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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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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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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 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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I haven't noticed this before, but when I filter to All Grading Periods in the gradebook the total columns are not displayed. We have semester grading periods and an Assignments without Due dates ...
Oct 17, 2025 13:21 PM
Yes, you can filter to columns in a specific date range, but the problem Tyler identified is that the grade total columns are not calculated based on the chosen date range...
Nov 30, 2024 09:37 AM
You could create a new role (based on student) say 'superstudent' You'd need to gather data from your SIS about which students should be given that role (in addition to being 'students...
Nov 22, 2024 17:24 PM
Thanks for pointing this out. Maybe it's worth submitting a support ticket... Being able to view columns in a date range is still useful, but seeing a total for that range would be valuable. One c...
Nov 22, 2024 17:12 PM

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