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Problem statement: In Canvas Credentials, the format of date variables displayed on certificates (e.g. Issue Date or Expiry Date) is determined by the language settings in the browser of the user who ...

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Problem statement: We have been using the Credentials API to pull in assertion records nightly into a local database for advanced analytics and automated awarding of new credentials. Last night, our e...

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Problem statement: CC Support ticket - ref:!00DA00Ibsk.!500TU08ivHJ In CC portal, we have defined the administrators (eg User A and B) for the issuers. After the Canvas integration with CC, we realize...

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Problem statement: Badgr's reports do not align with the Canvas gradebook exports. These are the ways that they differ: - Inactive students are included in badge reports and excluded from gradebook re...

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Problem statement: There is currently no way to export an organization-wide assertion list. Our university uses a centralized admin model, where only one office is authorized to issue badge assertions...

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Problem statement: Currently I handle all the reporting of badge awards for my school which means I'm responsible for tracking the data for all 20+ issuer groups. As an admin, if I want to collect and...

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Problem statement: On the student view on Credentials, the 'requirements' and 'how do I earn this badge' field state that one needs 70%. This is inconsistent with the admin view which states that ' a ...

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Problem statement: System admins need to access each Issuer individually in order to update the certificates. For organisations with multiple issuers, this can be quite a task. Proposed solution: Rat...

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Problem statement: If a badge has no expiry date set – the certificate still lists the ‘Expiry Date’ followed by a blank. Proposed solution: Develop dynamic settings on certificates, that pull only t...

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Problem statement: The count of badges awarded by the organization does not appear on the dashboard. If I want to quickly report on the number of badges awarded during a quarter or a year, I cannot qu...

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Problem statement: We are using the Canvas Credentials (Badgr) integration in Blackboard Ultra. For one of our certificate program assignments, we have the grade set to display in the gradebook to the...

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Problem statement: We have professors who use an excused absence policy where students will have 3 excused absences before their grade starts to be affected. These professors would like to use this po...

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Problem statement: At the moment the only two roles in Canvas LMS recognized by Canvas Credentials are Instructor and Student. Currently, observers are not able to access the Credentials area within a...

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Problem statement: Presently, when multiple certificate templates are required for a single course, the only recourse is to create a version of the same badge for each template. Consequently, all badg...

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Problem statement: Issuers cannot export badge fields, public URLs (path=unique identifier), or custom content unless the badge has been awarded. This makes QA and record-keeping difficult. Other badg...

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Problem statement: Amendments to a student's name in Canvas does not sync with the Credentials roster once the roster has already been set-up. Instead when an instructor awards a credential, the crede...

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Problem statement: As a student, I want to be able to request a name change on a credential that has already been issued to me. Changing the preferred name in the user account doesn't update credentia...

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Problem statement: As an administrator, I want to be able to resend the initial credentials email a student receives. Students sometimes miss/do not receive the email and having an option available to...

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Problem statement: Currently Canvas Credentials is pulling through the names of inactive students into the Canvas Credentials roster when awarding badges, running the risk of awarding badges to studen...

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Problem statement: Currently when a Canvas course turns to read-only access, this unenrolls all students in the course and the Credentials roster data other than inactive students. Students can then o...

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