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jim_the_steam_c · ‎11-06-2022

I use bitmoji's in my presentations and they also end up in my canvas pages, quizzes, and other assignments. I save the bitmoji, and then load it as an image in my class files. when I upload it, I'm asked to specify a license type. On the Bitmoji site they really don't specify an attribution method for every bitmoji use. They say "Are Bitmoji characters copyrighted? Bitmoji Avatars are only permitted for personal use and they cannot be used commercially. This means you could use one you've made in personal messages or your personal social media. Also, you cannot sell Bitmoji Avatar products – like a vinyl decal of yours or someone else's Bitmoji." I distribute all my canvas content under a creative commons or fair use license, and feel that while I can't say the bitmoji image is creative commons, it is, for sure fair use, as a non-commercial image... I have been selecting "This material is subject to an exception - fair Use....", but I'm wondering what others select?

jim_the_steam_c · ‎11-06-2022

You link to here is broken - https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Mobile-Users/Anywhere-Anytime-My-Adjunct-Faculty-Experience-with-Canvas/ba-p/274556

jim_the_steam_c · ‎01-31-2021

As fare as I can tell, Canvas still tracks it... and still will over write an edited version even if you have passed it back and forth through commons 2 times... I just now have a template and open it and edit it and then select all the text and copy it to a new quiz... not as clean... but it works.

jim_the_steam_c · ‎01-31-2021

Sure, as long as you keep track as to which is the latest copy... and yes I tested your suggestion... but that's really my point... I still want a way to copy something that is then dissociated from the original... just so I don;t have to remember... Here is what i do: For stuff that I want to use as a "template" like a quiz instruction template for say a "read something and then write about it" assignment... I just open the "template and edit and select all and then copy it to a new quiz... and then save and then edit the new quiz...

jim_the_steam_c · ‎01-25-2021

OK... after a bit of research, I found this that seems to work... https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-customize-my-Courses-list-as-an-instructor/ta-p/800#U800

jim_the_steam_c · ‎01-25-2021

Published class went missing from my Dashboard, but I can find it in my Courses when I click "all Courses" UPDATE: I'm not sure why they disappeared, but this seemed to work... OK... after a bit of research, I found this that seems to work... https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-customize-my-Courses-list-as-an-instructor/ta-p/800#U800 I have a published class in my free teacher account, and it randomly disappeared off my dash board. I have 8 "published " and 12 unpublished. It is not any of these. If I look in courses, it's not in the default list, but I can find it under the "show all" I see 24 classes, including my missing class, and sand box and default "your guide template class". My missing dashboard class is published and has the same setting as classes that are showing up... I was working with it as of about 4 days ago, when I also exported it to commons.. and I can still find it there too... Is there a set of rules as to what classes show on the Dashboard and default Courses listing? I can tell you that IT REALLY FREAKED ME OUT... I discovered it exactly when I was on a call with a team I was contracting some work for and this class was part of it....

jim_the_steam_c · ‎06-26-2020

Yes... I'm relatively new to canvas, and this was the first thing I found frustrating. I teach a CTE class where I have the same students for 3 hours every day... and I do not teach linearly, and my "Modules" are really "Units",and I want to have a hierarchy of modules... please add this ability.

jim_the_steam_c · ‎06-26-2020

I'm trying to get a request up voted where we have a real "copy and dissociate", where you can copy someting from commons (or really anywhere) and be able to to say "copy/import this, but forget the association with the original source, so that I will not accidentally over write this copied content at a future date... please consider up voting my request found https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/17229-provide-a-real-copy-disassociate-feature?commentID=168419#comment-168419 thanks - Jim

jim_the_steam_c · ‎06-26-2020

Every one who up votes this, should also up vote my "create a real copy" request... and then we can argue that their combined score should push them both to the top...

jim_the_steam_c · ‎06-23-2020

So, I tried that.. and it kinda worked. Experiment #67 1) in my free teacher canvas, I created a quiz called "awesomeQuiz#1" 2) I shared it to commons and "testDisassociate#1 3) I imported it to my school canvas sand box 4) I made some edits to it 5) I exported it back to commons "awesomeQuizCopy&Edit#1" 6) I imported it back to my free teacher canvas.... and it did show up as a new item... awesomeQuizCopy&Edit#1... I made edits awesomeQuizCopy&Edit#2 7) but if I import it again from commons, it over writes... awesomeQuizCopy&Edit#1 😎 even if I go back to my school canvas, delete from commons, make edits, re-share with commons, "testDisassociate#2 and import to my free teacher, it overwrite the last import with the new... with the new edits... so Ya for source control, but Boo for a copy... is still knows awesomeQuizCopy&Edit#1 is over written with "testDisassociate# 2

