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Re: creating/adding a new field of info for a user.

Hi @MoatazKhan12  No, it's not possible to adjust the record structure of the "users" record to add new fields, at least not if you are licensing the cloud-hosted SaaS version of Canvas.

05-25-2023

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InCommon as an authentication provider?

Hi! We've been investigating options to allow collaborators/guest lecturers/etc. from outside our institution access to our Canvas instance.  One thought that has come up is using InCommon for...

08-09-2022

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Parchment integration

We're investigating Parchment as a badging/certificate solution for our campuses. Has anyone seen any sort of integration between Catalog or Canvas, and Parchment? Thanks!

10-20-2021

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Section end dates no longer overriding course end dates?

For quite a while, we have accommodated students with "Incomplete" in a class by adding a new section within the class, adding the student to that section, and setting the section to have an extended...

01-04-2021

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Two-factor for local passwords?

We seem to remember this being an option somewhere, but can't find any documentation on it. Is there any support for two-factor (i.e. DUO) for local Canvas authentication?  We're implementi...

11-05-2019

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Check individual user disk usage?

Just a quick question, since I can't seem to find a straightforward API to do it:  Is there a way to get a check our report on the disk usage for individual users?  We're contemplating r...

09-16-2019

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Preventing default email from being changed

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.canvaslm...

11-08-2018

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Sending messages via the Conversations API

I am taking my first fumbling steps at scripting using the Rest APIs, so please be gentle! We have a survey coming up that will require us to send out individual/unique survey links to students, a...

10-19-2018

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Observer pairing for advisors without Pairing Code?

As a university, we haven't played much with the "Observer" role and our user creation and enrollment is centrally managed so we don't allow self-registration.   However, now there is some in...

10-10-2018

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Batch create users with local passwords they can change?

We create most of our users via feeds from our SIS system, and authenticate them via an external SSO linked to Active Director.  However, we do sometimes need to create batches of guest users wh...

05-31-2017

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Logout URL for Shibboleth?

Given that Single Logout is not enabled by default in Shibboleth (and is not on our IdP), what is the recommended Logout URL when setting up a Shibboleth (SAML) authentication provider?   I...

12-22-2016

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