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Is there a way to have another option on the late work policy deductions. I know that a percentage (points) can be deducted by day or hour. My classroom policy is that I deduct a 30% for late submissions in general. Is there a way to have that as an ...

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Is there a way to set up the Gradebook so that I have 5 Assignment Groups, but if a student fails one of the groups, they fail the class?  Example:  Group 1: 10%  Group 2: 10%  Group 3: 80% Group 4: Must achieve 75% or higher to pass the course. Grou...

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After copying a course that contained LTI content I am receiving this message.  "Import Error: Assignment - "Respond: Analyze the Text [Ode to enchanted light]" Import Error: Assignment - "Respond: Analyze the Text [The Drought]" Import Error: Assign...

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Hi, Typically on on our Canvas Courses we have anywhere up to 150 students enrolled. As a Personal Tutor I only need to access the assignment uploads of around 15 students. Is there a quick way that I can view only my own Personal Tutees on Gradebook...

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Canvas Inbox - contact list will not release and tab key does not work - ADA violation When I select a contact, I cannot get past the contact list, it is stuck. The only way I have found to release the contact list is to click the check box for "Send...

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Within the past several months, students who have not submitted assignments are being denied access to peer reviews in my classes. In the past, once I manually assigned them (because Canvas will not automatically assign them to students with no submi...

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Hello!When I import my common cartridge v1.3 and open content, canvas sends me credentials for lti 1.1.How do I import content from Common Cartridge into Canvas for LTI 1.3 ?Thanks

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Is there a way to post content in multiple course like there is in Google Classroom.  This is an ability in Google Classroom to post the content in multiple course that are same rather than cross listing or posting the same content multiple times.  I...

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A student is trying to run a quiz but when she starts, no questions are visible.  It works for other students and she said she has tried multiple machines. Does anyone have an idea as to why this could be happening? Thank you.

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I'm sure this isn't easy to remember, so I can come back and re-read it, yes? I, also have s question, what am I suppose to put in the subject area right above me? I've put this subject twice, cause anything else I put in it, will be incorrect.??

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Yes, I wanted to ask, can we come back and revise this if we needed help with anything?  Sometimes I get lost and can not seem to get back to where I was.

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Can I have a module in a module? Like having a sub-folder inside a folder.

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I have an existing quiz (that was integrated from Blackboard) and I would like to use most of the questions for a current course.  I would like to know if I can delete questions from the existing quiz.

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Can we get a between grades e-mail option in the gradebook.   I can email students that score poorly or well quite easily, but if I want to e-mail students in the middle it is a pain.     It would be nice to have the option for example, Score <30 ,  ...

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Can we get the Fudge points box added to the top of the speed grader too.I often give full credit for an attempt and need to scroll through the whole assignment to add the points

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I have an instructor saying that peer reviews aren't always showing in speed grader   "it shows me that they have not completed the peer review (this is on the “Peer Reviews” section of the assignment). However, when I click on their names, I see tha...

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Just looking for a good, detailed guide on setting up and configuring MS Teams LTI(s) for delivery in Canvas. I've found some articles with both Instructure and Microsoft, but they're pretty "broad" and don't address things like "Microsoft Sync", whi...

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As the instructor, I'm fairly sure that when I have an assignment configured with the manual grading policy and I've added Peer Reviews that students can still see the feedback that their peers give them before I release my grades and comments.  Woul...

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Do all students receive a notification if I change a due date for one student? 

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Hello, I am a tech specialist asking this question for an administrator at my school. Is it possible for Canvas to notify me (administrator) when a student's overall grade in a class becomes lower than 70%? 

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We are having a guest speaker and I would like to create 1 event for all three of my courses. Currently, I have to create a separate event for each course.

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One of our students has a notification on their left side toolbar saying they have 12 inbox messages. When they click on inbox, though, it says "No Conversations to Show." Anyone else have this issue? How can we address this? 

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I recently transferred a course from Commons into my Canvas account.  Unfortunately, when I publish the modules, not everything publishes,  I have to go into Files and then click on EVERY SINGE FILE in order to publish them  I have tried numerous way...

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Hi My name is Gagan Jain and i am managing the canvas in my organisation which is IIAD - Indian Institute of art and Design yesterday i deleted 1 user from our account accidentally so i need to recover or restore that user kindly help me   Thanks Gag...

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I am using Canvas ungraded quizzes.  If the student chooses a wrong answer I wish to provide a hint to the student to help them understand the topic better.How do I do this in classic quizzes.  My institution has not enabled new quizzes.If it is poss...

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There are times when instructors want to view multiple Modules at once using the Filter tool in the grade book. You can add multiple filters, but they have to be from different categories. If you try to select an additional Module it toggles to the s...

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This has been an ongoing problem: I make comments on student assignments, or make a comment in the "Comments" box, but many students never look at them. I've posted on Canvas and in my Syllabus a step-by-step guide for them to view my comments, but s...

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Does anyone know how to send out a link where students can automatically join? Thanks!

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Hello, I am an admin and I am just wondering if there is a way to hide the notification which appears after regrading a quiz. By default it says "this quiz has been regraded; your score reflects the changes made". The article below doesn't show an op...

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