Copying a Quiz Linked to a Question Bank

I'm afraid I'm really confused about question banks. What confuses me is where they are located. For example, if I have a quiz that pulls from a question bank in one course and I copy that entire cou...

Change user's default setting for displaying course menu?

According to Canvas's 2016 production release notes, the "Course Navigation Menu no longer collapses unless it is minimized manually by a Canvas user." That makes sense because apparently new student...

Links to files on pages are not previewing

In the past, each semester I would copy a fall course to create a spring-semester course. I would have changed a few things (like dates) in some of the course's files (mostly pptx and docx), so I wou...

Unassign an individual student

My problem is that I need to accommodate some students with double time on a timed quiz. I don't think there's a way to change the time for one student (right?), so I've had to set up a second, separ...

Why are answers in matching quizzes randomized?

W hy are answers to matching questions randomized? I want the answers to always be in the same order. I entered answers labeled A through L, but they show up the drop-down list in various orders. Th...

How do I create a quiz item bank from existing quizzes?

I have created quizzes in some of my previous courses, and I would like to put those quiz questions into an item bank that I can draw from to create quizzes in  future courses. From what I've f...

Avatars

Why are all of your avatars  angry pandas? Can't they smile? It sort of makes it seem like using Canvas makes them angry... Yes, I know I could upload a photo of my own, but I'd rather not. It...

Negative points for attendance?

I would like to use the Roll Call feature to subtract points from a student's grade (they start with zero and go down from there each time they are absent or late). Is this possible in Canvas? I know...