jim_the_steam_c · ‎06-23-2020

I want a real "copy" & Disassociate feature. What I mean is I want to have a copy process where I can make a copy of a page, assignment, or quiz and make sure the copy is completely and irrevocably disassociated from the original source. The reason I want to do this is I want to have a set of Page, Assignment, Quiz templates, that I use as starting point to create new content... and I want to be able to copy this original source template many times and not have the first copy be associated with the source... because if I think to make a second copy, I'm actually overwriting the first copy... not what I want. I kinda understand the current copy behavior and do like it as a source management feature, so I can update my source and then copy it to where ever I'm using it and it updates all the copies when I import or copy.... but that is not what I want in this case... Here is what I want: 1) Keep the current "Copy to" / import functionality I would suggest that when you copy to the same class, that you still name it "copy" so if I copy "coolPageTemplate" the copy is "coolPageTemplate-copy" , because right now if I make a copy, it's really hard to tell which is the original and which is the copy... and If I'm coping to the same class, then I'm probably going to edit and rename it any way... When I export or import, you could keep the same overwrite with not name change 2) Add a "copy&disassociate " option in right hand side ... have the "Copy to" and under it have a "Copy&Disassociate" that works the same way, but makes a real copy... so if I copy to the same class I have "coolPageTemplate" and then "coolPageTemplate-disassociated-copy" See my current pain here How do I really "Copy" a quiz? -- Jim

jim_the_steam_c · ‎06-23-2020

I'll try that... That was what I was going to try next, as I have a free teacher canvas where I build all my material, and then send it to commons to import into my District school class... that way I always own the source... I'll let you know... but Yes, this is just a crappy work around... Canvas should really have a "Copy and Dissociate" feature.

jim_the_steam_c · ‎06-23-2020

Yes, that is true, and if you are just trying to make a "backup" then this works... but if you really want to have an "Awesome-template-page-that-you-want-use-as-a-stating-point-for-every-new-page" page, then it does not work, because if you copy the "Awesome-template-page-that-you-want- use -as-a-stating-point-for-every-new-page" to a "new-Module#1-page" make edits and then copy "Awesome-template-page-that-you-want- use -as-a-stating-point-for-every-new-page", thinking you are creating a "new-Module#2-page", you actually are overwriting the first copy of "new-Module#1-page"...

jim_the_steam_c · ‎06-19-2020

no, the import from another class will still over write. I when to my class B --> settings --> import, selected the assignments from my class A and imported... then I made edits to the imported assignment, and then imported again... and it over wrote the edited assignment...

