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I could not find the answer in the community, so apologies if it already has been answered. I am trying to create a rubric that uses range of scores. The scores that I want to use are excellent 5, good 4-3, and needs improvement 2-1. The range option...

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Is BryteWave the only option for access to course materials on canvas and who put it on canvas? I am asking because it is horrible to use. I don't want to have to scroll to see the last paragraph, then need to click on a tiny arrow in the corner of t...

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When I click to open a pdf on the canvas app (on samsung tablet and phone) it just shows a white screen, not even a loading circle. It was working fine yesterday so I'm not sure what changed

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I would like to message my students in a course that is not yet published. However, no names are showing up when I attempt to do so. Is this because the course is not published? Or another explanation? TIA.

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Is there a way to use the median score as a calculation method for the mastery grade book? I see the option to view the median score for the class, but not the median score by individual student. 

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I have previous courses not used but need to maintain the submitted quizzes in the courses.  If I unpublish the modules will this still maintain the quizzes within that course.   My dashboard only accommodates 20 shells.  How do I remove the unused c...

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How do I have graded assignments entered in the gradebook, so students can view their scores, but do not have them count towards a course grade? At the end of the semester, I will download all of those graded assignments & combine them into an adjust...

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I use Canvas New Quizzes that are proctored through Honorlock.  Students see assignments in the course calendar and, of course, click on the links to the assignments.  When they click on the exams in the calendar, the links take them directly to the ...

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Hi, i accidentally deleted some items from my To - Do list. Is there any way I can retrieve them? Thank you!

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My teacher wants me to post in the "canvas drop box" where is that located?  

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I can see it in the navigation, but it is not showing in the manual.

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Hello,We have created numerous (hundreds) courses using the GUI. SIS IDs were not added when the courses were created. Rather than manually entering a SIS ID for each course, we were wondering if there was a way to add a SIS ID to the courses. Perhap...

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I have an instructor that can't message their students and received the attached error. The term ended, but the instructor and students still have access to the course until 11:59 tonight. I ran some tests on our testing server and extended the acces...

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Recently, when I try to use markup to grade, the screen moves when I touch it to write. Any suggestions? 

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How do you turn on the discussion questions for students to see them?  

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I am having an issue with courses being made from JMC in Canvas that are missing teachers. Am I missing some data in their Canvas accounts?

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I am having a few issues when uploading to test banks. First - when I upload a QTI item to the test bank, I created Canvas changes the test bank title. Second - (see the screenshot attached), it only lets me add 1 QTI file. I have many that need to b...

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Would like to explore Canvas Quiz options to allow: 1) copying a single question from one Canvas quiz to the clipboard and pasting it into a different Canvas quiz or 2) merging two (or more) Canvas quizzes into a single Canvas quiz.

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I don't see any option for importing within the settings section of the course. Can someone help?

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So I use EBG and I don't put any assignments in the gradebook. I only want my assessment scores to show and count in the gradebook. With the Traditional Gradebook, I check 'don't count toward final grade' and that works fine.  I do want to attach out...

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I've seen conflicting information about whether it's possible to weight individual assignments within weighted groups. For example, if I have 3 assignments within a group weighted at 20% of the total grade, and I want assignment 1 to be worth 25% of ...

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Course Settings greyed out for term, start and end dates--district admin of technology cannot seem to solve the issue. It has been going on for 2 years now. In addition, I can't unpublish old courses and they remain on students' dashboards. Getting m...

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I need help   to be on  Canvas  English 101    Instructor told   the Class      

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I have in-class assignments that ask students to co-author a file in real time.  The catch is that I want them in different groups for different assignments. My plan is to create a group set, allow students to self sign up, randomly assign a leader, ...

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Is there a way to copy rubrics from one of my course to another course? 

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Hi everyone, I'm trying to update the Syllabus for my course, but the changes do not save. I'm wondering if there are restrictions on editing the Syllabus page? Is there a maximum length? Anything else that would keep it from updating?  Here's what i...

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With the new filters feature, is there a way to select more than one section filter to display at the same time? I have eight cross-linked sections, and toggling to each one individually is time-consuming. 

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When creating a quiz, do I have to upload each question one at a time (single QTI file) or can I upload 1 QTI file that has all of the quiz questions? 

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How do I get started?  I am an adjunct faculty in the School of Nursing and my class starts in a week.  I am going to teach the clinical portion at my work site but need to mark the students' assignments.  I am lost. Please help Nina Chychula

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