Features Q&A: Canvas Deploy Notes (2025-09-24)

[InstContentTeam]

Looking to discuss these features from the 2025-09-24 Deploy Notes? Post a reply and start a conversation!

Updated Features

• Canvas Media: YouTube Overlay
• External Tools: Top Navigation Tool Resizing
• Gradebook: View Hidden Grades Indicator
• People: Page View Updates
• SpeedGrader: Multi-Select Section Filter with Checkboxes

Feature Preview Change Log Updates

• Differentiation Tags: Export CSV template
• Enhanced Rubrics: Clickable Outcomes Pill
• Enhanced Rubrics: Assignment and Rubric Points Mismatch Alert
• Enhanced Rubrics: Rubric Layout Persists
• Enhanced Rubrics: Rubric Incomplete Indicator
• Enhanced Rubrics: Rubric Point Values
• Performance and Usability Upgrades for SpeedGrader: Multi-Select Sections Filter

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[abbyrosensweig]

Why are the two versions of the Speedgrader multi-section selection different? The version of this when speedgrader enhancement is off (the check boxes) is better because it's more obvious that multiple sections can be selected. Why would the checkboxes not be the interface when speedgrader enhancement is turned on?

[paulamiranda]

Agreed, it would be nice to have the checkboxes as a visual indicator that multiple sections can be selected, which is not obvious in the SpeedGrader Upgrades version of this update

[paulamiranda]

I'd like to pass along feedback from staff at our campus who suggested that the orange dot from the Hidden Grades Indicator should include a tooltip on hover describing what the flag means.

While it is a setting that someone who has edit access to a course gradebook has to intentionally enable, implying that they know what it does, there are a lot of courses that are set up by course designers or administrators, so instructors who may have not turned this setting on themselves might see these flags and get confused about what they mean. Please consider this as a feature update in a future deploy. Thank you.

[paulamiranda]

While validating the Assignment and Points Mismatch Alert in production, I noticed that a rubric that already had the "Use this rubric for assignment grading" enabled would not generate the alert. The steps to replicate are:

1. Create a (classic/legacy) rubric where the "Use this rubric for assignment grading" has been enabled
2. Add it to an assignment in a course where Enhanced Rubrics is enabled, and where the total points do not match the rubric point total
3. Begin using the SpeedGrader
4. Screencast (no audio)

It seems the alert is only triggered when the setting is first applied, but there will be many instructors and course administrators who will be reusing legacy rubrics that have been converted to the enhanced version. 

[paulamiranda]

I came across another issue when validating the deploys for Enhanced Rubrics. The Rubric Incomplete Indicator seems to be missing from prod, see gif below showing an incomplete rubric in SpeedGrader and no alert pill at the bottom, time and date above.

Incomplete rubric, no alert

[paulamiranda]

Just wanted to provide an update that the incomplete/complete indicators still don't seem to be working in prod as of this morning. Fwiw, the Enhanced Rubrics feature option is enabled in this course (disabled and unlocked at our Canvas root account), while the Performance and Usability Upgrades for SpeedGrader is disabled.

When I test it in Beta, where we have the SG Upgrades enabled, it works. In the Notes, it doesn't say that we have to have this feature on in order for the indicator to work. 

No indicators, as of Oct 7