Updated Features

  • Grades: Student Feedback Visibility Update- Students, Observers
  • Permissions: Manage Course Content Granularity- Admins

Feature Options

  • New Quizzes: Rich Content Editor in New Quizzes- All Users [Feature Delayed as of 2023-01-10]
  • New Quizzes: Blueprint Courses Support New Quiz Locking- Admin
  • New Quizzes: Allow Clearing Selection of Multiple Choice Question Answers- Instructors
  • New Quizzes: Fill in the Blank with Multiple Word Bank Improvements- Instructors, Students
  • Pages: Schedule Page Publication Default Status Update- Admin, Instructors

Other Updates

  • Inbox: Improved Inbox Functionality- All Users [Feature Delayed as of 2022-12-08]

Admin All Users Instructor Observer Student
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New Features

  • Calendar: Account Calendar- All Users
  • Outcomes: Outcome Alignment Summary Tab- Admin, Instructors

Feature Options

  • Pages: Schedule Page Publication Default Status Update- Admin, Instructors [Feature Delayed as of 2022-11-18]

Other Updates

  • Speedgrader: Enforcement of Multi-File Submissions Display as Single Submission for Third-Party Tools Feature Option- Admin, Instructors
Admin Instructor
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Updated Features

  • Conferences: BigBlueButton Conference Updates- All Users

Feature Options

  • Pages: Schedule Page Publication- Admin, Instructors
  • Speedgrader: Multi-File Submissions Display as Single Submission for Third-Party Tools- Admin, Instructors

Other Updates

  • Inbox: Improved Inbox Functionality- All Users [Production Release Delayed]
Admin All Users Instructor
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Feature Options

  • New Quizzes: New Quiz Blueprint Sync- Admin, Instructors
  • New Quizzes: Blueprint Course Supports New Quiz Item Banks- Admin, Instructors
Admin Instructor
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New Features

  • Dashboard: Observer Dashboard Filtered by Student- Observers [ADDED 2022-07-01]

Feature Options

  • Improved Outcomes Management: Average Calculation Method, Improved Outcomes Management Feature Option Status Update- Admin, Instructors
Admin Instructor Observer
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New Features

  • Gradebook: Message Observers of Students Who- Instructor

Platform/Integration

  • Browsers: Server Name Indication (SNI)- All Users
All Users Instructor
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New Features

  • Dashboard: Observer Dashboard Filtered by Student- Observer [Delayed as of 2022-05-22]

Feature Options

  • New Quizzes: Fill in the Blank Question Type Allows Rich Content Editor- Admin, Instructor
  • New Quizzes: New Quizzes in To Do List- Instructor
Admin Instructor Observer
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Feature Options

  • Account and Course Settings: Assignment Default Due Time Field- Instructor
  • Gradebook: Apply Score to Ungraded Assignments- Instructor
  • New Quizzes: Fill in the Blank Question Type Allows Rich Content Editor- Admin, Instructor
  • New Quizzes: This Course Item Bank Filter- Admin, Instructor
  • Permissions: Check Permissions when Masquerading as Course Admins- Admin
  • Rich Content Editor: Icon Maker- Instructor
  • Submission Comments: Emojis in Submission Comments- Instructor, Student

Platform/Integration

  • External Tools (LTI): Deep Linking Support- Admin
  • External Tools (LTI): Enforcement for Microsoft Group Enrollment Syncing- Admin, Instructor
Admin Instructor Student
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Updated Features

  • Rich Content Editor: Equation Editor Update- All Users

Feature Options

  • Improved Outcomes Management: Individual Outcome Rating and Calculations Method Options- Admin, Instructor
  • New Quizzes: Item Bank Filtering Terminology Adjustment- Admin, Instructor
Admin Instructor
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As of 2021-12-22, New Quizzes: Bulk Migration is available in the Canvas beta environment. Production environment availability will be posted in Canvas Releases when available. Bulk MigrationSummaryCh...
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Updated Features

  • Courses: Course Navigation Menu State- Instructor, Student, Observer
  • Gradebook: Missing Status Removal- Instructor
  • Modules: Modules Link State- Instructor
  • Permissions: External Tools (LTI) Granularity- Admin
  • Rich Content Editor: Accessibility Checker Indicator Feature Enforcement- Instructor, Student
  • SpeedGrader: Unposted Comment Warning- Instructor

Account Settings

  • Gradebook: Split Name Columns- Instructor

Other Updates

  • Account Settings: Slack Notifications Feature Option Transition- Admin
  • Settings: Feature Preview Terminology Adjustment- Admin, Instructor

Feature Options

  • New Quizzes: Matching Questions Partial Credit- Instructor
Admin Instructor Observer Student
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Updated Features

  • Assignments: Submission Feedback Indicator- Student
  • Dashboard: Course Creation Subaccount Menu- Admin, Instructor
  • Dashboard: List View Dashboard Conference Links- Instructor, Student
  • Settings: Settings Tab URL Links- Admin, Instructor
  • SpeedGrader: Assignment Text Entry Word Count- Instructor

Release Previews

  • New Quizzes: Assignments and Quizzes Build Link- Instructor
  • New Quizzes: Stimulus Orientation- Instructor
Admin Instructor Student
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New Features

