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Problem statement: In the Discussion Redesign, newly posted comments include a temporary light blue background to highlight the new post. The highlight does not appear to be "even" with the rest of th...

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Problem statement: We need the ability to restrict students from downloading PDFs in their courses. Many of these PDFs are purchased and licenses per user. Giving the student ability to download and d...

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Problem statement: I am using new quizzes with Respondus, a lockdown browser. I use formula questions and randomize the order of questions and shuffle choices. About 1/3 of my class has issues with Re...

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Problem statement: In the Traditional Gradebook in Canvas students are sorted alphabetically. There is also the functionality to change how they are sorted (by SIS ID, etc.). However, they are not sor...

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Problem statement: The current New Analytics report is very limited. When checking the Weekly Online Activity graph, instructors can only see the overall trend of student activities, such as going up ...

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Problem statement: We are seeing inconsistent "select course content" copy behaviors when using the "Import Content into This Course" button and are requesting improvements. If a content item selected...

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Problem statement: Currently, we are limited in the data we can store about a course/section based on the available Canvas course/section settings. Thus, we rely on following strict naming conventions...

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Problem statement: When using the speedgrader to grade quiz submissions it is easy to accidentally enter points into the fudge points section rather than the final question. Proposed solution: As a u...

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Problem statement: Currently, in course "Settings", the only "Format" options available for selection are: "Not Set", "On-Campus", "Online", and "Blended". We have may more delivery methods than just ...

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Problem statement: To Do and Feedback missing in Canvas for Elementary. Proposed solution: Bring the TO DO List to Canvas for Elementary replacing Important Dates pane. More specifically bring Feedba...

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Problem statement: When an instructor imports a course that has the Missing Policy enabled e.g., to award zeros for missing assignments AND does not use the functionality to adjust or remove due dates...

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Problem statement: When labeling a course as creative commons, we are supposed to attribute the content to the author. I believe that the lack of attribution is causing many instructors to violate the...

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Problem statement: Right now the only option for teachers to use a video recording for a New Quiz is to have the students use a third party program and then upload it as a submission in a New Quiz. P...

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Problem statement: The current Set Default Grade feature only works on cells where the assignment HAS NEVER RECEIVED A GRADE. That is to say, if an instructor has ever inadvertently entered a grade, b...

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Problem statement: When applying a blueprint navigating to the blueprint course, selecting the Associations( blue icon) The courses list are not in order of either title, short name. Proposed solutio...

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Problem statement: The introduction of the possibility to Assign a page to specific people is a great addition, but when viewing the page there is no direct information that this feature has been used...

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Problem statement: We have a Canvas course with over 2000 students enrolled. We use the appointment_groups function to allow students to book individual oral exam times. We need a way to export to CSV...

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Problem statement: Canvas recently added the timer function to announcements. This is a function instructors have requested for many years. The problem with the new timer is once the announcement "clo...

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Problem statement: The engineers need to fix a major flaw with the grade book sorting. As soon as I change the "due date" for different classes, it screws up the "sort by date" feature in the Grade bo...

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Problem statement: When grading in Speedgrader, it would be a really nice function to PAUSE the recordings and not just END them. As someone who teaches writing-heavy content (essays and such), it wou...

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