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Problem statement: The student does not see the question type before answering the questions in the quiz, a student wants to now before they answer if it is possible to answer with many answers or jus...

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Problem statement: I just discovered today that a Teacher can remove an assignment and all the students' submissions to that assignment, and grades for those submissions from their Canvas course. They...

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Problem statement: RIght now sub-collections cannot be added within collections in Studio. Proposed solution: Add the ability to create sub-collections within collections in Studio, please. User rol...

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Problem statement: When using "Anonymous grading" in assignments the students are listed in Speedgrader (web) as Student 1, Student 2, etc. But, in the mobile apps they are all listed as Student (with...

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Problem statement: Instructors who are currently using the Bulk Edit tool from the Assignments page are finding that unique changes are difficult to manage as they don't see a student's name and are u...

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Problem statement: LTI 1.3 grade syncs can (and will) push a grade to Canvas regardless of it's due date in Canvas. This should be optional/controlled in canvas if a due date has passed. Additionally,...

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Problem statement: Courses only have their own individual file content storage option. There is no central (organizational) content repository for files and assets to be used inside courses. Many solu...

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Problem statement: When delivering group works, students can invite other members to join the group in the moment of its creation. However, after created, other integrants can only join the group by s...

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Problem statement: When pulling reports from the portal settings, reports tab, I'd like to have the student default email field included in the report data. This would allow ease of use in contacting ...

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Problem statement: In choices for quiz answers, instructors have expressed the ability to have a "wildcard" option. For example, give one of the top ten events we discussed in class. The wildcard woul...

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Problem statement: If you allow instructor permission to add observers to their course, then they are automatically allowed to also add a user as any custom role if it is based on observer. We do want...

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Problem statement: I have created a few observer-based custom roles. In the People page, these all appear listed as "Observing: nobody" instead of the actual name of the role. This has led to a confus...

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Problem statement: No ability to Archive courses without an additional addon being purchased. Proposed solution: I've had a look at the K16's solution but it is still a bit outside of what I feel is ...

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Problem statement: Using the Canvas API, it is possible to determine which accounts, courses, and assignments a rubric is associated with. This is useful when auditing rubric usage. However, when tryi...

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Problem statement: Currently when creating an Outcome, you can enter Proficiency Ratings and points, but there isn't an option to include a long description of a criteria. Thus, when adding Outcomes t...

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Problem statement: To collect Outcomes data, Outcomes are added to a rubric and associated with an assignment. To make sure the grade for the assignment is updated when a rubric assessment is complete...

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Problem statement: If a student was already added to a group and you need to change their group, it can be a tedious process to find the student so they can be re-assigned to another group. All the gr...

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Problem statement: Many students prefer names other that what is listed on their official registration. Sometimes that is as simple as a preferred shortening of their name or a name that they have cho...

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Problem statement: In the Enrollments box of a user's profile there's a long list of every course they have ever been enrolled in. I am unable to sort or filter to narrow down the search, I spend a lo...

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Problem statement: Issuers cannot quickly see which badges are visible or hidden, from the badge list. Proposed solution: Add the visibility icon to the "badgr.com/issuers/.../badges/" table. User r...

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