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33 Ideas in: Added To Theme

We have Announcements, we have graded assignments, and we have course grades, so why not add to the widgets for the ToDo List? That way, everyone is able to see the things that they need to do right f...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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When going back and grading late work, I always have to go back and forth from individual assignments to the main grade book, but with 100s of students and a lot of assignments, having to rescroll to ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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In Canvas inbox we should be able to click on a student's name (the sender) and be navigated directly to the info on that student (gradebook, etc.). This should also go for the course (course page). T...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Please make a one-click path back to Home page from gradebook.

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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I like SpeedGrader.  To make it faster, please move the "Next" arrow near the score input box.  I input a grade into the box and then move the mouse up to the top of the screen.  Not a big deal for on...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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When a student joins a self-sign-up group in the People/Groups area a 'visit' link appears next to the name of the group they have joined. They can click on this link to enter the group. However, if t...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Idea So, the idea is pretty straightforward: allowing links on the course navigation to be grouped into submenus.   Reason Why? Any more questions?   Idea Breakdown Grouping Concept While the most ba...

Community Champion Canvas Ideas
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Assignments Page - Needs Arrow or "Next" Button for Easy Scrolling to Avoid Using Back Button Each Time - Please.   On the Assignments page, I currently have about 20 assignments uploaded for the rest...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Hi everyone,   Much like the Listings page in Catalog, see below, we would like to see the same type of link underneath the listing link in the completions tab to go directly to a Canvas course.   Com...

Community Coach Canvas Ideas
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Previously under the title "Link to External URL"   When linking to an external url that Canvas will not (or cannot) embed, link should automatically open in a new tab or window.  Currently, Canvas op...

Community Novice Canvas Ideas
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An ALL COURSES link should be added to the Dashboard.  Either below the course cards, or in the right side navigation.    Students sometime call during the first days of the semester because they cann...

Community Champion Canvas Ideas
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So in my daily duties as Canvas admin I have to search for courses and users over and over again from different locations within Canvas. It would be quite convenient if the 'Find a Course,' 'Find a Us...

Instructure Alumni Canvas Ideas
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It would be great if the breadcrumb trail would follow your navigation correctly when you are working in modules rather than switching to "page", "discussions", "assignments" or whatever you click on....

Community Novice Canvas Ideas
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