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Problem statement: In courses with large numbers of students, groups are often formed so that students do not become isolated and so that assignments can be completed together to reduce the number of ...

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Problem statement: Some instructors read all the reviews themselves and then decide to do their own grading, and some instructors prefer to have students do the grading of a peer review assignment the...

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Problem statement: If students can see the names of other students, either via “People” or via the list of participants in groups, they can also see which other courses these students are attending. T...

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Problem statement: Especially in large courses, some teachers prefer to hide the overview of all course members. They therefore do not activate the “People” in the course. However, if you want to use ...

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Problem statement: As long as the Canvas Analytics aren't truly DSGvO (GRPD) compliant - Google Analytics involvement (!) - we can't use it. Proposed solution: For use in universities with strict dat...

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Problem statement: Currently, it is not possible for instructors to test collaborative teaching and learning scenarios (e.g., assigning a task to a group or peer review scenarios) with the "View as St...

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Problem statement: When teachers add files to a Canvas course, the title of these files often does not fit. It is not very meaningful or completely encrypted. Subsequently editing a file name requires...

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Problem statement: The gradebook quickly becomes confusing when students are assigned different tasks for group assignments. Students are asked to work on different assignments in group assignments, b...

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Problem statement: Currently, Quiz and Item Analysis (in New Quizzes) provides only information on SC-questions (Multiple Choice). However, in order to enhance learning outcomes and the quality of tea...

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Problem statement: Instructors are not notified of receipt of a submission comment. Although new messages are displayed in the inbox, the number next to the inbox refers only to the number of new mess...

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Problem statement: At our institution teachers won't manually conclude yourses. Courses are automatically being concluded after set (term) dates have been reached. And surprisingly enough, there is no...

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Problem statement: In many group scenarios, students are required to independently choose the group leader. During the semester, this position may also change, for example, if students leave the group...

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Problem statement: In our teaching and learning environment, students often decide who will be the group leader in a face-to-face class. Especially in a large plenary session with many groups, it is t...

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Problem statement: A common use case at our institution is that, for example, students have the opportunity to take 5 quizzes. They can earn a maximum of 10 points per quiz. However, no more than 25 p...

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Problem statement: In our institution, faculty cannot import persons from the section settings via SIS import. Instead, they have to add students via "Persons". This is for administrative reasons, and...

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Problem statement: At our institution, peer review is a regular assignment. Lecturers would need a CSV file with information about the assignment of reviewer and reviewee. Since peer reviews are often...

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Problem statement: The dashboard permits the user to set various views, including the card view, which is also suitable for lecturers. The activities view and the to-do view are more pertinent to stud...

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Problem statement: Our administrators are often confronted with a very full dashboard, which often makes efficient administration difficult. The current course information on the individual cards is n...

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Problem statement: As a user, it is difficult to search for courses quickly and efficiently in the dashboard or to filter them. Proposed solution: It would be helpful if the following tools were avai...

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Problem statement: It is currently not possible to move or remove several courses at once. This is a tedious process, particularly at the beginning and end of the semester. Proposed solution: A bulk ...

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