Problem statement: A good feature of canvas is that you can download all the solutions to "assignments" at once in the form of a zip archive. These can then be corrected, rearchived and uploaded to ca...

Problem statement: Students are seeing 0's in the gradebook when they have submitted something that needs to be graded. Instructor's see an assignment icon. Students panic at seeing the 0. Proposed s...

Problem statement: Students have difficulty finding their groups under people due to all the groups listed with a locked padlock icon or an unlocked one. Proposed solution: Include the same Blue Grou...

Problem statement: Not necessarily a problem to be described. Perhaps, rather, a way to encourage better sharing. Reading the syllabus for an upcoming course, the professor's writing immediately and p...

Problem statement: We operate a distance education school, and our parents use the Observer account to track their student's progress through the course. A consistent "error" report is that the observ...

Problem statement: There are Answer ID's that exist in QUIZ_SUBMISSIONS:Submission Data that do not exist in QUIZ_QUESTIONS:Answers. For example Question ID 1249, the following Answer ID's are missing...

Problem statement: When retrieving a large list of users spanning multiple pages, the results can be both incomplete and contain duplicates. This can happen if any user's sortable name is changed betw...

Problem statement: A user can select "Export Current Gradebook View" but unfortunately that functionality does not produce the results one would expect. If the user has selected certain options under ...

Problem statement: A Teacher or Admin wants to view recent submissions to a New Quiz (it is a fully auto-graded quiz so viewing submissions=view scores). It is currently not possible to filter or sort...

Problem statement: Copying the 'Copy Resource Link' in Commons is not linking users who are signed into their Canvas instance direct to the resource. This seems to have changed since the regionalisati...

Problem statement: Every discussion email notification contains the hyperlinked text: "Click here to join the conversation ". There is an extra space at the end of the text which is also hyperlinked. ...

Problem statement: Please add a SICK badge to the Attendance badges. Proposed solution: The badge could look like the Red Cross in a circle. User role(s): instructor

Problem statement: Most of my classes are comprised of cross-listed sections. Sometimes I create a "test student" to test something, but rarely do I want the test student to hang around in my grade bo...

Problem statement: There is not a ruler tool students can use in Canvas Quizzes. Students need to practice using a digital ruler to measure items. Proposed solution: Add a digital ruler tool as a too...

Problem statement: We would like to be able to disable the option for teachers to import a complete course without selecting which content is required. Using import of a complete course eventually lea...

Problem statement: When the curve grades option is used in gradebook it cannot be undone. This creates a risk if it is used in error, without understanding of the implications, or against institutiona...

Problem statement: Instructors spend so much time crafting feedback for students' assignments, yet most of them do not even read them. It would be beneficial to both the faculty and the student if stu...

Problem statement: The Canvas for Elementary experience for elementary 'observers/parent' does not mirror the experience of middle and high 'observers/parent'. On the Canvas Parent app, 'observers', w...

Problem statement: The highlighter tool in the Canvas app on the iPad only allows the student to highlight in-line text. They can not use the highlighter freely when completing a student annotation as...

Problem statement: Students miss deadlines (due dates). Many instructors include a grace period when accepting late work and use the "available until" setting on the Assignment Detail page to set a fi...