Canvas Features by User Role (2022-12-20)
This document highlights all default and optional features in the current Canvas web release if available for each user role. The date of this document indicates when the included features will be available in the production environment. Unless otherwise indicated, features are already available in the beta environment.
Default Features
Default features affect all Canvas users. If enabled in the Help Menu, the Release Notes section displays links to these features according to user role.
Optional Features
Use of optional features vary across institutions, and the Optional Features section for each user role is designed to assist you in distributing information about these features if you choose to enable them for your institution.
- Admin Roles
- Default Features
- Other Updates
- Instructor Roles
- Default Features
- Observer/Student Roles
- Default Features
Admin Roles |
View additional details for Canvas Deploy Notes (2022-12-20)
Default Features
Course Settings
Import and Copy Blueprint Course Settings
In Course Settings, an Import Blueprint Course Settings checkbox is available when copying a Blueprint course using Copy this Course or Import Course content, Copy a Canvas Course to an existing Blueprint course.
Rich Content Editor
Single Click Toolbar Buttons [Production Release Delayed]
In the Rich Content Editor (RCE), the toolbar buttons have been updated to open the menu with a single click.
Other Updates
- Rich Content Editor: Rich Content Editor Supports the Pasting and Drag and Drop of Content [Feature Delayed as of 2022-12-22]
Instructor Roles |
View additional details for Canvas Deploy Notes (2022-12-20)
Default Features
Interface Updates
- Rich Content Editor: Single Click Toolbar Buttons [Production Release Delayed]
Other Updates
- Discussions: Sort By Likes Removed [Added 2023-06-13]
- Rich Content Editor: Rich Content Editor Supports the Pasting and Drag and Drop of Content [Feature Delayed as of 2022-12-22]
Observer/Student Roles |
View additional details for Canvas Deploy Notes (2022-12-20)
Default Features
Interface Updates
- Rich Content Editor: Single Click Toolbar Buttons [Production Release Delayed]
Other Updates
- Rich Content Editor: Rich Content Editor Supports the Pasting and Drag and Drop of Content [Feature Delayed as of 2022-12-22]
