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Hi Everyone, We would like to create a completion PDF certificate in Canvas LMS and wondering whether we need to use any external tools to do that. Could we just create this certificate in HTML/CSS in a Canvas page and add a pdf button to download th...

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I just discovered a way students can access assignments, quizzes, and discussions that are in modules they do not yet have access to.   I set requirements and prerequisites for all the modules but then had a student turning in assignments that were i...

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Note: I edited/updated the original for clarity and to add a new issue.  Key Issue: Inability to Update Quizzes: Once students start a new style quiz, it can't be modified to correct mistakes (e.g., incorrect answer options), hindering real-time supp...

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I had an instructional designer ask me whether it was possible to create multiple due dates for the same assignment (for the SAME students). She mentioned she saw this in one of Canvas's release notes, but I have not been able to find anything on thi...

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  Hi, I am having issues with students' ability to view their individual learning mastery grade book. I tag outcomes to questions in New Quizzes. When I have multiple quizzes that have the same outcome tagged within them, it should show the students ...

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Hi everyone! This is a multi-tiered question, so bear with me! I am working with a department outside of my own to create a handful of courses. They are wanting a way to create a "channel" with a specific email address so that all participants can be...

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We need an update on when learning outcomes from New Quizzes will be able to push outcomes date to the Learning Mastery gradebook.  Any update on this? 

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Hello! Does anyone know if there is a way to automate manual settings in Canvas quizzes? For example, turning manual quiz and gradebook settings on or off over the weekend? Thank you!

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Is there a way to get scheduled Teams meetings to show up in the Canvas calendar? Obviously, the students can click on the Teams Meetings tab in the sidebar of the course, but that requires students to check every course instead of being able to see ...

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It would be really helpful to have annotation tools in SpeedGrader for discussions, particularly when we're noting spelling, grammatical, and APA errors.It would also allow us to comment directly on the discussion vs. within the rubric.Jus' sayin'......

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I am working with a professor who has many pieces of media (audio and video files) embedded into her course using a unique method I've never seen before. These files are used in pages and quiz questions alike. The HTML for the content is something li...

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I've had multiple instructors who have issues with the Due Date becoming the Available From date in the discussion redesign. That is, although the Available From date is blank, and the discussion is published and the module is not locked, the Student...

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A student is registered for a programme (e.g. Advanced certificate in Health Management) which is made up of 11 coursework courses that each run across 7 weeks in canvas, and 1 research course that runs throughout the duration of the programme in can...

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We have been creating training courses for students and faculty. However, we do not want to blast students all the time when we are enrolling them in courses. Can it be considered to enable a function for at least admins to go in and disable course n...

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A quiz I created in canvas is of 130 points and the points in rubric come to be 390 (with the outcomes).  Canvas is providing grades in speedgrader as the calculation is according to 390 points in rubric, i.e. 270/130 points.I have deleted the rubric...

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The students have taken the test, which was graded and then the rubirc was created. I have set the learning mastery objectives as well for the students and the test and aligned them with the test.However, when I check the Learning mastery in gradeboo...

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Good afternoon,  I am assisting a faculty member with a particularly flummoxing problem. They copied content from a '23 shell to their '24 shell The issue that she has encountered and has been a source of frustration is that the PDF files that came o...

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I have a faculty member who has created self-assessments via New Quizzes in Canvas.  She would like to award points based on whether students completed the self-assessment and on time.20 points if the student completed the quiz and before the deadlin...

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When clicking into an assignment from the calendar, no content will load. I added 2 screen shots from FireFox, that until yesterday, worked JUST fine. Also from the Main Canvas Dashboard Canvas courses will not load.What is the fix for this?

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Courses offered are PD courses and typically run for 7 days at a time. Usually, courses start at NOON on a Thursday and end at NOON on the following Thursday. We then have the main settings for the start date to match, but the end date is for the Mon...

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I would love to open the quiz bank and search for any question that references a specific concept--the Greek idea of phthonos, for example, or any reference to "deconstruction" in any quiz question.  If this is possible, I have not found out how to d...

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Is there some reason why there has to be a scrolling viewing screen within the screen? It makes reading the lessons so annoying to only have a quarter of the screen to navigate with a scrolling within the webpage (and, no, I'm not looking for "just c...

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When an instructor enters their class calendar and drags an undated quiz or assignment to the date they want it to be due, the calendar defaults to 12:59am of that day, instead of 11:59pm of that day.  We have been able to replicate this issue using ...

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Does anyone know how to resolve this? On Microsoft Edge version 129.0.2792.52 (Official build) (64-bit) we are having real problems not being able to access the dropdown menu in Modules. When you click on the traffic lights/vertical kebob the drop-do...

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I have been developing webapps to make my course content more interactive, engaging, instructive, accessible, and responsively formatted for mobile users. I have found that it is entirely possible to save markup, media, and scripts to a file structur...

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HI Team, Blueprint objects can be lock / unlocked - great. Why are there no such features in the account template? It would be SO EASY to maintain course consistency that as new courses are being populated by the SIS that if certain pages / modules c...

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I'm looking for insight and tips for how to manage discussion boards for a 140 student class I'm teaching. The class has 6 sections and to facilitate student comfort and allow the similar questions to be asked in by the same student (but in different...

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Has anyone else worked with the Vista Higher Learning (VHL) integration, and noticed that after an assignment has been set up and the gradebook has been synced, when students start completing the assignment it generates a second assignment "shell". T...

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Hello!Is there a way to insert external links to Canvas pages and have them open within the same tab/window?The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines recommends minimizing the number of links that open new windows or tabs. I've tried editing the HTML ...

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Hello, I'm looking for a single field in the Gradebook that can be used to send an API call to a third party system (Salesforce I think) to trigger the student's course completion certificate.  My problem is, most of our courses have multiple assignm...

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