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  This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas  Learn more about voting...   Idea will be open for vote Wed. June 3, 2015 - Wed. September 2, 2015  Learn more about voting...   The HTML editor is a terrific tool to have when composing a discussion post reply as a teacher or student. However, when editing a previous post, the HTML editor option is no longer available, forcing you to either live with the HTML code that was originally included or delete and repost. The HTML editor button should be persistent in the 'Edit Reply' view.     Response from Instructure   This has been resolved in the most recent Canvas Production Release HTML Help Option The HTML editor and help icon are visible when editing discussion replies. Explanation: When a user edited a discussion post, the HTML editor and help icon were being hidden from the page view. This behavior occurred because of an inconsistency in the keyboard shortcuts and HTML view settings. Canvas code has been updated to keep the HTML editor and help icon visible when editing discussion posts. ... View more

With courses that have many modules and module items, the default un-collapsed state on the modules page makes the view overwhelming. I would love the option to choose a 'current' module and have that automatically open for students or at least have the default view be auto-collapsed. The un-collapsed view is often a turn-off to faculty and designers who are considering different ways to represent their course content. ... View more