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Problem statement: It takes several individual clicks to either mark assignments missing, excused, or zero them out. In our previous LMS, there was a "batch update" function that allowed teachers to s...

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Problem statement: When a user selects Set Default Grade 0, a pop-up window appears listing the number of students affected and one option..."OK". It does not permit the user to cancel this action. Pl...

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Problem statement: Particularly an issue in courses with a large number of enrolments per instructor, it's not always practicable to message large number of students from an individual account. This c...

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Problem statement: In the Canvas Credentials (Badgr) integration, there is a discrepancy between the Course End Date and the Badgr Group End Date. When educators modify the Course End Date to accommod...

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Problem statement: On Catalog admins are able to view analytics... listings, orders, enrollments, users. We have marketing and enrollment personnel who need to know whether specific individuals have e...

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Problem statement: Looking at add this to Canvas Theme titled: Add more options for 'message students who' to gradebook and analytics tools Want the ability for "Message Students Who" to auto add the ...

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This idea has been developed and is On Canvas Beta •  How do I access the Canvas beta environment? For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2025-01-18)    Problem statemen...

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Problem statement: Currently, the Canvas Gradebook has the following statuses available: - Late - Missing - Excused - Resubmitted (I've only seen it in the color settings - never seen it used) - Dropp...

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Problem statement: The only people that have access to the "what-if" grades are students. Our Academic Success Coaches have had the "Act As" permission that we are turning off because of liability iss...

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Problem statement: Students are not required to respond to all questions in a quiz. This can be intentional or non-intentional on the student's part. There is a warning prior to submission, but will s...

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Problem statement: Right now students have to look in multiple places to find feedback: the assignment comments, the rubric, and the written assignment itself. I know students aren't going to all that...

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Problem statement: Canvas allows instructors to select a premade grading schema, or create their own. However, if an instructor wants to share this schema with their students, they must take a manual ...

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Problem statement: When I manually grade an assignment I give points but I'd like to see the grade displayed as a percent in the grade book. This is not currently possible. Proposed solution: For an ...

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Problem statement: When moving through low stakes assignments in the speedgrader, I have to drag the cursor up to the right arrow/next student. arrow and select the next student. It can get tedious. I...

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Problem statement: Students work from the Canvas To-Do list--because it's easier than having to bounce from "classroom" to "classroom" where what they need to do is "buried under 'stuff' " or organize...

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Problem statement: With the increasing use of Canvas Studio to host and share videos, it has become crucial for institutions to be able to embed these videos seamlessly across various platforms. While...

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Idea is currently in development Problem statement:  The introduction of Enhanced Gradebook Filters made the "Arrange By" (sorting) and show/hide options much more difficult to access.   In the Grad...

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Problem statement: We have at least two user for our subcatalog pages, and our Subcatalog admins page has gotten lengthier. During audits of accounts with admin roles, we would like to start including...

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Problem statement: When a Catalog admin creates a promotion, they can only choose from two usage options: one time per user, or unlimited. We have a use case where a Catalog admin wants to share just ...

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Problem statement: Currently, user defined fields are only usable for Catalog instances that utilize the user registration process. For our institution, we are using a third-party service so the user ...

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