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Hi everyone, I've had a quick scan of the discussions and guides, but I couldn't find answers to a couple of my questions. Apologies if the answers to these already exist in the wild - feel free to point me in the right direction! I've been designing generic course templates which I'm intending to upload to Commons so that they can be downloaded and applied to course pages for those tutors that aren't overly confident at using the design tools. What I want to know is... - If a tutor has already uploaded files to an empty course shell, will these files be overwritten/deleted by importing a template? My template includes a single .pdf file if that makes any difference. - I have linked through to the modules section from the course homepage (using an image as a clickable link). If this template is applied to a course shell, will the link update automatically, based on whatever the new course code is, or will the tutor need to update the link? Many thanks in advance for any help you can offer. ... View more

Hi all, At present we send physical copies of assignments to our external examiners (EE) to review. The usual rule of thumb is that all assignments that received firsts, fails and borderline marks (plus a random sample) are seen by the EE, so that in a batch of 50 essays, perhaps only 20-30 will be reviewed. I've been looking for a way of replicating this process in Canvas, but at present am drawing a blank. It seems as though it's case of all or nothing. I've had a look at the Observer role, but this looks as though it gives access to a student on a global level, where as we'd like this on an assignment level.  Have any of you had any luck in being able to allocate specific assignments (once they've been marked) to an EE? Some of our tutors are concerned that if the EEs have access to everything they'll get overwhelmed. Any help or suggestions will be gratefully received! Many thanks, Matt ... View more