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I am simply having the students upload their resume. I "graded" the early group of 6 students and posted the grades. Now the majority are turning them in, but the Post Grades on the pulled down is now grayed out. It's not an available. Any ideas? 

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I'm using differentiation tags and they are working great for assignments and quizzes. However, if I create a page and set the access to only allow one specific differentiation tag group, the page is still visible and accessible to all students in th...

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I'm an instructor using the free Canvas account. I have several students who have successfully enrolled in the class using the link I sent out but, shortly after, when they try to log in it now says "access denied" and they can't view the course. I'v...

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I had a “quiz” in Canvas.4 of my students have started the quiz.It had the setting “Shuffle Questions” turned on.I did not want Shuffle Questions turned on.I changed the settings and turned off the shuffle questions setting.However, Canvas did not un...

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How do I share course with another instructor?

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Dear all, if anyone knows how to fix a setting. I teach a course which includes discussion assignments. I posted the discussion and the students should be able to respond to each other's posts but on my screen they appear to be able to do this, yet o...

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I have not received a email to login to my canvis

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My students for an AV class are unable to submit their videos to complete assignments. After uploading, they can watch the clip, but when they submit, they are given the error message as seen in the screen cap video. "There was an error submitting yo...

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We have years of rubrics showing up in our different courses.The rubric doesn't show when you look under the rubrics tab, but only when you are searching/finding a rubric to attach to an assignment. There are different courses and rubrics showing and...

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Hi Everyone, I am Prakash Hinduja, a financial advisor and consultant with roots in India and a home in Geneva, Switzerland (Swiss). My career is dedicated to helping high-net-worth individuals and business leaders navigate the complexities of global...

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I have pushed back due dates for assignments in Canvas. Will the graded points adjust automatically, or do I need to adjust manually?  If I need to adjust the grades manually, how do I do that?

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My class took my Canvas quiz today and all grades were assigned. After class, one late student asked for a make-up and I approved that request. To assign the make-up quiz for the student, I:went to the quizclicked "Assign To" and entered the single s...

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the announcement posted by 4:30 today, was that the deadline?

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From @NancyE I have learned that students cannot view past submissions on the same assignment. What is the reason for this decision?This should be changed because a student who has received comments/feedback on a previous submission can no longer vie...

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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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I am an instructor who has come back to Canvas after several years. I set up my discussion page in a way I thought students would be able to click and reply to my post but instead they are able to make their own posts and set the time the post is all...

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So far we have had only 1 complaint, but an instructor is receiving multiple emails from the Canvas inbox -- (In or From the Canvas inbox).   His email address appears multiple times in the "to" --  notifications are from <notifications@instructure.c...

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students need to be able to block/mute other students for online safety; especially when contacting a professor due to the sensitive nature of a topic could further create harm for the student. 

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I had a new class today for which I shared a Google slides presentation, and I had one student who could not see the slides. He said it appeared as a green screen for him. When I shared other browser tabs, he could see them, just not Google slides. I...

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If a student submitted a quiz in error, how can instructor unsubmit the attempt

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Hi everyone, Just wondering if others are having trouble with using the external tool OneDrive in assignments?  It's always worked perfectly for me, and now this week, it's not loading the external tool.  I can't see it on my laptops, and the student...

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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 am the instructor, and I have a student repeating my course.  But all of his previously submitted work (from 2 years ago) is showing up in my grade book and speedgrader.  How can I delete his previous submissions?

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My students have the option to record a video as a personal introduction for a discussion board post (they can also post using just text). However, when students do this, the only option in Speedgrader is to download the .mov or .mp4 file; there is n...

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Have used Edpuzzle thru canvas for a few years, works great.  This school year, some kids cannot see the video, some can watch but not answer, and a few can do it correctly.  Not sure why the problem this year or how to fix it?

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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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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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Can I have a Bell Shaped curve in Quiz Stats?  If I can go that far, can I have the first two standard deviations labeled? 

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I'm currently a TA for an approximately 160 student class. The other TAs, professor of record, and I would like to try and automate attendance taking as much as possible while preventing students from fraudulently marking themselves as present. To do...

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