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We intend to make greater use of global announcements within subaccounts, but we want to better understand who exactly will receive these announcements. The guidance in the Instructure Admin Guide (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Admin-Guide/How-d...

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Is there a LTI exists in Canvas LMS that allows for the automated scanning and grading of exams or assessments? Our school is considering to scan the paper submissions which were graded on the paper, and automatically recognize and import the scores ...

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To use MyEssayWriterAI effectively for generating essays, follow these steps:Prompt Input: Begin by providing the essay prompt or topic to MyEssayWriterAI.Prompt Analysis: Allow the AI to analyze the prompt and generate relevant insights and ideas.Th...

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Hi All,  We want to use Canvas quizzes for exams, using a complementary browser locking tool. Key caveat... we need a spell checker to be enabled while locked down. We trialled using Respondus LockDown Browser, but discovered that it does not have sp...

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I have shared a Canvas Blueprint with some instructors before it is officially pushed in the "Observing" role. My understanding is that Observing role is a view-only mode! I did not want them to be able to edit anything. Today, I noticed some of my m...

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We are planning to move away from Canvas shortly, as it is too big/expensive for our small needs. I managed to export course content and csv files with grades. But is there a way to export/backup student submissions including files that they submitte...

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hi there!I'm trying to create a rubric using outcomes only; however, I can't seem to gid rid of the first row criterion. Screenshot atatched. Am I missing something? thanks for your help!   

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I just wanted to send a message, as I can’t seem to be able to send other students a message in my Nuku inbox. When I go to search for a student, the only names I can see are myself and the teacher, no one else pops up. Is there any way I can fix thi...

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Hello, I'm investigating how to map activity coming from Canvas via LTI 1.3 into our tool, specifically how to map courses (via their sis_id) to those we are already anticipating to see from Rostering (via a Clever, etc).  I know the Canvas API has a...

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HelloI'm going to change schools and therefore my professional e-mail address. How can I keep my Canvas account and my different courses? thanks!

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How do you make the date parameters stick for the filters in Grades? I keep changing them and then it goes back to the entire school year of grades. I don't want that. It used to change and with whatever filter you set.Thanks in advance.  ~ Pam

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Our office currently collects student public service forms electronically on a different platform that is slowly becoming out of date. The good thing about the old system is that students could submit multiple forms across semesters to the same page ...

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  Ran the link validator on a course moved over from Blackboard. This course has dozens of question banks and probably thousands of questions. How does one make use of this information? Am I missing something? 

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When observers receive a notification, the embedded link takes them to the student/staff sign-in page.  Can that be changed to include the observer login page?

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Is there anyway to archive Canvas courses in order to use the material next year? 

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I am getting the message: {"status":401,"error":"Unauthorized","details":{"description":"Error validating ltik or IdToken","message":"MISSING_VALIDATION_COOKIE"}}but my teacher says that the link works for him and other students. How can I access it?...

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To whom it may concern, I am currently busy with an online masters through Falmouth University and I am concerned that when I start working in CHina in August my access will be restricted/difficult due to their internet restrictions.Is there any way ...

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Why are some student responses in open ended questions in quizzes bolded? 98% are regular font as opposed to bold. Does that mean they copied and pasted from somewhere?

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We have a user who has two email accounts in Canvas Notifications.  They keep trying to set one email to receive all notifications, but the system keeps defaulting back to the other email account.  We are using ILP if that could be a factor.

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how do I get a demo developer key to develop against the API.  I have a canvas demo login but do not have access to the admin area.  Can some tell how I become a partner and develop using the canvas api? Joe

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 when i click attendance tab I am getting Roll call page like shown in attachment. Can anyone help me in getting ROLL CALL page with seating alignment. I wanted my course to display take attendance and edit seating chart page. Please help me in this ...

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Do all edits in any new quiz save to the course for future course imports?Whether it is edited before publishing, after publishing, before students take, or after students take it, will it always update as the latest quiz moving forward?This is not s...

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I am having an issue with grade book that started a few weeks ago.  When I click on gradebook it just spins and spins until it freezes.  I've cleared the cache and cookies several times.  I have tried several browsers and it is happening on at least ...

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We have a couple of Pages that act as external URL tools. Somehow, URLs were added to the HTML content that redirects as soon as you try to view the content on the Page. It is impossible to edit the page because it immediately redirects. We employed ...

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I have created New Quizzes using questions pulled from an Item Bank. How can I edit the answers if I want to fix a mistake (or add extra "fill in the blank" options), or add feedback, after students have already sat the quiz? (In Moodle I could updat...

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I am taking Pilates and my professor requires a submission of multiple videos for one assignment. Is this possible? If so, I need assistance in learning to do so. Thank you

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Hi - I'm a Canvas Admin and would like to know if anyone knows what it means.  When entering grades in Canvas, our instructor is adding/updating one grade for one student and the grade he enters changes all students in the class to that same grade.  ...

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Why are the quiz directions on each page of a quiz when I select show one question at a time? This is distracting for students and unnecessary. The directions should only be on the first page or there should be an option to only have on first page. C...

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