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Problem statement: I'm an instructional designer and teach in the School of Education. In my ID role, we have a training course for faculty teaching online. Part of our assessment is for them to creat...

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Problem statement: Instructors would appreciate reminders that they have unsaved assignment submission comments and the ability to save them ('publish' them to students) en bulk. Proposed solution: A...

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Problem statement: In the New Quizzes report for Student Analysis, "Currently, only the most recent attempt by a student displays in the report." This limits instructors' ability to fully analyze the ...

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Problem statement: Admins do not have any information regarding which courses have enabled which feature options in Canvas. This means that we cannot message those users directly when there are issues...

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Problem statement: Currently, it is only possible to set one session duration for the Student and Teacher apps. That setting then lets the mobile session expire X minutes after login. We find this met...

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Problem statement: There is no option to translate for Traditional Chinese however this is a Simplified Chinese Option. Proposed solution: Adding a Traditional Chinese translation option in AI Inbox ...

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Problem statement: The learning mastery gradebook does not calculate an overall average of a student and their progress for the overall course. Proposed solution: We are needing a "total grade" colum...

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Problem statement: With the new implementation of enhanced discussion posts, we are allowed in speed grader to view student posts, view previous replies and next replies. All are done easily on a web ...

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Problem statement: From Gradebook (teacher facing) it is time consuming (and can be confusing) to take real student scores and type them into "Test Student" in order to see which series of assignments...

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Problem statement: Within Canvas assignments, I would like the option to create questions where credit is awarded for completion only (and not correctness). Students should not be able to view that th...

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Problem statement: Currently, there is no way for a teacher to turn off the enrollment accepted notification, even if you turn off all course notifications. This can be a very annoying notification. ...

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Problem statement: One of our teachers has suggested that both discussions and announcemnets should have the possibliity to like also the topic/announcement itself, not just the replies. This suggesti...

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Problem statement: 4/5 of my instructors have not added a picture or color to their classes, so my dashboard is filled with gray. This makes it more difficult to quickly differentiate classes. The one...

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Problem statement: I would love to see an automated feature that in the first week(s) of a term setting when a student is late enrolled into the course it auto adjusts assignment due dates that occurr...

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Problem statement: My teachers would like the option to 'Set Default Grade' to excused (or EX) on individual assignments in the Canvas gradebook. Teachers can add 0's or Mi, so potentially, it should...

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Problem statement: The problem is at the end of the grading period, you have to individually toggle off the `sync to SIS` button on assignment. I would like to see a feature change where there is a on...

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Problem statement: It would be nice to see stats in the New Analytics showing if a student actually watched videos that are posted in the course. Proposed solution: Instructors use videos for lecture...

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Problem statement: Students with disabilities often encounter significant challenges in online learning due to inaccessible course materials and systems that limit their ability to engage and succeed....

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Problem statement: For courses that have multiple sections managed in the same Canvas course (such as multiple sections of a laboratory), adding individual open and due dates for each section and each...

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Problem statement: Students should be able to view the "until" or "lock" dates for assignments while they are on their phones. A lot of students do not have access to laptops, but they do have phones....

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