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Problem statement: Right now, if a teacher wants to grade a text entry item, they need to look elsewhere for the answer key. You can't put the answers in the rubric because students can see the rubric...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Hi Canvas support. Currently Python .py text files are not functioning properly when submitted on Speedgrader. Proposed solution: .py files don’t need to be converted to plain text...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: I have noticed that even when you lock a certain assignment, students have found a loophole. If they leave the tab with that assignment open, they can continue to work on/turn in th...

Community Novice Canvas Ideas
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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...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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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. ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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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...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When students submit work to Canvas, they will sometimes submit the wrong file, a corrupt file or attempt type 'types' of uploads such as Studio+File Upload. Whilst students can cur...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When a student upload a document for an assignment and leave the page befor submitting (hit the blue button submit assignment), the assignment will be saved in the students files - ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Currently, differentiated assignments with one or more due dates that aren't assigned to everyone can only be sorted alphabetically. This provides a source of additional frustration...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: It is so frustrating that when I remove an assignment from a Module, it doesn't just go away. Instead, it goes into Purgatory in the Assignments page. Sometimes I just want to get r...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When a group assignment is submitted by a single member of a group, "Speedgrader will assign the submission to one of the students in the group as the submitter for the group submis...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Assignments require multiple files to be uploaded. These files contain several words. But the list of files for upload truncates and only shows a part of the file name. The box list...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: My students started submitting an assignment before I set the Group Set. Now Canvas doesn't let me change the groups, and only the student who submitted sees my comments and the gra...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: I have been using Canvas and SpeedGrader to grade *.java files for the past 2 years. The files are essentially text files with a different extension. If the submission used a *.tx...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: While the ability to submit assignments during an availability window that can be set ahead of time is great, the description is still viewable by the students. Faculty often want t...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Students submit an assignment. It's graded and returned. The instructor then allows the student to resubmit, but the original date remains as the due date. The student then doesn't ...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When a teacher allows a student the option to turn in something on paper OR digitially, I have to select the submission type: digital> text box etc. I cannot select "on paper" AND "...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Hello, posting this on behalf of an academic:   I have a cohort of 350+ students and would like to use moderated marking with this group, involving a relatively large group of moderators (around 40-50...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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I often find that student wait until the due date to look at an assignment. And, I also notice that the students who "preview" an assignment a few days ahead of time tend to demonstrate more learning ...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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I have built assignment with a deadline and no late submissions. Students miss the deadline anyway. Quizzes automatically submit on the deadline. Can an option be added to automatically submit on the ...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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