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may027 · ‎03-24-2022

There was an old, 2018, post that had a solution marked as "correct" that indicated assignments using Turnitin and other LTI tools could not be duplicated. This remains true. Well I have discovered that even if you edit an assignment to remove the dependence on the tool (e.g. select "no submission") you still cannot duplicate the assignment. Very frustrating. Is this a known Canvas bug?

may027 · ‎01-30-2022

Could this be any more confusing and cumbersome? I have yet to figure out to get a question from a question bank into a quiz without getting this error message. I don't want to pull any question from a question bank (as Canvas has dumped everything into one enormous bank) but only a couple questions per group. I have tried adding them to a group. Nope. I have tried adding them as questions (no group) and then dragging them into a group. Nope. Not to mention the browser for the question banks is virtually indecipherable. Ugh.

may027 · ‎10-16-2021

This idea was first submitted in 2015? It is 2021. Make this happen please. It is needed and opening up the assignment for one or more students is cumbsersome.

may027 · ‎08-23-2021

Bumpity bump.

may027 · ‎06-08-2021

No solution proposed.

may027 · ‎06-01-2021

Ouch. Their response seemed sort of relevant. Anyway, too late about clicking on the links in the email. Is there some risk in having done that? Would appreciate any insight into my question, however. Thanks.

may027 · ‎06-01-2021

Hi, Did someone ("annaluxcca" reply to this? I received an email notification that there was an update but I see nothing here. The email said something about "property with the domain" but I don't know what that means.

may027 · ‎05-31-2021

I have a large class (ca. 500 students) and many assignments. The New Analytics report throws up the "Warning: Size Exceeded Maximum Number of Rows" message. I see posts about this going back a couple years so I gather it is a known issue. But why is there no filter menu appearing (e.g. to filter by student or assignment) so that I can download a report that does not exceed this limit? Is this also a known limitation?

may027 · ‎04-14-2021

Now I have discovered that any assignments using an external tool can't be duplicated at all. I am not sure why but the Duplicate function is currently of only limited use.

may027 · ‎03-30-2021

I am not sure why my suggestion about retaining the "assign to" settings got merged with one about the availability dates. These are two different settings. The title of this "idea" is now misleading. Maybe it should be changed to "duplicate an assignment and retain all settings".

may027 · ‎03-28-2021

When duplicating an assignment, Canvas should retain the "assign to" settings of the original. It can be tedious to set these up again in the duplicated assignment, especially in a large enrollment class when you are creating an assignment for different class sections. The whole point of "duplicate" is to preserve the settings of the original assignment in order to save time and effort.

may027 · ‎03-28-2021

Will suggest. Thanks.

may027 · ‎03-27-2021

Is there a way to duplicate assignment where the "assign" field is to a subset of the class (various discussion sections in my large enrollment class)? If I have select "duplicate" from the vertical ellipsis menu, the "assign" field is not present. I have to click on "assign" and repeat the selection process (which, in itself, is really clunky in Canvas and tedious as I have to input multiple discussion sections instead of a single lecture section).

may027 · ‎03-27-2021

Is anybody else pulling their hair out over the popover table tool that appears when you click anywhere in a table in the new rich content editor? For me, it often obscures content that I want to edit in the top one or two rows. I see no way to dismiss this tool other than clicking away from the cell I am trying to edit. So for now I type blindly, click away, and, blindly again, try to fix errors. Maddening.

may027 · ‎03-08-2021

I would like the ability to refresh or renew an Announcement such that an existing Announcement sorts back to the top of the list (as unread) and, as an option, another notification is sent. As it stands now, my only option appears to be creating an entirely new Announcement and just copy content from the existing Announcement. My common use case is when I post an Announcement about an upcoming assignment and I want that Announcement to appear again in the course stream, with a notification, when the due date for the assignment is near. I have found the Canvas Announcements to be one of the most frustrating parts of the platform. For instance, copying Announcements that I want to reuse from a previous class just means I have to recreate them due to the issues I cite above.

may027 · ‎01-11-2021

I would also like to see this implemented. It would simplify the gradebook and reduce student confusion due to multiple assignment links (and save instructors time hunting for the correct assignment and, since we also still cannot upload on behalf of a student, trying to coral students into re-submitting their work).

