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I have noticed that on occasion, the curriculum quizzes we take after many lessons ask questions that are either phrased poorly so as to be confusing (and sometimes not reflective of the material) or ask about something that has not even been covered...

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Is it possible to create a graded survey for extra credit? I have an instructor who wants to create one to inquire about their success rates.Thanks in advance.

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My students have to take a test but will have multiple attempts (3) to get their best score. I would like to record their progress, so syncing each attempt to the grade book would be helpful. How do I duplicate a quiz, without each attempt overwritin...

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Discussions is not visible to students.  How do I make it visible?

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I am trying to clean out old information going back to 2013 and am not sure how to do this.

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how do I combine two classes into one class so that I have only one grade book for both classes?

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what are my classes room numbers and where are they located ?

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The grade sheet is running very slow.  Difficult to enter grades.  Is there a way to speed thins up?

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how do I hide announcements to open and release later?

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My name is Kengo Skorick and I'm a teacher using Canvas.  I've been struggling to resolve this issue since December without any luck and getting desperate.. Basically somehow I've accidentally created many new sections, but the option to exit from th...

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I can access canvas with my mac, but it won't let me look at files or upload certain services such as Cisco WebX. There is no error message, but the page won't load. It just constantly shows as if there is nothing there. 

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How do I get my modules, assignments, announcements,etc to open on my canvas account?

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Solution Posted: 01-16-2020 View Solution
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I created the first quiz for my course, which had 10 questions, 5 points each. The default question bank, "unfiled questions", shows 10 questions each worth 5 points, but every question is blank: no question statement, no text in the multiple choice ...

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I would like to add a link to Mindtap for my students

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My dashboard is crowded and I would like to archive old courses so I only have current courses showing.

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This concerns me, and it's happened more than once...When trying to send a Canvas email to a student, I write out the message but then realize that I need to add links or other information into the body of the message. I try to select all the text, t...

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How do I add a course?

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Solution Posted: 01-16-2020 View Solution
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How can I "export" or "copy" my course in Canvas from one institution to another?

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I am an instructional designer at Higher Education area. I have been looking for a tool (project management tool maybe?) which can be used between faculty and me to make the working process clear. For example, using this tool, we can mark the time of...

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Can you reassign a discussion?

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I want to set a way for students to give me anonymous feedback throughout the course.

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For some reason, Announcements is not visible to students - and I have not put it in the "not visible" category.  How make visible?

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Ahoy all,I'm in a build mode without enough students to test something: Item analysis within quizzesI want to pull an analysis of a single short-answer question within a quiz to see all students' responses together. My other hope is that such a singl...

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I am trying to enroll in the Beyond School Hours academic course to access the curriculum and files.

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How do you upload a PPT slide to Kaltura as well as have the video recording of myself?

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I want two categories: Participation and preparation as 35% of grade and exams/projects as 65% of the grade.  How do I set that up?

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I signed up for a canvas free for teacher account.  It automatically assigned me to the role of Teacher, but I need to be the Designer.  How can I update my role?

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Now that Muted/Unmuted field is depreciated in the database, how I can find out if a grade is visible to a student based on the data only ? More specifically, how can I know when a submission's grade is released to a student ? 

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I have published a course; however, the students in that course cannot see the course. What should I do? 

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