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Problem statement: Currently, in Instructor/Teacher view, the gradebook uses colors to indicate the status of assignments for students (Late, Missing, Dropped grade, Excused, etc.). There is no legend...

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Problem statement: When viewing Course Activity reports - the data downloaded is great but only for the last 30 days. With most semesters running for 3 months- can this download include the last 3 mon...

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Problem statement: I include an audio file of each test question for my students. The icon for the audio link is very large and disrupts the flow of the test question, especially for my students who a...

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Problem statement: I have students that need a paper version of my test. When I try to print, the only options for sizes are medium on up. Medium is way too big. I'd like a small version. Proposed so...

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Problem statement: I would love to have a report that streamlines the evaluation of teachers in Canvas. Proposed solution: For example: The average grading time (between submission and grade) The amo...

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Problem statement: Currently, students can create nicknames for courses and there's not an admin setting that can prevent this. This poses a problem for teachers and our younger students. A teacher to...

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Problem statement: I'm writing to advocate for an enhancement to the Gradebook functionality that would significantly improve grading efficiency and faculty workflow. Current Challenge: As it stands, ...

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Problem statement: I allow students two attempts at practice quizzes. Students work at different paces, I need them to be able to see their incorrect answers without seeing the correct answers between...

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Problem statement: For my writing class, I have a revision project that requires students to submit 4 files to show their revision process. Although I have provided ample instruction and tutorials on ...

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Problem statement: **Problem:** When importing course materials from one course to another, the new user interface does not provide an option to filter by term. As a large college with numerous course...

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Problem statement: In New Analytics there is an Online Attendance report which shows you attendance by the week. In many parts of the world, the week starts on Monday not Sunday, so it can really diso...

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Problem statement: Currently teachers and access quizzes and change the quiz. The quiz moderate tab also does not take into consideration the section the teacher is in and shows all the students not j...

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Problem statement: When a Canvas course is deleted, restoring it is unnecessarily complex—especially for courses that were not managed by a SIS integration). The current restoration process involves e...

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Problem statement: Instructors would like to easily see student emails from the course, they may want to see this to email outside of Canvas or to download for a roster. Proposed solution: The People...

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Problem statement: When creating a video from a studio quiz, it is hard to indicate how to select the correct answer because there is whitespace before the answer choices. Proposed solution: Add a co...

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Problem statement: For course card images, Canvas chooses colours for colour overlays apparently randomly. Individual users can change the color overlay or turn it off completely; however, it doesn't ...

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Problem statement: I am a Canvas admin and have reported this issue, but it was not resolved. I was advised to submit it as an idea instead. We have checkpoints where the UI for SpeedGrader has change...

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Problem statement: Currently, a student can view Scoring Details for their assignments. However, these statistics are not available for Assignment Group aggregations, course totals. Students would be ...

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Problem statement: Problem to Solve: Currently, account-level calendars that students are subscribed to are not visible in the Canvas App under the 'Other Calendars' section. In the app, students can ...

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Problem statement: The Canvas Teacher iPad app currently does not allow instructors to create modules within the app. This requires the user to use the Canvas website, which defeats the purpose of hav...

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