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o_cooper

Can a student view annotated feedback with hidden (to be manually posted) g...

Hi All,Forgive me if this has been asked and answered before, I can't find a direct answer anywhere.If grades are hidden (as a course and / or assignment posting policy set to manual) are students able to see any feedback annotated on submissions usi...

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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hl275

test

testI have a test in one of my classes and want to repost it in the same class for different students to use. How do I do that

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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jmcmurray

Google Drive is not accessible in apps or in my account when I create a new...

When I recently created a new course, google drive was no longer accessible in that course.  It is still linked to other courses I have created.  I cannot find it in settings- apps at all.  (I am in a "free for teacher" account.)

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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jyeagle

canvas NOT UPDATING?!!

new to canvas.. not new to L.M.S... however I am trying to edit my course home page.. when doing so as a teacher I can see that I have made the edits. then when saving I note that my edits are not visable?additionally when I create an assignment the ...

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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judy_harmon

Multiple Choice Question - Full Credit only

Using the current quiz option -- if a multiple choice question has 5 options with 4 of them correct, is there a way to only give credit if they get all 4 correct?  We don't want to give them partial credit for only getting 2 or 3 correct -- they have...

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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ansullivan

To Do

I have one student reporting that nothing shows on his TO DO list.  I suspect there are a few students experiencing this as they have done no work in the past 2 weeks. 

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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gfenner1

How do I create an assigment that allows students to reply?

How do I create an assigment that allows students to reply?

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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eric_allison

Moving a Subaccount to a New Parent

Is it possible to move a subaccount, that contains courses, from one parent to another?We have a Drafting subaccount under our Technical account but need to move Drafting so that it appears under our Business Education account. My inclination is to u...

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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laetitia_knight

New Quiz set date for students to see the answers/results

I have been using the New Quizzes but I want students to have access to the correct answers after a certain date (not just after their attempt). Is it possible to set that up with the New Quizzes (I know it's available with the classic quiz but canno...

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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d_hupkes

Import R-exams quiz

Dear all,I'm trying to set up a digital exam in canvas. I created the exam using R-exams, which allows me to easily randomise questions to make cheating less easy. On their website they mention that it should be possible to import exams in canvas, bu...

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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klange1

Audio and dashboard

Why is my dashboard blinking and I can't open the courses?Why can't I get my audio to work

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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sochacjs

How come the lock date cannot be before the due date on assignments

Assignment Help Needed

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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amymyers

Changing Classic Quizzes to New Quizzes

Hi!  I'm new to Canvas, and when I created a Quiz (for the first time) it asked me to choose between Classic Quizzes or New Quizzes.  I chose the Classic.  Since then, all my quizzes are in the classic version, but my colleagues are in the new versio...

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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judy_harmon

Zeros on Assignments Not Due Yet?

One of our Faculty has a couple of assignments due in April with zeros showing in her Gradebook for most of the students and then a few students there is not a zero showing.  In doing some research I couldn't find an answer for this issue.  Thanks fo...

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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mckinja1

Sharing Classes

How do I share my classes with other grade level teachers and ESS/ELD teachers?

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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sarah_rector

Individual assignments for a group of people

I want to create small groups and only assign them certain assignments. I attempted to do this with groups but it turns out when the first student turned it in, it filled everyones assignment. Is there a way for them to submit work individual through...

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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ajaffal

import content from Canvas course

How to import content from Canvas course from different instuctor

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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joanne_ewart

How do I allow Canvas to access my microphone and video so I can record sta...

I am attempting to record my voice responding to a graded assignment. I got a message that I need to allow Canvas to access my microphone however I do not get an allow button.  What do I do.Thanks.

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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kitsonwr21

Marking Announcements as Read

When viewing the student dashboard, the "To Do" column contains announcements and uncompleted assignments. Assignments go away when submitted but announcements stay until replaced with new tasks. There is an "x" to mark announcements as read or compl...

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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lfahey

How Do Students get informed of the new course to enroll?

Hello, I am new to Canvas. My students have never used Canvas. Once I create my course, how do I inform the students of the course and how to enroll? Thank you.

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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levelj

Resetting a student's password?

Resetting a student's password?

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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snuggsj

Student View

I have supervisor rights for my school and the student view button from teacher homepages is no longer there. Is there a way to get that button/feature back? 

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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cyoung41

how do I use chat?

How do I use chat on Canvas?

(Community Novice)
03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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1191658422

Editing/Deleting Assignments

How can assignments in a closed grading period be edited or deleted?

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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jjackson8

Enter grade in a green grade box

How do I enter the grade in the "green" grade box 

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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adowdjar

Stopping Email Notifications

I completed the online teacher training course last week. I guess when I started the course, it asked if I wanted to receive notifications. At the time I must have clicked yes thinking it was going to send me my notifications. I am now getting email ...

(Community Novice)
03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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michele_bost

Simultaneous Canvas Conferences Within the Same Course?

Can two teachers hold conferences at the same time within the same course?  For example, if it is a class that is cotaught with a resource teacher?

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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diana_ollis

How can you direct share a Module?

I have created grade level modules that I would like to share with other instructors but the "share to" only show up in the individual items and not under Modules.

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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wrights2

Attendance Report with Student ID not working

Hi. Is anyone else having an issue trying to print an attendance report with a student ID and getting an error?? I can't get it to work, and I need to submit it to an outside source ASAP. Thanks!! 

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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amy_woolf1

How do I limit the number of students in a discussion group?

I've used Discussion Boards before in my classes but I want to start limiting the number of students in each board to 5 so that they can contribute new ideas to each other. I don't care about assigning the groups. In the Discussion I checked "This is...

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03-31-2020 Canvas Question Forum
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