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From an administrator perspective, it would be helpful to be able to search across courses for a particular PDF that might be used in other courses. ... View more

 @steve_simpson  I'm unsure what use case you have in mind.  Are you talking about snapping a picture using the web cam?  That's a very limited use case for what this feature is supposed to solve.  I'm just happy students can upload images into discussions now, any image, not just a snapshot of themselves. ... View more

Perhaps so, but I'm not talking about assignments, I'm talking about announcements. ... View more

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned, but I don't understand why Discussions - Moderate needs to be checked in order to create announcements.  I thought the whole point of this request was to unbundle permissions. ... View more

Renee, It's been over a year since most browsers block flash.  This really needs to be a priority.  We are experiencing major problems administering exams that incorporate media recording. ... View more

In my view it is not completed, it's not even half done.  As you pointed out they provided a mobile-only feature which in no way provides a comprehensive solution.  Many students don't use the mobile app, and most of our students do their work on a desktop, especially discussion posts because the discussion tool on the mobile app is terrible.  This idea doesn't even mention anything about mobile in its description, so this "solution" isn't even for this idea.  Marking this completed is misleading, even if technically this is still on the radar for web. ... View more

I believe there has been a statement regarding this on the community site for more than a year that it is being addressed by engineers.  Is there any indication of when Canvas will be Flash-free?  This is a pretty big issue in our language classes because they rely heavily on the audio/video recording feature in Canvas.  We would definitely love to see this move to the in-development phase this year. ... View more

I think a button that pushes you to the top of the page is a better idea than freezing panes. ... View more

I think it's fair to say that most of us are fans of Canvas, and think that the benefits far outweigh the costs compared to most other products out there.  But I have to admit, there are about 2-3 features that users have been asking for, for years now, that are so basic and fundamental that it almost seems laughable that it hasn't been done yet.  This is one of those (along with the student image uploads in discussions).  This is such a pain point and an annoyance for faculty, semester after semester to have to go through 2-3 courses and either delete or delay potentially dozens of announcements.  That time could be much better spent planning learning activities and assessments.  Come on Instructure, what are you waiting for? ... View more

I had a 30 minute call with Taylor Burke.  He's setting up a demo for me. Taylor Burke, Esq. Senior Director, Accessibility & Consulting Blackboard | Education Services P: 202.303.9328 taylor.burke@blackboard.com ... View more

How is it already August 2017 and this is still an issue?  Come on Instructure.  You already acknowledged this as the HIGHEST priority discussion feature, 2 years AGO!!!!  ... View more

I've also seen instances where one page is in portrait and the rest of the pages are in landscape, which can often result in the first or all of the rest of the pages appearing in the wrong orientation. ... View more

I tried using the drawing tool to make a handwritten comment.  This was possible in Crocodoc.  It is not possible using the tool in DocViewer.  I have Hebrew professors that would like to write handwritten comments in Hebrew and need better drawing capability in order to do so.   ... View more

Sometimes documents that appear in the correct orientation in Acrobat, appear sideways in the preview (at least this was the case in Croc).  A button like this would eliminate any potential problems. ... View more

This would be really helpful for writing feedback in a foreign language, such as in Hebrew which doesn't type so easily since it's RTL and a different alphabet. ... View more