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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 @AbdulKhadar  Many people use the built-in quiz function to conduct polls/surveys in their Canvas courses.  See the instructions a https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-c...
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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  "Drafts" does not align with any previous documentation or terminology we've used to describe unpublished courses, and will just confuse instructors.I'm not totally sold...
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Hi @JSchaefer33  In order to have a group of questions that are randomly sorted in New Quizzes, I believe that you need to be pulling the questions from an item bank.  When you do that, the questi...
Sep 23, 2025 13:26 PM
Hi @AurosmitSahoo Keep in mind, you can only do things via the API that you have permission to do on the system as a user. An enrollment term exists at the account level, not at the user or course...
Sep 18, 2025 09:46 AM
Hi @AndyGunn1  That means that either your email address has never been confirmed in Canvas, or else email to that address bounced, and the status of the email address needs to be reset by Canvas ...
Sep 16, 2025 08:26 AM
Hi @AngelaArnett-Co, As far as I can tell, once a course has been associated with a Blueprint course, it can't be associated with another Blueprint course--a course can only be associated with...
Sep 12, 2025 11:58 AM
Hi @DouglasCook  See the page at What options can I set in a quiz to see where to allow multiple attempts, and how to let students view the pervious responses as well as the correct answers.
Sep 12, 2025 09:53 AM

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