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Problem statement: Noting that it is possible to see when an individual student viewed their feedback within SpeedGrader, it would be useful to be able to have this information represented for all stu...

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Problem statement: When creating an assignment I'm usually linking to an external tool to do this. For a given course, I typically only have one or two external tools that I link to. However, my insti...

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Problem statement: When initially exploring Canvas Credentials, while setting the trigger for specific assignments to be "Complete item", my thought was that this would be comparable to the Badgr trig...

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Problem statement: When assignments created in Canvas using Google Assignments are not submitted by the due date they are not automatically marked as missing by Canvas. This requires the the teacher t...

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Problem statement: Students struggle to turn on captions due to the non standardized icon for "toggle captions on" versus the universally standard "CC" icon. Resulting in a frustrating hunt for my alt...

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Problem statement: It is not currently possible to customise the emails sent out from Canvas Credentials when a badge is awarded. For example, if we wanted to encourage users to share the badge on Lin...

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Problem statement: When "Export Pairing Codes" is run from the users page in a course, the csv does not include section information. Current fields: Last Name, First Name, Pairing Code, Expires At. Pa...

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Problem statement: Instructors are currently manually checking the word count for discussion posts when grading if they have a minimum word count for students to meet. I've seen the "[Discussions] Mee...

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Problem statement: When adding an outcome to a rubric, there does not appear to be a way to format the text of the outcome criteria or ratings. Evidently this was possible before the recent update. Ev...

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Problem statement: We would like to see more detailed data/logs about awards such as (and not limited to) whether a notification email has been sent to the earners along with the badge award (tick or ...

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Problem statement: In the Announcements page, you have to go in and manually edit each individual announcement. This is tedious and time consuming because I use numerous announcements (at least 20-30)...

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Problem statement: As administrators, we build up the course for the lecturers in the course blueprints which are then sync out to the associated courses when term starts. In the blueprints, we have...

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Problem statement: I cross-link my sections. With the new gradebook layout change, the dropdown menu to select a section has been replaced with filters. There is no way to select more than one section...

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Problem statement: Problem: The Test Student cannot be enrolled in Groups. Use Case: Instructors are asking how they can "see what someone in a particular group can see in the course". In a cross-l...

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Problem statement: Faculty aren't sure of how frequently students access course content on the app vs. computer. Proposed solution: Showing this data would reveal to faculty how students most frequen...

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Problem statement: Global announcements only allow for one date range for release. This means that a recurring announcement that needs to be release several times over a few weeks or months must be cr...

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Problem statement: My teachers often read and respond to Canvas messages through the automated e-mail they get, and rarely go into their Canvas Inbox. At the beginning of the year, they have hundreds ...

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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: 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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