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I can see my subjects in the right hand side menu, but they are not displaying in the body of the calendar. I'm using Chrome browser, which I've just updated. How can I get the subjects to populate into the body of the Calendar?I've also cleaning the...

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A student was working on a module and then got locked out of it.  How do I unlock the module?

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URGENT! We had a sudden and long break in the internet connectivity while students were taking their mid-term using Canvas Classic Quiz and being monitored by Proctorio. I printed the Canvas Quiz and students finished taking the mid-term using the pa...

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I have a TA who is having issue viewing their student's comments in SpeedGrader. The workaround they found was to view it by using the "Download Submission Comment" option, but they would like to view it on SpeedGrader itself rather than having to do...

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Hi all, I've been trying to use stylus to grade math papers with my HP Envy. My computer & stylus do great with all other programs but Canvas. When I try and use the pen tool in speedgrader, if I pick up the pen at all (even to create a T), it shifts...

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One of my students has reported that he cannot collapse the modules using the small arrow on each module.  I advised him to close the app, also to refresh his page, and even to empty the cache.  The report back is that it still doesn't work. The prob...

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I am a noob to the new quizzes feature and how it does item banks. With that out of the way...When I open the Item Banks link to build a new bank or look at existing banks, and I select "All Banks" I see ALL the banks from across my entire university...

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Hello!  Here's a puzzling issue associated with a Canvas assignment - it was changed from grading based on 10 points to complete/incomplete. All students received point-based grades but once the display grades changed to complete/incomplete, the grad...

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I can't use the speed grader to access students' discussion posts. Do you know what's wrong with it?

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When I set the grade posting policy of a classic quiz to Manual in the gradebook, will the quiz still be auto-graded?

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I have graders who work on my classes. I just realized that they don't have a to do list like I do as an instructor. Is there a way to get this feature for them?

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What is the best way to upload notes for students to write on? I want them to be able to watch my videos from canvas studio and fill out the guided notes that are in my modules at the same time on .

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Several of my students submitted a Google Doc for a Canvas assignment where I am the Instructor. However, when they did so, their Table of Contents did not appear to me in SpeedGrader. Downloading their submission as a Word document/docx does show th...

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Other links on page break when I update any link on the page. Has anyone else been experiencing this as of late and/or have a solution?

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Do you know what “Just In Time” Provisioning enabled in the SSO option does? What would it happen if we disabled that option?

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Reaching out to see if there's a way to change the text that students see when posting in a discussion set to "Users must post first before seeing replies". Now the students see this:You must post first before seeing replies. Is this something that w...

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In new quizzes, I would like for students to be able to see all of the possible answers, especially for questions they missed, so they can send me corrections for partial credit. I do not want them to see which one is correct. Currently they can only...

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I am a math teacher who has several question banks to use. As I check for questions to use in a new unit, I find that many of my previously created and/or imported questions have converted to latex code. Help! I don't want to recreate the wheel and s...

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If a student misses the midterm due to one of several allowed factors, I’d like to roll over the weight of the midterm to the final for that student. Can I do this in canvas?

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Hi all, I have a faculty member that created a 7-point grading scheme, created an assignment worth 7 points, and set the "display grade as" to Letter and applied that scheme for the assignment.   What we're noticing when grading is, the middle range...

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This is a minor UI/UX suggestion in my view, very low priority imho:Currently, when I create a quiz that needs to be copied to multiple courses, I need to click on the vertical "..." button, click on "Copy To..." which opens a panel where I can selec...

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I want to allow students to go back and retake an activity, but doing so seems to update their grade to their most recent attempt. Is it possible to "lock" or set a condition on a grade to something like taking their best attempt, or first attempt?

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Hello   I'm asking this here as I haven't found an answer yet. I have a blueprint page that I use to maintain further Canvas pages (all the edits and information updated in this blueprint page is then pushed out to the other course pages via a sync)....

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When moving from a specific module to an assignment in the module and then going back to the module, why does the back movement take you to a different area of the modules listed? It seems all I do is scroll up or down to do anything and can never go...

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Hi there, Does anyone know when this idea will be open for voting? It is part of the theme Improved UI Controls and Usability - Additional filtering and view options which currently has an "identified" status.  According to the how do themes work pag...

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Are there abreviations for all 5 status options? For example, ex for excused and mi for missing. What about Resubmission and late? Also, why when I enter in scores and I edit a status do I only see late, missing, and excused, but I cannot see resubmi...

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How can I get anonymous feedback from students in canvas? Is there a way of setting up an anonymous survey for students in modules? 

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How do I create anonymous feedback for students? Link to the guide mentioned in one of the replies is coming up with error message. 

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Seems to be Issues with Canvas connection. No link between canvas and OneNote through tab on Canvas ‘Class Notebook’Any help much appreciated.  

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Our school is moving to the 4 point rubric for assignments and assessments.  Canvas has the option to add a rubric to assignments/assessments, but will not average the different criterions.  I can do it by hand, but this seems like an extra step and ...

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