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Problem Summary: I create course announcements in Word documents (up to 100 pages) that typically contain 3-4 embedded hyperlinks each. For years, I've been able to copy these announcements from Word and paste them into Canvas discussion boards or ri...

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How does one moderate quizzes in order to allow additional time for students needing section 504 modifications?

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Hello,I am blind and use my computer in windows high contrast mode (I've tried canvas high contrast mode, it is not as robust or accessible).  However, there are lines running through the words.  It looks like formatting doesn't quite line up.  I've ...

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Problem 1: I'm a science teacher and would like to collect student data after a lab. Previously, I'd use OneNote, and students would add their data via the Smart Board at the front of the room, and we'd see everyone's numbers. Is there a way to colle...

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We have installed the new Microsoft Education LTI into our Canvas instance, however we are having issues with creating recurring Teams meeting.  The calendar glitches (starts automatically moving both the start and end calendars back by a day on a co...

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Can "People" added to the course with the role of "Peer Support" (e.g., student tutor) be removed from the Gradebook?

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I'm trying to set up a quiz/survey in which students receive credit for each question they attempt (regardless of whether they answer it correctly) but do not receive credit for questions they leave unanswered. Currently, in the Graded Survey format,...

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After creating courses in my external LTI Cengage (MindTap) and ensuring the links work, the grades do not passback to Canvas once the students complete the assignments as in the previous years.I have Cengage working on it but there may be an issue o...

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Starting sometime last year and with increasing frequency, students' submitted papers will randomly lose formatting elements in the SpeedGrader view. It happens with PDFs, docX, Googledocs, etc. It seems especially to appear if the file originated in...

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1. If I don't want the attendance tool grade to count toward student grades, do I have to mark it to not count both in the tool, and in the assignment? 2. If I mark it not to count in one or both places, what will I see in the gradebook? 3. If I mark...

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I have recently added students to a new course page. When I added the students, they were added by their email addresses without their names. The students have manually changed their names in their profile, but these names have not synced over to the...

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I work at an institution where, for historical reasons, Canvas exists alongside Moodle. One thing I noticed about Moodle which, in my humble opinion, is better than Canvas is the "Course Overview" menu. This creates a list of all sections and subsect...

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I am writing to share a concern about how rubrics currently function in Canvas. At the moment, rubrics only total points across criteria rather than averaging them into a single proficiency score. This creates challenges for teachers, especially thos...

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Student's generally do not seem to engage or respond to comments/replies given to them on Discussion posts or Assessment/quiz comments, so I am unsure if they are even seeing this feedback.  It would be great to know that they are notified when these...

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I copied the Welcome! page from the pages in one course to another course. That seems to be the issue. The other items copied when I posted like assignments with correct dates and such. Now this Welcome! page has a lot on it. I'm wondering how I can ...

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I have tried using the new feature that allows checkpoints in discussions, and don't plan to use it for the rest of the semester for reasons that others have already cited (such as the fact that the grade in my rubric is ignored and so the grades mus...

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I would like to have students sign up to present a topic on a particular class day. Is it possible to allow them to access the calendar feature to do so or is there a way to set up a sign-up sheet other than just creating one myself and loading it in...

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Is it possible to have a setting in the gradebook to where the maximum points deducted for late submissions can be set? I know that the lowest possible grade percentage can be set but I'm wanting late points to be deducted up to a max of 30 points. T...

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When you add an assignee to an assignment in Canvas teacher app, tags are not an option.

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I'd like to use a daily accountability rubric to have students self-assess their durable skills, participation and engagement.  The videos I have seen online suggest that their is a self-assess check box but I cannot seem to find it.  Did it dissappe...

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I teach at a high school and my class periods are 48 minutes long. I have students that receive 50% and 100% extra time on everything. I would like to know if there is any way to provide those students with the time they need to finish a test in the ...

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I am an instructor, and I cannot find a recent post that answers this with the options I have.  I want to add a banner to the top of my courses, but I'm having trouble figuring out how.  The most recent search I can find is from 2020, and I do not ha...

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I have used EdPuzzle integrated through Canvas for several semesters and different classes.  I assigned a video lesson that has open-ended questions that requires manually grading, which I have completed.  This is my first assignemnet for this course...

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When I insert any image, doc, or item it only shows as a link. I've tried many ways with no luck. Please help.

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I am loving the dyslexia friendly font as a designer. The hard part is knowing if the text will update. I have noticed that things like headers, link, and lists don't always present with the font once the page is saved. Hopefully learners are seeing ...

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Is there a way for students to print their own completed quizzes? When I am in preview mode as the instructor, and choose a print command it only prints what is visible on the screen rather than the entire completed quiz.- I'm using new quizzes- My s...

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Hi All,As an instructor, is there a way to force Canvas to display assignments as sorted by type? Right now, my classes are defaulted to sort by date and student have to manually tap (iPad) "sort by date" every time they go to view assignments.Please...

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I set up all my classes this year after importing my material in as usual. Ed puzzle no longer allows me to grade open-ended questions within the LMS. And I can no longer see my kids completion rates inside the LMS. I keep having to go to the Ed puzz...

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In the past, when I needed to grade free response questions on EdPuzzles, I would just click the link (red button reading something like "83 new answers"). But this school year, that button doesn't seem to work. Does anyone know how to get around thi...

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Hi, I have a student who has some intense vision impairment. We are able to zoom in on PDFs and other embedded items, but is there a way to zoom in on Canvas-created quizzes-specifically the drop-down questions so that they can magnify the answers? A...

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