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Problem statement: When a user is unenrolled from a Canvas course, then re-enrolled, Canvas restores most previous settings and progress for the user in that course (grades, discussion posts, assignme...

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Problem statement: There is not currently a means to capture a snapshot of a Beta environment to make an emergency backup. This should be something that customers have the ability to request. We had a...

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Problem statement: The recent changes to the Pretty HTML editor have caused lots of issues for me and my team who work very heavily in the HTML editor side of Canvas. Things we have noticed that make ...

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Problem statement: When creating a Rubric based on Outcomes the Designer has to click multiple buttons to add just one Outcome. In case of more than 2 Outcomes this is labor-intensive and mistake-pron...

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Problem statement: The new ability to Manage Quiz Results view is very useful, however only a couple of the settings can so far be time scheduled. If an instructor wants the points awarded to only be ...

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Problem statement: Currently, when students are assigned a different due date, you can only see how many students you have with a different due date, rather than who they are. So rather than seeing "J...

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Problem statement: In the current version of Canvas SpeedGrader on the iPad, the grading scale only allows movement between whole numbers, which means teachers cannot assign decimal values (e.g., 3.5 ...

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Problem statement: In the course settings the option "Course - Visibility" allows users with the "Courses - change visibility" permission to open up the course to users who don't hold a course enrolme...

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Problem statement: When grading an assignment using a rubric, after clicking "View Rubric," it will appear on the right. As of now, this is the only option of where the rubric can appear. Although we ...

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Problem statement: Users can join a course even though a listing has there email domain as blocked/not allowed. When using the email domain restrictions for a listing in Catalog the restrictions is on...

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Problem statement: The RSS feed that students can use only give information on 'announcements' within a course. That is not practical because some professors don't make much use of announcements at al...

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Problem statement: Canvas's Course Access Report does not show the first time a student accesses an item. Proposed solution: With 59% to 68% of college students admitting to cheating in some form, ma...

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Problem statement: When assigning a New Quizzes Quiz to specific students, and you go to Moderate the Quiz, the screen displays all students in the class, not just the students who were assigned the Q...

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Problem statement: Users are prone to accidentally clicking on "Next" instead of "Reply" when trying to reply to another's discussion post. The module frame for the "Previous" and "Next" buttons is co...

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Problem statement: I have a very limited account-level role that my student workers use. The permission "View Course Content" is off for them, so they cannot see what is actually in the course. They c...

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Problem statement: In a situation where you have many Graders for Moderated Grading (the limit is 10, if I recall correctly), each Grader is listed as a new column. On the Moderate Grading / Grade Sum...

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Problem statement: When we have a Moderated Grading Assignment, and the Moderator (Grader that determines the final grade) goes to the Moderate/Grade Summary page, the students are not listed in any o...

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Problem statement: There does not appear to be a way to disable commenting on studio media once it is posted. Comments can be deleted, but there are times when the comments need to be disabled and rem...

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Problem statement: When using New Analytics in a Course and pulling a Report for Missing Assignments, Late Assignment, or Excused Assignment, the Student SIS ID is not listed. (The Class Roster Report...

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Problem statement: At any given time, the amount of the gradebook window that is taken up by headings, menus, settings, filters, etc is 30% to 50% of the screen, which requires a user to scroll up and...

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