Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-01-17)

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Table of Contents

• Interface Updates
• Calendar
• Event Times can be Input Manually
• Grades
• Submitted Date Column
• People
• Observer Pairing Code CSV Export Update
• Reports
• LTI Report Tool_ID Column
• Rich Content Editor
• Course File Hover Displays Entire File Name
• Height and Width Attributes Supported

Interface Updates

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Calendar

Event Times can be Input Manually

All Users

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Affected Feature Areas	Calendar
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Course Calendar- Add/edit/delete
Related Ideas	[Calendar] Allow for precise times in calendar

Summary

When creating or editing an event, users can manually input event times. Additionally, the time increments in the drop-down menu are changed to 15 minute increments.

Change Benefit

This update provides users the option to create time frames outside of the default 15 minute increment drop-down menu options.

Feature Workflow

Calendar From Time Drop-Down Menu

To enter event times manually, click the From or To fields and enter the desired event time.

Grades

Submitted Date Column

Student Observer

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Affected Feature Areas	Grades
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Inherent to User
Related Ideas	[Student Grades] Add 'submission date' to the student grades page

Summary

In the Grades page, a submitted column displays the date an assignment is submitted.

Change Benefit

This update allows students and observers to easily view when an assignment was submitted.

Feature Workflow

Student View Submitted Column in the Grades page

In the Grades page, submission dates display in the submitted column.

Additional Details

If an assignment allows multiple attempts, the column only displays the most recent submission date.

People

Observer Pairing Code CSV Export Update

Admin Instructor

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Affected Feature Areas	People
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Users - generate observer pairing codes for students
Related Ideas	[SIS] Include SIS ID on Course Pairing Code Export

Summary

SIS ID’s are added to the observer pairing code CSV export.

Change Benefit

This update allows admins to accurately and quickly match students with corresponding contact information exported from their SIS.

Feature Workflow

CSV SIS ID Column

When pairing codes are exported for a course, a SIS ID column displays in the CSV.

Reports

LTI Report Tool_ID Column

Admin

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Affected Feature Areas	Reports
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Account-level settings - manage
Related Ideas	[Reports] Include the External Tool ID on LTI Report

Summary

In the root account LTI report, a tool ID column is added to the report.

Change Benefit

This update allows admins to identify specific tools by their unique identifier creating a more comprehensive LTI Report.

Feature Workflow

cLTI Report Tool_ID Column

The tool_id column displays in the LTI Report CSV.

Rich Content Editor

Course File Hover Displays Entire File Name

All Users

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Affected Feature Areas	Files
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Inherent to user
Related Ideas	[Rich Content Editor] Provide a way to view long file names to make file selection easier when addin...

Summary

When viewing course files with long and similar names in the Rich Content Editor (RCE), users can hover over the file name to view the full name.

Change Benefit

This update allows users to easily differentiate between similar long file names.

Feature Workflow

Hover File Link to Display Full Name

When viewing All Files in the Rich Content Editor (RCE), hover over the desired file link to view the entire file name.

Additional Details

This update is not available for file folders.

 

 

Height and Width Attributes Supported

All Users

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Affected Feature Areas	Rich Content Editor
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Inherent to user
Related Ideas	[Rich Content Editor] Allow height/width on <source> tah=g

Summary

When using HTML in the Rich Content Editor, width and height attributes on <source> are supported.

Change Benefit

This update prevents content on the page from rearranging during image loading. Additionally, this enhances the user experience by ensuring that the necessary space is predetermined before loading occurs.

Feature Workflow

HTML Height and Width Source Tag

In the Rich Content Editor, users can edit the height and width when using source tags.