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Recover missing, deleted, or overwritten content in Canvas

To recover missing or deleted content in Canvas :

• From within the relevant Canvas course, find the course ID in your browser's URL bar. The course ID is the seven-digit number following https://iu.instructure.com/courses/ .
• Remove everything following the course ID except the forward slash (  / ), and add the word undelete . The new URL will look similar to this: https://iu.instructure.com/courses/1234567/undelete
• Press Enter .
• Click Restore next to the appropriate item(s).
• Click OK . Your item(s) should now be restored.

If you cannot restore a deleted item by following these instructions, contact the UITS Support Center .

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Content imports in Canvas overwrite by default and are not reversible. If you import the wrong content into a site, or import content into the wrong site, you must manually delete and recreate the items as necessary. The Support Center may be able to provide access to content as it appeared before the most recent weekly Canvas update for reference.

If a technical error occurred in Canvas resulting in an import issue, or if student responses or grades were affected as a result of the import, the Support Center will assist in restoring the site. Because site restoration is manual and research-intensive, the process may take several days or more, depending on the severity of the situation. The Support Center will work as quickly as possible to minimize the impact on students working in the course.

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How-to: restore deleted items in canvas.

By:   Ruowei Fischer     

Imagine this scenario: You spend a long time editing an assignment description or tweaking a quiz in Canvas, but without noticing, you accidentally delete something you didn’t mean to. You think to yourself, “Ugh, I wish there was an undo option!” But guess what? There are actually multiple ways you can undo mistakes in Canvas, from correcting small typos in the Rich Content Editor to fully restoring deleted files, quizzes, assignments, or pages in your Canvas course.

In this article, we’ll take at how those options work.

Situation 1: Use Ctrl+Z to undo small mistakes

If you are editing page content by using the Rich Content Editor, you can undo any mistakes before you click on “Save” thanks to a simple keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Z (or Command+Z for Mac users).

To use this shortcut, simply hold Ctrl/Command and press Z . If you’re used to the editing toolbar in Microsoft Word or Google Doc, you’re able to turn it on in Canvas Rich Content Editor by using a keyboard shortcut as well. Hold Alt (or Option+Fn for Mac users) and press F9, then the toolbar will show up on top of the editing area. Click “ Edit ” and you’ll see the Undo option.

Situation 2: Restore a previous version of a page

What if you have already saved the unwanted edits and you would like to restore to a previous version of your page, assignment, or quiz? Luckily, Canvas allows you to view the history of edits and restore to any previous version of a page.

Use this step-by-step guide to view a history of a page in Canvas and restore it to a previous version.

Situation 3: Restore a completely deleted page, assignment, quiz, or file in Canvas

The worst scenario is accidentally deleting an entire Canvas Page, Assignment, Quiz, or file. In this case, you won’t be able to restore to a previous version because the page does not exist in your course anymore. But there’s still a solution: you can “undelete” any item you’ve accidentally deleted to restore it in your course.

To “undelete” something, you will need to go to the homepage of your course and add “/undelete” after the course URL. For example, if your course homepage URL is “ https://miamioh.instructure.com/courses/122934 ,” navigate to “https://miamioh.instructure.com/courses/122934 /undelete ” in your browser. You will see a list of items that you recently deleted. Choose the item you’d like to restore to your course, then click on “ Restore .” Go back to your course page and you should see that the item has reappeared in your course.

Please note that the number of items available to restore is based on when you deleted them. If you don’t see the item on the list, you’ll need to contact E-Campus and we will work with Canvas representatives to have it restored for you.

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How do I assign an assignment to an individual student?

If you would like to change the availability or due date for an individual student, or students, please follow How do I assign an assignment to an individual student? from Canvas community. 

How do I restore student submissions/grades if I unassigned an assignment?

When giving students an extension on a quiz or assignment, it’s possible for an instructor to unassign from the rest of the class. However, you can typically recover these students’ submissions by reassigning the grade item to everyone else. Please see the next section, How do I reassign an assignment to Everyone Else ? for more details.

How do I reassign an assignment to Everyone Else?

