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BrianLester
Brian Lester
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I teach math and support peers in using academic technology, especially Canvas.

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Hi, You mention 'importing course into a new shell each semester'.  So you have separate courses for each semester. Course content is transfered in the course import process- but student data ...
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If you use blueprint courses it's worth bearing in mind that associated courses must be in the same or lower subaccount than the blueprint Additionally, if your changes tempt you to delete a bluep...
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I'll leave it to Instructure to address any terms of service issues, but this is a browser extension which (if it's doing just what it says) just alters the way Canvas appears to you if you...
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I don't believe permissions are sufficiently granular to allow this. Your SIS may be a better place to put accommodations.
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Using the Canvas user profile would work fine but if you want to customize the page then an embedded Google doc might do the trick. If you have Google workspace you could follow the directions below p...
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A. Finding the number of observers is doable If you go to settings, then choose reports, then choose the provisioning report and click user observers and click run the report B. Finding the number of ...
Nov 20, 2024 6:55:32 AM
You can do this… You would probably want to create a special course for this purpose and enroll all students, then consider how you’ll share the material - maybe from the course front page… Canvas was...
Nov 20, 2024 3:02:17 AM
Yes, using the API you could do this...  a bit of coding involved...
Nov 19, 2024 9:47:13 AM
Probably not the case but are sections set up properly? I might check section membership under course settings in case there's an empty section... I usually filter by section  in the gradebook bef...
Nov 15, 2024 5:28:32 PM
I also see an option "Users generate observer pairing codes for students" in the Student column. I would ensure that is not permitted  
Nov 15, 2024 5:22:53 PM

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