Feature Q&A: Canvas Deploy Notes (2025-01-29)

[HeatherAhern]

Looking to discuss these features from the 2025-01-29 Deploy Notes? Post a reply and start a conversation!

Interface Updates

• Courses: New Course Creation Error Text
• ePortfolios: UI Enhancements for Page and Section Management
• People: New User Creation Error Text
• Sections: Cross-Listed Section Visibility and Restrictions [Delayed as of 2025-01-28]
• User Details: Page Views InstUI Update

Feature Options

• Enrollments: Temporary Enrollment Interface Enhancements

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[dbrace]

I like the consistency for the updated "User Details > Page Views" section. Would it be possible to bring back how each row in the table of entries had an alternating white and gray color?

Thank you for considering it.

-Doug

[dbrace]

I like the consistency for the updated "User Details > Page Views" section. Would it be possible to bring back placing your mouse over the text in the "User Agent" column so that it displays the entire user agent string instead of requiring the admin to download the CSV file or refer to the API? Using a CSV file or the API can be difficult if a specific entry is far back in time.

Thank you for considering it.

-Doug

[neeraj245]

Is this deployed in Production ?

[cms_hickss]

Just to be sure, the Page Views now just continuously load into the page and not into their own component on the page? IE, you can never get to the "bottom" of the page?

[dbrace]

@cms_hickss, that is what I have experienced as well. I also REALLY miss the ease of access to the additional details for the "User Agent" column.

-Doug

[AKyte]

I'm unsure whether I'm experiencing something different (I haven't checked if we have custom JS or CSS that might be breaking it). For me, it loads a maximum of 50 Page Views, where I used to be able to scroll indefinitely in the old container. 50 Page Views seems incredibly limited.

Is that different to your experience?

[dbrace]

Hi @AKyte,

When I go to a Canvas user account and view the "Page Views" area, initially (I believe) 50 entries appear.

If I scroll down to the bottom of those 50 entries, more entries will load.  I believe another 50 entries will be displayed. Every time I go to the last entry, 50 more will be shown (as long as there are that many to load).

Is that similar to what you are experiencing?

-Doug

[AKyte]

That is what used to happen before this update. But now, it seems to stop at 50, and never load anything further on the page despite scrolling

I'm asking colleagues whether any of our custom CSS/JS might be affecting the overflow. I'm also going to clear cache etc and see

[dbrace]

You may also want to consider: (1) trying a different web browser than what you usually use or (2) using a different computer.

Only other option would be to report it directly to Canvas Support.

-Doug

[BentleyZerwas]

when will the update be complete

[chriscas]

I have to say that the  "User Details > Page Views" update seems to be a definite downgrade to me.  I know things need to be kept up to date, but using a 14" MacBook, the revised UI is squishing the date column, causing each row to be super tall.  This coupled with the infinite scrolling (which I personally despise) makes the page much less useful.  I don't know if the infinite scrolling on the page can be fixed, but can someone at least look into getting the column widths back to what they used to be in the old UI version (where each row was just a single line of text)?  Attaching a redacted screenshot of what I see with the new UI for reference.

 

-Chris

[cms_hickss]

For User Agent column in the UI, could we please have the OS and browser version?  [We previously saw the OS when we hovered over the User Agent information]

[fpaiano]

I have absolutely no idea where to post this but this is where your chat representative sent me.

I can not stand the new discussion forum. I have talked with our admin and they say I should contact you. The new discussion forum is absolutely horrible. The old one worked and was super easy to use. With this one, posts are disappearing and then there are double posts. The layout is ugly and the [Expand Threads] keeps switching back to compact view. Who thought this was better? You are reminding me of the bad old days with Blackboard.