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Problem statement: There is no way to tell if a specific rubric is in use in a course other than manually visiting every gradable assignment/discussion/quiz and checking if the specific rubric is atta...

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Problem statement: When a module has been created and published and you want to publish the course, the 'Choose your start page' pop-up will not be shown. The module page will become your start page, ...

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Problem statement: Hello! Many institutions have standing events that happen year over year. At the college level, this includes enrollment and payment deadlines for students, finals week, commencemen...

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Problem statement: When using the "n Number of Times" calculation method for outcomes, the Learning Mastery Gradebook does not display progress towards "n". Proposed solution: There should be an indi...

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Problem statement: Often times teachers will use titles of assignments or resources that does not fully convey the tool or resource being used, especially with apps or external tools. For example if y...

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Problem statement: Allow HEIC files to be viewed within Speedgrader on PCs without having to download them. Every semester I have students who submit HEIC files using their phones or iPads. If I'm gra...

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Problem statement: In Canvas Quizzes, selecting "Fill in Multiple Blanks" does not allow a "Numerical Answer" option only. Therefore if doing a question that involves filling in a table using numbers ...

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Problem statement: In Canvas > {course} > Settings > Navigation, I can choose which menu items are visible to/ hidden from students. Weirdly, Discussions menu item behaves somewhat differently - even ...

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Problem statement: Canvas Discussions have a cool feature - when creating a discussion, I can choose to "Add to student to-do" with a specific deadline. This is fantastic. Unfortunately, this feature ...

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Problem statement: The way Moderation typically works in many (most?) UK universities is that: while the course may have multiple markers, each submission are marked by ONE marker - i.e., one submissi...

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Problem statement: At the start of the grading period we usually have a bunch of class changes. We also let our teachers cross-list their classes. If we have a student that changes sections in a class...

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Problem statement: Due dates cannot currently be removed from assignments via batch edit if they are set to post to SIS. This requires the user to go to the Assignments page and click the sync icon fo...

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Problem statement: The current options that group messages by zero, greater than and less than cause overlap so students get duplicate messages. Students that haven't turned in assignments also get th...

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Problem statement: When a teacher writes a question in new quizzes and adds it to an item bank, it will allow the teacher to select an outcome from the course or the root account. If the item is edite...

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Problem statement: Teachers in our district would love the ability to stop/pause a student's test/quiz after they start. So many times, a student gets called out of class after starting a test and the...

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Problem statement: By the time we create sections and add students to those, all relevant students are already enrolled in the course. So, then it is a bit of a bummer, having to manually add the stud...

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Problem statement: When students submit their assignments, there are certain basic expectations such as with respect to citations, formatting, and structure, etc. Ideally, one likes to award marks onl...

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Problem statement: Follow on from [Assignments] Moderated Grading: Average Grade..., at our institution, when there are multiple grades, there are some rules-based settlements. Canvas's only multiple...

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Problem statement: At our institution, when there are multiple grades, and the disagreement in the mark awarded by the different graders is within a small range, e.g., 5 marks, then the convention is ...

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Problem statement: When helping with navigation, I cannot use the course link feature to directly link something to the important info page. I can do external link, but then it opens in a new tab whic...

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