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Problem statement: Issuers cannot quickly see which badges are visible or hidden, from the badge list. Proposed solution: Add the visibility icon to the "badgr.com/issuers/.../badges/" table. User r...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Currently, in Canvas Credentials, each badge or pathway needs its own Issuer to be created. It would be nice to be able to nest "sub" Issuers under "master" Issuers to help organize...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Canvas instructors need a quick, clean, verifiable way to see which badges students have earned already outside of their class. And students need a clean, clear path for sharing a B...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: In the Canvas Credentials (Badgr) integration, there is a discrepancy between the Course End Date and the Badgr Group End Date. When educators modify the Course End Date to accommod...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When initially exploring Canvas Credentials, while setting the trigger for specific assignments to be "Complete item", my thought was that this would be comparable to the Badgr trig...

Community Contributor Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: We would like to see more detailed data/logs about awards such as (and not limited to) whether a notification email has been sent to the earners along with the badge award (tick or ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Currently, badges awarded using the Credentials LTI can only be awarded for singular requirements (assignment grade, course grade, module completion). However, in order to have a mo...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Currently in Canvas Credentials, there is a predetermined set of Certificates that can be enabled for use when a badge is awarded. However, these options are not robust enough to me...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Currently, the Badge Design tool in Canvas Credentials is very limited when compared to other badging platforms. The pre-loaded options are very "cartoonish" (rounded shapes and ima...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: When an earner clicks on the share button for one of the social media options, it automatically counts as a share, even if the earner does not complete the share to their social med...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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