may027 · ‎12-08-2020

Preview, for all of the noise about standards compliance, has always been problematic for me and I keep Acrobat around when Preview has issues. I don't know how many students download their work as opposed to viewing it in a browser but the highlight annotations certainly don't render well on Safari - totally obscures the underlying text.

may027 · ‎12-02-2020

Hi I have not. Honestly, I am pretty lost in these new forums. The only thing I could figure out was posting this in the "question forum". All the other choices were Greek to me. I will try as you suggest. Thanks. Update: I checked just now and the Help menu item on our Canvas implementation has virtually none of the links described in the support page you linked to. The only one that goes directly to Instructure is the "suggest a feature" link. The rest go to our IT support group. Of course, I am in contact with them often but I thought this was clearly a Canvas bug that they cannot do anything about.

may027 · ‎12-01-2020

When I download an assignment that has been annotated in Speedgrader and open it in Preview I can see the in-text annotations such as highlighting (not obscuring text, by the way), a scribble, a strikethrough, and a box which are the ones I tested. However, none of the accompanying text notes are visible (the text fields that appear outside of the document borders in Speedgrader). They are however visible in Acrobat. Some of my students have been complaining that they are not receiving feedback from the graders. I am still rocking Mojave if that matters.

may027 · ‎12-01-2020

Using the highlight tool in the Speedgrader in Safari v14 still obscures the text (in the DocViewer). This was reported to be fixed here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Current-Issues/Highlights-are-opaque-when-viewed-with-Safari-13/ta-p/405204 However this is not my experience.

Post Details	Date Published	Views	Kudos
Can't duplicate Canvas assignment There was an old, 2018, post that had a solution marked as "correct" that indicated assignments using Turnitin and other LTI tools could not be duplicated. This remains true. Well I have discovered t...	03-24-2022	257	0
New Analytics for large classes no filters available I have a large class (ca. 500 students) and many assignments. The New Analytics report throws up the "Warning: Size Exceeded Maximum Number of Rows" message. I see posts about this going back a coupl...	05-31-2021	586	0
Duplicate assignment with specified sections Is there a way to duplicate assignment where the "assign" field is to a subset of the class (various discussion sections in my large enrollment class)? If I have select "duplicate" from the vertical ...	03-27-2021	467	1
Popover table tool in new rich content editor issue Is anybody else pulling their hair out over the popover table tool that appears when you click anywhere in a table in the new rich content editor? For me, it often obscures content that I want to edi...	03-27-2021	333	1
Refresh or renew an announcement I would like the ability to refresh or renew an Announcement such that an existing Announcement sorts back to the top of the list (as unread) and, as an option, another notification is sent. As it st...	03-08-2021	545	0
Preview in MacOS does not show Speedgrader notes When I download an assignment that has been annotated in Speedgrader and open it in Preview I can see the in-text annotations such as highlighting (not obscuring text, by the way), a scribble, a stri...	12-01-2020	441	0
Highlighting in Speedgrader still obscures text in Safari Using the highlight tool in the Speedgrader in Safari v14 still obscures the text (in the DocViewer). This was reported to be fixed here: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Current-Issues/Highli...	12-01-2020	416	0
Allow instructors to submit assignments on behalf of students I would like to have the ability to upload assignments on behalf of students so they can be graded using the Speedgrader and evaluated by Turnitin. This might be because students have submitted to th...	11-16-2020	536	0
Quiz log issues with problem view When I click on a question number in Canvas quiz activity log I am presented with a page showing the question and the student's response (this is multiple choice). It also shows the problem/answers, ...	06-11-2020	668	0
Creating a question in "new quiz" When I try to add a question in a "new quiz", I have to click 4 (four) times in the text entry box before I can start typing. One click and "add question stem" disappears. No editing tools available....	06-05-2020	637	1
How do I use this community forum? I can't seem to find a guide or info on how to interact with the Canvas forum. This seems to be the only way to get any support beyond which my institution offers, which can be limited. I read the in...	05-20-2020	1180	1
Need more detail about quiz activity log My institution has no way to submit feedback directly to the Canvas developers and our IT support has not been able to offer help for my issue. I have a student claim that only one (of 40) responses ...	05-19-2020	903	0

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