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Problem statement: "Test Student" does not show the tools students have at their disposal. Students do not instinctively know canvas, so we need to have the ability to show them from the student persp...

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Problem statement: Students are regularly downloading peer files, commenting on them outside of Canvas, and attaching the reviewed file in the peer review submission comments. Despite our best efforts...

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Problem statement: Instructors sometimes still directly upload large media files (video, audio) directly to the Files area of a Canvas course, when it is more appropriate to upload them to the media s...

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Problem statement: Current Dark Mode <--> Light Mode Browser switching does not invert images with success. I have a low-vision student who needs dark mode and image inversion. While I have the tools ...

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Problem statement: Currently, Canvas doesn't have a drafts folder, nor auto-save feature. In the event of errors/bugs/power loss, email drafts are lost. A significant bug occurs with print dialog box....

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Problem statement: In a large course of all 5,500 students, our counselors want to send a message to a random selection of students. To do this, they have to hand-pick the names from the large list, t...

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Problem statement: It is very time consuming when teacher look up each student's log. Proposed solution: It would be nice to have an asterisk in the gradebook or something that signifies that there w...

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Problem statement: Why is Speedgrader hidden under the three mystery dots in a discussion? Surely the vast majority of people going into a published discussion either want to edit it or grade it. How ...

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Problem statement: Allow a question to be able to generate multiple random values, let's say the following variables `a`, `b`, and `c`. The other parts of this question can have varying types of quest...

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Problem statement: I teach 3 courses via Canvas. For my large undergraduate course I have teaching assistants to do the grading. For my small graduate courses I do the grading. However, I never see no...

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Problem statement: There are cases where we handle a lot of classes containing a lot of students. And during assessment, we assign a certain class or individual on a certain date and time based on the...

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Problem statement: Currently, stickers are only viewable on a laptop for students. Within our district, our primary students are on iPads and log into Canvas using the Canvas Student App. When a teach...

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Problem statement: Having to open a side-panel to mark work late when it's a paper assignment is a really big hassle (especially when you have over 200 students at a high school level). Trying to flic...

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Problem statement: Auditing the quiz logs can sometimes be used to the detriment of the student if they are used for verifying academic integrity without taking into consideration the limitations. Als...

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Problem statement: In the canvas app, the grader displays the submission date and time, and WHETHER the assignment is late. For my purposes, I want to know just how late it is. Proposed solution: Dis...

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Problem statement: The insight log is nearly perfect. All that is missing is the video NAME. As part of course requirements, students must watch videos. The insight log tells me who, when, and how muc...

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Problem statement: There is no way to export the quiz student analysis report if there are less than 3 submissions. Notice: "Less that 3 New Quiz respondents leads to this message: "There is not enoug...

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Problem statement: I would like to propose an option in Canvas LMS to lock an assignment for any future submissions. while not interfering with the due date or "available until" option. This feature c...

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Problem statement:  I can't find any other good way to indicate a repeating decimal number. Slash/strike-through would be helpful too for indicating the cancelling out of elements in ratios such as th...

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Problem statement: Problem description: When course shells were created for the upcoming term, some current courses "disappeared" from Faculty Dashboards. Use Case: When Summer and Fall courses were "...

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