jim_the_steam_c · ‎06-18-2020

HOW DO I CREATE A REAL COPY? <EDIT> I added an "idea" submission here https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/17229-provide-a-real-copy-disassociate-feature It is open for Up Voting... PLEASE SHARE ... Canvas developers... email me any time... I would be happy to chat about this... How do I really "Copy" a quiz? I want to copy a quiz... and before you say, "oh that is easy... " let me say again... I want to COPY, as in make a real honest new instantiation of the quiz that does not get over written... I don't want a reference instance of the old quiz pointing to the new quiz, I want a COPY of it... <EDIT 06/23/2020 > The current copy "feature" in canvas will let you make a "copy" of a page or assignment or quiz, but the new copy and the old source are still linked, and if you make a second copy of the original source, you will "copy" that over the first copy regardless of any edits you make in the first copy... <EDIT 06/23/2020> I'm really wanting to have a "copy with out any link to any other instance" so that I can create some really awesome "templates" that have some text structure that I want to have in many different pages or quizzes... where I can have a template with instructions, or questions in every quiz. So that when I want to make a new quiz, I select that template version, and make a copy... then later when I want to make another quiz, select and copy that same template quiz again... and not overwrite any previous copies... or have a module introduction template page, where I make a copy for each module I do, because it has a set of instructions and copyright and other information that I want in all the pages I create... I just want a real "copy" function... we could call it "New Instance Copy"... Here is what I seem to see as a current behavior of a 'copy' 1) I have a class "class A" which has a quiz in it called "my-super-Awesome-Quiz" 2) I have another "class B" to which I want to copy the " my-super-Awesome-Quiz" 3) I go into "class A" and select the quiz group, and on the right hand ... I select the 'Copy To..." option. I select the "class B" and even select a module in "class B" called "module I copy stuff to" 4) now I have a new quiz in "class B" in the module "module I copy stuff to" called "my-super-Awesome-Quiz" 5) I move the "my-super-Awesome-Quiz" from that module to a different module, I select the quiz and I make edits... these are super AWESOME edits, these edits take thought and time, and when I am done, I cry because this new quiz is so poetics and wonderful... it is the quintessential example of formative assessment... and I call it "myNewSuperAwesomeQuizTHATIPOUREDMYHEARTINTO" 6) I'm so happy with my new quiz, I think I'm going to make another just as good... maybe even better... So I go back to my "class A" and proceed to do steps 3 where I go into "class A" and select the quiz group, and on the right hand ... I select the 'Copy To..." option. I select the "class B" and even select a module in "class B" called "module I copy stuff to" 7) I go back to "class B" and go to open the copy of my "my-super-Awesome-Quiz"... but wait, where is my "myNewSuperAwesomeQuizTHATIPO U REDMYHEARTINTO"... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH it's gone and in it's place is the copy of " my-super-Awesome-Quiz" So I think about this and after I have stopped screaming in my head... because I have children in the house... I think about why Canvas might want that to happen... and I think OK, when copying from one class to another, maybe we want to maintain an idea of "Source" where you might have a class that is the source of the pages, quizzes, etc... and that you want the source that you keep updated to over write when you copy it to another class... OK, sure, not exactly what I would expect, but I can kinda understand and accept that.... so... So, I tried another experiment... 1) in class B, I recreated my lost work... I even opened a new blank quiz... and I did my best to recapture the genius that was lost.. and I called it "myNewSuperAwesomeQuizTHATIPO U REDMYHEARTINTO-2PointO". 2) I then made a copy if it by selecting the Copy To... option for that quiz, and make a copy selecting class B 3) I could see that I now had 2 files called "myNewSuperAwesomeQuizTHATIPO U REDMYHEARTINTO-2PointO". I renamed the copy to "myNewFQuiz CalledBOB " 4) I can see that both of these files have different "reference number"? "myNewSuperAwesomeQuizTHATIPO U REDMYHEARTINTO-2PointO" = /quizzes/5401787 and "myNewFQuiz CalledBOB " = /quizzes/5408598 5) I even make a bunch of edits to "myNewFQuiz CalledBOB " = /quizzes/5408598 AT This Point I honestly think these are different files... but no... some how if I make a 2nd copy of "myNewSuperAwesomeQuizTHATIPO U REDMYHEARTINTO-2PointO" = /quizzes/5401787 is does not make a "new" copy, it over writes "myNewFQuiz CalledBOB " = /quizzes/5408598, and now I have 2 quizzes... the original "myNewSuperAwesomeQuizTHATIPO U REDMYHEARTINTO-2PointO" = /quizzes/5401787 and the 2nd copy "myNewSuperAwesomeQuizTHATIPO U REDMYHEARTINTO-2PointO" = /quizzes/5408598 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... no I'm good because I cut and pasted all the real contend before I did this experament... so I actually did not loose the content... SO HOW DO I MAKE A COPY of "myNewSuperAwesomeQuizTHATIPO U REDMYHEARTINTO-2PointO" and then make another copy of "myNewSuperAwesomeQuizTHATIPO U REDMYHEARTINTO-2PointO" with out overwriting the first copy of "myNewSuperAwesomeQuizTHATIPO U REDMYHEARTINTO-2PointO" I even tried exporting to commons, and then re-importing it.. I got the first copy fine... so I have the original, and the first copy, which I edit, and then I import from commons again, and this second import overwrites the first copy.... <EDIT> the "settings" import also does not work. It will still overwrite. I went to my "class B" --> settings --> import, selected the assignments from my "class A" and imported... then I made edits to the imported assignment, and then imported again... and it over wrote the edited assignment... <EDIT 06/23/2020> Experiment #67 1) in my free teacher canvas, I created a quiz called "awesomeQuiz#1" 2) I shared it to commons and "testDisassociate#1 3) I imported it to my school canvas sand box 4) I made some edits to it 5) I exported it back to commons "awesomeQuizCopy&Edit#1" 6) I imported it back to my free teacher canvas.... and it did show up as a new item... awesomeQuizCopy&Edit#1... I made edits awesomeQuizCopy&Edit#2 7) but if I import it again from commons, it over writes... awesomeQuizCopy&Edit#1 😎 even if I go back to my school canvas, delete from commons, make edits, re-share with commons, "testDisassociate#2 and import to my free teacher, it overwrite the last import with the new... with the new edits... so Ya for source control, but Boo for a copy... is still knows and awesomeQuizCopy&Edit#1 is over written with "testDisassociate# 2 HOW DO I CREATE A REAL COPY?

jim_the_steam_c · ‎06-11-2020

I'm trying to create a class where I have information that I want to have students acknowledge that they have reviewed it. Yes I'm new to Canvas, but I have really been researching this, and just cant find a clean way... Other than making it an assignment or quiz. Here is my thought. I have information that might typically land on a "page", but I want to be able to review student activity and "see" that they have looked at, and how well they "understood" the information... my current solution is to create a "quiz" with all the information on it... I basically create content like it was a "page" and then have 2 questions at the end. See commons quiz Canvas Commons What I'm looking for is "Do you have a better way?"

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How do you "attribute" bitmoji images when selecting a license type? I use bitmoji's in my presentations and they also end up in my canvas pages, quizzes, and other assignments. I save the bitmoji, and then load it as an image in my class files. when I upl...	11-06-2022	332	0
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