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How do I add a co teacher to all of my classes?

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Same as above

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I have 2 quizzes in my CANVAS gradebook, but only 1 grade is counted in the totals column.  Why am I only getting one score?

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Solution Posted: 10-23-2019 View Solution
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How do I connect to a professor as a StudentMentor to view the course syllabus?

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How do I sign-up for a particular group discussion within my class?

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Solution Posted: 10-22-2019 View Solution
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I have an instructor that has a course long group assignment and wants 2 students removed from their groups for non participation. She wants these students to no longer have access to the group discussions, etc. Cloning the group leaves them access t...

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I would like to use a rubric to grade submitted writing assignments but I do not want students to be able to see the rubric until after it is graded. Is there a way to hide the rubric until I have used it for grading?

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Is there a quick way to make every quiz 100 points without changing the point value of each individual question?  

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I’m trying to log into canvas as a student on my desktop, but it will not work. I can only access canvas from the app on my phone. Is there a website I need to access to get the dashboard?

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Solution Posted: 10-22-2019 View Solution
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We are looking to move from a traditional 7-period schedule to a 5-period rotating block next year.  Does anyone use a similar schedule at their school? Currently our teachers are accustomed to having one due date shared amongst all class periods, bu...

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Has anyone created a Canvas api to check for captioned videos or alt text images?

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Solution Posted: 10-22-2019 View Solution
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Has anyone developed an API call that would provide some accessibility information about a course?  Such as captioned videos, accessible documents (Word, PDF), images (alt text), etc?

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Hi all, relative newbie to Canvas here, after several years using other VLEs in various roles. I'm looking to replicate something I used a lot in Moodle: an announcements panel that can be locked onto everyone's dashboard so that on login they see th...

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Can Canvas be integrated with CRM systems like Zoho and Salesforce? Can the student details be mutually transmitted between the 2 systems?

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I would very much like to see the full course-title, when I choose a course to send a message via INBOX, is that possible?thanks,Jeppe

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hello,how to send a reminder for a due assignment on Canvas?with thanks,Joelle

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My class starts tomorrow, although as of right now my class is not shown on the Canvas page. Will it show tomorrow, or is should it be up right now?

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My dashboard is just gray, flashing blocks and I can't get to my courses through there. I can get to my courses through the "courses" tab but when I try to go to different assignments, most of the them are blank. My discussions will load the discussi...

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Canvas app will not work due to iOS updates on iPhone. Apple is zero help...

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my class on canvas isn't showing up on my dashboard, the class started in august and one day while I was doing homework it disappeared. its been 2 weeks and no ones been able to help me. does anyone know why?

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I had students submit an assignment using a the text box.  I want to grade and annotate the assignment but when I open the speedgrader I do not have the ability to.  Any help on how to do this?

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help is greatly appreciated

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Solution Posted: 10-20-2019 View Solution
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How do you enter a grade scale?

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How do I set up go to training in canvas for my students as an instructor?

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Solution Posted: 02-14-2020 View Solution
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I need help looking for my student (.edu) email. I can find my email section that leads to my personal email, but I'm not sure where I can find my student (.edu) email. Thanks.

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after you submit an assignment, how long do you have to wait for your results?  Thank you

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Moving from Blackboard to Canvas...We are looking at:Plagiarism tools (Turnitin, Unicheck),Accessibiility (UDOIT and Ally),Conferencing (Collaborate, Big Blue button, BBB with subscription, Zoom) Media (Kaltura, Studio)Proctoring (Respondus, maybe Pr...

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In the past students could use MS Office free. How do I find that if it is still available?

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How do I set up a calendar with time slots for my students to book 1:1 telephone slots with me

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Alongside my two previous topics, the new Canvas update has turned all quizzes into blank screens, making me completely unable to work on them; due to the quizzes being timed for 20 minutes, this is directly harming my grade with no way to fix it. Th...

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