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Problem statement: There is no easy way to bulk-edit all dates in a course after import. This feature currently only exists for graded activities. Dates on any non-graded items (pages, files, announce...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When I import a few modules from an old course, the quizzes, pages, discussions, and such do not get imported unless I check the boxes to import them. That is a pain, and I usually ...

Community Coach Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When you copy a course it doesn't change the home page and the faculty member has to search through all the home pages and start pages to find the one they copied in. When a course ...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Working with little ones, it is best to keep things clean and easy to get to. With this in mind, when building lessons within modules, it easier for K-5 students to have all links a...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When I am searching for a course (for ex., to copy a page/module to another course) or for a rubric ( the find a rubric feature), I get a list of all courses that I have taught and ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Problem: Currently, assignments have to be assigned to student sets (e.g., everyone, section, groups, etc.) individually. When a course is imported from the previous year into the c...

Community Contributor Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When duplicating an assignment/quiz, I would like to be able to have the option to copy over multiple due dates that are assigned to original assignment/quiz. Proposed solution: Fo...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When course content is copied between courses, announcements and discussions lose their authorship. In the new course the author is listed as Unknown, even if the original author is...

Community Coach Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When copying course content from one course shell to another, the source course's Participation setting values are copied too. We have instructors who use sandbox courses to copy th...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When a teacher copies a course using the "Copy this Course" button in the settings page for a course in a current or future term, the copied course remains attached to the old term....

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When importing or copying a course in Canvas, course-level LTI tools (Apps) can be installed without requiring the necessary permissions. This presents a potential security and acce...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When I import an assignment from one class to the next and CHANGE the due dates, Canvas still automatically gives zeros in the grade book to students in the new class, even though t...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: On the content export screen towards the bottom. Adjust the placement of the "Create Export" button beneath the section Export Type. When needing to choose the Radio Button for Quiz...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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