Allow more customization of dropping lowest score

"Drop lowest score" is too limited to be useful.  For example, my course works on total points, and I have assignments ranging from 5 to 100 points in the gradebook.  Right now, "Drop lowes...

Allow Reassign Button to Override Submission Limit for Student

Currently, to "Reassign" an assignment, that assignment must be set to allow multiple submissions from students.  This becomes an issue because other students (who have not had the task reassign...

Allow Reassign Button to Override Submission Limit for Student

Currently, to "Reassign" an assignment, that assignment must be set to allow multiple submissions from students.  This becomes an issue because students can continually submit work that has alre...

Allow Instructors to Delete Individual Student Submissions

This should not be an issue anymore.

Allow Instructors to Submit Assignments on Behalf of Students

Why is this still an issue.

File Upload quiz questions showing submitted, but no files visible.

I just gave a quiz, and wanted File Upload of PDF responses.  All of my students have supposedly submitted, but for almost all of them, there is no file for me to view, nothing to download, noth...

Why would PowerSchool only import grades after a certain date?

I tried syncing my Canvas gradebook with our new PowerSchool system, and it's a mess.  Grades came out completely incorrect in the PTP gradebook.  It turns out, PowerSchool only imported gr...

Why are exported Canvas grades different than they appear on-screen?

I have my course set so the semester's work is 90% of the final grade, and the semester exam is 10%.  When I export the gradebook, the final calculated grade comes through, but the component gra...

Why are a student's grades muted to the instructor?

In the individual "Grades" view for a student, any assignment that I have muted in the gradebook is not visible to me.  At the bottom of the screen, it says " Your instructor is working on grade...

Heart icon next to a student's name?

So one of the students on my roster now has a heart icon following his name.  It definitely wasn't there yesterday.  Any idea what might cause this?  Because it's...well, it's just wei...

Comments on closed assignments not visible to students?

Hey folks, So this year, I have tried to be more conscientious about making sure assignments "close" after a certain amount of time to prevent late submission of assignments.  However, once a...

Sandbox Course Hasn't Started Yet?

Hey all, I wanted to play around in Sandbox while still on my summer break, and test out making some quizzes, content, etc.  However, when I try, it tells me that the course hasn't started yet....

How do you record/share your daily activities?

Hey all, I've been using Canvas about a year, and I've gotten pretty good with most of the features.  However, I was curious how you might record/share the day-to-day activities and information...

Accidentally shrunk dashboard?

I'm not sure how I did this, but I seem to have shrunk the Canvas dashboard.  All other pages and sections look normal, but when I go to the main dashboard, my classes have all been reduced to t...

Why can't I create randomized groups within a section?

I teach two sections of a course, and Canvas will only allow randomized groups of the entire roster of students enrolled in the course.  Why doesn't it allow randomization within a course sectio...

Canvas removing hyphens from documents

When my students submit materials from Google Docs, hyphens get removed from compound words and similar items.  As such, "passive-aggressive" becomes "passiveaggressive."  Is there any way ...