CANVAS ** SHOULD NOT ** automatically rename student files on download!

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DanielWalker
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It should be an OPTION to have CANVAS override the (in my case, carefully specified) names of the students' submitted files, when I come to download them. (They are computer m-files; I need to run them through a program that depends on the naming convention). What should be a simple "download" becomes hours of additional programming and general messing around, to undo this. A simple email attachment down-loader does the job far better, but oh no, my organisation  has bought into this second-rate ILE, and insists on its use. What a waste of time.

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DanielWalker
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Problem now solved, using email. (Amazing, isn't it, how email systems miraculously manage quietly to do their thing, and handle large numbers of file attachments without messing things up). I came here thinking this was Canvas Support. And 24 hours later, it does indeed seem to be the closest thing on Earth to that. Thanks to the two chaps who tried to help.

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