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Problem statement: Messages sent disappear from the inbox Proposed solution: I suggest setting "All Messages" as the default view to display all conversation threads. Users can then have the option t...

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Problem statement: Initially, I found it challenging to figure out how to reply to messages within the inbox, as the current design is not entirely intuitive. Proposed solution: To streamline this pr...

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Problem statement: When users "report a problem" under the sidemenu "Help", admins should get a notification on preferred e-mail so that we don't have to check manually all the time. also the reporter...

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Problem statement: Students often do not read the comments left in Canvas. These comments are intended to support student learning and often serve as necessary feedback for the revision process as wel...

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Problem statement: When an instructor's file names are on the longer side, the full title of the file can get cut off in the Files area depending on screen size. The Files area does not resize in web ...

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Problem statement: I find the design and location of the unread indicator in new discussions to be problematic. I often have a hard time telling which posts have and have not been read because the ind...

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Problem statement: In DocViewer, annotation comments that contain hyperlinks appear as plain text. The viewer needs to copy and paste the link as a workaround. Example: The link in the annotation comm...

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Problem statement: We need to be able to download or export a report from New Quizzes that includes the date and time of submission. This information was included in the reports from Classic quizzes b...

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Problem statement: Current state, when a user uses the @mention feature to mention another user in a discussion, the list that generates provides only the full names (soon to be updated to display nam...

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Problem statement: We have a mandatory attendance policy at our school (many instructors have such policies in their courses even when the school itself does not have a school-wide policy). Currently,...

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Problem statement: Canvas gradebooks only display overall course grades to the hundredths place. Admin and instructors would like to be able to customize this view for themselves and for students/obse...

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Problem statement: Currently if I user has a specified middle name in their 'full name' it's very difficult to search for them and find them based on their name. Because the search box only indexes ba...

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Problem statement: When navigating through the discussion interface using only a keyboard, the focus indicator around buttons does not correctly display. There is insufficient margin/padding around th...

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Problem statement: I can not see all of the points that are available in a course. Example: I go to grades and see that a student has made so many points from the assignments and quizzes that are done...

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Problem statement: Honestly, I am surprised I could not find this idea. Many LTIs involve financial contracts. While most of ours are broad-stroked (cost is not limited by individual activity or user)...

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Problem statement: If you go to Gradebook Settings-->Late policy-->Automatically apply grade for missing submissions, and check it to apply for instance 0 to any missing assignments, then it applies o...

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Problem statement: Often, I struggle with the inbox and figuring out how to work it properly right away. The class cards on the dashboard are already assigned to the teachers you have. Sometimes, I ca...

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Problem statement: I have my gradebook set to drop the lowest score of a category. I can clearly see which score is dropped as it is assigned a color in my gradebook. Students using chromebooks to che...

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Problem statement: There is no point total box at the bottom of the rubric in Speedgrader. I swear it was there before--it doesn't make sense to scroll up to see the total points then back down to the...

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Problem statement: Details The Gradebook setting Automatically applies grades for missing submissions and marks assignments with the desired percentage regardless of their published status. If a teach...

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