester has ended. I need to add a column for a letter grade how do I do that?Thank you,Gina Bell

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I cross listed a course to share a quiz and now the original course tile no longer shows.How do I undo a cross-list?I can get a "Re-Cross-List this Section" button but not an "Un-Cross-List" button.

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I am trying to use the exports from Canvas Data Portal to produce rudimentary statistics, charts and graphs in Tableau. I can export the file, open and convert in Excel, and import in Tableau no problem. However, only part of the data is really usabl...

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HelloTwo buttons are showing as locks in student view - I have checked the copyright and usage rights. Still not unlocking and can't understand why. Any help gratefully appreciated. Michelle

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I'm trying to rewatch some lecture videos from a few weeks ago, and the first one was fine however the rest of them played as audio only, without the video of the lecture slides. I tried reloading the page and none of them worked, including the first...

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Hi,I just want to know which API should I use to grade the canvas quizzes by an external tool?If possible provide some examples so that I can check it out how it works.Regards,Jignashu

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If a student uploads a document, it is in .pdf format and I need to edit the document. How can I edit uploaded documents?

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It's so hard to read the e-book online when the lap top will not allow you to move how you want to... I wounder why is That? Any Answer 

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Is it possible to have captioning running in a Conference whilst the teacher is talking for students with hearing loss?

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Hey Canvas,I work with the Education Department, we use Canvas as our student work platform. I work with students have are visually impaired. we have currently ran into issues where Canvas isn't supporting screen readers, such as NVDA, Does canvas ha...

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if I publish an assignment, but it is not released until a particular time and date, then am i right to assume that kids cannot see it until that time and date?#posting time and date for availability

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I've tried googling the issue but it seems like canvas is the only website that has this problem, if there are others I have yet to find out. For example on my home page of a course it says the url or a brief description in a white box with a teeny b...

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I made two separate quizzes (midterm exams) for my undergradudate students and graduate students. They were both linked to the Assignment "Midterm Exam" in the Gradebook, but have different names and content. When I go to Speedgrader for my undergrad...

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how to re order pages

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I can see the student's page views but need to know how i can export this information? Thanks!

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I have rubrics set up.  When I use the external tool like Google Cloud Documents, the rubrics button is not there when I save and publish the assignment. I have attached pictures of two different assignments. The first two (8.39.32/8.39.40) are from ...

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The place where students submit says "oops broken link" Any suggestions?

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