Canvas Releases

Published: 07-31-2017

Upcoming Canvas ChangesAugust 5: SAML EndpointOn August 5, the /saml2 endpoint will officially replace the /saml_meta_data endpoint. Institutions that rely on this endpoint for authentication will nee...

Published: 07-10-2017

Upcoming Canvas ChangesAugust 5: SAML EndpointOn August 5, the /saml2 endpoint will officially replace the /saml_meta_data endpoint. Institutions that rely on this endpoint for authentication will nee...

Published: 06-19-2017

Upcoming Canvas ChangesRich Content Editor Sidebar: July 1–15During the first part of July, enhancements to the Rich Content Editor Sidebar (Content Selector) will be enabled in all Canvas features fo...

Published: 05-30-2017

Upcoming Canvas ChangesRich Content Editor Sidebar: July 15On July 15, enhancements to the Rich Content Editor Sidebar (Content Selector) will be enabled in all Canvas features for all Canvas institut...

Published: 05-08-2017

In this production release (May 13), the Dashboard allows users to remove the color overlay from any course cards that include an image. In an individual course page, the page settings menu supports t...

Published: 04-17-2017

In this production release (April 22), admins can designate specific settings for SIS integrations and enable improved course content tutorials for new instructors. Admins can also view section limita...

Published: 03-27-2017

In this production release (April 1), admins can can weight individual grading periods for all courses in a term, allow courses to support course exports for students, and use an SIS Enrollments CSV f...

Published: 03-06-2017

In this production release (March 11), admins can manage parent and observer access to the Canvas Parent app and edit the default Help Menu links.Instructors can add quick links to new pages in the Ri...

Published: 02-13-2017

In this production release (February 18), instructors can show and hide deleted discussion replies and be included in group collaborations. Additionally, instructors who can manually add users to a co...

Published: 01-23-2017

In this production release (January 28), admins can more easily locate the Default Term when searching for courses and view the terms menu updates in account report configurations. For SIS institution...

Published: 01-03-2017

Upcoming Canvas ChangesCanvas Authentication Passwords: January 7On January 7, passwords for Canvas authentication will require eight characters instead of six characters. Passwords set through extern...

Published: 12-05-2016

Upcoming Canvas ChangesTurnitin API Deprecation: December 31On December 31, Turnitin will discontinue the Canvas API integration and will only support the LTI integration. If you are a Canvas admin wh...

Published: 11-14-2016

Upcoming Canvas ChangesTurnitin API Deprecation: December 31On December 31, Turnitin will discontinue the Canvas API integration and will only support the LTI integration. If you are a Canvas admin wh...

Published: 10-24-2016

In this production release (October 29), users can expand and collapse the Global Navigation Menu and view all items with a due date in the To Do list. Instructors have a small workflow change for gro...

Published: 10-03-2016

In this production release (October 8), admins can set federated attributes for Facebook and LinkedIn authentication and set the main text color for a template in the Theme Editor. Instructors can acc...

Published: 09-12-2016

In this production release (September 17), admins and instructors can set custom user visibility options for a course and the course Syllabus. When grading assignments, instructors view an alert in th...

Published: 08-22-2016

In this production release (August 27), admins can customize the default Help links in the Global Navigation Menu for their institution. Instructors can add images to Dashboard course cards (if allowe...

Published: 08-01-2016

In this production release (August 6), admins can view a report for grading periods, enable federated attributes in SAML authentication, and view the base role type for an enrollment in the Provisioni...

Published: 07-08-2016

In this production release (July 16), admins can customize the Help link text and icon for their institution, manage the Theme Editor for sub-accounts, associate grading periods with terms, and view t...

Published: 06-20-2016