Jon Mason's Posts
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[Modules] Make fields consistent between add and edit interfaces for External URLs in Modules

Problem statement: When adding an External URL to a module, the fields are shown in the following order : URL Page name Load in a new tab Indentation However, when editing an External...

12-20-2023

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[New Quizzes] Respect Canvas permissions, rather than giving all Teacher, TA, Designer and Account roles editing/reporting permissions

Problem statement: Currently, New Quizzes lazily uses a limited set of roles, presumably based on the high-level LTI Admin/Instructor/Student/Observer roles, or something along those lines. This mea...

11-14-2023

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[Modules] Use 'remove' (not 'delete') in confirmation message after removing an item

Problem statement: In Canvas, 'delete' and 'remove' mean different things. Deleting means the content no longer appears anywhere in the course (but can be recovered if you know how or contact suppor...

11-17-2022

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[New Quizzes] Delete test student attempts when test student is reset

Problem statement: When using New Quizzes as the test student, quiz attempts are saved and included in reports, etc, as you would expect and want when testing the quiz. However, because New Quizzes ...

11-15-2022

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Display file upload progress bar for students uploading assignment submissions

This is a re-creation of Paul Rettey's original idea: https://community.canvaslms.com/ideas/11182-display-file-upload-progress-bar-for-students-uploading-assignment-submissions" modifiedtitle="t...

02-27-2019

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Drag and Drop Multiple File Uploads for Assignment Submission

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas For details, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2020-01-18)‌ The current upload process for file upload assignment submi...

02-06-2019

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