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Problem statement: When looking at the Gradebook view the table headers for the grades can show important things like Assignment titles, and total points/scores for that assignment. It would also be u...

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Problem statement: E-mail notifications of Inbox messages sent to students via Canvas do not show the subject line from Canvas in the subject line of the e-mail notification. The only text that shows ...

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Problem statement: When I download a student roster per the steps at https://teacherscollege.screenstepslive.com/a/1286286-download-a-student-roster-in-canvas, I get a file that has a "Student Name" f...

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Problem statement: It's a TEA SpEd requirement that we document the accommodations we provided to a student on every assignment we grade. Currently, that requires going into every assignment in PowerS...

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Problem statement: The grade sync window shows every synced and unsynced assignment. As you progress through the school year, the list of assignments in that window gets long as past assignments that ...

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Problem statement: I would like to combine banks from different units for a tests, but the only way to do this is to add the items individually, which is extremely tedious when combining multiple larg...

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Problem statement: Before the new 2023 Gradebook view, the Student Grades Page allowed you to print a Student Grade Report with all assignment comments visible. You clicked a button to show all commen...

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Problem statement: I would to e-mail students that score in the middle. I can currently e-mail students that do well or that do poorly but not the students in the middle. I would like the option to em...

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Problem statement: Adding fudge points or corrections tkaes too long as you need to scroll to the end of the assignment to get to the fudge points box Proposed solution: Add a fudge box and update sc...

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Problem statement: Our school is contemplating using the Outcomes feature of Canvas to allow accounts to build outcomes that are meant to be part of the program evaluation and not the evaluation of st...

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Problem statement: When looking at student progress in modules, teachers see all the students in their course which can be large (over a hundred students). Proposed solution: Please add an option whe...

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Problem statement: If you click on "Groups" in the main menu in Canvas, all of your groups are listed and all of your groups are also displayed on the dashboard in the Canvas mobile app. Students have...

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Problem statement: Within a crosslisted course, if there are both active AND concluded enrollments for a user, the Canvas Calendar will show events scheduled for both enrollments. The user will also s...

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Problem statement: At the beginning of the term there are multiple tasks that need to be completed. One very important task is publishing courses to start the term. It is very time consuming to have t...

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Problem statement: Working with little ones, it is best to keep things clean and easy to get to. With this in mind, when building lessons within modules, it easier for K-5 students to have all links a...

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Problem statement: We discovered we could not "Submit Assignment on Behalf of Student" for a Moderated Grading assignment -- not even with System Admin rights. We thought it might be because it also w...

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Problem statement: When I add a new comment it appears at the end of the list so I have to scroll down and click it. Proposed solution: I'd like to be able to move a newly added comment up to the top...

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Problem statement: As the number of students who frequently cheat on assignments increases, it has become difficult for me to keep track of the incidents in order to give warnings or report students w...

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Problem statement: Multiple Choice Answers Quiz Values Proposed solution: Is there a way to assign a point value to an answer in multiple choice for one specific question. eg. Question 1: a) 5 marks ...

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Problem statement: Students can post inappropriate messages as an Announcement, to the Student Group they're assigned to. Proposed solution: Create a course permission that allows an Admin to enable/...

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