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I am using the Kami tool in Canvas. My district has paid for it and is on my courses. Before the paid account, the free trial was a dream. Upload in assignment, kids click, annotate, answer, and submit. Now, I get a constant message saying:
"An Error occurred while validating the launch of Kami"
This happens mostly in the afternoon. If I refresh the page, it will sometimes show up and I can grade, but sometimes I refresh 7-10 times and same message appears. With 200 students this is becoming a tool that is not functional as I am spending more time refreshing the page than grading their work. Is there a fix or workaround to this? I am trying to contact Kami folks, but they are busy and send me to their FAQ page. This is not an issue I saw addressed there. Any help would be appreciated.
Hello Hive Mind,
I am told that Canvas has the basic functionality as Kami. I need my students to be able to write on PDF's and than resubmit them to me for grading. I for the life of me can not figure out how to do that. Does anyone have a quick how to guide created?
Thank you!
I used Kami to create a worksheet, then I uploaded it to google. In my Canvas assignment, should I link to my worksheet in google drive or should I embed? Then what do I pick for submission type?
So my students submitted work is not loading fully in SpeedGrader Canvas nor is the original document. Any thoughts?
Hello! I am in instructor in 5th grade and have been with Canvas since 2017. I always enjoyed Canvas, but lately I've hit a wall. This summer I have been inserting google drive assignments in Canvas through the cloud. Additionally, I've just discovered Kami, which I LOVE. HOWEVER, my understanding is students need a google account in order to to access these assignments. What is the best way to go around this as google has age requirements? I've been logging in as a student on a different computer and I'm constantly asked to 'sign in with google'. On the student computer, I even went into 'settings' and tried to add Google Drive, but with no google account, impossible. Please help....
Sincerely,
Desperate Canvas User in Florida
I am trying to make a math assignment in which my kids can answer using KAMI. How do I do that ?
Kami is not working, I have tied multiple times to install. Is there an alternative I can use to complete assignments?
I would Like to use Kami for PDF assignments so that my students can edit and submit assignments easily, but I have been unable to download the Kami app to my courses. From my courses I go to "Settings," then I go to "Apps." When I search "Kami," in the search bar nothing appears. What am I doing wrong?
This applies to assignments created using the "External Tool" button and selecting Kami. (1) After a student clicks submit on their Kami assignment, they can no longer edit it. That's great! However, **after I grade it or mark it as complete**, I would like to be able to RETURN the assignment to students, allowing them to write notes, corrections, etc. when we're going over things in class. This is how Kami works in Google Classroom, and I don't know why Canvas cannot do the same thing.
Context: Math class. Students submit their homework and I look at what they did. Next class, we will go over common errors and address additional questions. I want students to be able to mark up their homework during this process, but they currently cannot unless they unsubmit it. And then it shows up as unsubmitted on their end even though I already graded it. (2) If I select "real-time monitoring" on Kami, allowing me to see the students' work as they go, not only after they hit submit, Canvas is declaring the assignment as submitted as soon as the student opens it. This is very confusing for students and many forget to finish their work because it is showing up as "submitted" on their end, even though they never hit submit and only completed some of the assignment.
(1) Create a "return" button for Kami assignments, just like what exists for Google assignments. This would allow teachers to give editing rights back to students after the teacher has graded their work and left feedback. (2) Fix the glitch where Canvas is recognizing Kami assignments as submitted when they haven't been submitted, just opened. This is occurring under Kami's "real-time monitoring" feature.
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We are seeing some interesting issues happen with Kami and our blueprint courses. When a Kami assignment is made in the blueprint course and synced to the student course, the teacher must open the Kami assignment themselves in order for the students to get access.
Is anyone seeing this issue as well? Does anyone have a solution or a work around?
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