Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in the title of this document. Intended changes in workflow are noted in the Canvas Release Notes published monthly.
Deploy notes include notable fixed bugs and additional updates that do not affect existing user functionality.
Deploy Schedule Changes In observance of upcoming holidays:
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- Interface Updates
- Account Settings
- Course Creation Search Fields
- Login Label Field Removal
- Calendar
- Assignment Deletion Confirmation Button Color
- New Quizzes
- Access Code Masking
- Platform/Integration
- API
- GraphQL Page Addition
- Fixed Bugs
- Calendar
- Event Section Dates andLocation Field
- Course Settings
- Course Card Image Drag and Drop
- Link Validator YouTube Links
- Courses
- Course Setup Checklist Menu
- New Gradebook
- Manual Post Policy Comments and Assignment Re-uploads
- SIS
- Sync to SIS Button and Closed Grading Periods
Interface Updates |
Account Settings
Course Creation Search Fields
Summary
In the account-level course creation window, the subaccount and term menus include search capabilities.
Change Benefit
This change allows admins to search for subaccounts and terms without having to scroll and improves accessibility for keyboard users.
Affected User Roles
Admins
When a course is manually added at the account level, the Subaccount and Enrollment Term menus include search capabilities. Admins can begin to enter the name of a subaccount and enrollment term and view search results as available.
Login Label Field Removal
Summary
The Login Label has been removed from the Account Settings page.
Change Benefit
This change removes duplication of the Login Label field, which is also located in the Authentication page.
Affected User Roles
Admins
Institutions using a customized login label as part of authentication should manage the login label in the Authentication page, as the Login Label field has been removed from the Account Settings page.
Calendar
Assignment Deletion Confirmation Button Color
Summary
The confirmation button to delete an assignment has changed to the Canvas danger-themed color (red) instead of the primary brand color for an account.
Change Benefit
This change helps emphasize to users the confirmation of deleting an assignment, as many users have accidentally deleted an assignment because of the previous button color.
Affected User Roles
Instructors
Instructors who delete an assignment from the calendar view a confirmation window to ensure they want to delete the assignment. The Delete button is displayed as a danger action instead of matching the primary color of the account.
New Quizzes
Access Code Masking
This feature is not available in the beta environment.
Summary
Student access codes are masked by default.
Change Benefit
This change helps protect the password from students who should not be able to view the password, such as when a proctor types in the password for a student.
Affected User Roles
Instructors
Users who enter a password for an access code have the password masked in the text field by default. However, a checkbox below the text field can be selected for the user to view the password if needed. When this option is enabled for quizzes, the access code is required to start and resume quizzes.
Platform/Integration |
API
GraphQL Page Addition
GraphQL API additions, changes, and removals can be viewed in the Canvas Community GraphQL API page. The GraphQL change log includes updates regarding GraphQL functionality and can be followed directly for updates.
Fixed Bugs |
Calendar
Event Section Dates and Location Field
The calendar Edit window does not include the Location field.
Explanation: When an event was created that used a different date for each section, and the event was edited from the Calendar window, changes to the Location field were not saved for the event. Canvas code has been updated to remove the Location field from the edit window. The Location field can only be edited from the More Options page for the entire event.
Course Settings
Course Card Image Drag and Drop
Images can be dragged into the Course Card area for upload.
Explanation: When an image was dragged and dropped into the Course Card area for upload, the image was displayed in the browser window with the Course Settings URL replaced with the local file path. Canvas code has been updated to upload images as the course image. Non-images that are dragged into the area display an error message that the uploaded file must be an image.
Link Validator YouTube Links
The Link Validator does not block YouTube videos linked in a course.
Explanation: When a YouTube video was linked in a course and the Link Validator was run, the Link Validator recognized the YouTube links as unreachable external links. Canvas code has been updated to improve the validator whitelist for YouTube links as long as the link includes a reachable URL.
Courses
Course Setup Checklist Menu
The Course Setup Checklist can be opened multiple times without requiring a page refresh.
Explanation: When the Course Setup Checklist was clicked after visiting the page once before, the Checklist link was unresponsive unless the page was refreshed. Canvas code has been updated to allow the Course Setup Checklist to open after it has already been clicked in the page without requiring a page refresh.
New Gradebook
Manual Post Policy Comments and Assignment Re-uploads
Comments added to a submission with a manual post policy are not hidden as part of an assignment download/re-upload unless the submissions with the comments have not been posted to students.
Explanation: When an assignment was set to a manual post policy and posted to students, but not all submissions had been graded, any comments that were included in a bulk download and re-upload were hidden in the submissions that had been graded and posted. Canvas code has been updated to confirm the visibility of the submission to determine whether comments should be hidden.
SIS
Sync to SIS Button and Closed Grading Periods
Instructors can access the Sync to SIS button for assignments within closed grading periods.
Explanation: When a graded quiz was in a closed grading period, instructors were unable to use the Sync to SIS button in the Assignments page unless the quiz was directly updated. This behavior did not affect admin roles. Canvas code has been updated to allow instructor roles to access the Sync to SIS button.
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| 2020-01-06 | Added—Fixed Bugs
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| 2019-12-23 | Deploy Notes Published |
