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Problem statement: I'm glad that "Build on Last Attempt" is finally implemented and it works as expected. However, it would be great to also carry forward the grader's feedback from previous attempts ...

Community Coach Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When a learner opens a New Quiz that they have already completed, it is not immediately obvious that they already completed that quiz. The only way they can determine that the quiz ...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Faculty creating a matching question on a Classic Quiz can provide student feedback for an individual question/answer pair that displays when a student answers incorrectly. The feed...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Student feedback for matching questions in New Quizzes does not offer the same level of detail as the feedback options in Classic Quizzes. Instructors use that detailed feedback in ...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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I like to give students a studio video as feedback in Quizzes. It works great in Classic quizzes, but apparently the studio quiz isn't compatible with the feedback box in New Quizzes. I've been workin...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Now that New Quizzes are (finally!) being integrated into the module progression, it would be helpful to have the option to add feedback for students to see after submission. Just like the existing St...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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In both Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes, students see the version of a quiz as it existed when they started taking it. If questions are changed or feedback is added after students start the quiz, only...

Community Contributor Canvas Ideas
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In classic quizzes, the multiple answer question type allows instructors to preload student feedback for every answer choice, just like with ordinary multiple choice questions. That feature has been e...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Please include the ability for teachers to select "View Feedback Once After Each Attempt" in New Quizzes! If we lose this feature with New Quizzes, I don't know what we are going to do! I'm adding thi...

Community Contributor Canvas Ideas
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Completing assessment online is fast becoming the norm in Australia, and our students are expected to complete a range of tests via this method, including extended writing pieces. In order to prepare ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Many times, we write quizzes that get progressively more difficult. I would love a feature where students can get grades as they go on a quiz. In other words, they can submit their answer for question...

Community Novice Canvas Ideas
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At the top of Speedgrader, it's easy to see what answers have not yet been corrected. However, if a student wants to see what he or she got WRONG, it's a slow scroll down the page, especially if they ...

Community Champion Canvas Ideas
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