Making feedback more visible to students 1034Open for Voting
1046 votesI'm teaching a course using Canvas. This is the second semester I've used it. I like Canvas overall, but I've discovered that my students have a difficult time reading the feedback that I provide on their online assig... 
Utilize SpeedGrader for Peer Reviews 6Open for Voting
6 votesWhen we assign students a peer review in canvas, they do not have access to the speedgrader. What they end up with is a slightly clunky assortment of pop-out windows for viewing/annotating and the rubric, necessitatin... 
Make Event Default Time 11:59pm rather than 12:00am 475Open for Voting
507 votesRight now..... An event on the calendar has a default time of 12am on the date of the event. An assignment has a default time of 11:59pm on the date the assignment is due. This causes an inconsistent user ex... 
Docviewer - default palette of icons/ images 144Open for Voting
144 votesMy skill with drawing using a mouse in Docviewer is rather lackluster. So my thought is a palette of predefined images would be ever so helpful. A question mark, green check mark, new paragraph, etc.... 
Panel Functionality in Speedgrader: Correcting Papers with Rubric opened 0Initial Stage: We are reviewing your idea
0 votesWhen correcting a paper in SpeedGrader with the rubric opened, the window divides into two panels: the paper is to the left and the rubric to the right. Canvas would be improved if the teacher could operate the size o... 
New Quizzes: Allow item banks to be tied to a course rather than an instructor 103Open for Voting
103 votesI teach 7 different courses on a rotating basis, each with different content and different ideas. Right now, the questions that I use are tied to each course in the Quizzes question bank. Additionally, I&#... 
Printable / PDF-exportable quizzes 2541Open for Voting
2599 votesAs an instructor, I want to be able to export a Canvas quiz as a PDF. This would enable me to easily print quizzes for the purpose of accommodation, for allowing a given student to take a quiz outside the timeframe es... 
Multiple Due Dates (checkpoints) for Discussions 2302Open for Voting
2330 votesWith the way that many schools set up forum discussions and require "check-ins" to the forum throughout the week, it would be great if we could include multiple due dates in the discussion activities. For instance, I ... 
Migrate Question Banks to Item banks Automatically 225Open for Voting
225 votesI would like to see the ability to migrate question banks (Quizzes) to item banks (Quizzes.Next) automatically when a quiz is migrated from Quizzes to Quizzes.Next. Honour visibility settings in Files notifications 46Open for Voting
46 votesSome instructors require the Files area to be visible in their course. If a file is uploaded to the Files area a notification is sent to students who have chosen this setting. Even if the file is set to 'only availabl... 
Ability to move through all assignments for one student in speedgrader 377Open for Voting
377 votesAs I am looking at the speedgrader assignments, one feature that would be great would be that instead of per assignment, moving from student to student, but by student, moving from assignment to assignment. I am proba... 
AUTOSAVE ALREADY 0Initial Stage: We are reviewing your idea
0 votesIt seems this issue has been discussed since at least 5 years ago... Teachers and students alike need autosave. Most students and young teachers only know Google that autsaves everything. I've lost a few assignments t... 
SeeSaw and Canvas 142Open for Voting
142 votesSeesaw is a digital portfolio app that allows parents to see student work as it is posted. Students save and share their assignments with teachers, parents, and peers. They snap a photo or video, draw, or write--in ad... 
Quick Toggle Student View 415Open for Voting
421 votesBeing able to toggle into Student View within my classes in order to double- and triple-check to make sure "everything is as it should seem" is a wonderful feature built into Canvas. FEATURE IDEA: Have a quick... 
Modules within Modules 956Open for Voting
1026 votesAs we move toward Personalized Learning we are beginning to feel boxed in by the linear design of Course Modules. Many teachers would like the Course Modules to look more like the Course listing in the new UI (T... 
Differentiated Pages 271Open for Voting
271 votesCanvas should support differentiated Pages. Similar to differentiated Assignments, Pages could be set to be visible to certain groups of students. This would allow for the creation of diverging tracks or branches with... 
Parents: toggle view between children 138Open for Voting
138 votesIn the calendar I'd like to see a way to toggle the view from one child to another. Vital for parents, teaching assistants and other observers. Example: This is not a new idea and has b... 
Offline Grading in Speedgrader 224Open for Voting
232 votesI would like to be able to grade submissions while not on wifi (on iPad) and then have it sync back up when I get to a wifi connection. 
Indicate Where Files Are Linked Within a Course 195Open for Voting
197 votesThe awesome Files feature would be even better if it could indicate that a file is linked elsewhere within your course -- on a Page, from other rich content, or as a Module item -- in an unobtrusive way. If a fi... 
Import Grade Comments 412Open for Voting
416 votesProblem: Instructors need to upload comments for each student for an external assignment and have it displayed in the gradebook view for students. Use Case: This is especially significant when uploading assi... 
