The beta environment allows you to explore new features before they reach production. The beta environment is overwritten with data from the production environment every Saturday. Any work or content you add to your beta environment will be overwritten every week.
If you want to keep up on the latest beta features in Canvas, visit the Release Notes page in the Canvas Community.
The beta environment is separate from the test environment, which is overwritten with data from the production environment every three weeks and allows you to test using your real data without ruining the experience for your users. Learn more about the different Canvas environments.
Notes about the Beta Environment:
To log in to your beta environment, type [organization name].beta.instructure.com into the URL field.
Users in the beta environment will see the Test Installation bar across the bottom of the screen indicating the user is in a Canvas Test Installation. Beta environments reset every Saturday and any content created in this environment will be deleted. If you want to save any course content created in your beta environment, you can export your course.
Note: To hide the Test Installation bar, click the close icon.
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