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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...
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...
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 "Drafts" does not align with any previous documentation or terminology we've used to describe unpublished courses, and will just confuse instructors.I'm not totally sold...
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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Each group of questions from a specific question pool is a separate "block", but yes, you can pull from multiple question pools for a test.
Hi @JessicaG121
Sure! In Canvas quizzes, what you're asking for is called a "question group", and there are instructions for setting one up at How do I create a quiz with a question ...
Because enrollments are automatically managed from our SIS, we don't allow instructors to create their own sections or enroll their own students...pretty much to avoid exactly the kind of problem ...
Hi @wojcika
We do not allow instructors to create new sections. Instead, we have the instructor fill out an automated request when a student needs an extension--along with an end date--then use ...
Hi @JACLYNHALKO
Folks here in the Canvas Community do not have access to Aspen (which I'm guessing is your school's SIS), so you'll want to report the problem to the Help Desk at your...
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