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Are there any good colours for a person who is red-green colour blind to use on the calendar? I've been struggling to find good colours to use to see each of my classes, but none of them seem to work very well, as there are very few distinct colours.

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In Lab Instructions: Building Microservices and a CI/CD Pipeline with AWS, I can't start the lab because it has a message: "Lab is in state: CREATE_FAILED, please end lab and wait for it to complete." So, I click End Lab, but it doesn't have any mess...

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Currently, applying formatters to a block that contains list items typically applies the formatting to the content of each individual list item instead of surrounding the entire block with that formatter. This means that the "number" part of a number...

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If a student has a tab open for an assignment or quiz, and I then unpublish that assignment, quiz, or entire module, the student is still able to access their assignment or quiz and even submit it. I do not want students to be able to access anything...

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So I have a quiz for students.  I have tried the following, and I have also attempted to select 'see only once' after each attempt. However, students never seem to be able to view it, and I have verified on their screens that there does not appear to...

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I'm currently trying to do a quiz on Canvas but it says the service is unavailable due to maintenance. How long will the site be down?

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Is there a relatively easy way to unpublish or lock entire modules, INCLUDING THEIR ASSOCIATED ASSIGNMENTS & QUIZZES, during certain hours?For example, I only want students to be able to access modules, pages, assignments, etc. during school hours (8...

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My instructor has the homework listed however it is not pulling up for me to complete it. Please fix it

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Has anyone been having lag issues on Canvas LMS? In the last 48 hours, I am an instructor for a course, I have had many complaints from my participants and co-teacher, about the lag on Canvas.  It doesn't matter what device, assignment, gradebook, or...

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Hi, I'm a student trying to upload a profile picture. I had it set in the beginning of the semester (this August) with no problem, but it has started acting up and no longer shows as the original image. I've also already cleared my browser cache and ...

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I completed the modules for the self-paced course, however, I cannot manage to locate my certificate of completion. I am supposed to receive it automatically via email, which has not occurred, and at the end of my final module I am referred to a link...

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I would like to delete groups without deleting the assignments/grades for those groups.  I have several group assignments, which are easily sorted as a teacher but not as a student. Is there a way to hide or delete groups that students no longer need...

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Hi I am a student while trying to go into canvas through my desktop I keep getting an error message stating page error. I then tried on my apple phone and it logged me out. I tried logging back in but i keep getting an error message. It says oops som...

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With the new Cidilabs design tool, it's now possible to create more interactive content such as fill-in-the-gap activities and quick quizzes, which is a great enhancement for learner engagement. I was wondering if these interactive elements are track...

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I opened my MOD 8 quiz. As soon as I opened it. It said my time was up and it shut down. I didn't get to take the quiz. 

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Good afternoon everyone,Is it possible for the built-in timer inside the reply button, when the dialogue box opens, to make it a little more distinct so that it is more easily readable? I love recording and uploading my video responses directly insid...

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The assignment is submitted but it's not attached to Canvas, so on Canvas it shows as not submitted. I can't unsubmit the assignment from Google Assignments, and I have tried logging out of my account and changing devices, but the assignment is still...

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I'm following up on yesterday's inquiry about our group assignment and the individual interview threads we each need to create. Has anyone started this or know where to find it in Canvas? Please let me know if you have any information. Thank you. Orl...

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Is there a way for a student user to generate a complete list of assignments (missing) for ALL courses they are enrolled in? Right now they can do that by going course by course but it would be awesome if they could generate a master list somehow.

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I can't see the images in reports when we're reviewing questions in class. 

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Dear community,A student of mine made a lot of assignments before the summer holidays.After the summer holidays upon logging in he told me he lost a lot of the made content in those assignments and it was no longer visible.Is this possible? For examp...

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Hey, I'm a bit unsure about a message I sent through Canvas. I'm wondering if it went just to me, or to the whole class. In the "To:" field, it only shows my name, and the message is only in my sent folder. I can see an option to add all 60 classmate...

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I am a new student and my course starts tomorrow. It is an online course. I have logged into the student portal with my personal email and it says that I am enrolled in the course, but when I log into canvas with my new TAFE email it says I am not en...

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My instructor says her end is showing the assignments as published, but they are not showing in my portal. She has advised me to start a ticket with Canvas. How do I do that?

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When an assignment is created there is the option for "paper copy submission" which is great. However students can't see that option displayed. It just gives them no option to submit. Can we get an option to display "paper copy" to students so they r...

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This explains everything... Not. The instructions are lacking one key element and that's how actually access and post discussions for my specific class properly. 

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How do i get the analytics of an uploaded, posted fille...how many students access? how long? what time? etc.

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new to the platform and just trying to learn how to utilize all the features.. So hello everyone

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I took a classic quiz using OpenAI's ChatGPT Atlas web browser - prompting it to provide a list of all the correct answers right after starting the quiz.  It scored a 95%.  What are your thoughts?  Image below to illustrate. --

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I feel like it would be extremely beneficial to both the students and instructors to include the option to negate 0's when looking at the average scores. I feel like this gives a much more relevant score to see where everyone is performing, rather th...

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