When creating or editing an assignment, you can assign an assignment to individual students, and set different due and availability dates for individual students while it is assigned to the rest of the class. Only the student(s) specified in the assignment details can view the assignment. 

Locate the assignment you need to edit, and open it.

When you assignment details page opens, scroll down to the field Assign. 

Select the Save Button.

Navigate to Gradebook

Find the assignment in Gradebook . The grades should be available once again.

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Adding an Assignment

Canvas Assignment can be used to collect a submission from students electronically, provide instructions for and remind students about an in-class activity, and track extra credit. 

How do I create an assignment?

How do I add assignment types, pages, and files as module items?

Editing Assignment Details

After creating an assignment, modify the assignment details and settings by clicking the action menu and select Edit. Update the assignment instructions and guidelines, set the due date, and number of points to earn. 

How do I add or edit details in an assignment?

Removing or Duplicating Assignments

Clean up unused assignments by removing them from Modules, or by deleting them from the Assignments page of your course. 

How do I delete an assignment?

Establish a routine pattern of assignments and activities for students. When assigning an assignment that students will complete each week, create the assignment once, then duplicate it and move it to subsequent weeks. 

How do I duplicate an assignment?

Allowing a Resubmission

By default, resubmissions are always allowed if the instructor leaves the Attempts setting at "Unlimited". After students submit their assignment, they may revisit the assignment to submit a new version. As the instructor, you can view the various versions of the submission, deciding which version to accept and grade. Prevent students from revisiting the assignment by limiting the number of attempts in the assignment settings or set an  Until  availability date. 

Can a student resubmit an assignment?

Creating Group Assignments

To create an assignment that the students will submit as part of a group, check the box for "This is a Group Assignment" in the Group Assignment area.

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Configuring Peer Reviews

Use the peer review option to pair students up with a partner to review and provide feedback of their work. 

How do I create a peer review assignment?

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If you delete Canvas course items, files, or modules accidentally, there is no “undo” button.  But you can use the following instructions to restore them.

• In the Canvas course, type /undelete after the course ID number in the URL.
• Locate the item you want to restore and click the Restore.
• Click the OK button to confirm the restoration. The item or the file is restored to where you deleted it.

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How to Delete a Submission on Canvas: A Step-by-Step Guide

Canvas is a widely used learning management system that allows students and instructors to interact and manage assignments. However, there may be instances when a student submits an assignment in the wrong place or provides an incomplete/wrong submission. In such cases, it becomes necessary to delete the submission. In this comprehensive guide, we will walk you through the process of deleting a submission on Canvas.

Table of Contents

Introduction, step 1: access the assignments, step 2: locate the assignment, step 3: open assignment options, step 4: delete the submission, step 5: notify the student.

Canvas does not provide a direct option to delete a student’s submission for an assignment. However, there are workarounds that can be used to achieve this goal. Let’s dive into the step-by-step process.

To begin, log in to your Canvas account and navigate to the course where the assignment is located. Look for the “Assignments” tab or link in the course navigation menu and click on it.

In the “Assignments” section, find the specific assignment for which you want to delete a submission. Scroll through the list and locate the assignment. If needed, you can use the search or filter options to quickly find the assignment.

Once you have located the assignment, look for the options icon associated with it. The options icon is usually represented by three dots or lines. Click on the options icon to reveal a dropdown menu.

From the dropdown menu, select the “Delete” option. Please note that this action will not delete the entire assignment but only the specific submission made by the student.

After deleting the submission, it is crucial to communicate the change to the student. Reach out to them through Canvas messaging or any other preferred communication method to inform them of the deletion and provide any necessary instructions or directions for resubmission.

While Canvas does not offer a direct option to delete student submissions, you can follow the steps outlined in this guide to effectively delete a submission. Remember to notify the student about the deletion and guide them on how to resubmit if necessary.

By following these steps, you can maintain the integrity of assignments and ensure that students submit their work correctly.

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How to use the student view to preview your canvas course, introduction.

The Student View functionality in Canvas is an immensely useful tool to utilize as practice and learn to use Canvas, and it remains useful even after you have achieved mastery of using Canvas. The tool lets you preview and interact with your course as a student would.

