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How do you load the contents of a zipped file on speedgrader?

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If teachers have multiple sections of the same prep/course, and would only like to only have to update content in one of them as the year progresses, what is the best option? Cross-listing, sections, or blueprint course: What are the benefits/purpose...

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I would like to be able to preview iWork documents in Speedgrader (.pages .key .numbers)

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How do I change a student's name in CANVAS? It was entered incorrectly and now I cannot change it. 

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In Psy 104, week 5 has a link to a resource that does not seem to be related to the topic that is being discussed. The resource isBerg, K. (Writer), & Gómez, L. (Producer). (2003). Exploring borderlands–American passages: A literary survey [Series ep...

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What are the consequences of not being able to access the old gradebook, for older courses which remain on Canvas?# switching back to old gradebook

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The announcements menu option is hidden.  How can this be unhidden?

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How do I treat ungraded assignments as a "0" in the new gradebook? 

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We have instructors with very large gradebooks.  These gradebooks can have large student or assignment counts or both.  I review a gradebook by exporting the csv and then identifying rows where the current score does not match the final score.  What ...

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My question:  I can see the modules needed to begin the process, however it says I have no path and it will not let me begin the course work??????Please advis

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Is it possible to search for an individual student in all/any of my past courses?

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I finished segment 1 of my course, and i don't know where to go to sign up for segment 2?

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I am working with a team who use a very bespoke rubric. Would anyone know how I could make the conditions below work for online marking? This has been traditionally marked by hand but we would like to recreate it in an online format. An overall grade...

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how to you upload grades

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How do I download students' answers to essay questions rather than grading them online?

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Can you lock an assignment in Canvas LMS and only open with a Code the way you can with a MCQ test? I have created a practical interactive software assignment using Captivate and uploaded it as a Scorm file to Canvas but I want to lock it down and fo...

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Do students get an email when I post an announcement?

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How do I merge sections of the same course on Canvas?Erna SmithJournalism LecturerLead instructor, J317: Journalism Practice, Spring2020

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Dear admin,Greetings. Just like to know if canvas SCORM file could be shared with me as I am intending to build activities using games in my module.Thank you.Szarmilaa

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Hello Canvas Community,Maybe my question is somewhat trivial, but I couldn't find answers on the website. Most of courses at Stanford use canvas as the platform to share presentations and, using an Ipad, I am able to add annotations on those slides/p...

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Once an assignment is posted to canvas, is there away to view it, to see that it was actually done?

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I added a Test Student to my course. For one assignment (of many) in the course, Canvas is not allowing me to add a grade for my test student. I was able to add a grade for all other assignments - just one offers no option for entering a grade.

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Question  on multiple transmissions of grade from external soruce#I am in the process of linking the free version of Canvas with TestOut. The individual links will go to a specific TestOut simulation lab and once the student has completed the lab, up...

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Hello!I am ready to submit my course grades to the Registrar's Office but I am seeing discrepancies between the grades in the grade book and those in the "Fall 2019 Grade Submission - Final" section. For example, Maria has a total grade C in the grad...

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How do I over ride a deduction for a late submission? (because students given extensions). know I can provide separate assignment pages but when have three or four with different due dates not feasible.

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What grade is overall a  passing grade for a class?

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I teach a business statistics course and I would like to use Canvas quizzes to test how well my students can make plots of data. I'd like them to make a plot in excel maybe save it as a jpeg and then insert it as the answer to a Canvas question. I'm ...

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How do I assign points to quiz questions?

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I am trying to enter grade assignments for the semester that ended yesterday.  It will not let me enter a grade in the gradebook or on the speedgrader page.  What do I do?

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How do I get my assignments that have due dates and are published to show up in my grade book. I never had this issue, but now that I created my final exam and a bonus extra credit assignment they are not showing up in my gradebook.  Help!

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