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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: At our institution we have the "Users can edit their communication channels" setting (added Nov 30, 2022) unchecked/disabled because we do not wan...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development   Problem statement: In previous years, I've been able to unpublish work from a previous quarter and still be able to click on a student's profile, click Grades, and...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: I can only filter my sections individually or have all of the sections combined in the gradebook. I'd like to filter out cross-referenced sections...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: I have created a participation assessment for my groups, and I added a peer review component to it. They need to be able to see others' names, so ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: Rubrics currently can only be created with either checkboxes or text. This restricts their function where an assessor may need to use checkboxes b...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: Currently, no part of a Canvas account level grading scheme can be edited after the scheme has been used in a course to grade student submissions....

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement:  The introduction of Enhanced Gradebook Filters made the "Arrange By" (sorting) and show/hide options much more difficult to access.   In the Grad...

Community Contributor Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: I allow multiple submissions for assignments with the intention that the students be able to re-submit an assignment until they have mastered the ...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: We teachers really need the option to add the "Excused" and "Missing" as one of the DEFAULT GRADE OPTIONS, as it is too time-consuming to have to ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: Teachers are able to write and submit comments in SpeedGrader. Sometimes, after submitting a comment, teachers realize they made a mistake. The pr...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: When entering a Default Grade for students in the Gradebook, the Missing label remains. A teacher trying to use the Default Grade still has to man...

Community Champion Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development   Problem statement: Assignments given only to certain sections of a crosslisted course appear in the gradebook for all sections - not just the section to which they...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: When instructors create or edit an assignment and enable file uploads, they have the option to restrict the file type. Below the text box where th...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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This idea has been developed and is On Canvas Beta •  How do I access the Canvas beta environment? For more information, please read through the Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-07-03)  Problem statement: C...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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This idea has been developed and is On Canvas Beta •  How do I access the Canvas beta environment? For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2024-07-20)  Problem statement: ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: I have recently noticed that if the edit (new) quizzes option is disabled/locked for teachers, they are not able to access the new quiz from the m...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: for file upload submission students need to see the filename and file type of each submission on screen as confirmation. currently it only shows t...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Idea is currently in development Problem statement: I would like to be able to have students peer review students from other sections. I have five sections of the same course. At the moment, Canvas ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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This idea has been developed and is On Canvas Beta •  How do I access the Canvas beta environment? For more information, please read through the Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-07-03)  Through the Admin GU...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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This idea has been developed and is On Canvas Beta •  How do I access the Canvas beta environment? For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2024-07-20)  When creating an as...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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