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Problem statement: On SIS Import screen if no file is chosen and process data is clicked it does not check if file a file has been chosen and still attempts to process Proposed solution: Instead do s...

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Problem statement: As some users have posted, the Comment Library can get large and take too long to search through, thus negating the reason for having pre-written comments. Since many comments are u...

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Problem statement: Currently, the late penalty setting in the gradebook counts all days, including weekends and holidays, in the late penalty deduction. Proposed solution: I would like to see an opti...

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Problem statement: Once an assignment has been created, if your intent is to make it a group assignment, but you forget to click the box, there is no way to change it to a group submission once someon...

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Problem statement: When searching for courses to associate with a blueprint, the term drop down seems to be randomly organized - not alphabetical or by year/term - it seems random and makes it incredi...

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Problem statement: Canvas does not support the new Google Analytics GA4 standard. While Admin Analytics are great, they do not show real-time traffic, where users are logging in from, the technology t...

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Problem statement: Regarding foreign language such as Japanese. The Kanji characters sometimes get garbled when opening the CSV file in Excel. However, that is not an issue with Google Spreadsheet. Mo...

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Problem statement: Our institution’s email communication policy mandates that email from university entities should be directed to university-provided email addresses for all students, faculty and sta...

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Problem statement: When I am searching for a course (for ex., to copy a page/module to another course) or for a rubric ( the find a rubric feature), I get a list of all courses that I have taught and ...

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Problem statement: Our institution has a password standard that requires a minimum of 15 characters, can't be a previously used password, no common phrases, etc. While that is enforced for all our int...

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Problem statement: Please put back the score a student received when we send a message in the gradebook. For example, I send a message to everyone who missed an exam, then I also send a message to eve...

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Problem statement: In the gradebook, it would be easier to flag students who are struggling if I could visually see it. The grades can be sorted, but if I want to keep students in alpha order, it woul...

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Problem statement: Currently, modules exist in isolation of each other. Teachers at our school typically make each week a new module. However, it is difficult for students to see their weekly modules ...

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Problem statement: Learning coaches/guardians/parents want the ability to see if and/or when students have looked at each lesson/page/assignment and how long they spent on each item. New Analytics all...

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Problem statement: We are currently in the process of coming up with a solution to update the Canvas avatars of students based on their SIS profile picture in Synergy. We have been able to come up wit...

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Problem statement: In the Attendance tool in a web browser, the 'mark all as present' tool is immediately below the dropdown menu to change the current class section. When moving quickly, it is too ea...

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Problem statement: Allow sub-account Admins to reset student passwords. Proposed solution: Since sub-account Admins already have permission to view the "People" section of the sub-account, they shoul...

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Problem statement: Question types are not robust enough for math teachers. Cannot use formulas inside math editor/latex and ask the students to enter a math answer. For example, a math teacher cannot ...

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Problem statement: I would like to be able to see a full view of all students attendance report, including badges, as a whole class without having to click on each individual student on the attendance...

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Problem statement: Currently, the Canvas SIS integration rostering feature will import data collected from your SIS as-is without further validation. This is generally desired and expected for a sched...

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