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Problem statement: Currently, there are many options to adjust notification settings for a teacher - whether for the whole account or individual courses. These include some about submission of assignm...

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Problem statement:   There are a couple of related issues: 1. Subaccounts are not given placeholder account_ids / account SIS IDs when they are created. (For a related discussion, see https://communi...

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Problem statement: Currently in Canvas catalog, when customizing emails, we are limited to variables such as catalog, user, course name, and account. This limitation has required us to send out additi...

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Problem statement: Currently I handle all the reporting of badge awards for my school which means I'm responsible for tracking the data for all 20+ issuer groups. As an admin, if I want to collect and...

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Problem statement: Canvas does not allow multiple dropdown questions to be regraded. Instead, the original answer is always shown, and the instructor has no ability to change it, even before students ...

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Problem statement: It seems not possible to make a timeslot in the calendar unavailable as a teacher. I made timeslots for my students and most of them managed to reserve a slot but some sent me an e-...

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Problem statement: When self enrollment is enabled, there is not a course enrollment limit. the number of students enrolled in a course can get out of hand quickly. Proposed solution: Admin and lectu...

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Problem statement: Currently our institutional imports a specific grade scheme from our SIS (student information system - banner) for each course. These schemes are mandated by the university and "sho...

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Problem statement: Aligns the Gradebook with institutional policies that prioritize certain assessments as critical determinants of course competency. Provides a clear and automated process for implem...

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Problem statement: Problem Description Students often fail to upload files and prepare to submit their exams before the quiz time ends. This results in students missing the end of the exam time limit,...

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Problem statement: On the student view on Credentials, the 'requirements' and 'how do I earn this badge' field state that one needs 70%. This is inconsistent with the admin view which states that ' a ...

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Problem statement: When you add an item from Commons to your course and after some time decide to remove it, Commons will not know that you have removed it and when this item receives an update, you w...

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Problem statement: When configuring quizzes to use Respondus LockDown Browser and Monitor, it requires setting whether or not Respondus LockDown Browser is required, whether or not Respondus Monitor i...

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Problem statement: Prior to 2022 students who did not submit an assignment could still be manually assigned a peer review, so they could get a grade for peer review even if they got zero for the main ...

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Problem statement: Posting the same file, assignment, website, or announcement to more than one course is very time consuming. Example: I teach seven sections of French at varying levels. Some tasks r...

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Problem statement: (Allow me to thank user Hildi_Pardo for suggesting that I post this as an idea) Assume I create an individual assignment--Let's call it "Homework One." I assign it for 4 students to...

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Problem statement: Catalog only has one permissions set for root catalog/sub-catalog admins. We need the ability to have different roles and permissions. We have a specific need to allow marketing/enr...

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Problem statement: It is imperative that the handling of promotion codes in Catalog has to be improved. What's missing?... 3. The ability to assign a code to a specific user/email address. Again, best...

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Problem statement: It is imperative that the handling of promotion codes in Catalog has to be improved. What's missing?... 2. The ability to limit how many times, overall, a code can be used. We NEED ...

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Problem statement: It is imperative that the handling of promotion codes in Catalog has to be improved. What's missing?... 1. The ability to just disable a code. You can delete one, or just move the e...

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