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stevec · ‎11-13-2022

My fault. I didn't have file uploads checked as a means of submitting the assignment.

stevec · ‎11-12-2022

My last batch of assignments is different from anything I've seen in all the years I've been using Canvas. Docx files now come in as a link. If I click the link, I'm taken to a new page that I can't back out of, which means I have to take several redundant steps just to get back to the drop box where I'm grading. Was this an intentional "feature" because someone complained that grading essays was too intuitive and they wanted things to be more confusing?

stevec · ‎10-25-2022

Problem statement: Canvas currently groups peer review according to the essay being reviewed, so if I want to find Horatio's comments, I need to look for Estelle's essay. This makes grading difficult. It also precludes any possibility of notifying students that they have not yet completed their peer reviews. Proposed solution: Allow a separate sort that shows which students have commented and groups their comments together, making the grading process easier and allowing reminders to encourage student success. User role(s): instructor,student

stevec · ‎10-19-2022

Isn't it about time this was fixed? Your comment from seven years ago basically says "We thought we had fixed this, but it doesn't work." Setting up groups for each section takes at least 20 minutes per section. This broken functionality needs to be fixed.

stevec · ‎10-26-2021

In my gradebook, the "display as points" option isn't there. I have no weighted assignments. How can I show mine as points?

stevec · ‎10-21-2021

Oh heck yes!!! I'm using it for a single class and I will have dozens of comments by the end of the term. I can't imagine how hard this must be for those using shared comment libraries!!

stevec · ‎10-18-2021

I set up a group set with 20 groups. "Self-select" is checked. I can see them in my view--both in the group discussion board and in the "groups" tab in "people." However, once I hit "student view" in either of those places, the groups disappear. I can randomly assign students to groups, but they all lock out and students can't self-select. This worked fine last year. Is it a glitch in the update from two days ago?

stevec · ‎01-23-2021

I'm having trouble verifying the viewing of Panopto videos by my students. I have been fielding questions about assignments from students who simply haven't watched the lectures or the recorded synchronous sessions. If I call them up individually in Canvas, I can see who has watched the videos and who hasn't. However, it's a tedious process involving multiple steps for each student, and generating a full report would take over an hour. Is there a feature that will generate a Panopto analytic report for the entire class?

stevec · ‎01-05-2021

I have the same question. I have an embedded Panopto video in a page in one of my modules. I'd like to re-record it, but I can't get the original to go away. I deleted the original Panopto video, and now I have a permanent error message embedded in the page. I can't highlight it or backspace over it. Any idea why that would be? Hmm. Oddly enough, as I was recording a video to show you that it doesn't work, it suddenly started working!!

stevec · ‎12-31-2020

I've been moving assignments around for Winter Term, and some of them just stubbornly refused to move to the date I wanted--but only if I was moving them to a later date. It turns out I had specified closing dates for the assignments which were the same as the due date (I don't accept some of my assignments late) and Calendar was unable to change both the due date AND the closing date simultaneously. Is this a glitch in Calendar, or just one of those lovely things that we'll have to learn to live with? Is there a quicker work-around than individually editing each assignment?

stevec · ‎10-30-2020

Ah. Never mind. Going to the main "Quiz" page and clicking on the three dots opens an option for "reset quiz engine."

stevec · ‎10-30-2020

The description looked great, but when I tried to use the new quiz format, all I got was a list of external tools that have nothing to do with quizzes. I want the "Old Coke" back!!

stevec · ‎11-24-2019

So I'm trying to help another instructor who hasn't yet given up on the Rich Text editor for essay comments, and I see that in the help videos you have something about how to leave comments (instructors) and how to peer review (students) but nothing that shows students how to find the "feedback" button. I'm sure at least fifty such videos exist. Could you post one to the "help" section so that we could show our students the various steps necessary to access these comments (since you don't seem interested in making them more obvious)?

stevec · ‎01-06-2019

Count me in. If you figure out how much time each of us spends pointlessly retyping the same five words or equations over and over again, it makes no sense to hold off on implementing this. There are literally hundreds of wasted hours represented in this thread.

