Speedgrader Praise Buttons / Stamps

[aloomis]

Wouldn't it be great if speed grader had stamp buttons for your students, kind of like the old days when you would get a stamp like "good job!" on your paper. It would be an easy click, just above the comments, maybe have like 6 of them, could be customizable, change the colors, etc. 

I find that I am typing in "good job!" a lot, and yes, I can use the comment library for this, but it would be nice if it was just a single click. Some options would be:

Great Job!

Nice Work!

I can see you put a lot of effort into this!

Outstanding!

Impressive!

So Creative!

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

@aloomis ...

You could certainly submit this as a new Idea here in the Community so that it could be evaluated by other Community members and Instructure.  There are two voting periods throughout the year where your Idea might have a chance to be voted on.  I'd recommend reading through the documentation listed under the "Ideas and Themes" heading at this link:

Instructure Community Guide - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

Specifically, read through the Guide on how to create a new Idea.  Hope this will be of help to you!

[aloomis]

Thank you Chris for your reply. 

This does highlight one of my larger frustrations with Canvas. Canvas is not user friendly, the system is not organized, and though there are many features within Canvas, in order to do anything within the system takes many clicks and knowledge of how to navigate the maze of the system. In the same way, this idea that I had, you have shared that I now need to fill out an additional form to even have this idea considered. 

Simplicity. Organization. That is what Canvas desperately needs. 

[Chris_Hofer]

@aloomis ...

Sorry that you are finding Canvas frustrating and not easy to use.  Community members are here to help you, and if you have additional questions or need any pointers on maybe how to make things easier for you, please post those questions as new topics, and I'm sure that someone will help to answer.

Re: your idea you posted above...the reason for posting it in the Ideas and Themes space that I've mentioned above is because then your idea will go through the official process so that it might be considered for voting later on.

Thanks, and good luck!