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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: In the 18 June 2024 deploy, admins could enable users to add a name pronunciation to their Canvas profile. Some schools may...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: We would like to see an option for setting your own view of the discussions redesign. Right now you have to change it for e...

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Problem statement: Currently the thumbnail for images is required for an instructor to post an asset to Canvas Commons. I acknowledge this requirement ensures that scrolling through content within Com...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas Studio Problem statement: With the recent Studio updates from August 7, 2024, there does not appear to be a way to manage Studio Admins. I would l...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: Messaging from the gradebook now includes more options as reasons and defaults to ¨Students who have submitted¨. If other t...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: In the "legacy" discussions format, each individual post showed in it's own box, and the posts in a thread displayed with b...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: Problem: User mistakenly thinks they are in student mode because they see the 'Student View' text https://community.canvasl...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: In the gradebook you have an option to Message Students Who... and then a list of options are present. It would be nice to ...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas Commons Problem statement: One of our teachers reported a link to pornographic content in a course they downloaded from Canvas Commons. This was n...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: If a student is enrolled in a crosslisted course containing both ENG-101-001-2024-030 and ENG-101-002-2024-030, moving from...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: Instructors cannot add additional time to a student's in-progress New Quiz. Currently, adding additional time can only be a...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: The Temporary Enrollment feature currently is described as concluding enrollments after the end date. However, this still a...

Community Coach Canvas Ideas
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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: Once a grading scheme has been used in an assignment, no one can alter it (name or settings). If an education team decides ...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: Teachers would like to have a 4th option for publishing/unpublishing modules and all items. Currently, there are 3 options,...

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Problem statement: In the Listings page of the Admin dashboard in Catalog, it is hard to find a a specific course using the title. Searching for a listing using the Canvas ID of a course does not work...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: In the module section, there are three options to publish or unpublish the module: 1. Publish module and all items 2. Publi...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas Credentials Problem statement: It is not currently possible to customise the emails sent out from Canvas Credentials when a badge is awarded. For ...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: I cross-link my sections. With the new gradebook layout change, the dropdown menu to select a section has been replaced wit...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: Currently, it's not possible to notify users when an announcement is modified. When a change occurs, the only way to let us...

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This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS Problem statement: This is the feature I am referring to: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-send-a-message-to-stude...

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