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Problem statement: Hi! When you are editing your course, it is often useful and necessary to view the final product in student view. However, to make edits, you need to turn off student view. This mea...

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Problem statement: I have been using hotspot questions for over 3 years to great success in my courses (with 300 or more students). I recently was informed by several students completing the practice ...

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Problem statement: Maybe I'm missing it, but I don't see the point biserial data in the item analysis? This is a requirement listed in the AZBN advisory opinion: https://azbn.gov/sites/default/files/A...

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Problem statement: In New Quizzes, you can export the quiz and answers as a pdf, but not rationales. I often have to update rationales with AI or analyze them to update the test plan, but have to cut ...

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Problem statement: I would like the ability to have an assignment flagged as AI detected in students textbox submissions. Turnitin shows plagiarism review, but I strictly want AI detected. Also, the a...

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Problem statement: New quizzes does not support the html code for tabs: Page1Page2Page3Page4Page5Page6Page7Page8 Page 1 Insert Content Page 2 Insert Content.  Page 3 Insert Content Page 4 I...

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Problem statement: New quizzes is still missing NCLEX style question item types. I'm not sure which idea was deployed Proposed solution: Ensure all NGN item types are available in New quizzes. See Ev...

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Problem statement: After half a decade of waiting for advanced quiz results features in New quizzes, the option ONCE AFTER X ATTEMPT was added to everything except viewing the quiz questions. Nursing ...

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Problem statement: There is not currently a feature that only allows students to view quiz questions ONCE AFTER AN ATTEMPT, and nursing faculty cannot do quiz reviews because students will steal and s...

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Problem statement: Have you ever been writing content for a page and realized that you need another new page? Wouldn't it be great if you could quickly create a new blank page as a placeholder, but co...

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Problem statement: Currently, the Canvas Assignments page defaults to “Show by Date,” and while it may remember a user’s last selected view within the same browser or session, this behavior is not con...

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Problem statement: Late Policies are an all-or-nothing policy that apply to ALL assignments globally. It would be great to be able to specify some assignments (or assignment groups) to be treated with...

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Problem statement: When I want to push out a Google Doc for students to write an essay in I do so through the Google LTI. This is convenient because I can check in on my students' writing progress thr...

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Problem statement: When I post comments in my Rubric and click the checkbox stating "Save this comment for reuse", the comment is available to reuse for that specific assignment ONLY. Even though I ca...

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Problem statement: In gradebook the option to post grades for an assignment or quiz is labeled "Post Grades" This is confusing and scary to new users. It actually doesn't post the grades but brings up...

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Problem statement: The name for Group on the Assignment Index page should be changed. This name can be easily confused with Groups of People and Group Assignments. Proposed solution: I propose that t...

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Problem statement: As a K-12 district that has quarterly grading periods, there are times when an assessment falls near the closing of a grading period. This poses a problem as students are expected t...

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Problem statement: The "learning_outcome_link_created" event is only fired after creating an Outcome which is linked to an Outcome Group at creation. Aligning an Outcome to a piece of content does not...

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Problem statement: New Analytics has some very important information. In addition to grades, the information about weekly activity and students is very helpful. However, the presentation and access le...

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Problem statement: It is good practice to ensure that rubrics are aligned with grades. While not every instructor would want to use this, Instructure should make it easy for those who do. Proposed so...

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