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Problem statement: Observations on the way that students access annotated feedback sn the Canvas Student app. In brief: There are more clicks for students to work through to access the annotations. It...

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Problem statement: It is much harder for teachers who are using Canvas for Elementary to publish a course in Canvas. Proposed solution: Please put a "publish" button on unpublished course cards in Ho...

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Problem statement: Right now, it is hard for Instructors to distinguish between sections of a class with the same title when using the Inbox for messaging. For example, three sections of ECON 101 will...

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Problem statement: The Text Header module item is often used by faculty members to provide quick, additional information to users, and not always as a sub-header for the module. Because of this, the s...

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Problem statement: Can we please make the "View Feedback" button bigger? My students have a very difficult time knowing where to go to see my comments with highlights on their submissions because the ...

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Problem statement: When the Canvas Account settings has "User avatars" no enabled (not ticked), avatars are not displayed in user profiles. However, a link to remove/report avatars remains under where...

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Problem statement: We would like to use the status of "invited" when enrolling via SIS Import file so that the user is not silently enrolled in the course but will see the Invite at the top of Canvas....

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Problem statement: I teach music and students submit assignments that have multiple files, including audio/video and PDF components. Therefore the media submission option does not work for these assig...

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Problem statement: School administrators would like to have a link to the school's daily announcements visible as a Global Announcement. However, to make this work, it really would need to be a reoccu...

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Problem statement: Students who have approved extra time limit and availability window on either Classic Quizzes/new quizzes or canvas assignments only see a relative time limit AND due date AND from ...

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Problem statement: I have just noticed that I must scroll down to see the "Submit" button at the bottom of the speedgrader right pane. If I did not know it was there, I would have missed it. I am not ...

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Problem statement: The students do not see any indication within their grades overview that feedback has been left on individual questions within a New Quiz. Proposed solution: If feedback on an indi...

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Problem statement: In SpeedGrader there is currently a few too many clicks for a grader's feedback on an individual question within New Quizzes to be properly saved, leading to faculty spending a sign...

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Problem statement: Currently, an Incomplete in the gradebook is set to a 0% of the grade for the assignment. While there are times when this is appropriate, often instructors what an Incomplete to cou...

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Problem statement: When a teacher add a new announcement by default it is sent to all sections. When that teacher has limited access to some sections and therefore to a limited number of students, the...

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Problem statement: In the History tool within the global navigation bar of Canvas, users can view their recent activity by scrolling through the list. However, when scrolling to the bottom of the list...

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Problem statement: Currently, when a teacher adds a student to an unpublished course in Canvas, the status next to the student's name appears as "Pending". This creates confusion because it implies th...

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Problem statement: Currently, in Canvas Studio, users can edit media and replace thumbnails by clicking the three-dot menu on a video tile. However, renaming a video is not an option in this menu. To ...

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Problem statement: When using the Quick Grader to review assignments quickly, frequently clicking at the top of the page to choose a new marking tool can be time-consuming. While it might seem minor, ...

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Problem statement: I I have been unable to print any class related document from my iPhone or iPad. No syllabus, no instructions, no other required items can be printed from my mobile devices. Propos...

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