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Problem statement: It takes several individual clicks to either mark assignments missing, excused, or zero them out. In our previous LMS, there was a "batch update" function that allowed teachers to s...

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Problem statement: When a user selects Set Default Grade 0, a pop-up window appears listing the number of students affected and one option..."OK". It does not permit the user to cancel this action. Pl...

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Problem statement: Particularly an issue in courses with a large number of enrolments per instructor, it's not always practicable to message large number of students from an individual account. This c...

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Problem statement: Looking at add this to Canvas Theme titled: Add more options for 'message students who' to gradebook and analytics tools Want the ability for "Message Students Who" to auto add the ...

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This idea has been developed and is On Canvas Beta •  How do I access the Canvas beta environment? For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2025-01-18)    Problem statemen...

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Problem statement: Currently, the Canvas Gradebook has the following statuses available: - Late - Missing - Excused - Resubmitted (I've only seen it in the color settings - never seen it used) - Dropp...

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Problem statement: The only people that have access to the "what-if" grades are students. Our Academic Success Coaches have had the "Act As" permission that we are turning off because of liability iss...

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Problem statement: Students are not required to respond to all questions in a quiz. This can be intentional or non-intentional on the student's part. There is a warning prior to submission, but will s...

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Problem statement: Right now students have to look in multiple places to find feedback: the assignment comments, the rubric, and the written assignment itself. I know students aren't going to all that...

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Problem statement: Canvas allows instructors to select a premade grading schema, or create their own. However, if an instructor wants to share this schema with their students, they must take a manual ...

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Problem statement: When I manually grade an assignment I give points but I'd like to see the grade displayed as a percent in the grade book. This is not currently possible. Proposed solution: For an ...

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Problem statement: When moving through low stakes assignments in the speedgrader, I have to drag the cursor up to the right arrow/next student. arrow and select the next student. It can get tedious. I...

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Problem statement: Students work from the Canvas To-Do list--because it's easier than having to bounce from "classroom" to "classroom" where what they need to do is "buried under 'stuff' " or organize...

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Idea is currently in development Problem statement:  The introduction of Enhanced Gradebook Filters made the "Arrange By" (sorting) and show/hide options much more difficult to access.   In the Grad...

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Problem statement: For you to add a "Google Drive" button that is solely for Google Drive when students need to use something out of their Google Drives. The "more" option is over looked by students. ...

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Problem statement: More than 1000 students and keeping track of who has submitted an assignment and the teacher or TA has not yet graded the assignment. Proposed solution: A report that can be export...

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Problem statement: Students and observers cannot see or access their attendance inside the courses. Proposed solution: Attendance should be accessible to students and observers inside the courses. Ou...

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Problem statement: There is no way to take the attendance multiple times for the same day. Some of our lessons are taking place two or three times in the same day and we cannot take attendance for eac...

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Problem statement: Problem My courses use the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as Outcomes. As such, the names of the Outcomes are alphanumeric identifiers, and are largely meaningless to students...

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Problem statement: Most tools that implement some sort of todo-list feature allow users to hide completed tasks (or hide completed tasks by default). This makes it easy for users to focus on tasks the...

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