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...

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....

Problem statement: When adjusting announcement release dates, instructors must first open the announcement for viewing and then open it for editing. Proposed solution: Add a pop-up window for the rel...

Problem statement: New quizzes has an instruction box that displays to students before they open the quiz, and it also has many settings used by the instructor to control the functions of the quiz (sh...

Problem statement: Less that 3 New Quiz respondents leads to this message: "There is not enough data available to generate this report. A minimum of 3 submissions is required to generate. Please try a...

Problem statement: Please allow me to sort attendance by first name. Proposed solution: I have 120 students or more each semester. I memorize their first names but not also their last names. When tak...

Problem statement: The dropdown answer type of the Fill in the Blank question type in New Quizzes automatically shuffles the possible choices, while in the Classic Quiz engine, the same question type ...

Problem statement: I want students to see their assignment, but not be able to submit it until a specific date. Proposed solution: It would be great to have a feature available for assignments that w...

Problem statement: The Student Analysis Report now has the ability to generate a csv file which is downloadable (see the 2025.01.18 Canvas LMS release notes). However the feature does not include free...

Problem statement: Idea Summary Allow staff members to upload bulk feedback for student submissions (online and offline) using a user-friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI) in Canvas. This functiona...

Problem statement: Faculty time spent in creation of instructional material within Canvas could be significantly decreased while increasing quality of those instructional materials. Proposed solution...

Problem statement: Verify en masse if courses have certain content, such as specific URLs/links or material across Announcements/Modules/Pages/Assignments. Outside of checking individual courses, need...

Problem statement: Under course settings, we can set a course end date. Currently, 'updated_at' is overwritten en-mass with the course_end_date when that day comes. I can no longer tell when students ...

Problem statement: Without assignment enhancements turned reaching a peer review assignment (in a course that hides the assignment tab and locates all student activities on the modules tab) is achieve...

Problem statement: You cannot set the visibility options (course, institution, public) for individual pages, only the course as a whole. The "customize" options in course visibility settings allow you...

Problem statement: Canvas can quickly become unorganized for teachers in subject rooms where there is a lot of classes and materials. Proposed solution: A teacher under only one sections only sees th...

Problem statement: I wish in all content types and settings there was a Save/Update button at the top, too. I notice many times when a teacher is modifying the navigation, their tools list is so long ...

Problem statement: It was a welcome change to see Student View retitled to the clearer "View as Student". Currently this view does not work when a staff member uses the button to see what students are...

Problem statement: Rubric Save button. When using rubrics, I often grade in stages, requiring me to scroll to the bottom of the rubric to save, if only at item at the top was assessed. Proposed solut...

Problem statement: Problem: When the "Build on Last Attempt" is selected on a New Quiz, the only option for score calculation is to IMPROVE the score until all attempts are used or the student reaches...