Some green checkmarks for published assignments are now lightened

[cmmcdade]

Why are some of the green checkmarks indicating published assignments within a module now lightened (lighter green than others)? This is a new development. What does the lightening mean? I'm attaching a screenshot to show the difference between the checkmarks.

[ericwhitmer · Accepted solution]

If you hover over the check mark, it will tell you that you can't unpublish an assignment that has grades posted to it.

[ericwhitmer · Accepted solution]

If you hover over the check mark, it will tell you that you can't unpublish an assignment that has grades posted to it.

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

@cmmcdade ...

I've been chatting with another one of the Canvas Coaches, and we can't seem to locate anything about this in the Canvas Guides just yet specifically for assignments.  However, there is documentation about what this faded green checkmark means in recent Deploy Notes.  Hat's off to @chriscas for finding this:

Canvas Deploy Notes (2023-04-26) - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

See the section on "Assignments: Green Publish Icon Color Update".

Hope this helps!

[cmmcdade]

Great, thank you. I see that the change was just implemented on April 26. Glad to find out it just means the assignment is no longer unpublishable. 

[MarWil]

That's good... but I have several students who cannot view the tests with the light green check marks. How do I get them to be able to see it? None of the tests with the light green check marks show up anywhere on the students side

[LauraM217]

I am having a similar problem with the faded check marks. Also, students can no longer see the assignment /grade for the activities that have the faded checkmark. 

Also, it is causing massive grade fluxuations.  It appeas to be on closed assigments.

Does anyone have a similar problem?

[GretchenHayduk]

I am having this problem, too--students who have not yet replied cannot access the assignment. However, I never meant to "unpublish" it, so I don't know how to "re-publish" it for those who haven't yet responded.