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Problem statement: Admins don't have visibility of the SIS import runs; the SIS import screen only shows the latest import and doesn't include the parameters used in the run. The only way to access th...

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Problem statement: Currently we can share our badges using Social Media. This request will ensure we can include the badge as part of an e-mail signature panel. If we want to include the badge in our ...

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Problem statement: When attempting to find a student who needs to have their enrolment restored, when there are large numbers of students who have completed, finding the student is tiresome and error-...

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Problem statement: External users are not required to create a new password on a regular basis which causes potential security issues. In our instance internal users login with single sign on and the ...

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Problem statement: We are trying to create custom Account roles to cater for different support departments in the university. But the 'Admins - Add / Remove' permission isn't fine-tuned enough to allo...

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Problem statement: Currently SAML configuration is synced across instances (Prod/Beta/Test) when refreshed. Ideal these settings would remain unique so they can be utilized and all staff/designers sim...

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Problem statement: When accessing the user profile page, if the user is an Account Admin, the associated Accounts/Sub-Accounts will be displayed in the Enrolments/Accounts section (https://yourinstanc...

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Problem statement: Signing up for appointment slots continues to be confusing for students, due to the poor user experience in the Calendar tool and the easy to miss link in notifications. There needs...

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Problem statement: There is currently no time zone column for course sis imports. Our courses are in different time zones. The default for our system is Pacific. If we want to import courses for the c...

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Problem statement: The terms in the Proficiency Rating table are editable and so do not have to use the word "Mastery." However, the terns used wherever outcome achievement is calculated do use the wo...

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Problem statement: I love roll call attendance because it is a great record of who was in the room on a particular day. But, I want it to be MORE useful.  Through the settings, we can set the value fo...

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Problem statement: I have teachers that teach the same course, but different content within the course. At the beginning of Quarter 4, our last school quarter they have the students rotate classes. Th...

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Problem statement: Observers should be able to see student entries in Calendar. Currently they can't view what a student enters. Why? Proposed solution:Allow observers to view what students have enter...

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Problem statement: When teachers use the course import tool to import entire courses or course content into a new course, they currently do not have the option to unpublish the course content in bulk....

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Problem statement: I would like Canvas to add a feature allowing instructors to see an access report for entities such as assignments, announcements, and rubrics. Currently, we are able to see individ...

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Problem statement: Availability of CD1 or CD2 resources are limited outside of technical documentation on how to download and basics of storing in a database. Would be extremely helpful to provide add...

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Problem statement: When clicking the pathway under Pathway progress, viewers should see a list of students, not the pathway flow. Group progress>Badge Progress> Clicking any badge allows viewers to se...

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Problem statement: Instructors struggle to understand the < symbol in grade ranges. It is confusing to see the range (20 < 18) and understand that 18 would fall into then next range because the range ...

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Problem statement: If you Copy All Content or Import All Content into a course in a new semester, the course copy also copies the settings which include your Grading Policy. In the copy from course, i...

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Problem statement: We don't use Studio at the University of Utah, but our videos are housed in Kaltura. I'd love to see some way to easily create transcripts of the auto-generated captions in My Media...

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