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Problem statement: As a student, I want to be able to download my certificate as a PDF rather than print immediately. As a student, I want to be able to download my certificate as a PDF so that I can ...

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Problem statement: Currently, it's relatively easy to accidentally overwrite a previously posted grade in a gradebook assignment column. I've done this once or twice when updating a missing assignment...

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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: Opening/uploading multiple files greatly reduces efficiency. Proposed solution: A scanner native to the Canvas app should be able to save multiple images to a single file -- as is ...

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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: For K-5 schools using the Canvas Elementary Experience, in the Canvas Parent App, elementary parents see the tabs: grade, syllabus, and summary. For middle and high schools, not usi...

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Problem statement: When parents set up their 'observer' account in the Canvas Parent app, they only see announcements that teachers send out after they join. Any announcements sent out before they set...

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Problem statement: In the Canvas Parent app, notifications are turned off by default in the settings of the app. This may cause parents to miss course announcements. Proposed solution: Instead of the...

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Problem statement: Parents can't see global notifications in the Canvas Parent app. Currently, they can only see course announcements. With most parents using a mobile device to observe their child in...

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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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