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Problem statement: Currently, everything is always shown in full in the list view of the dashboard. This makes the view very cluttered in some cases. Sometimes it can be helpful to be able to focus on...

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Problem statement: The list view on the dashboard gives students the most complete view of all upcoming deadlines. Our students, however, primarily use the to-do list prominently displayed on the dash...

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Problem statement: Students and teachers love what the Canvas Modules Organizer browser extension can do for them. Obviously, this corresponds to a perceived deficit. In particular, the ability to cre...

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Problem statement: When an instructor sets the grade posting policy for an activity or a course to Manual, that preference for a manual release is ignored by the default setting on New Quizzes for "Hi...

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Problem statement: When you export a cartridge that has New Quizzes organized in assignment groups, when you import the cartridge to a new location, it does not retain the assignment group placements....

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Problem statement: The current user interface design of Discussions is confusing for users when a post is deleted. The lack of padding/spacing, borders, or other callouts can make it appear to student...

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Problem statement: Calendar items that are connected to external tools (i.e. - Pearson, ALEKS, etc..) don't "cross out" when students complete them, defeating the purpose of students and other users u...

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Problem statement: The current progress indicator only tells instructors whether an entire module is locked, unlocked, or completed. For modules without conditions, the message "Completed" appears for...

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Problem statement: As soon as students click into a module, they almost immediately lose track of where they are... where in the list of modules, where within a module, how much content is coming, how...

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Problem statement: If you now want to add files to a module at the first level, you can only do this at the very beginning, i.e. when a module is empty. If content already exists, the drag and drop op...

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Problem statement: Some teachers would like to be able to create modules automatically. This would save them having to click to create modules at the beginning of the semester. Proposed solution: Und...

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Problem statement: Some teachers would like to be able to create modules automatically according to course dates. This would save them having to click to create modules at the beginning of the semeste...

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Problem statement: Currently it is not possible to import questions created with R-Exam into Canvas and use them for new quizzes. Here are the technical specifications: https://www.r-exams.org/resourc...

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Problem statement: Depending on whether a student submits a peer review via an assignment, a link in the course to-do list, or a notification, the way the peer review is displayed in SpeedGrader varie...

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Problem statement: There is a big difference in the spacing between paragraphs in Classic and New quizzes. In the Classic quizzes, a slightly larger space is automatically inserted between paragraphs....

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Problem statement: So far, teachers can only choose to ignore the best/worst (overall) scores of activities in assignment groups. But what if students can only achieve a maximum of X points in an assi...

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Problem statement: Faculty are required sometimes to send the Office of Instruction examples of Quizzes, Assignments, Discussions, and or Lecture Items so that the Dean of Instruction can evaluate the...

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Problem statement: Peer review rubrics are only available for students to view after the instructor has completed the rubric for the assignment. Proposed solution: Instructors should be able to confi...

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Problem statement: Inability to remove the History option from the Global Navigation column. Proposed solution: Add an option in account settings to remove the History feature/option from the global ...

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Problem statement: Currently, there is not a way to apply formatting to comments in the SpeedGrader Comment Library. This can make longer comments harder for students to read because the comments are ...

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