Using Student View

Entering student view.

• Note : Once you have used Student View, a new student may appear in your course gradebook named Test Student. Anything you submit or post while in Student View will be attributed to that Test Student account.

The Home page Student View button is located in the top right corner of your screen and looks like a small pair of glasses:

The Settings page Student View button is located in the right sidebar menu with the same glasses icon and the words “Student View” next to it:

While in Student View…

Once you’re in Student View, your Canvas screen will be outlined in magenta, and have a bar across the bottom of your page. Your account icon (if you have one) will be hidden and replaced with a magenta circle.

While the Global Navigation items (such as Calendar and Inbox) still appear on the left appears in Student View, you should not use it (and most of it will not work). You should remain in your course.

• Tip : There are two reasons an item may be hidden from the course navigation menu. First, it may be hidden as a choice (whether by default, or by choice of the instructor). You can change this from your course Settings, on the Navigation tab. Or, it may be hidden simply because it is has no published items in it. If your announcements or modules page is absent from Student View, check that you have created any announcements or modules and that at least one item is published (with the green check mark) for students to see.

You can navigate and interact with your course as a student would. You can view modules and pages, participate in discussions, and even submit assignments or quizzes.

Leaving Student View

To leave Student View, click the Leave Student View button in the far bottom right corner, inside the magenta bar. This will return Canvas to normal.

Resetting Student View

If you would like to clear everything the Test Student has contributed to the course (if, for instance, you want to test submitting assignments or quizzes again after changes), you can reset the Test Student. To do that: enter Student View. While in Student View, click the Reset Student button in the bottom right corner (next to Leave Student View ). Wait a few moments for the Test Student to be cleared.

Example Use Case

Student View is a great way to practice a start-to-end flow of grading papers in Canvas. Please don’t be put off by the large number of steps, as most are simple single clicks. Here’s how it would work:

• Try submission type: online, file uploads.
• Make sure the assignment is published so students can see it.
• If you have changed your course settings to hide the Assignments page from students, make sure to place the assignment in a module or page available to students.
• Go to your course Home (or Settings).
• Enter Student View (as above).
• (In Student View) Navigate to the assignment.
• This will let you see how the assignment looks to students and help you to understand what they need to do to submit the assignment.
• Leave Student View (as above).
• Click on Assignments , click on that assignment, then SpeedGrader from the right hand context menu.
• Alternatively go to the Grades page to find the student/assignment cell and click through to SpeedGrader from there if you prefer.
• Submit your grade, including comments and markup if you’d like, to practice grading papers in Canvas.

• Notice there is a numbered badge to indicate to the student
• From here, you can see how students see their grades, and click on an assignment to see feedback and commentary.
• Leave Student View (as above) when done.

You can use this same process to try out quizzes, make sure modules are displaying and functioning how you would like, verify submission or availability dates, try grade posting policies, test out grading schemes (such as percent weights) in your gradebook on the Test Student, and more!

Limitations

The Student View tool is part of Canvas and utilized your Canvas account, and only works for Canvas features. If you are using any external tools or integrations (such as Turnitin, Top Hat, Gradescope, Panopto, Box, or others), the Student View tool has limited utility.

You’ll still be able to use it to see if the link to the external tool is there for a student to be able to access, but you will not be able to preview using that tool itself as a student using Student View. (The reason for this is that these external tools still see that you are the one logged in and it uses the currently active account. Unfortunately, there is no way to change this behavior.)

There are still options available to you if you would like to see and test external tools from a student perspective. Some of these are:

• Many of the external tools have their own help documentation with screenshots or videos to see what they look like from a student perspective (though this limits practice).
• Schedule an appointment with a consultant to test it out. (Click the Help button at the bottom of the left hand navigation bar and choose Request a Consultation.
• For most tools, you could add a colleague to your course as a student and work with that colleague to see how it looks for them as they use it. (Note, this one does not work for Top Hat.)

We hope that, despite the small limitation, you find Student View to be a useful to help you become proficient with Canvas.

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