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I am a transfer counselor who is using Canvas as a continuous "course" that students can use as a transfer tool. Some of our students are on their way out and no longer need Canvas, so they dropped the course. However, they are still receiving our no...

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I had duplicate assignments in SIS, so I deleted all from SIS. Then I did a re-sync with Canvas. The assignment was added to one class but not the other. I have refreshed and tried several times. I could enter manually in SIS, but I'm concerned that ...

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Where can I find a list of LTI's that my organization allows me to access?

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I am trying to hyperlink an assignment I have created in Canvas to a lesson for my class.  I have done this for all of this school year and all of the sudden, I am getting this error and cannot link it.  I have tried the usual, refresh, save, close a...

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Any idea what is going on here with the file button grayed out?  

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I have a student who cannot open a Google Cloud document. Their Google integration is authorized, they can open their Google Drive successfully from the course menu of this same course. When they open the assignment, they see the Google prompt to req...

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It would be extremely helpful if we had the capability to do bulk moderations for assignment times when accommodating students with disabilities. At present this has to be done manually for each individual assignment. Is this the proper venue for voi...

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I want to embed some of my TikTok videos to my Canvas class. I do this successfully with YouTube vids all the time, but when I embed my TikToks, they don't show the nifty thumbnail like they should. I have tested the TikTok embed code in other sites,...

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Hi all! I created weighted assignment groups and would like to be able to view the class average for each assignment group but don't seem to be able to. I hope I'm missing something - is there a way to do this? I'd like to use this information to mod...

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Can't find any other way to provide feedback. Whoever designed this should be fired. I can't see that there is any new functionality, but I have found that functionality that was in the old RCE has been removed. Not sure why anyone thought a change w...

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I have a student that is trying to submit an assignment, but each time he submits, a popup appears that asks him to sign a submission pledge. He can't agree to the pledge, or find where the pledge is coming from. I have no idea either? I guess that i...

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I recently changed my last name.  I can not get into my old CANVAS pages with my old name because the district deleted my old email address.  However, my students can still see my old CANVAS pages with assignments, modules etc.  I have yet to hear ba...

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I am wondering if there is a way to archive "grades" in canvas so that I don't have to scroll through all of first semester assignments when working on second semester. When using Canvas for gen ed and 6+ different subjects it becomes a lot to work w...

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I have a google slide deck of 30 bingo boards. How do I create an activity in Canvas so that each student gets a different bingo board?  

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I have multiple Canvas classes, all of which I linked to a MyMathLab class.   In Grade Sync, when I select all assignments and select "Sync Now", all of the classes and assigments snyc fine except for one class, which give grade sync errors on numero...

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Is it possible to set a quiz so that a student who reaches a particular point threshold (like 80%) gets full credit (100%) on the quiz? 

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Total significant figures  Used this calculator for all students   https://www.sigfig-calculator.com/  Total number of decimal      E-Notation   Scientific Notation    

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A big Hi to all the Instructors of Canvas Community, Here I want to ask a help about Integrating Jupyterhub with Canvas. I want to Integrate Jupyterhub with Canvas to create assignments for my students.  I have been trying it soo long but I Couldn't....

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After winter break and the new start of a trimester, I want previous assignments and grades to be hidden. I want students to feel like they have a brand new start. I understand there is a "Hide" option within Speedgrader, however that only makes it s...

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Is there a way to prevent students from searching other tabs while take a quiz in quizzes 2? 

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Help! I created a new module with 1 discussion lesson in it. I checked that it's a graded lesson and put the number of points. As soon as I finished it, saved it, then when I go to the VIEW PROGRESS tab in Modules, and scroll down through my students...

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I am trying to delete imported assignments from under the assignments tab.  When I click on the 3 dots on the right, delete is gray out.  I also can not move the assignments to another group, the dots on the left are also grayed out.  Please advise -...

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Does anyone know of a way for students to upload their file submissions in multiple modes simultaneously?  Specifically, I'm asking if there is a way that my students can submit their assignment in two parts, one as a File Upload and the other as a M...

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Hello, At our college we are just adopting Canvas, so I am a new user. At the same time, we are implementing a new assessment program (regime?) college-wide, and I have taken on the role of coordinating the English and writing programs' assessment ef...

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I copied my course over from last semester. Fall semester is over so all the due dates etc and enrolled students are gone. I know I copied it correctly.  BUT - about 30% of my assignments came over will not unpublish NO matter what I do. It tells me ...

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Hi allReasonably new user here.I have set a Quiz, and corrected, student results are hidden as we are at Semester end.The grades are not showing up in Modules> Grade section, preventing me exporting and inputting them into my colleges Web for Faculty...

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I created my free account, posted the link for my students to join my class, explained how to create their account, and when they go back to log in again, it won't let them in! Anyone have any ideas? Its making them create another account. 

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Currently it is only possible to export grades, and not scores on individual items, or answers given by students. This should be made possible, as it does not take a long time to make such a program code.

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Prior to this new 2021 version of CANVAS, I was able to upload a Powerpoint presentation as a file with audio.  The students would open the file and view the ppt slides and listen to my comments.  With this new version,  when I upload a ppt file, it ...

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Hi, I'm trying to kluge my way around the infernal problem of not being able to add two rubrics to an assignment (for this particular assignment, I want to give students the option of choosing their medium and there's different rubrics for each).My t...

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