Improved UI Controls and Usability - Added or clearer alerts and confirmations and notifications

Status: Identified Submitted by Instructure on ‎01-30-2023 08:09 PM

Theme Overview

Make critical modal information like alerts and confirmations clear and obvious.

What value could this provide to users?

  • Eliminate the risk of missing key information, and be more aware when taking critical actions

Referenced Ideas

[Student View] Warning you are leaving student view Submitted by: Jeeper
[Course Settings] Add a warning message for admins when editing institutional grading schemes through a course’s settings Submitted by: nwilson7
[Assignment Enhancements] Assignment submission interface clarity Submitted by: abbyrosensweig
[New Quizzes] "Quiz saved at" indicator for students Submitted by: patrickdorls
[Calendar] Confirmation/Warning When Deleting Appointment Groups Submitted by: jlee16
[Assignments] Option to display number of people assigned differentiated due dates on an assignment (different to pop up on rollover) Submitted by: prettey
[SIS] Prompt an alert that Email Address (or other data) cannot be import/overwritten. Submitted by: danielcktan
[Announcements] Warn user when Announcement Lacks a title Submitted by: L_Knight
[Assignments] Student Submitting on Paper to an Online Assignment - Marked as Overdue after Scored Submitted by: jennaboss
[Calendar] Appointment (Scheduler) Reminders Submitted by: jacobsc
[Admin Tools] Explicit Confirmation Submitted by: Mikee
[New Quizzes] Clarify Message - Accommodations for ‘all assessments’ Submitted by: olden043
[Modules] Add reminder to hide files, pages, etc. when setting the "Must view in sequence" option Submitted by: jennlove
[Rubrics] Warn User That Existing Comments Are Lost Upon Changing Assigned Rubric Submitted by: Michael_17
[Course Import/Export] Warn about Group Discussions/Assignments on Import Submitted by: James_Kocher_UF
[SpeedGrader] Warning for Incomplete Rubric grading Submitted by: willmoin
[Notifications] Discussion Notifications to Include the Author of the Post Submitted by: RajalCohen
[To Do] Allow assignments marked as "Missing" to show on a student's to-do list Submitted by: resartoris
[Pages] Multiple user edit alerts Submitted by: Anne-Marie
[Gradebook] Add a visual indicator in Grades cell when a comment has been added Submitted by: curtain
[SpeedGrader] Comment is not posted- Post button Submitted by: Nhadley12
[Files] Warning Message for Deleting a Folder that is not Empty Submitted by: Ron_Bowman
[Announcements] Creating new announcement in unpublished course? Notify that students can't yet see them! Submitted by: sheads
[Course Import/Export] Clarify the "Importing the same course content more than once" message. Submitted by: fred_bonatto
[Rubrics] Warning Message for Rubrics - Improve Wording Submitted by: SusanNiemeyer
[SIS] Grade Sync "Sync Scheduled" message Submitted by: laura_clark
[SIS] Control Module Option to Publish Grades Upon Completion Submitted by: jfountain
[Assignments] Date should always be visible on assignments to students Submitted by: Chokichi
[Inbox] Display students' submission comments in the Mailbox Submitted by: tam_nguyenmaith
[Modules] Need alert/notification when publishing items in unpublished module Submitted by: ibphysicsteach
[Course Import/Export] Do not allow importing a course into itself Submitted by: gpillsbury
[Assignments] Warn teachers about changing Assign To information after student work has occurred Submitted by: gpillsbury
[Catalog] Changing messaging when resending student invitations Submitted by: emc2
[Admin Tools] Restrict Canvas Access Token Creation or Provide Better Messaging on Page Submitted by: fred_bonatto
[Mobile - Canvas Parent] Show announcements for courses in the Parent App Submitted by: MattHanes
[Blueprint Courses] Warning when saving an linked item to a blueprint course Submitted by: dspiel
[Courses] Update Section Date Management to be Similar to Course Date Management Submitted by: jw2546
[Assignment Enhancements] Student file uploads with assignment enhancements should generate a traceable events Submitted by: chriscas
[Inbox] Instructors should be notified if their reply to student messages are not being sent Submitted by: agschmid
[Accessibility] Option to skip deleted content in Link Validator Submitted by: jlubkinchavez
[Courses] When a course site storage is full, there is no prompt warning message. Submitted by: chike424
[Dashboard] Change default empty dashboard message to mention All Courses Submitted by: jlubkinchavez
[Enrollments] Add a disclaimer or warning when adding a Teacher (or Teacher-based Role) to a course enrollment. Submitted by: ashley_hardesty
[Discussions] Bring back push notifications for discussion boards. Submitted by: ryanhol
[SpeedGrader] DocViewer Annotations - Reverse OK and Cancel options to make 'OK' the default Submitted by: ascholerCCC
[Conferences] Don't send a new web conference notification when the tool is hidden from students Submitted by: dsweeney2
[New Quizzes] Add "Do Not Show This Warning Again" option to "Not all sections will be assigned this item" pop-up Submitted by: checkma
[Commons] Push alert / notification for an update to a page in Commons Submitted by: tavinger
[Rubrics] Retain data when rubric is disconnected from assignment Submitted by: milesl
[ePortfolio] Include Administrative Notifications for Eportfolio Moderation Submitted by: straussi
[Catalog] Not Accurate Completion on Unofficial Transcript Submitted by: jsowalsk
[Conversations] Link to assignment in Message Students Who Submitted by: efalconer
[Assignments] Prohibit Submissions to Group Assignments without a Group Set Submitted by: lindalee
[Student Grades] Add 'submission date' to the student grades page Submitted by: asatkins
[User Settings] Session Log-Out Warning Submitted by: HELKT70061
[Course Import/Export] See Detailed List of Course Imports for All Content and Selected Migration Content Submitted by: cbroadhead

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