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Problem statement: There are new sort and filter tools available for Discussions, as of the July updates. The problem is that the filters and sorting options that instructors choose are lost once the ...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Most institutions have data retention policies that may or may not be relevant to Canvas content. For example, a college could mandate that all courses that are more than five years...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Hi, I'm a Spanish and Linguistics professor at Saint Louis University. I'm writing this idea because I noticed an error in the Spanish translation of the non-binary "they/them" pron...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: While Canvas provides an option for instructors to enforce sequential progression through course material within a module, the current process is cumbersome. Instructors must indivi...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Good day, We are testing the "Discussion Forum Summary" function option, but it returns results in English. We appreciate you considering the idea that it is also in Spanish. Good d...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: I know anyone who uses the One to One model of Canvas with Blueprints Enabled runs into the issue where you will need to see the markbooks for multiple courses that were populated f...

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Problem statement: An instructor reported that it is difficult to reuse announcements from one course to another. After importing announcements into a new course, there is no way to sort them by the d...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When the "Assignment does not count toward final grade" checkbox is enabled on an Assignment, faculty see a banner at the top of the assignment reminding them that the assignment do...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Currently the speedgrader has a "view the full discussion" link and a list of the individual student's discussion posts to choose between. The default view is the list of the indivi...

Community Champion Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Universities use the term "Sections" to refer to a different roster of students based on day/time and/or instructor of the course. So they disable the feature that allows instructor...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Where is a Page Search option? I have so many pages yet I cannot put in a possible key word to find and sort the one I am looking for. Proposed solution: The three dots beside the ...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: In new quizzes, a user can select an answer option by clicking on the bubble to the left of the answer text. Then, if they click elsewhere in the answer area, it will change the sel...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Currently, the Course Summary section of the Syllabus page is automatically generated from all dated and/or graded items in a course site. It would be helpful to have a checkbox to ...

Community Contributor Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: With the new functionality of assigning items to sections and students, it can be challenging to keep up with what is assigned to whom. There is no one place to view how Pages, Modu...

Community Contributor Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: If an item is assigned to a subset of students but then posted somewhere else that is assigned to a different subset of students, the instructor would not receive a warning that stu...

Community Contributor Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Pin to Top Navigation is not an option inn either Redirect LTI/app. Proposed solution: Add Pin to Top Navigation as an option to the Redirect LTI/app(s). User role(s): admin,instr...

Community Contributor Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: I am loving the new ability to record video feedback, including screen capture, on my students' submissions in SpeedGrader. However, it would be extremely helpful to know whether or...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: For the past year, I have used white text in my assignment rubrics that gives silly instructions as a way of combatting generative AI use. On the rubric, the text appears "hidden" a...

Community Novice Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Upon some testing in Beta today, we noticed a couple of issues when acting as a student (Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-08-14 The course tray can get extremely cluttered and confusing a...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: I have LAB assignments that I grade in person. And sometimes student need re-takes or a re-grade for a new attempt. The assignments type "No submission" has no choices for increased...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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