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Problem statement: Students in groups want to read other groups' postings. Could you please make an option to open the discussion to all students? Proposed solution: Making an option that opens to al...

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Problem statement: Unless teachers have enabled email notifications for receiving Canvas inbox within their account, messages from families sent to teachers are being missed because teachers are forge...

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Problem statement: We'd love to use more differentiated learning to provide individualized experience, but with rolling enrollment (professional development company) we are very limited if we need to ...

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Problem statement: Today, the only way to delete many or all events that you have in your courses in Canvas is to manually delete the events one by one, which can be very time-consuming. Proposed sol...

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Problem statement: On the Course Details tab of Course Settings, only some of the checkboxes are appropriately aligned with the text that explains the specific setting. For example, in the Participati...

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Problem statement: Please improve the gradebook export. I am really surprised for such a widely used LMS that the export is not better organized with more options. I end up having to spend extra time ...

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Problem statement: I cannot duplicate text header nor external URL items within a module, nor can I copy such items to another course. Proposed solution: Add "Copy to..." and "Duplicate" actions to T...

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Problem statement: Sometimes instructors or admins want to remove all instances of a specific file in multiple courses. Currently there is no way to search for multiple instances of the same file. Pr...

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Problem statement: When analysing the reports of New Quizzes, we can see the percentage of answers per question, but it's not possible to identify which student has answered each alternative, as we do...

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Problem statement: When using Moderated marking - you allocate several markers and nominate a Final Grader whose role is to reconcile the multiple marks into a final single mark. When you access the M...

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Problem statement: Instructors are requesting a more efficient method for taking in-class attendance. Proposed solution: Ability to generate a QR code or PIN code for students to self-register attend...

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Problem statement: In SpeedGrader, I can set up a Rubric with ranges. When marking, when I click on a range, by default, SpeedGrader picks the highest value possible for that range. e.g. for the 0-5 r...

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Problem statement: Currently if a student is enrolled in a cross-listed course, the student only sees the "parent course" listed in their course list or dashboard, and at the top of the course home pa...

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Problem statement: When setting up self-selecting groups, the group size has to be 2 or more. Proposed solution: I would like to have each individual student in my class choose a unique topic for an ...

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Problem statement: It is possible to set an assignment with a due date after the section, term or course date without receiving a warning, and for a student to fail to submit before the section, term,...

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Problem statement: I would like to see the settings for Canvas Quizzes on the first screen after a click. I should not have to "build" the assessment to change the settings. Proposed solution: Place ...

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Problem statement: When moderating a test I would like to see real time population of data instead of having to refresh, resize, and scroll to see the scores. Proposed solution: I do not write code. ...

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Problem statement: When a New Quiz is being edited, it's possible to add questions from an existing item bank. This option opens up a right-hand sidebar that can be used to access any item bank the us...

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Problem statement: When creating a New Quiz, instructors must identify the total point value of the quiz prior to building the quiz questions, and assigning a point value to each question. This create...

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Problem statement: Show student names or student numbers when there are multiple Availability Dates assigned to an Assessment Item instead of just showing '# student/s' and the Available to and from d...

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