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Problem statement: In New Quiz, studnents can bookmark a question that they want to go back to by pressing the thumbtack icon on the top right corner of a question. However, students need to flip thro...

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Problem statement: When clicking the + (Add Item) option for a Module, the list of objects in the prompt seems to be cached from when the Modules page was loaded. So, if I created a new object (e.g. Q...

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Problem statement: Merged user accounts appear to display, in the course People screen, the existing login ID / SIS ID of the account merged into. This is fine if this is in fact the login used to enr...

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Problem statement: My employer is planning to offer same courses in different time zones through 3rd parties. Each 3rd party will be services with a separate sub-account. The time zone for these sub-a...

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Problem statement: As a third-party publisher, we frequently hear from educators and students about limitations when using external tools within Canvas courses. Specifically, the current iframe size c...

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Problem statement: Students often rely on the All Courses listing in Canvas to confirm that their enrollment is up-to-date, or as an easy place to see the courses they've completed. Since all of their...

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Problem statement: Hello, this suggestion applies to the 2024 Canvas (new version): In the Discussion assignments, sometimes, AFTER a student has correctly submitted their original posting in response...

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Problem statement: In calendar events there is an option to add bigbluebutton for an individual event, but this isn't available for the appointment group scheduler. Appointment group scheduler is used...

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Problem statement: The problem when navigating and viewing a page, a user must scroll down to get to the navigation button [Previous] & [Next] to navigate one page ahead or back. The problem with that...

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Problem statement: Currently, when a Canvas user is created, their default profile picture is their initials. However, the default settings aren't inclusive of different naming traditions and last nam...

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Problem statement: Sometimes staff leave or have something more unfortunate happen. We don't want to delete their account (as we need to keep a history of marking etc.) but often they are enrolled as ...

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Problem statement: Would be useful to be able to change which module appears at the top of the modules page to prevent students having to scroll down - especially where there are weekly modules, durin...

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Problem statement: We would like to inquire if there is a functionality within Canvas that allows administrators or instructors to receive email notifications once a user completes all the modules and...

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Problem statement: I am in the process of inserting new assignments into my modules. The problem is that each time I add to the module the new assignment/page/header adds to the bottom of the module. ...

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Problem statement: Since I expand on my Canvas course each year, I would like to see what I already have before I continue to add to the module without going through the whole module and looking at ea...

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Problem statement: Student completion of multi-part assignments benefit from a series of reminders linked to the same canvas activity. For example, after submitting a rough draft, students may be assi...

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Problem statement: Associating blueprint courses as new courses are created requires upkeep and checking for new courses. Proposed solution: It would be great if we could associate blueprints to a co...

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Problem statement: Gradebook filters allow instructors to select a sub-set of assignments to view. However, the button created by the filter is only there to turn it off. Once used, the button disappe...

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Problem statement: The gradebook currently presents a very long scroll when all assignments are posted. Proposed solution: Allow as an option (for non-touch screen use,) a toggle to a "condensed view...

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Problem statement: Module rules using "score at least" currently only refer to a number of points. The calculation of points may change when quizzes are updated resulting in a need to revise the modul...

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