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Problem statement: Current Dark Mode <--> Light Mode Browser switching does not invert images with success. I have a low-vision student who needs dark mode and image inversion. While I have the tools ...

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Problem statement: Currently, Canvas doesn't have a drafts folder, nor auto-save feature. In the event of errors/bugs/power loss, email drafts are lost. A significant bug occurs with print dialog box....

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Problem statement: In a large course of all 5,500 students, our counselors want to send a message to a random selection of students. To do this, they have to hand-pick the names from the large list, t...

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Problem statement: It is very time consuming when teacher look up each student's log. Proposed solution: It would be nice to have an asterisk in the gradebook or something that signifies that there w...

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Problem statement: Why is Speedgrader hidden under the three mystery dots in a discussion? Surely the vast majority of people going into a published discussion either want to edit it or grade it. How ...

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Problem statement: Allow a question to be able to generate multiple random values, let's say the following variables `a`, `b`, and `c`. The other parts of this question can have varying types of quest...

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Problem statement: I teach 3 courses via Canvas. For my large undergraduate course I have teaching assistants to do the grading. For my small graduate courses I do the grading. However, I never see no...

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Problem statement: There are cases where we handle a lot of classes containing a lot of students. And during assessment, we assign a certain class or individual on a certain date and time based on the...

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Problem statement: Having to open a side-panel to mark work late when it's a paper assignment is a really big hassle (especially when you have over 200 students at a high school level). Trying to flic...

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Problem statement: Auditing the quiz logs can sometimes be used to the detriment of the student if they are used for verifying academic integrity without taking into consideration the limitations. Als...

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Problem statement: There is no way to export the quiz student analysis report if there are less than 3 submissions. Notice: "Less that 3 New Quiz respondents leads to this message: "There is not enoug...

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Problem statement: I would like to propose an option in Canvas LMS to lock an assignment for any future submissions. while not interfering with the due date or "available until" option. This feature c...

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Problem statement:  I can't find any other good way to indicate a repeating decimal number. Slash/strike-through would be helpful too for indicating the cancelling out of elements in ratios such as th...

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Problem statement: Problem description: When course shells were created for the upcoming term, some current courses "disappeared" from Faculty Dashboards. Use Case: When Summer and Fall courses were "...

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Problem statement: I am very happy to see that Group Sets now copy from one course to a new course, and that they are applied to the same assignments. This definitely saves time when setting up course...

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Problem statement: The Roll Call Attendance tool allows teachers and TA's to give individual scores for attendance. These scores are then averaged together to create one score for the assignment it is...

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Problem statement: Students are submitting quizzes without giving the quiz an honest try to just get past it. A student submitted a quiz in 20 seconds to get past it so they could get to the next assi...

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Problem statement: In new quizzes, I love using the stimulus feature where you can put out a situation and add questions to it. Many times I would like to change the situation, but ask the same questi...

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Problem statement: I'm shocked to hear from support that we cannot allow the "teacher" role to rename courses at the subaccount level. It is only available at the top account level. This prevents admi...

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Problem statement: We like that instructors can submit on behalf of students, but occasionally they submit to the wrong student. We do not want instructors to be able to delete submissions made BY stu...

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