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The Peoples list page does not provide a button for sorting students in alphabetical order of name or last name. The Grades list has an option for sorting the list of student in alphabetical order that does not works. The list is randomly sorted. Any suggestion for a fix?
I am a new user to Canvas LMS and created a new free account. I want to set up a couple of courses and students and my understanding is that I need an Admin account to add users/students. How do I create or get access to an admin account?
I gave a test today and one student said that he could see when logged in to his student canvas account unpublished material including the test's answer key. I told him to take and send me a screen shot. I just double checked and he is enrolled as Student and in student view I don't see my unpublished material. What could…
Some of my student are concerned about microphone issues. When I start the lesson and students join, they can not open their microphone, it says we need access to your microphone, when they click retry, it does not solve. (what are the possible solutions for this on Mac, windows computers, and Samsung telephones
Since the transition to the new login interface, I keep getting an error that says "failed to fetch," I have to click on Browse Courses to get to my dashboard. I tried to log in with Google using the same email address as the account I already created, and it went to a brand new account. Is anyone else getting this error?…
I don't have admin functions as a free user. Can I restore a deleted course?
I am having an issue copying a course that I have copied numerous times in the past without any issues. I keep getting: "Something went wrong during copy course operation. Reload the page and try again.". Any idea on what is going on? This message was repeated numerous times on 3/18/25 The steps are the same steps that I…
When I try to copy a course, I keep getting an error message. It's been happening since yesterday 3/17/25, and I haven't noticed any changes. Does anyone have a workaround? (Error message attached)
Many of my students created their account using the G (Google account). They have never set a password and I am concerned that they would not be able to sign in. At this point they cannot type in their Google gmail and a password and login. They seem to only be able to login with the "G" button that is going away. I saw…
I am testing canvas by creating a free account. I have set up a profile but cannot find any way or information about creating a unique subdomain so I can see the content i am creating. How do you do this seemingly basic and simple task?
Greetings, I have a free teachers Canvas account. I have a course that is published.and has students actively engaged in learning (they have completed assignments). I have added several students to the course successfully in the past. Yesterday, when I added someone new to the course, they did not receive a course…
Hello, I work for a non profit and have a course that we use with local educators. When I send a course invite to teachers that already use Canvas and have a school email associated with their Canvas account, they are not able to accept my Canvas Course Invitation. I am sending it from a free Canvas account to a school…
Hello all! I have been using Canvas Free for Teachers for a couple of years now. I routinely add new users to my courses, and just added a new user via their email address just 2 days ago without issue. However, this morning when I tried to add a user, I noticed that the text box to enter email addresses is now outlined in…
The same issue from 2022 has reared its ugly head and the solution suggested then is not working I have a FFT account and have had no issues adding most of my students but now when I try to add on a few stragglers I get this message "We were unable to find matches below" and then you click next and you are able to "click…
I'm already registered and been using Canvas for while. Do not need 'new registration' on March 24th. But it seems there are no choices. Would a 'new registration' means a new account, therefore I'll lost access to my current account? I have about 3 years-worth of work. Please inform whether I'd need to download and save…