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Problem statement: It is challenging to ensure I receive all student annotations and comments after work has been graded. I have to individually go through the NAU Canvas individual or summary email I...

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Problem statement: In a situation where you have many Graders for Moderated Grading (the limit is 10, if I recall correctly), each Grader is listed as a new column. On the Moderate Grading / Grade Su...

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Problem statement: When we have a Moderated Grading Assignment, and the Moderator (Grader that determines the final grade) goes to the Moderate/Grade Summary page, the students are not listed in any o...

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Problem statement: There does not appear to be a way to disable commenting on studio media once it is posted. Comments can be deleted, but there are times when the comments need to be disabled and rem...

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Problem statement: When using New Analytics in a Course and pulling a Report for Missing Assignments, Late Assignment, or Excused Assignment, the Student SIS ID is not listed. (The Class Roster Repo...

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Problem statement: At any given time, the amount of the gradebook window that is taken up by headings, menus, settings, filters, etc is 30% to 50% of the screen, which requires a user to scroll up and...

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Problem statement: Canvas Assignment Feedback Template by one of the InstructorProposed solution: 1. Incomplete Assignments Subject: Feedback on Your Submission Message: Hi [Student's Name], Thank y...

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Problem statement: My students are confusing lock dates and due dates because of the way the list of assignments displays in Canvas. This is creating tremendous amounts of late work and confusing when...

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Problem statement: When working on a project, the easiest way for students to demonstrate their process is by submitting multiple assignments. The problem with this is that students can become very ta...

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Problem statement: Keeping track of attendance is very time intensive, and the display of attendance in Canvas is tricky to review. (I can't easily scroll back to check when the last date of attendanc...

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Problem statement: There are new parameters for the global announcements as of 11/20/2024 which allow an admin to see all announcements for an account instead of only seeing the announcements for thei...

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Problem statement: In Classic Quizzes, using the Graded Survey quiz type, the number of submitted surveys indicated in the three dots/kebab drop-down menu includes surveys that were started but not su...

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Problem statement: Our compliance and curriculum design teams create and validate pages and assessments to ensure accuracy and quality. However, the autosave functionality in the new quiz tool has led...

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Problem statement: I am a student. In one of my courses, the collaborations are automatically sorted alphabetically instead of by date. There is no option to sort by creation date. If there are only a...

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Problem statement: Teachers face significant time constraints when providing detailed and timely feedback on student assignments, particularly in virtual and asynchronous learning environments. The st...

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Problem statement: Faculty members are encountering limitations in Canvas Discussions, such as the inability to set multiple grading criteria for different tasks within a single discussion assignment....

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Problem statement: When completing an assessment using a rubric for a discussion, one has to scroll to the right. Having the "Submit Assessment" button on the left-hand side rather than the right woul...

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Problem statement: We want to be able to submit a grade as a letter, not directly linked to percentages. We like to adjust for participation, attendance, and assistance issues. We make the decisions o...

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Problem statement: Current Issue: When generating learning outcome reports in Canvas, administrators are restricted to pulling data for only one term at a time. For institutions tracking outcomes acro...

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Problem statement: Current Issue: When generating learning outcome reports in Canvas, administrators are required to manually navigate to each sub-account to pull reports for outcomes built at that le...

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