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I created a quiz in canvas.  How do I download/export that quiz so I can print a hard copy?

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Is there any way to get a report on the usage of the Canvas calendar feature? I am trying to retrieve data on how many instructors created appointments for signups and calendar events.Thanks!Evan

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Solution Posted: 09-18-2019 View Solution
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My course is currently marked that the grades are not weighted. However, I want the students to easily view their overall grade in the course at any moment. How do I weight the grades to reveal a current course total grade?

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My student has a picture that is sideways. How can I help her so that it is upright?

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How can I get the green page icon in the grade center to show a score?

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In the way I weighted grades I gave the "reading assignments" 25% towards the overall grade. I've noticed that when students are getting full credit in these assignments, their overall grade doesn't budge.  Yet, when they don't get full credit, their...

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We are using Canvas Flipgrid integration for large courses. The instructor and TA's are grading (and commenting) with Speedgrader. Currently, Flipgrid auto-plays the next video recording.Because it takes a moment to finish grading after watching a st...

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I currently I am only able to submit one video for an assignment. However, I have six separate videos that need submitted for this same assignment. Anytime I re-submit a new video it erases the video previously uploaded.Basically need to know how to ...

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I understand how to delete individual assignments and individual pages. How can I delete several at the same time?

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How do I add attendance grades manually?  I have created a an assignment group called Attendance.  I cannot enter grades, however.  Do I need to create an assignment?

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In one of my classes, I apparently and somehow unknowingly created Assignment Groups.  Now I don't want groups, just the assignments that are within the groups.  The problem is the Groups have created an extended grade book where the Assignment title...

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how do I send an invitation

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Is it possible to download all attachments in a Discussion at once, rather than item by item in SpeedGrader?

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When I log into canvas none of my courses show up on my dashboard or calendar I need this to be fixed asap or I'm going to start to fail classes.  

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Is there a way to update a rubric once it has been added to an external tool assignment? I want to update it so that it I checked "use this rubric for assignment grading"

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I am brand new to Canvas and have a macbook pro. Will I need to purchase a microphone and video camera in order to use that feature of the content editor?

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I am looking for a report that gives, at the least, term, campus ID, the Course name, course number, and teacher name associated with it that can be run. Anyone know something I don't know?

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We seem to have a number of students and/or enrollments for which the enrollment state doesn't change when you do things in the GUI or API, e.g. a "completed" enrollment...you click restore and it appears to work, but reloading the page it has not.

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How do i allow resubmitting new photos for an assignment?

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Hello,I have a situation where students answer questions in discussions but some of the assignments aren't showing up in the grade book or in the discussion thread, however, they are showing up in SpeedGrader. Once graded in SG, they do not carry ove...

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I just gave my first exam in Canvas.  As soon as the student submit their exam it showed how many they got correct out of the total number possible.  I still have to do some manual grading so that score is not correct and so it is freaking some stude...

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On student-submitted papers, I left comments on the paper and in the margins. However, when students go to read my feedback, there is a message saying they can't look at teacher feedback because it looks like the teacher is still grading. How do I ma...

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I removed a student from the course and am trying to get that data back. How do I un-remove a student. Is there a way to retrieve that data? 

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Is it possible to have different roles for faculty between the sandbox and prod environments?Thanks!

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when you re-submit assignments, does the old assignment disappear?

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We instituted the Single Sign-On through Google Authentication and our students constantly experiencing a long lag time to log in, that is if they can log in.  While trying to access LockDownBrowser in the LDB App, many of them are stuck in the lag e...

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I've assigned student pairs in an online course. I want them to be able to communicate with each other via Canvas. Can they use the inbox for that? 

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I use a fair amount of inline CSS to visually format the materials for my courses. One frustration I have is that I cannot use external or embedded styles to do this more efficiently: I have to micro style every instance of some content so that it is...

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Hi all,Is there an automated way of policing the Discussion Hubs on Canvas, we are looking imparticular for Safeguarding, ie if command words appear these will be flagged.Many thanks,Mark 

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Solution Posted: 02-22-2020 View Solution
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In the Grades section, what is the test student for?Can anyone else but me see that?

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Solution Posted: 09-16-2019 View Solution
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