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Hello!I have a teacher who is using the External Tool submission for her assignment. She has the due date set as yesterday at 6 PM and the Available Until today at 6 PM. Is there a reason why the grade book does not show the Red Status Missing for st...

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This is the message that I get from 1 students assignments all assignments.  Have ask she is not dragging and dropping  answer No, she is uploading from google drive answer yes, I try to download and get the same message."This file contains HTML and ...

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I would love to hear from others that are using Canvas + Seesaw in the elementary setting (PK-5).Thank you in advance!

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I have an embedded tutor in my course. I'm hoping to find a way to allow him to leave comments on essays as he would in class without enabling a role that allows him to see grades. Suggestions? Is this possible? 

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I gave a quiz yesterday from commons and had to reassign it today for some students who did not complete it.  When I hit speedgrader, the scores for yesterday are gone?  How do I retrieve them??

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Wondering if there is a #way to organize what gets displayed in the student to do list.  Some teachers are reporting that students are only seeing things appear from a couple of weeks ago and not the most current assignments.#todolist 

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I am building a quiz with a reading passage followed by comprehension questions. I would like to be able to build it with the option to show students one of several different passages, followed by a selection of questions related to that passage.I kn...

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Our university has added 6 custom links to course and user navigation. It is quite a few and makes course and user navigation very cumbersome because they are soooo long. I am trying to figure out a way to consolidate those links into one link that t...

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I want to create a matching section to a quiz. How do I do that?

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I have 2 graded assignments for each student in the grade book so far.  I have the Assignment group set to 15% of total grade, and each Assignment is worth 10 points.  The Assignment column for the total shows greater than 100% for the students.  For...

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How to access the webcam in Canvas?  

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Cannot locate the SRI.

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Can a teacher who creates a free Canvas teacher account track student time? The free teacher account tracks page views but I need it to track a student's total time (or time accessed by page). Is there a paid teacher version that has this? I think th...

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Migrating old quiz banks to the new quiz engine:I have about 100 different question types, each with 5 versions. These are ones I've made myself--they are not from a publisher's question bank. That makes for 100 question banks--one question type per ...

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Solution Posted: 08-19-2022 View Solution
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Is there a way to pull up assignments once they have been graded?  

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Hi.  I got this request from a teacher and it makes sense. I couldn't find anything that really answers aside from organizing in Modules etc.  This is in relation to the Quiz index page only..."Canvas organizes Quizzes by separating Quizzes, Practice...

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When I try to record in canvas for a lesson, the record/upload media will only record my voice not video.  Where do I go to fix this?

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When I go on course progress, I see all of the grades listed. Some of the grades aren't listed and there are pictures. What does the picture mean?

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I have an admin in canvas as a student. How do I change her role?

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Good morning,I created a New Quiz for one of my classes, and when I transfer that quiz to my other class the questions are not there The quiz is blank. Please let me know what I am required to do.Thank you.

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What would be the reasons for using “Manual Unlock” for an additional attempt versus just creating a new assign (+Add) for that student?My first thought is manual unlock does not include a due date which can be a con for using it.Thoughts?

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I have created a module with pages in my blueprint. When the blueprint has been synced the module has not come across to the individual classes, however, all the pages can be found in pages and all other content eg quizzes, assignments etc within the...

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Can I copy a Quiz I have used for 1 course and put the quiz in a different course without having to re-enter the entire quiz?

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I currently teach 3 classes of one subject and 2 classes of another subject. When I initially set up those courses in Canvas, I set up 5 courses.  I would like to now have only 2 courses to eliminate extra work of copying assignments. Is there any wa...

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Hello, I am the lead instructor for my course and over the last 24 hours have not been able to post announcements. Please advise on how I can resolve this. Thanks.

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I was the instructor of record for a course for the past 25 years.  Last fall (2019) I was on sabbatical.  A colleague taught the course on my behalf.  To access the Fall 2019 course in Canvas I need to be added as an instructor.  Can you help me acc...

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Will the new quiz format ultimately be compatible with LockDown browser?

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While trying to upload a file (5,4MB) i get the "failed to create new item" message. Does anyone know why that happens?

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My super has asked me to do a comparison of the three and this is what he wants to know about it. What are the feature differences between the three and how well do they integrate into Canvas? Any assistance you can provide would be most appreciated....

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where do i find GDPR ?

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