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Problem statement: When running reports, a number of fields use SIS or Canvas IDs, and these are not always readily readable when consulting reports Proposed solution: Include the name of objects whe...

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Problem statement: Canvas allows for IP Filters to be saved at the account/subaccount level. These can currently be configured in the Settings tab of any account, under Quiz IP Address Filters. Admins...

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Problem statement: We rely on Blueprint courses and the association and synchronization of course content and activities. Blueprint courses are developed by our IDs and meet our quality standards, inc...

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Problem statement: As a student, I would like to log into Canvas and view my course progress on the course card. Proposed solution: Pulling from course requirements or the gradebook, this information...

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Problem statement: We have multiple teachers on our courses and they can change over time. Teachers who join later may not know if content was originally imported from Commons, and even if they did it...

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Problem statement: There doesn't appear to be the ability to search for content within the published parts of a course, that students have access to, from one central location. The 2 search function o...

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Problem statement: Numeric quiz questions allow one to choose "Precise response" and then choose "Decimal places" or "Significant figures" for the answer. Formula quiz questions allow one to chose "De...

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Problem statement: Students need to be able to view their grades by semester. As a K-12 district that imports terms from our SIS, students can view All Grading Periods or by the quarter. Our students ...

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Problem statement: Blueprint courses are overwriting the associated courses' grade posting policy when set for the entire gradebook if the course settings box is checked from syncing. We would like to...

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Problem statement: Currently, cross-listing of sections is grouped with renaming course sections and changing start and end dates of sections in the sub-permission of Course Sections - edit within the...

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Problem statement: In Canvas, you are able to restrict visibility of users/grades by Section. If you utilize the Badgr add-on, all teachers within a course can see the users, and progress of all stude...

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Problem statement: When developing LTI 1.3 tools a common thing is to need to validate the JWT that is returned at the end of the LTI launch. Existing libraries often assume that the server generating...

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Problem statement: We created a Canvas course in which we house many faculty resources. We want faculty to be able to use the Copy To feature so that it is easy to copy over a quiz or page to their co...

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Problem statement: When a group is used in Canvas, every teacher in the course will get notifications if students use “Announcements” in a group area. Every time a student posts an announcement (or cr...

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Problem statement: I replied to a student's discussion reply and then rethought my reply. I tried to delete my reply and somehow deleted the student's reply. I can not now retrieve that reply. Propos...

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Problem statement: We are using Canvas for department advising. We have students in sections with their advisors and grouped the students by major/minor and year classification in People. This has wor...

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Problem statement: Color coding of the calendar is only by course - Need an option to color code by assignment group (class work, quiz, test, project, etc.) Proposed solution: Is it possible to color...

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Problem statement: Some videos are quite long, and for review purposes, as well as for finding the particularly relevant segments, users need to listen to the video perhaps on faster speed, or scroll ...

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Problem statement: We have staff asking what different roles can and cannot do. If I could share a current document (downloaded directly from Canvas), it would be very helpful. Currently I have to cre...

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Problem statement: In New Quizzes there is not an option to allow students to see their overall score without also being able to see the points awarded per question. I would like students to be able t...

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