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mzimmerman
Mike Zimmerman
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Fairly new to Canvas after being a Blackboard administrator for nearly 20...oh, wait, you mean my *actual* biography? Born in Florida. Grew up moving around the southeast. Graduated from the University of Florida and the University of South Florida with degrees in psychology and computer science. Had my heart set on being a librarian but stumbled into IT instead...

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Hi @Sonpham410  First, contact your instructor and have them check the LockDown Browser Dashboard in the course to confirm the settings.  This error can happen if the instructor has never opened t...
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Hi, At my school, the most common situations for merging sections are 1) when it is really the same class is crosslisted under multiple sections/departments (which results in multiple course shells in...
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I also agree.  "Drafts" does not align with any previous documentation or terminology we've used to describe unpublished courses, and will just confuse instructors.I'm not totally sold...
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We appreciate the option that Canvas allows for users to create multiple channels to be notified within the system.  However, we are seeing the same issues described inhttps://community.canvaslms.com/...
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Hi @LoriGassmann  That is something that you'll need to locate in the Brave security/privacy settings.  You probably need to disable Shields for Canvas in the Brave settings.  I don't use ...
Jun 06, 2025 13:06 PM
Hi @LeslieArakaki, I was eventually able to duplicate the pulldown menu with an appropriate grading scheme set.  It was surprising that "Excused" appeared in the pulldown even though it is...
Jun 06, 2025 12:53 PM
Hi @LeslieArakaki, The "Excused" option is what makes me suspect that you are looking at a status rather than a grading scheme, but I'm not seeing a pull-down menu like what you're...
Jun 06, 2025 09:21 AM
Hi @LeslieArakaki  Based on your screenshots, it looks like "Continuum" is actually using customized Gradebook Status settings (see How do I manage gradebook statuses in an account ), not ...
Jun 05, 2025 08:24 AM
Hi @ErikNielsen1  Is this an exam taken as a Canvas quiz?  In Speedgrader, you can view submissions for all of a student's attempts...  
May 29, 2025 13:37 PM

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