  • Navigation: Sticky Navigation Menus- All Users
  • SpeedGrader: Submission Status Label Edits- Instructor

Updated Features

  • Gradebook: Assignment Search- Instructor
  • Notifications: Course Notification Customization- All Users
  • User Settings: Microsoft Immersive Reader- All Users

Feature Previews

  • Rich Content Editor: Accessibility Checker Indicator Default Setting Adjustment- All Users
All Users Instructor
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Updated Features

  • Permissions: Manage Assignments and Quizzes Granularity- Admin
  • Permissions: Manage Groups Granularity- Admin

Release Previews

  • Outcomes: Improved Outcomes Management- Admin, Instructor
Admin Instructor
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Feature Previews

  • New Analytics: Online Attendance- Admin, Instructor
  • New Quizzes: Quiz Printing- Instructor
  • Rich Content Editor: Accessibility Checker Indicator- All Users

Other Updates

  • Settings: Feature Preview Terminology and User Group Updates- All Users
  • Settings: Release Notes Interface Preview Change- All Users

Admin All Users Instructor
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Updated Features

  • New Quizzes: Modules Workflow Improvement- Student

Other Updates

  • Notifications: SMS Notifications End of Life- All Users
  • Rich Content Editor: Classic Rich Content Editor End of Life- All Users
  • Users: Maintenance Windows Enforcement- All Users

Platform/Integration

  • Browsers: TLS Protocols 1.0 and 1.1 Legacy Endpoints End of Life- All Users
  • External Tools (LTI): Microsoft Teams Sync: SCORM Launch Links Enforcement- Admin, Instructor

Admin All Users Instructor Student
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New Features

  • Account Settings: Canvas for Elementary- Instructor, Student
  • Global Navigation Menu: Release Notes Interface- Admin, Instructor, Observers
  • Discussions: Discussions Redesign- All Users

Updated Features

  • New Quizzes: Item Bank Management- Instructor
  • Permissions: Manage Courses Granularity- Admin
  • SpeedGrader: Comment Library- Instructor

Other Updates

  • External Tools (LTI): SCORM Launch Links- All Users
Admin All Users Instructor Observer Student
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This document (last updated 2021-11-10) provides a summary of the Canvas for Elementary feature, which was originally introduced in the Canvas Release Notes (2021-06-19). For specific release updates ...
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This document provides a summary of Course Templates, which was originally introduced in the Canvas Release Notes (2021-05-15). Please see the change log for details about document updates. A course I...
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New Features

  • Assignments: Student Annotation Submissions- Instructor, Student
  • Courses: Course Templates- Admin, Instructor

Updated Features

  • New Quizzes: Save and Build Button Workflow- Instructor, Student
  • User Settings: Auto-Show Closed Captioning- All Users

Other Updates

  • Users: Maintenance Windows- All Users
Admin All Users Instructor Student
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Updated Features

  • Course Settings: Course Availability Date Enhancements Enforcement- Instructor
  • Course Settings: Participation Restrictions and Term Visibility- Instructor
  • New Quizzes: Multiple Attempts First Score Option- Instructor
Instructor
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This page contains feature summaries for each user role as described in each Canvas release or deploy.  Default Features Default features affect all Canvas users. If enabled in the Help Menu, the Rel...
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New Features

  • Assignments: Webcam Submissions- Student

Updated Features

  • Course Settings: Course Availability Date Enhancements- Instructor
  • Modules: New Quizzes Support- Instructor
  • Outcomes: Learning Mastery Gradebook Student Filters- Instructor
  • Permissions: Manage Course Files Granularity- Admin
  • Permissions: Users Granularity- Admin
  • Rich Content Editor: File Preview Enhancements- All Users
  • SpeedGrader: Submission Reassignments- Instructor
Admin All Users Instructor Student
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Updated Features

  • Courses: MathJax Equation Enhancements & Text Field LaTeX Characters- All Users
  • Gradebook: View Ungraded as Zero- Instructors
  • Gradebook: Grading Period in CSV Headers- Instructors
  • Gradebook: Import Override Scores in Gradebook- Instructors
  • Rich Content Editor: Pretty HTML Editor- All Users
All Users Instructor
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Canvas releases take place every third Saturday of the month and introduce new and updated features or adjusted user functionality into the production environment. For questions about Canvas releases...
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Updated Features

  • Admin Tools: Bounced Emails Tab- Admin
  • New Rich Content Editor: New Rich Content Editor Feature Option Enforcement- All Users
  • Notifications: Push Notification Types End of Life- All Users
  • Permissions: Course Sections Granularity- Admin
  • Settings: Feature Option Management- All Users

Admin All Users
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Upcoming Canvas Changes 2021-01-16 End-of-Life for Rich Content Editor—Enforcement of New Rich Content EditorDeprecation of Multiple Push notification types For more information, please see Upcoming ...
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In this Canvas release (November 21), the Admin Grade Change Activity log supports multi-parameter search fields. For all users, newly recorded media and uploaded media via the Upload/Record Media lin...
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In this Canvas release (October 17), users can view a list of recently visited pages in the Global Navigation Menu. Additionally, the user-level and course-level notification pages have been updated f...
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In this Canvas release (September 19), New Analytics provides downloadable CSV files for missing assignments, late assignments, excused assignments, the class roster, and course activity data. For API...
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