In this Canvas release (August 4), students can manage to-do items for all their courses using a List View Dashboard option. In DocViewer, comment replies are stacked together and can be expanded to view the entire comment thread. Other updates are also available in various APIs and documentation. Production release […]
Canvas: Scheduled Attendance (Roll Call) Maintenance on 7/30/2018 at 12:00 AM
At 11:00AM Monday, July 16th Canvas Support announced a maintenance they must conduct on July 30th @12:00AM. Their original message follows. Canvas Status Update Scheduled Attendance (Roll Call) maintenance on 7/30/2018 at 9:00 PM PST (12:00 AM EST) Hi Admins— We’ll be performing maintenance on the Attendance (Roll Call) tool in Canvas on Monday, […]
Updates in the 7-14-2018 Production Release
In this production release (July 14), the current anonymous and moderated grading features have been updated to provide improved assignment flexibility with fully anonymized, multiple grader anonymity, and moderated options. Rubrics can be created without point values to create non-scoring rubrics. In the SpeedGrader menu, the Keyboard shortcuts and Help […]
Updates in the 6-23-2018 Production Release
In this production release (June 23), modules and calendar events can be duplicated in Canvas. The Discussions page has been updated with an improved design, and instructors can create section-specific discussions. In the New Gradebook, the Grade Detail Tray button can be accessed from any assignment. Other updates are also […]
Updates in the 5-12-2018 Production Release
In this production release (May 12), Yo is no longer supported as a Canvas web service. Additionally, the Files Settings menu icon has been replaced with the Options icon. For instructors, the Announcements commenting option is persistent per user across all courses that allow announcement replies. For students, the submission […]
Canvas: Scheduled Maintenance on 5/22/2018 at 4:00 AM
At 4:09PM Monday, May 7th Canvas Support announced a 10 minute maintenance they must conduct on May 22nd @4:00AM. Their original message follows. Canvas Status Update Scheduled maintenance on 5/22/2018 at 2:00 AM MST (8:00 AM UTC) Hi Admins— We’ll be performing a brief maintenance event on your Canvas instance […]
Updates in the 4-21-2018 Production Release
In this production release (April 21), in Conferences, individual recordings can be individually deleted. The Rich Content Editor expands auto-open inline files to display the full file preview and includes a word counter within each editor window. And the Announcements page includes an updated icon for the Reply icon. Other […]
Updates in the 3-31-2018 Production Release
In this production release (March 31), users with the manage Learning Outcomes permission can import outcomes into a course using a CSV file. Outcome edits can be updated in outcomes for both assessed and unassessed rubrics. In DocViewer, individual comments include an icon that displays the type and color of […]
New Gradebook
The new gradebook is now available in Canvas. The new gradebook tool is optional and there will be no changes to the way your currently grade if you choose not to enable it in your course. While it is available to turn on in your Spring courses, it is strongly […]
Updates in the 3-10-2018 Production Release
In this production release (March 10), In courses, the Announcements page includes an updated design and several feature enhancements, including announcements by section, that will be distributed for all institutions across a tiered release schedule directly after the release. Additionally, the Outcomes page includes a minor directional change to the […]