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Read our blog post for more info about this change.Some new opt-in features are available in the production environment but are subject to change. Provide your feedback and help contribute to additional improvements before they're enabled for all product users.
Please note features noted as Feature Previews are in active development. Feature updates take place within the product's regular release cycle and will be noted in Release or Deploy Notes, as needed. Please view the user group for more details.
Supported student assignments display an improved interface and submission workflow. This change improves the student experience in completing and submitting assignments, viewing rubrics, and locating instructor feedback.
Whether you're an educator looking to guide learners through structured, competency-based portfolios or a student building a personal showcase of your academic journey, you can now join the experience and collaborate with others exploring Canvas Portfolio.
Course Pacing is a feature preview. See the Course Pacing Feature Overview.
Meeting the diverse needs of students can be challenging. That’s why we’re excited to introduce Differentiation Tags, a new feature designed to simplify personalized learning. With these tags, you can easily label students or groups based on learning needs, styles, or interests—then use the "Assign To" feature to deliver targeted resources, assignments, and activities effortlessly.
Discussion Summarization uses a Generative AI model to provide instructors summaries of key points, questions, and ideas in a discussion thread. This feature is designed to save educators time and to allow discussions to be used effectively in large-format classes and other environments where they were previously infeasible.
The rubrics redesign and enhancements improve the functionality of rubrics within Canvas LMS.
AI Rubric Creator is a feature that helps educators quickly generate high-quality, editable rubrics for assignments using AI. It uses the assignment name and description to suggest rubric criteria, point values, and performance level descriptions.
Discussion Insights is designed to streamline your grading process by providing evaluation scores and notes. This allows you to quickly assess the relevance and quality of student replies in Discussions, significantly reducing the time you spend on grading.
Leveraging semantic algorithms and AI, IgniteAI Search for Courses allows users to search Canvas course content by understanding the context of queries and finding relevant results based on that context. IgniteAI Search for Courses facilitates faster content discovery for both teachers and students.
Discussion and Inbox Translation use AI to support multilingual communication in Canvas. Discussion Translation allows students to translate entire discussion threads to better understand and participate in conversations. Inbox Translation enables instructors to translate messages before sending, helping improve communication with non-native speaking parents and guardians.
SpeedGrader has long been an essential tool for instructors, simplifying the grading process and enabling timely feedback for students. However, as course sizes grow and grading demands increase, the current version has shown performance limitations—including slow load times, system instability, and a UI that could be more intuitive.
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