stevec · ‎05-07-2018

Whoops. Looks like in an attempt to make commenting on essays "sort of" work, something was done to submitted assignments that now converts them into PDFs. That's cool, unless I'm trying to do a plagiarism check and cutting and pasting text--something I currently can't do with the PDFs in the drop boxes. I'm still not commenting directly on the students' essays, but now if I suspect plagiarism, I have to retype the language I'm looking for. Is anyone using the current "comment on essay" function, or did we all learn to use the comment box, or some other work-around? Is this new submission style any better?

stevec · ‎05-07-2018

COME ON, people!!! We're tasked with assessment of our Departments at EVERY college in Washington. That means we need to collect data on individual questions on tests. I can't collect data unless I have rubrics that relate back to the individual questions. This issue needs to be prioritized! Solution 1: (Not the best) A "master rubric" for all questions in a test, so that all are ranked the same. Solution 2: (Better) Individualized rubrics that allow for the ranking of each question according to customized criteria. I can't do my job until you fix this!!!! Do not make the Gods of Assessment angry!!!

stevec · ‎06-19-2017

It makes no sense to me to have an overall rubric for a test. From a grading perspective, it's so much easier to show students what they've done correctly/incorrectly in each question rather than in the whole quiz. This should be a very high priority.

stevec · ‎06-12-2017

Thanks Don. I changed my preferences today, like I did last year. Thing is, it appears to be an "opt-in" feature, so the default is to miss student messages. And it seems to randomly reset itself back to the default. I understand that some people don't want student messages in their inboxes, but I would think that the vast majority would prefer notification--especially since the only other option seems to be wading through the weekly digest that Canvas sends out. An icon in the to-do stream would seem to be the best solution.

stevec · ‎06-12-2017

Why hasn't this gotten anywhere? I just checked, and somehow my carefully checked box requesting that student comments on assignments be emailed to me unchecked itself and once again I'm missing student communication. I'll ask again for what I asked for earlier in this thread--make email notifications of student comments "opt-out" instead of "opt-in." I'm sorry about folks who feel their inboxes are cluttered, but that clutter is made up of students attempting to communicate. Student grades are on the line here.

stevec · ‎06-12-2017

Why does this even have to be discussed? It's absolutely infuriating. Three days ago, a student notified me that she was unable to turn in an assignment. That notification, because it was made in the "Assignment Comments" field, did not come into my inbox. She received an "F" on the assignment. Students have a freaking RIGHT to KNOW that their communication with an instructor is brought to that instructor's attention!! This is demoralizing for students, and there is absolutely no justification for it. You're asking for a vote on whether students should be able to expect that their communication with instructors ends up in the instructor's email inbox?!?!?

Post Details	Date Published	Views	Kudos
What have they done to Docx submissions? They're all messed up now!!! My last batch of assignments is different from anything I've seen in all the years I've been using Canvas. Docx files now come in as a link. If I click the link, I'm taken to a new page that I can't ...	11-12-2022	180	0
[Assignments] Sort Peer Review by Reviewer, not by Reviewee Problem statement: Canvas currently groups peer review according to the essay being reviewed, so if I want to find Horatio's comments, I need to look for Estelle's essay. This makes grading difficu...	10-25-2022	167	0
Is anyone else having trouble with students self-selecting groups? I set up a group set with 20 groups. "Self-select" is checked. I can see them in my view--both in the group discussion board and in the "groups" tab in "people." However, once I hit "student view" in...	10-18-2021	328	0
Panopto analytics for entire class, instead of individually? I'm having trouble verifying the viewing of Panopto videos by my students. I have been fielding questions about assignments from students who simply haven't watched the lectures or the recorded synch...	01-23-2021	407	0
Why aren't the closing dates for my assignments moving when I shift the due dates in Calendar? I've been moving assignments around for Winter Term, and some of them just stubbornly refused to move to the date I wanted--but only if I was moving them to a later date. It turns out I had specified...	12-31-2020	580	0
Clicked "Always use new quiz format" & regret it. Can I un-check the box? The description looked great, but when I tried to use the new quiz format, all I got was a list of external tools that have nothing to do with quizzes. I want the "Old Coke" back!!	10-30-2020	417	0
How reliable are the statistics on Panopto recordings? I run a hybrid class in which half the class attends discussions, which are recorded on Panopto and are required viewing for students who do not attend discussions. Yesterday was the first time that ...	02-27-2017	3074	3

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