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  • Idea New Box View: Download Document with Annotations

    New Box View: Download Document with Annotations

    score681
    Delivered
    681 votes
    Users want the ability to download a version of the original document with current annotations applied to the document.
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    New Box View: Download Document with Annotations

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    • Idea New Box View: Editing Comments

      New Box View: Editing Comments

      score290
      For future consideration
      292 votes
      Users want to edit their own comments after they have been posted and recognize which comments have been edited after initial posting.  An additional benefit would be for instructors to be able to edit annotation...
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      • Idea New Box View: Drawing Annotation Type

        New Box View: Drawing Annotation Type

        score232
        Delivered
        238 votes
        EDIT 3/30/2018: this was delivered by Box on 3/28/2018, so moving this idea to "delivered" Users want to free-hand draw on documents.
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        New Box View: Drawing Annotation Type

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        • Idea New Box View: Display List of Current Annotations / Summary View

          New Box View: Display List of Current Annotations / Summary View

          score209
          In development
          211 votes
          Edit 1/23/2018: Updated title and description to more accurately reflect the functionality being requested.  Thanks Bill Blais for the suggestion!   Users want to see that comments exist and the content of c...
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          • Idea New Box View: Strikethrough Annotation Type

            New Box View: Strikethrough Annotation Type

            score205
            For future consideration
            209 votes
            Users want to strikethrough text and associate a comment with the strikethrough.
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            New Box View: Strikethrough Annotation Type

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            • Idea Ability to bulk delete Grade Center columns by selecting obsolete ones

              Ability to bulk delete Grade Center columns by selecting obsolete ones

              score205
              In development
              215 votes
              Since we have courses used year by year by different teachers who also often modify the course, we end up with a bulk of useless Grade Centre Columns, and for the knew teacher it can be very confusing.  Like Date...
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              • Idea New Box View: Change Highlight, Text, and Drawing Annotations Colors

                New Box View: Change Highlight, Text, and Drawing Annotations Colors

                score190
                For future consideration
                192 votes
                Users want to have different options for highlighting color, text color, and drawing color when annotating.
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                New Box View: Change Highlight, Text, and Drawing Annotations Colors

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                • Idea New Box View: Indication of Comment in Highlighted Text (vs Highlighted Text without Comment)

                  New Box View: Indication of Comment in Highlighted Text (vs Highlighted Text without Comment)

                  score182
                  For future consideration
                  182 votes
                  Users want to more easily see when a comment is associated with a highlight vs when text is only highlighted without a comment.
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                  New Box View: Indication of Comment in Highlighted Text (vs Highlighted Text without Comment)

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                  • Idea Create Questions via File Upload

                    Create Questions via File Upload

                    score179
                    Open for voting
                    189 votes
                    Allow faculty to upload questions from Word document, Google Drive, XLS, CSV, or Content Collection. They would automatically format in the appropriate question type and populate the assessment.
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                    • Idea Faculty member would like students to get receipt or email confirmation of submitted assignment

                      Faculty member would like students to get receipt or email confirmation of submitted assignment

                      score149
                      Delivered
                      169 votes
                      I know I deal with the case of "Yes, I turned in my assignment but Blackboard ate it." many times a semester.    What do you all think of this idea of an instructor at my campus.   "Is it possible ...
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                      Faculty member would like students to get receipt or email confirmation of submitted assignment

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                      • Idea Download Assessments

                        Download Assessments

                        score141
                        Open for voting
                        151 votes
                        This would provide an option to make assessments available offline for students in the form of a PDF to download and/or print.
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                        • Idea New Box View: Annotate on Excel-based Files

                          New Box View: Annotate on Excel-based Files

                          score128
                          Delivered
                          128 votes
                          Users want to be able to add annotations to excel-based documents (.xls, .xlsx)  
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                          • Idea New Box View: Area Annotation Type

                            New Box View: Area Annotation Type

                            score124
                            For future consideration
                            128 votes
                            Users want to select a free-form area and associate a comment with that area.
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                            • Idea Course Merge : automatically create groups

                              Course Merge : automatically create groups

                              score118
                              For future consideration
                              134 votes
                              In order to be able to manage several cohorts at the same time with minimum hassle,  a number of Professors ask the BB Admin to "merge" their courses into one so they don't have to do the job 10 times for the 10 ...
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                              Course Merge : automatically create groups

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                              • Idea Attendance

                                Attendance

                                score116
                                Delivered
                                138 votes
                                How are you keeping attendance today, if at all? Are there ways we could track attendance that would not require any action by the educator? Is there some way we could track attendance through "normal" learner course ...
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                                • Idea New Box View: Allow Multiple Point Annotations to be "Sticky" / Created in Succession

                                  New Box View: Allow Multiple Point Annotations to be "Sticky" / Created in Succession

                                  score110
                                  Delivered
                                  112 votes
                                  EDIT 3/30/2018: This was delivered by Box on 3/28/2018 so moving the idea to "delivered"   EDIT 1/4/2018: After discussion with others and reading through the comments, I realized the original description of this...
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                                  New Box View: Allow Multiple Point Annotations to be "Sticky" / Created in Succession

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                                  • Idea Allow Admin to universally disable Force Completion on Tests

                                    Allow Admin to universally disable Force Completion on Tests

                                    score108
                                    Planned
                                    130 votes
                                    We've heard from many Admins and Instructors that the Force Completion option on Tests causes as much confusion as added benefit. This would create a switch that allows Admins to disable Force Completion at the system...
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                                    Allow Admin to universally disable Force Completion on Tests

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                                    • Idea Drag and Drop to upload files

                                      Drag and Drop to upload files

                                      score107
                                      Delivered
                                      113 votes
                                      With the recent NPAPI deprecation, drag-n-drop no longer works in the UI. Instructors cannot easily add files to their courses. It takes many clicks to add files which is time consuming and unnecessary with the availa...
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                                      • Idea Assignment submission validation

                                        Assignment submission validation

                                        score98
                                        For future consideration
                                        98 votes
                                        NOTE: We are opening this idea for voting again, specifically for consideration in Ultra courses. In addition to validating file names, we are considering allowing the instructor to specify which file types are accept...
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                                        • Idea Exportable, Visualized Student Performance Data

                                          Exportable, Visualized Student Performance Data

                                          score96
                                          Open for voting
                                          96 votes
                                          This idea would provide a dashboard that allows instructors to view student performance, as individuals or as a class, at both the assessment and course level. The data would be able to be exported to share with other...
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                                          Exportable, Visualized Student Performance Data

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