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Prior to the ILP, our Course Titles included the Course Name Day and Time. (example: Art Appreciation MWF 1230) and our SIS ID included the Course Code, term, and CRN. (example AR1323-202430-30111)Our faculty members are missing the Day/Time in the c...

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I'm developing some course for electronic engineering student who are doing a 2 year diploma. Been asked if it is possible to create a quiz which the student will have to produce a series of formulas for, for example the answer to 1 of the questions ...

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The student view of grades should be the same, no matter which role a person has (provided they have permission to view a student's grades). Our middle school just switched to only showing students letter grades by using "Restrict view of quantitativ...

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Do students receive emails whenever attendance is updated? If so, can it be stopped? We've received complaints that ALL students in the course are emailed whenever a change is made. Thanks!

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Hi All. I have just been made an Admin within my organization (CEA CAPA International Education). In order to avoid that single faculty teaching courses might run the risk to not have the correct Grading Scale set in the Settings menu of their course...

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Hello, I'm a lecturer.I had started to create all my content in the courses that my institution had created for this academic year. And today when I log in, my dashboard is empty, and no courses, nothing. all the xork done, disappeared; Does someone ...

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Hi all, Since this morning, we have noticed a small UI update when Editing Assignments. The most obvious of these changes has been that made to the Submission Type box which previously listed all submission types in a single column but now appears to...

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I'm the full time Canvas admin at my school and I have been asked to create a custom role in the admin panel called "University College Data and Analytics". The higher ups are predicting a greater demand for "at-will" Academic access/insight into Can...

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I see in an archived post that some users were able to add code to only allow students to change thier Display Name (not ALL names).Here is the post:We were able to allow our students to change their Display Name without allowing them to change their...

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Why are users unenrolled from courses when past terms are no longer included in the sync?  If we do not include the previous year in our current sync, all users are removed from the previous school year SIS connected courses.  Teachers then can not v...

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Hello!I was hoping for some clarity on Display Name (aka preferred name) and where it will show in a Canvas course vs. some other name.  As far as I understand, Display Name shows inDiscussionsInbox (Conversations)AnnouncementsCommentsGroupsWhereas f...

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When when when will there be a feature to export discussions? I see requests for the feature (literally DOZENS chiming in) from 2015 onward. Is this anywhere on the horizon?? PLEASE?

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Before I started using Canvas, students would submit assignments on paper to me. These assignments would require students to write calculations/equations and solve problems.  I would then place a simple 'check mark' or 'x' by each question.  For the ...

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I need to restore a term. From the research I have done only Canvas can do that for me. This is Urgent, and needs to be resolved ASAP. 

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How do I find the Stadio academic policies especially on Academic Writing and Integrity, Plagiarism, etc.?

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I would like to be able to remove the class cards on the dashboard when not in use? I currently have classes from last semester still up and I just want to clear the dashboard for the new semester. Is there a way to do that or is it something I have ...

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Hello,   Has anyone installed the new Microsoft Teams LTI on test or beta instances? Did you encounter any issues? Thanks for any information.   Melissa

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I want to use differentiation tags to group students and then create a course pacing option based on the differentiation tag.  For example, we have full-time and part-time students (in the same section) part-time students get longer to complete the c...

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I recently read that starting in April 2025 a new feature will be available for the video player: "Video playback controls will ensure that students engage with video learning content as intended by preventing them from skipping ahead or altering pla...

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Hello, I create all of my lecture notes in Dreamweaver and upload them into the Files section and then insert them into the Modules. In these lecture notes, I have embedded YouTube videos (I used the embed codes from YouTube). For almost a decade the...

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I appreciate that you added recurring events for canvas scheduler but I need it to extend to appointment groups. We use it as a sign in/out system during our flex period and the teachers find it to cumbersome to enter every single date.Teachers will ...

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Hello, I'm wondering on from a teacher pov, how to download data to see assignment submission rates (like if they submitted or haven't). When students submit in our tutoring centre, they don't get marked, just either they have completed the assignmen...

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Problem Summary: I create course announcements in Word documents (up to 100 pages) that typically contain 3-4 embedded hyperlinks each. For years, I've been able to copy these announcements from Word and paste them into Canvas discussion boards or ri...

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Hello,I am blind and use my computer in windows high contrast mode (I've tried canvas high contrast mode, it is not as robust or accessible).  However, there are lines running through the words.  It looks like formatting doesn't quite line up.  I've ...

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We have installed the new Microsoft Education LTI into our Canvas instance, however we are having issues with creating recurring Teams meeting.  The calendar glitches (starts automatically moving both the start and end calendars back by a day on a co...

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I work at an institution where, for historical reasons, Canvas exists alongside Moodle. One thing I noticed about Moodle which, in my humble opinion, is better than Canvas is the "Course Overview" menu. This creates a list of all sections and subsect...

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I think my authentication settings are wrong. We linked all students and observers with IDs but I have some parents have created new accounts by using the student's pairing code not their ID.  I see parents with emails and no ID.  Help!  Are these se...

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Hello Canvas Community,I would like to ask if there is a way to create a midterm report for each course in Canvas.What I am looking for is:A way to summarize student progress up to the midterm point.The ability to include categories of performance (a...

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Parents are receiving notifications from courses that their students were in last year.  The term dates were set to end at the end of the school year.  How can I as an admin turn off these notifications?  Do I need to conclude the courses?  What happ...

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I teach at a high school and my class periods are 48 minutes long. I have students that receive 50% and 100% extra time on everything. I would like to know if there is any way to provide those students with the time they need to finish a test in the ...

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