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Problem statement: Anonymous grading and group assignments are incompatible. We have group assignments in some science courses where a lab group needs to submit an assignment as a group. However, we w...

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Problem statement: Currently activity made in Student View remains in the course after resetting Student View. This is misleading as Student View activity is expected to be temporary activity used for...

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Problem statement: It is presently impossible to select a "Course Collection" as a destination for the "Move to..." function. This is true whether the video source is "My Library" or another "Course C...

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Problem statement: Working with default views and drag and drop for ordering in modules is a pain, especially when reorganizing. Proposed solution: Create sticky filtered views that would allow the u...

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Problem statement: You are an instructor. You see a list of ungraded assignments. You see three ungraded proposals, and two ungraded journals. You grade the proposals and when you have graded the last...

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Problem statement: The Canvas search function for files will report hits, i.e., the files that match your search criteria, but not report the directory or folder in which the file is located. It would...

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Problem statement: When creating a module, it always goes to the bottom of the screen. Proposed solution: When creating a module, it automatically puts it at the bottom of the list. Please, put a men...

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Problem statement: Students using AI and other forms of academic dishonesty harm students who do not by posting content they did not create themselves. This content, which often vacuous and incorrect,...

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Problem statement: A "Recent Announcements" heading appears at the top of a home page when the "Show recent announcements on Course home page" settings is enabled -- however it displays even if there ...

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Problem statement: Currently, there are many options to adjust notification settings for a teacher - whether for the whole account or individual courses. These include some about submission of assignm...

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Problem statement:   There are a couple of related issues: 1. Subaccounts are not given placeholder account_ids / account SIS IDs when they are created. (For a related discussion, see https://communi...

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Problem statement: Currently in Canvas catalog, when customizing emails, we are limited to variables such as catalog, user, course name, and account. This limitation has required us to send out additi...

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Problem statement: Currently I handle all the reporting of badge awards for my school which means I'm responsible for tracking the data for all 20+ issuer groups. As an admin, if I want to collect and...

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Problem statement: Delete multiple files quickly Proposed solution: Hi, I would like to clean up the files folder which has many files from previous semesters. I would like a checkbox in front of eac...

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Problem statement: Canvas does not allow multiple dropdown questions to be regraded. Instead, the original answer is always shown, and the instructor has no ability to change it, even before students ...

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Problem statement: It seems not possible to make a timeslot in the calendar unavailable as a teacher. I made timeslots for my students and most of them managed to reserve a slot but some sent me an e-...

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Problem statement: When self enrollment is enabled, there is not a course enrollment limit. the number of students enrolled in a course can get out of hand quickly. Proposed solution: Admin and lectu...

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Problem statement: Currently our institutional imports a specific grade scheme from our SIS (student information system - banner) for each course. These schemes are mandated by the university and "sho...

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Problem statement: Aligns the Gradebook with institutional policies that prioritize certain assessments as critical determinants of course competency. Provides a clear and automated process for implem...

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Problem statement: Problem Description Students often fail to upload files and prepare to submit their exams before the quiz time ends. This results in students missing the end of the exam time limit,...

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