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Problem statement: When I press publish on an item, it is not visible for my students because a module does not automatically publish when the items are checked and listed as accessible for students. ...

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Problem statement: I would like the data on canvas quizzes to be as detailed and easy to read as they are on Mastery Connect. I love the color coding and the many types of information that you get fro...

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Problem statement: Not being able to print out all the grades for a student. Proposed solution: Being able to print out all the grades for a singular student in a clear way that isn't a spreadsheet. ...

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Problem statement: Currently, the Categorization question type in New Quizzes lacks the Rich Content Editor (RCE), limiting instructors to plain text when creating categories and answer choices. This ...

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Problem statement: We came across an improvement that could be made in Canvas. When you view the delivery details where you can see the document delivered in the activity as well as the feedback you h...

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Problem statement: In Classic Quizzes, you used to be able to choose whether a quiz belonged to an assignment group, and therefore appeared on the Assignments page. If you did not assign it to a group...

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Problem statement: Previously, we were able to identify additional details about a Kaltura video based on the embed code. The source of the iframe included a link that let us know it was Kaltura based...

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Problem statement: I am an ASL teacher and we use Canvas Studio all the time. The way our district wants the videos submitted for final exams is with the link created from the uploaded/recorded Studio...

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Problem statement: We would like to be able to make bulk adjustments for extra time during in-progress New Quizzes attempts. At this time, this adjustment can only be made on a per-student basis via t...

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Problem statement: Some Integrations send grades back to Canvas in the form of decimals (ex. 5.33). Some SIS's doen't accept deximal grades (ex. Skyward) and this creates a big difference between the ...

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Problem statement: Inactive Section Showing in Gradebook Proposed solution: Inactive section info is showing for students in the Canvas Gradebook. If students move from one section to another, and we...

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Problem statement: After using the Import Content option once in a Canvas New Quiz (under the three dots when Building), the option is not selectable to import additional material into the quiz. The s...

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Problem statement: When students use the inbox messaging feature to contact multiple teachers or teaching assistants individually (by ticking the box "Send an individual message to each recipient"), t...

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Problem statement: When I sync grades to my gradebook program (Synergy) it would be nice to see un-synced assignments easily in the Canvas grade book. Proposed solution: Just as new/late submissions...

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Problem statement: When writing content in the RCE, there are no options available for line spacing customization. Any line spacing changes from the RCE default require HTML coding Proposed solution:...

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Problem statement: Blueprints are great but I do need to disassociate them from the current term about 3 weeks into the classes, so I can adjust the dates and sync them with the upcoming term's course...

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Problem statement: Give sitewide view access to courses/grades for student services personnel. The current way is either full admin rights or to be added to each course. Proposed solution: Give sitew...

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Problem statement: We are looking for a grade report for all students in all courses in a given term that would show assignment/discussion completion as well as final course grades. The "Grade Export"...

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Problem statement: Please give us the same easy way to copy a course forward an not include all the unlinked files. Proposed solution: Please give us the same easy way to copy a course forward an not...

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Problem statement: We have been using the Credentials API to pull in assertion records nightly into a local database for advanced analytics and automated awarding of new credentials. Last night, our e...

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