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How does a student download lockdown browser needed for a quiz when it does not appear in the menu on the Canvas home page?

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Hello Everybody,I have a quick question for you: How can you search by an assignment that I created by name without having to go each individual past enrollment course? I don't remember which was the last course where I used it. Is there some kind of...

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We are new to using an LMS let alone Canvas, but how do most schools do the Course Start and End Dates? We based ours on our semester dates, but grades are due 1 week after the semester end date. Some faculty give assignment extensions, etc., but are...

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I am trying to create a math assessment in Canvas 2 2/3 + 1 3/5 =? I am having trouble figuring out how to fill in the answer which is a mixed number while building the quiz. Thank you.

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Grades for some students do not occur in gradebook, despite rubric marked - why?  

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Multiple instructors are receiving error messages when creating Inbox messages. Is this just my instance or is it widespread? As the field admin for my instance, I submitted a help request to Canvas Support, who said that engineering is working on it...

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Hi everyone, I'm working on a canvas page that I'm using as base communication for my group, and I was just recent approved the page and have TA access. After taking hours of searching through what I can and can't do, I still don't see any definite l...

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I used to be able to "moderate" a quiz so a student could have multiple attempts on a quiz - I am unable to find that option now. Need some help with this - thanks.

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Hi, I need to talk to someone from your team to get info about additional fees that may arise, as I should plan a budget precisely.  

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Dear all,I need to assign two different quizzes to two different groups of students in the class, on different dates.Quizzes belong to a weighted group assignment which is worth the 30% of the final grade.My question is: If I create 2 different quizz...

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I am the instructor for the course and I accidentally submitted an assignment for the wrong student. Now there is no way to remove the submission. Can you help with this?

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Wondering if anyone knows how an instructor can see the usage of a particular file by all students on the roster. They want to know how effective a particular study guide file is before creating more like them for all the assessments. An individual s...

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Hello Canvas Community, I am using a tablet and can't log in. I've checked to make sure my password is correct, checked my email, etc., but nothing is working. I need help 

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Can an instructor see what question(s) a student flags during an examination after submitting a New Quiz on Canvas.I am able to pull up the "View Log" showing the students start time, end time as well and changing answers but I do not see if they fla...

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Our group is beginning to utilize Canvas Outcomes for reporting for ABET on a mastery (0-4) scale along with the previously utilized 0-100% scale for specific assignments. Utilization of free-form comments prevents the rubric from also being able to ...

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Anyone else only able to view the last 10 events for a course's Gradebook History at the moment? Beta oddly shows the same data from today, while Test shows 10 events just prior to the refresh. I have submitted a ticket and am awaiting a response.

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Can students see the actual grade change in a grade change notification? For example, if I entered a new grade for a student by mistake and then (a few minutes later) entered the original lower grade again, will the student get a notification that in...

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When I use the equation editor in the Canvas discussion board to insert an equation with LaTex and say Done, the reply form returns without the menu above (i.e., nothing at all). That means if I want to insert another equation or underline text, etc,...

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3 questions,  all dealing with how canvas arranges assignments in the gradebook.  1) In Canvas Gradebook Settings, under View Options, I have Arrange By set to Due Date - Newest to Oldest.  However it won't stick and I frequently find it set back to ...

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Looking for a way that my colleagues and I can input assessment dates onto a calendar for our student body.We are teaching online via Canvas and need to maintain a “working” calendar throughout the year for our entire cohort of students in each year....

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Hi everyone,I'm hoping someone might have encountered this issue and can shed some light on it.We’ve had a strange issue with a series of calendar events in Canvas for one of our modules. The series of events has been working fine, but today’s specif...

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In the past (more than a year ago) when I posted an Announcement in Canvas, it was also sent to students via email.That doesn't seem to be happening now, and I don't see any reference to this in my class settings.

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Hello there,It's been three days I am facing an issue in canvas learning while I want to open my lesson, when I go to Dashboard then selecting any of my subjects, go to modules/ selecting the lesson, it opens but the graphic format is showing wrongly...

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I'm one of the few people doing Learning Mastery having to input my own outcomes, so I don't have help from my district or site, so hoping someone can help me. I have inputted my own outcomes in my courses (so much work!). I have linked each individu...

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How does Canvas determine the "average" grade for a "Category" ? For instance, if the category is "Lecture quizzes", but individual quizzes within that category are worth different amounts of points, is each quiz "weighted" equally???? This is import...

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Good morning,I am a teacher and i use Free-for-Teacher account of Canvas. After finishing modules with mastery paths and check the student view, after taking the quiz the massage "next mastery path is still processing" appears on the next button as t...

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I have created a quiz to assess my students on a piece of work. Some of the questions give feedback based on the whether they have the answer correct or incorrect. Also also have a rubric attached to the quiz.I am able to select the rubric easily eno...

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I have been using the free canvas app with my students as my school is a private school without an LMS, and I have not been able to find a way to disable student to student messaging on inbox. I saw a supposed checkbox that I could unmark in the sett...

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How long after completing a course will the content remain accessible to me? I would like to be able to recover some material from my undergrad (I am now in a Masters program) and I'm wondering if it is a Canvas decision or instructor/institution-spe...

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i have been in IT for 40 years so not exactly a computer nubbie.there seems to be at least 2 ways thru the portal to make an account.  i tried both.  both either say i have an invalid pairing code, which i dont, its current, the other web form just g...

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