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Common queries
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Display only letter grades in gradebook
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Import marks from Canvas to IMMS
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Turnitin error in Student view (expected behaviour)
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I have set my Turnitin assignment to unlimited submissions (or more than one submission), but my students can only submit once
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Access a past or closed Course
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Access denied error when using Student View on a page
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Access Student Feedback from Canvas
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Accessing Course Access Report
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Add equations
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Add non-NUS users to a course
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Add NUS students and staff as guests to my course
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All questions in a group can only have equal marks. What is the use of the editable mark box then?
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Allowed multiple attempts (unlimited) but students can only make one attempt for Classic Quizzes
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Apply course dates for a year-long course
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Apply for NUS Visitor account (for long-term non-NUS instructors)
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Apply for web lecture recording
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Archive/download Gradebook
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Assignment dates cannot be before term start date
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Assignment Group vs Group Assignment
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Assignments (File Upload) primer
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Attempt to save Assignment but nothing happens
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Attendance auto-creates an assignment
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Can all students in a group see their group's submission in an assignment?
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Can files be accessed by students directly without having to create pages?
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Can I set a default number of points for all questions within classic quizzes?
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Can quiz questions be segregated into sections?
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Can students see their analytics in Canvas to check their participation?
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Cannot add a student/staff to my course
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Certificates for safety courses
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Change course nickname
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Change the default grading scheme to the NUS grading scheme
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Check assignment submission status - late or not submitted?
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Check student access report within a course?
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Concerns/issues with transitioning to New Quizzes tool in Canvas
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Copy a course from a non-NUS Canvas site to a course in NUS Canvas
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Copy a course from a previous semester
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Copy quiz questions from a classic quiz to Question bank
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Copy Studio videos from one Course to another Course
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Copy Videos/Panopto videos from one course to another course
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Count number of discussion posts per student
Course and User creation in Canvas
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Create a Files submission folder
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Create a new gradebook item in Canvas
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Create a Quiz in Canvas (using Classic Quizzes)
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Create a space for your tutorial/lecture/other group
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Create an anonymous survey in Canvas
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Create an Assignment for each tutorial section
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Create an attendance list to take attendance
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Create and manage consultation slots
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Create assignment columns for non-submission assignments in Gradebook
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Create sub-forums or categories in Discussions
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Cross-listed courses in Canvas
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Delete student submissions and allow students to re-submit
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Download a list of students and their groups within a Group Set?
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Download all submitted files to an Assignment, rather than one by one
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Download or export class roster/list
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Duplicate a Canvas Quiz
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Edit Quiz settings from "Quiz score to Keep Highest" to "Latest" (or vice versa) and the Quiz results do not reflect the changes made
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Email students in a class or a specific sections/tutorial groups
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Ensure grade accuracy
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External link refused to connect
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Fixed column widths for tables
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For file uploads in assignments which allow multiple attempts, are the files uploaded in earlier attempts overwritten?
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Gather mid-semester feedback
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Gradebook columns explainer
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Grading a graded discussion
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Group sets and groups with respect to sections in NUS Canvas
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Groups and sections in Canvas
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Guest students' role and course visibility
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Hide and post grades
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Hide totals in student grade summaries and assignment grade distribution graphs
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How can I add Teachers and TAs to a course?
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How can I use each of the tools in Canvas?
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How can students view course information before module registration?
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How can we relate CMIS role and Canvas roles?
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How do I reply to Canvas messages via Outlook?
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How does Assign To work?
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How often is People synced with EduRec/CMIS?
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How to compress images and make my file / PowerPoint smaller in file size?
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How will changing a file's availability dates affect its availability in Modules (or other Canvas tools)?
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I cannot add t-accounts to my course. What should I do?
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I cannot log in to Canvas
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I do not see my Course on the Dashboard. Why is my Course missing from the Dashboard?
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Import of marks to Canvas gradebook for manual entries or from outside of Canvas
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Import the student list into Canvas
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Inactive enrolments
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Include more than one attachment to an announcement
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Install External Apps (LTI Tools)
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Is it a constraint that only one member must submit enforced for group assignment submissions?
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Is Research Recruitment available in Canvas?
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Is the Canvas Calendar synced with Outlook?
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Is the timetable, venue and exam schedule displayed in Calendar?
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Is there a space in Gradebook for instructors to justify overriden grades?
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LaTeX displayed equations in Quizzes
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Link to a Files folder from Modules
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Make files in announcements visible to selected sections only
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Make student file submissions visible to other students in the course
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Make Syllabus visible to non-enrolled students
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Migrate courses from other institutions' Canvas to NUS Canvas
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Mismatch between similarity index in assignment inbox and in similarity report
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Missing Course Navigation Menu
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Newly enrolled students in CourseReg are not synced to Canvas
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ORMC/OSHE safety courses in NUS
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Peer Review Assignment - Different Scenarios
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Use Course Readings
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Post grades and feedback/annotations separately
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Print a Quiz with and without an answer key
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Quiz deadline does not appear in Calendar
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Randomise question order in Classic Quizzes
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Receive notifications for Announcements and Inbox messages I create
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Regrade or modify a quiz that students have already taken
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Remove Guest Student role from enrolled Student (who was previously added as Guest Student)
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Remove points assigned to questions in ungraded surveys
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Request failed with error code 400 when uploading files
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Request for Streaming Videos for Course Use
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Restore deleted items
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Restrict folders in Files to certain sections/groups/roles?
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Score in rubric not transferred automatically to Grades
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Send announcement to your class, specific sections/tutorial groups
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Send reminder to students who are yet to submit assignments
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SOP for Assessments - Send Summary Feedback
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Student Feedback for Teaching (SFT)
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Students cannot access an assignment, quiz (or other tools) despite the tool being published
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Students dropped from courses - how do we deal with them?
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Taking a quiz using Preview does not capture the result in statistics, why?
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Teams Provisioned from Canvas
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Track and download attendance reports
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Transform CSV for Import in Grades
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Turnitin assignment inbox does not display the students' submissions
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Turnitin error date_post - post date must be after start date
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Unable to access Videos/Panopto via direct links
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Unpublish or delete a course to remove it from the Dashboard
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Update staff photo
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Use of third-party scripts, browser extensions and add-ons for Canvas
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Videos/Panopto does not load in Safari (or other web broswers)
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View student activity
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View user statistics for Panopto videos
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What are student groups? Can I delete or disable student groups?
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What are term dates? How are they used?
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What do students see after taking a quiz in Classic Quizzes?
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What does the orange/red dot on the top left of a grade cell mean?
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What information should my course Syllabus include?
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What is a Sandbox course?
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What is LTI?
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What is new in Discussions/Announcements Redesign?
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What is the difference between Due date and Until date?
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What is the difference between publishing and setting its availability (by date)?
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What is the storage limit for uploading files and folders on Canvas?
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Where can I find my course timetable?
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Who will create sections? Will they be auto-populated?
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Why does deleting a quiz in Assignments also delete it from Quizzes?
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Will students be able to verify their grades?
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Will students receive an email notification when a new announcement is posted?
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