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Problem statement: When Item Banks are imported, edit permissions are automatically set to 'View only,' and instructors within the course are not granted permission to edit the content. It is very tim...

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Problem statement: When using the Website URL submission method in a Canvas Assignment, students are selecting URLs that lead to previously-submitted assignments from the form autocomplete suggestions...

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Problem statement: It appears that when grading a submission in the Canvas peer review tool, the default grade in the speed grader is a dash. This is the only tool in which the speed grader first cont...

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Problem statement: There currently isn't a way to add or edit alt text to an emoji in the RCE. Teacher and designers often use emojis to give visual clues to students about the content in their course...

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Problem statement: I require students to work collaboratively. But not all students participate or participate equally. Instructors need a way to determine the degree and quality of each team (group) ...

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Problem statement: We have recently noticed some concerns regarding New Quizzes, specifically with the Item Banks. When a course using Item Banks in their New Quiz is copied to another shell, the Item...

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Problem statement: When looking at the Canvas Catalog Analytics page, there is currently not a way to filter by course sections to view the following: Section(s) Total Enrollments, Completions by Sect...

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Problem statement: We have a grouped course that is set to default to use Course Modules as the Home Page. Why is not the point of this problem. Modules have the ability to directly insert an external...

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Problem statement: It is sometimes difficult to sift through all student work when it seems more than one student has submitted the same (or similar) assignment. This is especially true in large class...

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Problem statement: If you have the secondary info turned on in the gradebook and it is showing section enrollments, the system currently shows all enrollments (active, inactive, concluded). Even with ...

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Problem statement: Calbright needs to use New Analytics On-line Attendance feature. However, our course weights are "heavy" and will not load. Proposed solution: Change one of the load parameters. In...

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Problem statement: Some special education students take a class but have a modified grade on their IEP, a legal document. However, Canvas cannot document this because the gradebook for the class is se...

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Problem statement: Instructors want students to be able to see exam results directly after they complete the exam while they are in the testing center, but they don't want them to have access to it af...

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Problem statement: Add item to module isnt very intuitive for teachers. The fact that you have to chose what to upload is okay, but then have to press "New Assignment" in brackets in the exact same de...

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Problem statement: Messages sent disappear from the inbox Proposed solution: I suggest setting "All Messages" as the default view to display all conversation threads. Users can then have the option t...

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Problem statement: Initially, I found it challenging to figure out how to reply to messages within the inbox, as the current design is not entirely intuitive. Proposed solution: To streamline this pr...

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Problem statement: When users "report a problem" under the sidemenu "Help", admins should get a notification on preferred e-mail so that we don't have to check manually all the time. also the reporter...

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Problem statement: Students often do not read the comments left in Canvas. These comments are intended to support student learning and often serve as necessary feedback for the revision process as wel...

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Problem statement: When an instructor's file names are on the longer side, the full title of the file can get cut off in the Files area depending on screen size. The Files area does not resize in web ...

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Problem statement: I find the design and location of the unread indicator in new discussions to be problematic. I often have a hard time telling which posts have and have not been read because the ind...

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