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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 is not. ...
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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 blueprint...
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Hi, Look at how canvas presents the option for dropping x lowest scores you won't be able to guarantee that the score dropped is from one of your 15 point discussions if there are 30 point discussions...
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It's likely that the owner of the webpage, in this case CNN, is choosing not to allow iframe embedding. Owners of webpages can do this and unfortunately I'm not aware of any workaround in such cases.
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That's essentially a question about apps. Some apps can do this - they have 'grade passback'. Examples are the LTI integrations with myopenmath.com, perusall.com (gradable annotations), and ck12.org (...
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At times posting text form google docs into Canvas results in unwanted numbered lists
Dec 2, 2023 1:15:44 PM
You could run the get users in account API call to get all user IDs: https:/****.instructure.com/doc/api/live#!/users.json/list_users_in_account_get_0 (Replace **** with your institution if you're usi...
Nov 21, 2023 4:32:58 PM
Often Canvas issues can be solved by clearing your browser cache Be careful when doing this so you don't loose saved passwords etc. Most browsers let you choose what to clear during the process Here a...
Nov 21, 2023 3:55:24 PM
Hi, I think you need to use the grading period sets POST API call: https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/live#!/grading_period_sets.json/create_grading_period_set_post_1 This seems to let you attach ...
Nov 21, 2023 3:20:54 PM
That's essentially a question about apps. Some apps can do this - they have 'grade passback'. Examples are the LTI integrations with myopenmath.com, perusall.com (gradable annotations), and ck12.org (...
Nov 21, 2023 5:25:06 AM

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