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When I saw the free draw annotate feature in speed grader I was initially excited that I would be able to grade FRQs on the student's work just like on paper.  I have a Wacom Bamboo USB writing tablet, which I use to draw in microsoft paint.  When I ...

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We recently installed the Zoom Pro LTI on our Canvas production system.  We have received some emails from faculty asking about a way to turn off the email notifications currently going to students before the beginning of the semester from Zoom event...

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Is there a way for us to use the API to check which users have completed a course? Or, can we trigger something (3rd party  API) when a course has been completed?Thanks,

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I deleted my sandbox by accident. Now I have to look to all my courses and at the bottom in previous enrollment i can find it but cannot work on it. How can I get it back?? I already wrote support but haven't receive any answer yet.

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There was a Canvas Live event yesterday about new Google Assignments LTI.   I can't find any documentation anywhere in the Community, guides etc on that beyond the Canvas Live video.   Please help? Links, anyone?  Thanks

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Hello!Our students are getting an error message when trying to submit audio recordings in Canvas. The error message reads:"Submission Failed Invalid parameter for submission_typemedia_recording. Required:submission[media_comment_id],submission[media_...

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I plan to leave a lot of feedback for students through the "comments" button at the bottom of each assignment.  At my school, we are asked to write a summary narrative (that gets mailed home) about each student at the end of each semester.  It would ...

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I had experimented with adding myself to my sandbox as a student to try to see Google Cloud assignments from a student perspective (didn't work out that well, however), but now I seem to be unable to delete myself as a student, even after completely ...

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Is it possible to get the direct URL of an uploaded PDF file in canvas? Looking at the code structure, the following access are possible: school.instructure.com/courses/#####/files/##### - This gives you the file page where you can view the PDF file....

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I'm trying to import the external tool MyOpenMath into my Canvas course.  I see that the app is installed, but it's not configured.  I've tried several times (and now I can see I have 4 MyOpenMath apps), but it's not linking to my course.  

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 I am a bit confused.. I just purchased the hardcover and digital textbook, but I have not received an access code yet? 

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I have successfully embedded a published google slide.  Everything was beautiful and but now the links do not open.  Help

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Hi all. New school with Canvas, and I have playing around, trying to figure Canvas out. Quick question. We have the Google Assignments LTI. I can create an Assignment using a Google Doc, that will copy to each of my students. However, if I try to cop...

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All of our students have been issued a school Gmail and have their email and google drive registered with Canvas. Every now and then we have students who are not able to access Google Cloud Assignments. They are logged into their school email, but ar...

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Sou aluno de Teologia em EAD, minha sugestão é que seria bom criarmos um grupo no WhatsappAlunos Teologia 1/2020

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Hi!I checked through past questions but did not see an answer to my question. I know that most professors use Modules rather than Pages for each Chapter. But, as a newbie, it seems easier for me personally to follow the chapter using Pages. In Psych ...

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We are troubleshooting an issue where a faculty member has added a significant amount of content in the "Syllabus Description" field and when the page renders sometimes it renders with the automated "Course Summary" and other times the Course Summary...

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hen I enter a grade for a quiz that students submitted, the grade is not transmitted to the gradebook. It doesn't show that the quiz has been graded, niether. What is wrong?

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Hi all-as usual people will ask why??? i want the functionality of assignment dates but that's about it....Is there a way to make the title of an assignment pape link to another url? currently if you click on the asisgnment title you go to the assign...

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I am Music Encore for Elementary school - Prek - 5th gradeHow do I "push" into each class for a 30 minute lesson Without students having to log on/off

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We have enabled our google drive with the Google LTI properly. Our teacher is trying to do a collaboration with google drive. She wants to add a slide and presentation. She has two teacher accounts with google, and neither will complete authorization...

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I'm reviewing a some courses in Canvas which does not have an Ally license associated with them. How can I check a course for ADA/WCAG compliance without Ally? 

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I have created buttons in Canva to use on my Canvas Course Homepage. I have six different Buttons that I made (About Your Teacher, Syllabus, Assignments, Discussions, Class Resources, Learning Modules). For four of the buttons, when I link for exampl...

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We sent an invite to one of our students for an upcoming course and accidentally put in the wrong name. How can we go about fixing this so that when we send her an invite in the future, it shows the correct name? She has already updated her display n...

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I can't get rid of the the tiny external link icon at the bottom of one of my assignments.  Please help.

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Hi. Keeping this short because my message was erased by Canvas when I tried to post...Using Free Canvas for Teachers.  Trying to import quiz material *from Canvas* and getting the error 'unsupported content package' after it appears to upload.  (I ha...

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Does anyone know how to assign groups within a section using Canvas "group" feature. Ex: If a class has 5 lab sections meet in different times, withing each section there are 10 students to be divided in to 5 groups. is there a way to do this through...

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Where should we go to let you know about links that are still broken after the community update?  I really don't want to have to repeat of the last time this happened and I was the one to have to tell you every link we had that was broken but I guess...

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I am in the middle of a new implementation and need some advice, please. How does your district handle substitute teacher access for Canvas? Long-term subs seem easy enough, as I can add them as a TA to a course to give them limited access, grade ass...

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Is there a way to allow students to access assignments that their classmates have uploaded into Canvas?I have assigned each student a term paper which they'll upload into Canvas.I want students to be able to read each other's papers.Is there a way th...

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