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Problem statement: Currently there does not appear to be a way of downloading instructor feedback for a quiz, i.e., as a CSV file. This is a limitation as it means it is not easy to share the feedback...

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Problem statement: I like the idea of having a Notes field in the Gradebook. It's a good place to put reminders about the student, such as "student has IEP" or "sick for a week, give extra time on ass...

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Problem statement: In the Canvas Inbox, the "message sent" popup notification covers the buttons for a few seconds. After sending a message, the next thing I want to do is archive the message, but the...

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Problem statement: I accidentally imported a whole course into an existing one because the default for importing course content is important all course content.  Proposed solution: How about not havi...

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Problem statement: If the document preview on a page is resized (such as making the preview of a PowerPoint taller to see more at once without going fullscreen) the sequence footer (the footer with "p...

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Problem statement: The Auto grading and Status* for missing/late External Tool Submissions (Google Assignments) are not working. For example, I have a google doc linked through External Tools to creat...

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Problem statement: Currently, the Course Activity report only looks back 2 or 4 weeks. This is a bit dangerous as it leaves out the contributions made earlier in the semester. Proposed solution: Is t...

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Problem statement: As an admin, I have received numerous inquiries from instructors about how to collect data on student interactions within a page. Currently, Course New Analytics only reports the co...

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Problem statement: When editing a page with a lot of pictures and text I often find the height of the input field is too small. With the RCE tool there is only 400 pixels. It feels like working in a l...

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Problem statement: After an assignment is locked, students can no longer submit but can view all details, attachments and directions to an assignment. Proposed solution: After an assignment lock date...

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Problem statement: Students are meant to self-assign into different groups depending on presentation topic/tutorial number. I want to make groups with different names, eg: 10 topicONE groups, 10 topic...

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Problem statement: When there are a lot of resources in a Canvas site, it is hard to find metrics on specific resources. If an instructor is looking for Page Views or an actual page, and not an assign...

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Problem statement: Teacher cannot see what is "synced" to our gradebook from the module view. You have to click on each individual assignment to see what is synced and what is not synced. You can go t...

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Problem statement: When importing from Moodle version 4 or later into Canvas, classic quizzes are created using the first version of a question, not the latest. (Moodle introduced a question versionin...

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Problem statement: Students have to click on each assignment to see if they have completed it already. Proposed solution: Change the color of a quiz or assignment title blue in the modules menu when ...

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Problem statement: Instructors are reporting students pasting AI-generated responses as their replies to Canvas Discussions. This is discouraging the instructors from using the feature at all. Discuss...

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Problem statement: A Canvas Studio user's content has been shared with multiple courses without their acknowledgment. They request Canvas Studio Admin's to remove their content from the courses. Canva...

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Problem statement: Responsive layout of externally hosted web-content, embedded into Canvas with an iframe, is impossible under the current CSS allowlist restrictions. Allowing the use of the "aspect-...

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Problem statement: Teachers upload 1.5 GB files to Canvas. We would like a way to stop this during the file upload process. Proposed solution: Like course quota, there should be a file size limit tha...

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Problem statement: When I press publish on an item, it is not visible for my students because a module does not automatically publish when the items are checked and listed as accessible for students. ...

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