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I've been tasked with creating an LTI in Canvas. I'm looking to see if anyone has a production ready C# template (or skeleton) project that uses the MVC pattern and has built-in oath authentication that would get me up to speed quickly.Thank you,  Br...

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If a course is "closed" after a certain date, do students no longer see it in their "Past Enrollments" section of the Courses page?

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Is it possible to hide the final grade on a quiz so that students do not see the score when they complete a quiz? I see where we can not show the correct answers to them, but it will still show the students their score of 28/30 or 90/100. I would lik...

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Is there a way to write a specific rule that will drop the lowest grade from an assignment group, but only if the assignment was attempted?  I would prefer not to drop any assignment with a 0 as it seems to motivate students to skip the last assignme...

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don't count assignment toward final grade

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May I know if it is possible to clear the given rubric from a student?  Like if I have accidentally grade a student A with the rubric, but this rubric grades was suppose to be for student B.  Therefore I would like to clear the given rubric of Studne...

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Within the SpeedGrader/Peer Review function, it seems that peers cannot view the marginal comments made by the original writers.  Is that the case, and is there a workaround for this?I was hoping the function would be more like Google Docs commenting...

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Could you please advise if the following reports can be generated easily by default or will it need to be coded in or set up by Canvas team? We are looking for ideally a one-click solution (if not then a simple solution) where we don't need to manual...

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Is there a way I can test excused as a what if grade? I have tried putting in EX but that won't work.

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How can I Upload multiple files together in dropbox?

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how do I generate a list of students who did (or did not do) assigned peer reviews?

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How do I unhide an assignment? there is an orange oval with the word Hidden under the grade box in assignment view (submission)

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It looks like thisdoes anyone know how to fix it

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We used moderation to do pilot marking for our Year 12 essays. After marking we had to release the marks to the students, but in doing so the selections made in the rubric have vanished? This means all the hard work in selecting specific criteria tha...

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The colors available for course shells are very limited. Is there a master list of color codes (numbers) that I can access? If not, how can I add colors like red, yellow, etc?

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I am teaching a wintermester and just checked the registration. In Canvass,my course appears as two courses: three students registered as GIA 6144 CRN40325; and three appear as a second course as PSCI 6144 CRN 40324. Thesesix students are all in the ...

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I have read some Canvas threads on “Weighted Grades” and am still confused.  I have an an assignment group, Exams, that is set to a weight of 50% and has a rule “Drop lowest 1.”  As an example, assume there were 3 exams. Each exam has a different ‘to...

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Can you sort the grading columns based on the categories?  Like all of the tests are next to each other, all of the assignments are grouped together, all of the quizzes are grouped together?  I know it can be done by date, but I would prefer to see i...

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Im using safari and I'm not able to see my classes it seems like its loading but never loads. i see the home page where all my cards/classes show up but there is only the outline of the cards. I am running the newest version available for safari. Thi...

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Good afternoon team,Since the start of Thanksgiving break I have been unable to access the files on canvas for my classes on my Mac but I can access them on my phone or ipad. Would you be able to help?-Gregory

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How do I record a video on canvas.

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import from another canvas class

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How can I get a course shell to start building a course in

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Is the conference line that is used when clicking 'join using you phone' a toll-free number? Or will participants be charged long distance rates?

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Good afternoon all,I know this has been asked before but I am looking for a solution that does not involve manually adjusting the permissions of a user in a course.If I (sys admin) or another instructor cross-lists 2 courses, students in one section ...

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I have occasional quizzes that need to be added to the gradebook that are not regular assignments.  How can I add new columns directly into the gradebook page such as is possible with Blackboard?Having to go into "assignments," add one and then go ba...

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For our midterms and finals we are required to submit a "hard copy." Is there a way to print what I've spent hours working on? New Quizzes does not have a "print" feature. Also, screenshotting each question is not acceptable. 

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I go to canvas, and go to quizzes, but there's not any option to star the quiz.  Most quizzes have a "Start test button" but there's a few that don't. (I need help figuring this out)

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Hi  @william_diehl ‌,                             I was going through this question Names and Roles Provisioning user_id and am using (Names and Role - Canvas LMS REST API Documentation ) api to retrieve user_id value  but while following flow mentio...

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How do I submit more than one file to the same assignment?

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