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Hi, I am developing a foreign language course and it would really be beneficial to be able to click a word and have the pronunciation play upon clicking. Currently, I do not see a way to do that. I can only put the audio recording below the word and ...

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How to students view teacher comments on submitted assignments

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I uploaded an Edpuzzle assignment and not all my students are listed in the assignment. How do I fix this?edpuzzle‌ #Edpuzzlemissingstudents‌

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I'm an admin and want to give a school administrator a permission setting to act as a teacher for all of our school courses in Canvas.  She wants to add assignments in Canvas to courses that she currently does not teach.  What do I need to do?  Do I ...

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I am breaking up an existing quiz into 2 quizzes for my current course. I imported the quiz once, renamed it, and then took out the questions I didn't need. When I attempt to import it again so I can create the other quiz using the other half of the ...

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A student submitted a file that is a .pages file type (Apple) to "assignments" but it doesn't show, as a .docx would. Won't download either, and I'm on a Mac. Correction: it downloads as a web file that only asks for me to log in to Canvas again.

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These all show up when I log into my phone or use my old computer so I do not understand why it doesn't work on this computer. How do I fix this? 

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The font-size in Canvas questions (for writing the questions, *not* student essay answers) doesn't seem to work in a normal way. For example, if the font-size for the question is set as 12, the font looks small. But if you highlight the entire questi...

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In New Quizzes you can shuffle the answers. When you shuffle the answers, a 'lock'-symbol appears next to every option. However, this doesn't seem to work?When I lock an option, the answers are still shuffled.(see screenshots)Am I doing something wro...

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How do I combine two tests within the same course?  How do I duplicate the questions quickly from one quiz/test to another?  I couldn't find the answer in this "help" center.

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Is there a way I can upload something for my students so that they may print it at home?

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Hello!With e-learning in full swing, I'm attempting to place requirements on each weekly module. Would an embedded Google Form for my students to fill out count as 'contribute to page' in the module?Maigan

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How do you get Canvas to transfer a "completed" assignment as a "collected" assignment in PowerSchool using Grade Passback?  The issue is that when you mark the student assignment complete, it shows up with points as a "0" and if you edit the assignm...

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When adding an app, what is a consumer key and shared secret?

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I'm an instructor that created Collaborations linked to Office 365 PowerPoint for student groups to work on. After I finish this, I'm able to verify that the student groups were correctly assigned, and I'm also allowed to Lauch LTI. Everything looks ...

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Can I import google slides into my Canvas course?

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Hi, there a few of my teachers have been attempting to send some edited work of mine back to me but there are no files at the bottom of the email after they have stated that they have sent an attachment of my work. why is this? is it to do with the s...

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Why does'nt the students texts appear when I use Speed Grader?

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What do I need to do in the canvas for my students to upload their resubmission?Thank you

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I have a powerpoint with clickable audio for my students. In powerpoint, it looks like an audio icon, but on canvas a small loading bar and 3 dots. When dots are clicked (loading bar does nothing), a menu pops up with "play" "download" and "mute". I ...

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How can I change my canvass password

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Is simply being in canvas, being in the shell? We were told look into the canvas shell for math tutoring and cannot find it when searching for it within canvas. Thanks. 

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I know how to add an attachment but my discussion post board doesn't have that option. How do I add a picture to my post? Thank you

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I have 200 plus pictures in my Files but they do not show up when I click one.  Help!  Ideas

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To explain in example if the assignment lock Day is April 19: at 12:02am and the assigment due day is may 3 at 11pm  what is the difference post on Aprill 19 and may 3 post? thankyou for your explantion 

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When I email a student via the People link in Navigation, how can I see the message again? I've used this feature a few times, but it seems unstable (sometimes deletes or sends the message before I'm ready, especially if I try to copy/paste any infor...

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Is there a way to limit the amount of characters students can enter on a free response question on a Canvas quiz?

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How do I add a profile picture in my user account as an anstructor?

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Trying to add emoji to my titles. Curriculum said it was as simple as using window and >.  I also tried adding the keyboard...but its white with no keyboard.

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How do I change my Canvas password?

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