I have a suggestion--let's change Canvas Community terminology. Every time someone asks a question, and the answer comes back "Canvas does not have this functionality"--which happens all too often--let's not stick a label on the inquiry that says "solved" and a link that says, "jump to solution," which is actually anything but a solution. The diction is Orwellian doublespeak, an abuse of the plain meaning of "solution."
How about labeling such a inquiry "unsolved," or "currently unsolvable" or "not within Canvas's current capacity"? And the link can read, "jump to explanation." This kind of candor would go along way to defusing the simmering frustration I see in so many posts. Many commentors complain that what seems to be an obvious function is omitted and never added despite years of outcry on the same topic (I sometimes read with grim humor the years and years of posts begging for the ability to upload a submission on behalf of a student and the Moai-like immovability and virtual silence of Canvas in this regard). Others complain about the convoluted workarounds to solve a clear problem.
In the case of the current problem, I'm wondering what on earth it means to be able to 1) create a page for a group and 2) designate it as a front page only to 3) have it not show up when clicking on the homepage of the group. Just what is a "front page" then? For the course as a whole, designating a front page actually puts it as the, ahem, front page. In the case of groups, "front page" seems to mean nothing, offering a feel good moment of clicking a button that doesn't actually do anything. Once again, Orwell seems right on point here.
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