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Problem statement: Currently, when a user account is suspended, the only visual indicator I am aware of is on the Admin view of the user account page, where red exclamation mark appears within in a re...

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Problem statement: It would be great if teachers, whose school do not want to purchase Canvas for their community, could purchase an individual account to allow access to the amazing features that the...

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Problem statement: Students often do not realize there is a way to view their current grades from the Dashboard. The To Do list pushes the View Grades button too far down for them to clearly see it. I...

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Problem statement: Due to state testing requirements students can not have access to editing options we would like to have that environment replicated for students in Canvas. Having a toggle option av...

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Problem statement: In Speedgrader, the sections drop-down displays in order of creation. This leads to an inconsistent user experience and can make it difficult for teachers to find the appropriate se...

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Problem statement: On a Page, I would expect that inserting a hyperlink to a course image would do just that: create a hyperlink that, if clicked on, would open up the image in a new window. Instead, ...

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Problem statement: You can't see which assignments have rubrics unless you go into a student view of the gradebook Proposed solution: Add rubric indicators to the assignment list under Assignments an...

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Problem statement: Wasted screen space on Gradebook view Inefficient / excessive steps to select Section in Gradebook view Proposed solution: Allow option to deselect current permanent view of "Stude...

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Problem statement: Problem: Currently, assignments have to be assigned to student sets (e.g., everyone, section, groups, etc.) individually. When a course is imported from the previous year into the c...

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Problem statement: It is so frustrating that when I remove an assignment from a Module, it doesn't just go away. Instead, it goes into Purgatory in the Assignments page. Sometimes I just want to get r...

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Problem statement: When duplicating an assignment/quiz, I would like to be able to have the option to copy over multiple due dates that are assigned to original assignment/quiz. Proposed solution: Fo...

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Problem statement: Teachers should be able to sync their assignment categories from PowerSchool prior to their enrollment start date. Currently, PowerSchool through OneRoster requires that the primary...

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Problem statement: Currently we cannot add enrollments to concluded, frozen, out of date, etc., courses. Occasionally we need to do this in order to provide access to source material to new instructor...

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Problem statement: With the OneRoster integration, all grading categories are displayed when using the Sync SIS Categories feature located in Assignments. This occurs whether or not the grading catego...

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Problem statement: One of the notes made in the "how do I automatically assign peer reviews" instructor guide states: "If a student has not submitted the assignment or submits the assignment after the...

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Problem statement Users are given a role when enrolled in a course, but this role is not always the best role for that user to have in all parts of the course. This is most often a problem when there'...

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Problem statement: When building custom roles, restrictions appear to be imposed when selecting permissions due to the base role selected. Canvas does not seem to provide enough flexibility to build r...

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Problem statement: We offer some units of study where guest lecturers/tutors teach only one topic within a course. These tutors may then be required to grade a related assessment and do not need to se...

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Problem statement: Events created on an Account Calendar show up on the calendar itself but do not appear on the dashboard under "Coming Up". We would like to have important dates, like Registration D...

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Problem statement: Can we make Collaborations visible and easy to access for students in courses with Elementary Themes? I can add it as a link in the Resources Tab, but a button or a more obvious lin...

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