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The Canvas Releases and Deploys page indicates features that are available in the production environment on the indicated date. Click the title of a release or deploy notes to view the full release or deploy.

For functionality either planned or currently in development, please see the Canvas Product Roadmap.

For features only available in the beta environment, please see Beta Environment Feature Feedback.

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Canvas User Interface (UI): July 9On July 9, 2016, the New Canvas Interface will no longer be a Feature Option in Canvas and will be enabled for all Canvas users as a standa...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Canvas User Interface (UI): July 9On July 9, 2016, the New Canvas Interface will no longer be a Feature Option in Canvas and will be enabled for all Canvas users as a standa...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Canvas User Interface (UI): July 9On July 9, 2016, the New Canvas Interface will no longer be a Feature Option in Canvas and will be enabled for all Canvas users as a standa...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Canvas User Interface (UI): July 9On July 9, 2016, the New Canvas Interface will no longer be a Feature Option in Canvas and will be enabled for all Canvas users as a standa...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Canvas User Interface (UI): July 9On July 9, 2016, the New Canvas Interface will no longer be a Feature Option in Canvas and will be enabled for all Canvas users as a standa...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Canvas User Interface (UI): July 9On July 9, 2016, the New Canvas Interface will no longer be a Feature Option in Canvas and will be enabled for all Canvas users as a standa...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Canvas User Interface (UI): July 9On July 9, 2016, the New Canvas Interface will no longer be a Feature Option in Canvas and will be enabled for all Canvas users as a standa...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Canvas User Interface (UI): July 9On July 9, 2016, the New Canvas Interface will no longer be a Feature Option in Canvas and will be enabled for all Canvas users as a standa...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesDecember 12 release postponed to December 19The release scheduled for this Saturday, December 12, will move back one week to December 19. Canvas has experienced a few performanc...

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In this production release (October 31), admins benefit from additional features in the Theme Editor in the New Canvas User Interface, and instructors can more easily manage content and maintain grade...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Canvas UI in Free-for-Teacher AccountsOn October 10, the New Canvas User Interface (UI) will be enabled for all canvas courses in Free-for-Teacher accounts. Additional infor...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Canvas UI in Free-for-Teacher AccountsOn October 10, the New Canvas User Interface (UI) will be enabled for all canvas courses in Free-for-Teacher accounts. Additional infor...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Canvas UI in Free-for-Teacher AccountsIn the next few weeks, the New Canvas User Interface (UI) will be enabled for all canvas courses in Free-for-Teacher accounts. Addition...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesDifferentiated Assignments: July 18On July 18, 2015, Differentiated Assignments will no longer be a Feature option in Canvas and will be enabled for all Canvas users as a standa...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesDifferentiated Assignments: July 18On July 18, 2015, Differentiated Assignments will no longer be a Feature option in Canvas and will be enabled for all Canvas users as a standa...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesTicketing System Choice: June 27On June 27, 2015, Canvas Support is moving from Zendesk to Salesforce Service Cloud. Your institution can use Service Cloud, or you can choose to...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesNew Files (Better File Browsing): June 6On June 6, 2015, the new Files interface (Better File Browsing) will no longer be a Feature Option in Canvas and will be enabled for all ...

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Upcoming Canvas ChangesOn April 4, Facebook will no longer be supported as a Canvas integration. More information will be included in the March 23 Canvas Beta Release Notes. In this production release...

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