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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: Problem: The Test Student cannot be enrolled in Groups. Use Case: Instructors are asking how they can "see what someone in a particular group can see in the course". In a cross-l...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Faculty aren't sure of how frequently students access course content on the app vs. computer. Proposed solution: Showing this data would reveal to faculty how students most frequen...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Global announcements only allow for one date range for release. This means that a recurring announcement that needs to be release several times over a few weeks or months must be cr...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Each user only has one portfolio. Many different "projects" can be added to the portfolio but there is no way to group or categorize the projects, they are just all there together. ...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: My teachers often read and respond to Canvas messages through the automated e-mail they get, and rarely go into their Canvas Inbox. At the beginning of the year, they have hundreds ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Currently, when a user account is suspended, the only visual indicator I am aware of is on the Admin view of the user account page, where red exclamation mark appears within in a re...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Students often do not realize there is a way to view their current grades from the Dashboard. The To Do list pushes the View Grades button too far down for them to clearly see it. I...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Due to state testing requirements students can not have access to editing options we would like to have that environment replicated for students in Canvas. Having a toggle option av...

Community Coach Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: In Speedgrader, the sections drop-down displays in order of creation. This leads to an inconsistent user experience and can make it difficult for teachers to find the appropriate se...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: On a Page, I would expect that inserting a hyperlink to a course image would do just that: create a hyperlink that, if clicked on, would open up the image in a new window. Instead, ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: You can't see which assignments have rubrics unless you go into a student view of the gradebook Proposed solution: Add rubric indicators to the assignment list under Assignments an...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Wasted screen space on Gradebook view Inefficient / excessive steps to select Section in Gradebook view Proposed solution: Allow option to deselect current permanent view of "Stude...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Problem: Currently, assignments have to be assigned to student sets (e.g., everyone, section, groups, etc.) individually. When a course is imported from the previous year into the c...

Community Contributor Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: It is so frustrating that when I remove an assignment from a Module, it doesn't just go away. Instead, it goes into Purgatory in the Assignments page. Sometimes I just want to get r...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When duplicating an assignment/quiz, I would like to be able to have the option to copy over multiple due dates that are assigned to original assignment/quiz. Proposed solution: Fo...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When sharing a resource to Canvas Commons, there is a required description text field where the person sharing the resource can provide information about that resource. The text box...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: One of the notes made in the "how do I automatically assign peer reviews" instructor guide states: "If a student has not submitted the assignment or submits the assignment after the...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: We offer some units of study where guest lecturers/tutors teach only one topic within a course. These tutors may then be required to grade a related assessment and do not need to se...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Currently if you share a Canvas Studio with someone else, the quiz will not move with them. At my institution, this is a problem because more than one person edits a course. In addi...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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