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Is there a way we disable a type of notification at the institutional level?   We use a different SIS for our official grade book.  We would like to turn off Canvas grade notifications for parent observers to reduce confusion.  

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Surely I'm not the only person who has had that problem: when you're writing a quiz question in Canvas but forget to click the "Save" button for that particular question, the question disappears without a trace when you "Save" or "Save and Publish" t...

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Buenas tardes, quería saber si canvas tiene alguna forma de revisar la "bitácora de usuario" de los usuarios con rol administrador por asignatura?

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Before retiring, I exported my Canvas courses as .imscc files to my Dropbox on Jan 14, 2022. Now, I created a new Free-for-Teacher account for my tutoring, and want to import the prior courses. So, I created a new course and attempted to import a cou...

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Hello, I have to read Frankenstein, by Mary Kelly.  There is the Wordsworth classic Illustrated 1992 or the 1997 one with a illustration on of a waterfall, I think.  Does it matter which one I read please? 

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I'm looking to assign tasks only to certain differentiated groups rather than adding each individual student to the assignment.  Is there a way to create these groups within a class?

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I was wondering if there was a way to display student name on my home page. I am thinking of displaying something like: Welcome, [Student name].  I am not sure if it's possible to do that. Let me know if anyone has done this before

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Hi everyone -I have a question about how to best apply Canvas quiz exemptions to a large subset of students enrolled in a merged Canvas course.ContextI help coordinate a large enrollment, multi-lecture course. We've merged all lecture sections into a...

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Is there a way to view the assignment's due date directly from the Grades page?

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Tried uploading an image, but it says I can't...so will do my best with just words.There are two different classes I teach.  I record to the cloud for each class, and then publish in Canvas Zoom Recordings for each class.  Unfortunately, somehow I ma...

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Hi, I'm trying to figure out why so many of my questions never move from Classic Quizzes into a Quiz Bank. I have gone through every question in the Unfiled Questions. They aren't there. It's frustrating because I can't find a way to reuse these ques...

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I design Canvas exams with 30 multiple choice, and 1 essay question. Back when I gave in class exams, I didn't return the multiple choice as I didn't want these being passed down year-to-year, but I returned the essay as those change. Is there a way ...

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Hi, how do you add "Delay posting" in group announcements? it looks like this option is not available fro groups.

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I'm teaching statistics at a university and really miss a good discussion/community forum integrated on Canvas. It's hard to find relevant stuff in old posts and it feels more like a Q&A forum. Do anyone know ways to integrate other forums into Canva...

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Has anyone been able to find a way to get a link directly to an email in your Canvas inbox? I need to be able to get to specific conversations without having to dig around and search for them.  I've gotten as far as: https://YOURinstance/conversation...

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I would like to have the original profile pic that canvas gives you where it's just your initials.

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how do I set up a wiki page for an assignment?  

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Hi I am a student and my calendar on cavas has not been loading or updating. Its very much an inconvenience as I use that slander to keep on top on my classes. If there Is something I can do to see all my calendar events it will help out a lot thank ...

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I am attempting to do the Canvas Discussion Assessment at the end of Module 3 in the SOLO course and it will not allow me participate. How do I go about getting this done so that I can move on to the next Module? I have reached out to the instructor ...

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Exactly what the title says. I keep trying to open my Bookstore Menu for my classes (tried both classes) and the Bookstore Menu keeps giving me these security puzzles to "check if you're human". I tried refreshing the page, as well as closing out the...

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I teach two sections with 250 students each. I would like to offer them extra credit on their tests, as the main credit questions are quite tough and I expect the median grade to be below a C. It seems as if the designers of Canvas have never been te...

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I am working on a Canvas site where students will submit reflections each semester. Each student will be linked with a faculty/staff reader based on their interests. Each faculty/staff reader will read about 10 student's reflections. What is the best...

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I am using the peer review choice for an essay assignment. I want my students to give feedback on their peers' essays, but they are only have the ability to leave comments in a comment box.  I want them to be able to highlight and drop pins in the as...

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I work out of Collaborative Sandbox with my colleagues to create content. I have been making homework quizzes with images often. The problem is that when we all go to copy the module for the week all the images in the quizzes I created are not visibl...

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I sometimes save comments in a rubric so I don't have to type the same feedback over and over. However, I discovered that students who peer review each other's work have access to use those comments as well. Is there a way to hide them from the stude...

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Is there a way to use the same test bank for more than one test, but force it to use different questions for the different tests, from the same test bank? I'm breaking a chapter up into three sections, so I need three different tests from the same te...

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I have resisted accepting Google Docs for my assignments because I do not want my students to continue editing and working on their assignments before I can grade them, but I begin to worry that not accepting Google Docs, even though I provide videos...

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I am looking for a way to easily convert paper quizzes to digital. I would like to upload the quizzes I already have so the students can answer and submit them through canvas and receive immediate feedback. Is there a way to do this without having to...

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