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Hello, I've noticed teachers and students have redundant options to use Google LTI 1.3-- for teachers, there are two Google LTI 1.3 options to pick from in the external tool finder (see screenshot 1), and, for students, there are multiple Google opti...

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Hi Our college is a recent adopter of Canvas, and I created some test assignments to have a dry run of the process with a small group of 3 test users. For all 3 users, they uploaded a file as per the instructions, and received the 'Submit failed, ple...

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I switched classes this semester, but the courses haven't changed on Canvas. It's preventing me from doing my work and I need to get it fixed ASAP.

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Hi,  I've got a group assignment set up, but one of the two partners in the group was absent and will have to make up the work for this assignment only.  What would be the best way to split up the group for this assignment only to both not allow the ...

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Has anyone had experience with more than 450 students wanting to access a course at exactly the same time? Unfortunately, we had the experience that more than 450 users could not access a course because the loading time for opening the course was too...

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I left the page and my reply on a post disappeared I think its gone forever but I don't want to believe that because I spent over an hour writing it. If anyone knows anything I can do that would be very helpful!

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Hello, I am new to Canvas Notifications.  Please provide instructions on how to turn the daily summary notifications.  I am a part-time student while working full-time, and I appreciate getting notified whenever our instructor posts anything onto Can...

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I have three grades in my gradebook. All are published and ready to sync over. However, when I click the button to sync, only two of the three assignments show up to choose from. Why isn't my third assignment showing up?

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In New Quizzes, I would like to be able to select a group of questions from a bank and have the quiz randomly pull a set number of those questions into the quiz.  This was a feature of the Classic Quizzes that I really liked.   I do not want to creat...

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Hi,I need assistance with receiving the grade/score for assignments when I receive an email alert about grades.We have two email accounts attached to our profile. Both email accounts receive notifications that an assignment or test has been graded bu...

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I am a great grandmother babysitting my great grandson.  I won't have any students, classes or give any grades.  How does setting up computer information help me out?

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I need to speak with someone who is very knowledgeable when it comes to Canvas LMS.Email is jdhenry62@gmail.com

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I embedded a document in Canvas but how do I delete it?

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When composing a message,  I used to be able to hold down the CTRL key and select specific recipients from a list of students in the course. Now, every time I click on a student name, the list disappears acting as if the CTRL key is not held down, wh...

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Anyone have feedback on their experiences between using the Canva 1.1 vs. Canva 1.3 LTI? The setup from the Edu App Center and 1.1 seems very simple. Is it worth it to go to the 1.3 LTI for Canva?

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How can I tell if my canvas home work was successfully delivered digitally?

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In other LMS's I've used, I've been able to reply privately to individual student posts (even if the initial discussion posts are public to students in the class). Private replies do not seem to be available with Canvas discussion forums. This is dis...

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I can't find anyone using that id in canvas at all.

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new to canvas and need assistance.  A colleague link all 4 sections of my biology course together.  I would like to undo that and keep the sections separate

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At the secondary level, we desperatley need an ability for teachers to "PAUSE" a student test.  Scenario: Student has Period 1 Math Test Student has extended time accommodation (time extension is easily added in "Moderate Quiz").  However, the studen...

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Is there a way to put Dashboard list view in order of class schedule?

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How do you quickly copy assignments, pages, modules, edits to multiple courses at the same time (without cross listing)?  I teach 6 course with similar objectives and lesson plans.  I would like to quickly assign or post information without having to...

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How do I turn OFF predictive text when I am writing anywhere within Canvas (including right now as I am composing this message)? I just want to permanently turn off the setting, as I find it incredibly distracting. Thank you!

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So in the most recent update it seems they did away with the drop down menu to quickly change between sections as well as the drop down menu to change between modules.  Now you have to apply filters so see what you want to see.  No modern gradebook p...

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I am not receiving a confirmation code to set up text notifications

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Is there a way to automate going to each assignment and sending messages to all students who didn't turn it in? Doing this individually is quite time consuming when you have many assignments. Is there a built-in way that I haven't found, or is there ...

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All my quizzes are timed.  Is a student able to pause a quiz and go back to it later?

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Hi! Can someone please help me? I'm trying to connect Canvas to Zoho, but it's asking for an access token URL. I don't know where to find that? Thanks!

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I have recently shared a youtube link with students in Canvas. When the students click link to go to youtube, it defaults to kids.youtube.com instead of youtube.com. The only way I have found for them to get access this way is to sign out of their di...

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My courses have custom roles that were created by my Admin, but I don't know what permissions each of those roles have. I can only find info on viewing/editing role permissions for Admins, but nothing that allows a teacher to just view what permissio...

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