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Problem statement: The options to share a badge on LinkedIn need to be reviewed and improved, as the value of the social media share is much diminished at the time of this writing. Current state: When...

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Problem statement: Certain roles (Student, Observer) *by default* cannot view unpublished content in a course. All other roles *can* view unpublished content by default, and this cannot be adjusted....

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Problem statement: In a user's access report in a course (https://[domain].instructure.com/courses/[course_id]/users/[user_id]/usage), the icon for discussion boards and announcements is the same, and...

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Problem statement: When educators use Canvas Commons, a common scenario involves importing course materials into a specific course. Currently, when a teacher initiates the import process by clicking o...

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Problem statement: Description: Canvas data structure currently does not allow students to select multiple options within one assignment limiting student choice of what and how they learn. Problem: Ca...

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Problem statement: I have a student who uses JAWS to navigate Canvas. Wile working in Firefox we've noticed that every time the student enters a short answer text box Jaws indicates the student is in ...

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Problem statement: Currently there is no way to filter out the results of the link validator to not include broken links that appear within unpublished content. One use case for this is if there is a ...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Hello community, In the forums students post their comments and if the teacher configures it, students can like their classmates' post. A student who has been liked has no way of kn...

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Problem statement: Currently, there is no way to set up a rubric that allows for an outcome criterion to be scored using ratings without also enabling ratings on the other non-outcome criteria. It wou...

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Problem statement: Hello everyone, in our institution students sometimes look for the profile pictures of their classmates and unintentionally click on the link "remove avatar" and the person's profil...

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Problem statement: When you have a user who will have student-like interactions in a course, but is not actually enrolled in the course, unfortunately they appear in the gradebook. There is no way to ...

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Idea is currently in development   Problem statement: In previous years, I've been able to unpublish work from a previous quarter and still be able to click on a student's profile, click Grades, and...

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Problem statement: Students are rushing through quiz questions and not taking the time to read through the questions/answers. During my bellwork, in which I use the quiz function, I am finding that se...

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Problem statement: Instructors are getting mass notifications during peer review assignments when they have the assignment comments feature turned on. They would like to be notified when students subm...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: It would improve the user experience if it were clear in the Canvas interface, in the Gradebook, that there is a menu to the right of every assignment name in the table. Right now, ...

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Problem statement: Hello, Last week I needed to submit an assignment that was required to be a pdf. I created the document as an excel workbook and was able to rename the document from "exampleWorkboo...

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Problem statement: Currently the "Assign To" feature requires at least one student to be selected. Thus, to hide content from students, you have to ensure it remains unpublished. Unfortunately, an ins...

Community Champion Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: We have numerous "compliance" paperwork that students have to submit. We are looking for a low-impact way to restrict them from their courses at a certain point if that paperwork is...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Currently grading periods can only be added and edited at the root account level. With multiple sub-accounts with corresponding admins for each representing a college, school or dep...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When students submit an assignment a few minutes after the due date, they will often leave a comment on their submission like "my computer rebooted and couldn't upload this in time,...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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