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Hi all,   When you write a comment giving feedback to a student, you can add spaces, use enter, bullet points to make the text more readable. When you post this comment, this lay-out is still visible for the poster. But the student receives a flat te...

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My MKTG course has the book link under the modules tab and when I try to access it shows a lock screen with access denied. I reached out to the professor and he asked me to reach out to you.

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Hi! Im trying to record for my class and it stating that it can not reload

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I have one course that isn't an actual class but instead an advisory hub for my major. Every announcement from this course creates a to-do list item which then spams my to-do list. These aren't assignments or anything relevant to my to-do list so I w...

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On a canvas quiz, essay question, do students see the grading notes for each question, or does only the instructor see these notes? I do not want to waste time copying and pasting the grading notes which have the correct written equation if the stude...

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If I have published all Assignments, why are they not visible to students?

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I am unable to open a pptx slideshow posted by the instructor in Discussions. A blank tab opens on my computer.

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I'd like to request a "Message Students Who" toggle to be added to the "Total" column in the grade book to send out failure notices faster. We can "Message Students Who" for an assignment but not under the "Total" column. Thanks! 

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Was connection different today?  I was unable to access the lecture 3 on Michaelanglo.  Do I need to access differently? Margy  

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Ten students in my class of 180 are peer TAs, able to help classmates with their assignments. The peer TAs are expected to submit their own assignments early. I know how to make an assignment available to a student early. Do I need to paste in all te...

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Can you please tell me what the icons at the bottom of the rich text portion mean?

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Canvas Speed Grader shows the message "This student does not have a submission" in the preview but then it shows "Submitted:no submission time" in the grading panel.  I can go to the assignment and see the student's work but it is not showing up in S...

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I've been bothered by this for a couple years now and thought surely there must be a solution, but after combing through these forums I found none.Why are students able to see all the groups created in a course and why can they not only see their own...

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Is there a way to see the correct answer for each question when grading student quiz (Not New Quiz) submissions?  We see for each question in the student's quiz submission their answer but it does not show the correct answer below their answer to com...

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You can set the calculation method of outcomes to a number of times that a student must meet or exceed mastery on a set amount of aligned items. Is there a way that the mastery gradebook shows the total of times that a student meet or exceed mastery ...

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Last year I created a set of several outcomes (a lot more than several).Every one of these outcomes was linked to one question in a quiz for students to answer.This worked exactly as expected and every outcome was presenting class data based on stude...

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Does anyone know why TurnItIn is no longer showing under External Tools when creating or editing assignments?  It was there in December, but is no longer showing up.        

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Hello Community,I copied an assignment from one class to another class, it seemed to work.I found the assignment in "Assignments" in the target class, as expected.But when I moved it from "Imported Assignments" to "Standards-Based Assignments," one o...

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Does anyone have any idea why Canvas would pick one student to prevent them from accessing a Pearson-integrated textbook? Pearson Technical Support is re-directing my student back to me to unlock their account. I am thinking if the student's Canvas a...

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Canvas won't load unless I refresh over and over again and even then my to do list never loads and everything takes longer than it should. I have tried contacting the help desk and restarting my computer.

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I see that the problem regarding peer review layout (https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Ideas/Peer-Review- List-Editors-on-a-Single-Page/idi-p/582885) is still not resolved. Is there a shortcut to see all peer reviews on the same page instead ...

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Hello, This Canvas Guide explains how to add a second login, but it doesn't give any information as to WHY you would want to do this. We have been having issues with users accessing their Canvas accounts and the common thread seems be that they have ...

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I've had students using their phones for the Canvas course and they didn't even know a MODULES existed! The video for students on using the App does not reference the Modules link. It's the most important learning link. How can we help students to fi...

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Early in the school year I was enrolled in a course that I ended up dropping to take online. Ever since, I have been stuck in this class' ecampus course and have been getting notifications for it's coursework and assignments. I spoke to the teacher i...

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My chemistry class is not showing up in my courses what do I do?

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Is it possible to get external tools assignments to show up as DUE TODAY on the tile when using Elementary View?

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I have an unread notification from a previous class in the Grades section, and I have looked everywhere in the section as well as the course as a whole and can't figure out where it is. None of the grades have the red dot like usual, despite the noti...

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Hi, I cannot export Gradebook, I have tried clearing browser cache and logging out /in but it has not fixed the issue. Any advice on how this can be fixed please?

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