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Hey everyone,Looking to add an external tool link that would be unpublished in our modules for instructor resources.  The potential issue is that in the event of an accidental publication of this link, students could access sensitive course informati...

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Hello,If a timed quiz is not showing the expected notifications letting the students know how much time they have left on the quiz, what can be done to address this issue? 

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I'm an instructor and sometimes I will give students a document that they are to download, answer questions on, and then resubmit to Canvas. Inevitably there are a few students who accidentally turn in the original, unchanged document. I was thinking...

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The updates to BigBlueButton are lovely, but I can no longer find (or remember?) how to wipe clean in one fell swoop ALL the annotations my students have made on a slide when I've enabled multi-user whiteboard. The control must be here somewhere!

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Hi thereIs there a way to just export a list of my students from the People tab on my Canvas module?  I know it can be done once they are in groups but wondering how to do as a full class list? 

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I started a new course this semester, and imported an existing course to use a framework. The import included all the imported assignments and pages from the previous course. So how do I remove the unused pages & imported assignments from my new cour...

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Hi All,We've encountered a strange issue regarding Speedgrader.  When a student uploads a short video (Media Comment) with their assignment it plays properly in their student view, however when the instructor attempts to look at the video in Speedgra...

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How do I see when my teacher has graded an Assignment? And the percent. 

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Where can I find the Q&A discussion board?

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Hi there,I completed Cultural awareness course and submitted my assignment.How long does it take to be graded?And will the certificate of this course send to my Email? if no, where exactly I can download my Certificate?

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I teach 6 sections of the same course. I have a simple format: each day, a page will unlock for the students: Monday for Monday, Tuesday, etc. Inside each page, there is a rundown of what we are doing that day. Introductory activities are linked with...

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Where do I look for percentages or grades on Canvas?

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For my current class Panopto is not an option in the current settings. It was for previous courses, what's the quickest way to add this to my course so I can use it in the very near future. Thank you 

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Canvas won't load. I can’t use it on my computer but can log into my phone. It let's me log in but then freezes. I cannot see my dashboard on computer. Can I please just get an email or phone number for customer service?

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I have completed two courses over 2 years ago but they are still showing as present in dashboard. Can I either delete them or move to past courses

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So, I'm selling courses online. How can I adjust the time limit to finish the course whitin two day's, starting from the time the course is opened, but not when the course is baught?

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 I forgot submitting the assignment before due date. After the due date, the "submit" button is not accessible. The professor agrees to accept the delayed work, but how the professor can accept the work on bCourses? Thank you! 

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I have standard PDF articles that will not upload into Canvas. I keep getting the message "Error: Request Failed with error 400."Any suggestions? Thank you, Matt

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Recently, I've been creating all of my quizzes directly inside of canvas. Next semester, I will need to submit those quizzes in PDF format to other faculty, who will review my work. Is there a way to convert a canvas quiz to a PDF?

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Is the Manage Quiz options always available or is it something the Canvas Admin has to turn on? I found this Canvas Community help guide: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/Once-I-publish-a-quiz-how-do-I-use-the-Moderate-Quiz-page/ta...

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Good morning,in graded task it shows a blank white screen,im using a 2013 model macbook air

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Hi There,I would like to know how can one have the ability to record videos / send video messages in Canvas LMS. The default RCE editor shows no such option. Have tried Kaltura to enable this feature but that seems to not work as well. There is no do...

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I am having difficulty cross-listing a course that was removed de-listed from a wrong course and needs to be cross-listed with the correct course. Every time I follow the directions to cross-list for the correct courses, the course never migrates ove...

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Hello, It's wonderful that I can use Latex in an Announcement.But it's not so wonderful when the Latex is not embedded in the associated email notifications that Canvas sends to participants in the course. What's the point of allowing Latex in Announ...

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Hey!Our new semester started on 9/13/23. We use Roll Call Attendance for our attendance. There have been numerous classes where attendance is marked correctly in Roll Call, but it is not passing over to the Gradebook. Even if one day passes over, we'...

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What happen to Canvas's support phone number?

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Just what the subject says. We have a parent who is an observer on her student's account. She says at her prior school they could see Inbox messages. I am guessing the teachers at the prior school included parents on every message.   Thanks, greg

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Student View shows the images that I insert to announcements and assignments as picture.png instead of the image that shows perfectly on Teacher View.  This is a new problem, that I haven't experience although I've been using the same images for year...

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I have found the course setting to change the default due date time, however it only allows for a time on the hour (7:00, 8:00, 9:00, etc.). I would like to be able to set the default time to something other than on the hour. Is this possible? 

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I am using a Calendar event for each day to post what we do in class (the Canvas event mirrors what I write on the board for students to see in class). Events work well for this, however, each event automatically shows up in the student's to-do list ...

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