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Problem statement: When we are searching for a user in the People section, it does not tell us what role they are in Canvas next to their name. This issue comes up often because we often have parents ...

Community Participant Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: As a teacher, when I got into "People" I can see all of the groups that I have created for various assignment (for example: STEM Fair, Osmosis Lab, Body Systems, etc). Each group ty...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Only able to view data for user page views one date at a time. When looking for all data points for a specific page (when a user has viewed the page multiple times) this requires a ...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: As an admin, we must proactively go to People - Manage Profile Pictures - Submitted to approve those Profile Photos that have been submitted for review and are pending. However, the...

Community Coach Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Many students prefer names other that what is listed on their official registration. Sometimes that is as simple as a preferred shortening of their name or a name that they have cho...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: In the Enrollments box of a user's profile there's a long list of every course they have ever been enrolled in. I am unable to sort or filter to narrow down the search, I spend a lo...

Community Explorer Canvas Ideas
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Problem statement: Hello everyone, in our institution students sometimes look for the profile pictures of their classmates and unintentionally click on the link "remove avatar" and the person's profil...

Community Member Canvas Ideas
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