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Problem statement: The Canvas SIS Integration does not currently sync assignments to a connected SIS until at least one graded submission exists. I'd like to request a feature that would allow the syn...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When a link is 'featured' in the help menu, the panda with the map shows up. This panda is not very specific to the link that is featured, making the 'featured' link actually less v...

Channel Partner Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When reviewing the file upload when designing and deploying a theme, I can't see what file I've uploaded to the CSS and JS options as the entire non-resizing box is taken up by the ...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: I have been using Canvas and SpeedGrader to grade *.java files for the past 2 years. The files are essentially text files with a different extension. If the submission used a *.tx...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Without confirmation, teachers are in doubt as to whether the new grade was actually updated. Proposed solution: The idea from one of our professors is that when updating scores, a...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When students are manually added to a course via the Canvas GUI, they receive a course invitation and Professors/TAs get an email notification that "_______ has accepted the invitat...

Community Champion Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Students rarely notice when they get an "incomplete" assignment with feedback on what to change. Currently there isn't much difference between missing and incomplete. Proposed solu...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: I've been part of a self-paced AP Computer Science A class on Canvas for the past year, and there has been a feature missing that has been bothering me. I am graduating next year an...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Currently, allowing students to change their display names on Canvas is an "all or nothing" proposition. Either administrators allow all students to change their display names, or n...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: For videos in Canvas Studio, which I post to pages, I receive data in "Insights" about students who have watched the video. It also includes the percentage that they watched, with a...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: The highest grade is not recorded in the grade book after late penalties are applied. Y'all have some great code for many items, so I know you can create a way for the grade book to...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: There is checkbox in Account Settings for "Don't let teachers rename their courses." If this box is *unchecked,* then teachers are able to change the name of their course and also t...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Power Law is used to accurately measure a student's progress toward the standard at any time. PL gives the most recent assignments each term greater weight than earlier efforts towa...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Provide data per course on number of Assignment Groups in each course, so those with excessive Assignment Groups could be investigated further. Proposed solution: After migrating c...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: We use a few custom student roles in our Canvas account, and it would be extremely helpful to be able to see how those different populations are engaging with Canvas. Proposed solu...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: In new Admin Analytics there is no way to save the filter options you select. Proposed solution: Allow Admins to save filter options in new Admin Analytics to save time when review...

Community Coach Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Teachers are not able to sync grades to our SIS with the grades passback feature in the Canvas mobile app. Currently, they can only perform this action via a web browser. Proposed ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: To properly manage and optimized storage usage, user quota must be set based on the actual needs and storage behavior of users. But without this information, user quota settings wil...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: In a Course that uses Groups, you may have a Navigation option (ex: Collaborations) that is turned off for Students etc, in the normal course but once the Student goes into their Gr...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Many LTI tools seem to be unable to properly determine the section that a student is in based on an LTI launch. There are a number of similar ideas that have already been submitted:...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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