Impact Release Notes (2024-09-25)

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In this Impact release, Course- and Term-Based Messaging is available as a new feature. New content is available for Canvas users. Updated accessibility features are included for Insights, Messages, Campaigns, Login, and LTI Tools.

Impact helps institutions improve technology adoption and evaluate the impact of educational technology, while helping faculty and students seamlessly navigate new platforms. Learn more about Impact by Instructure.

New Feature

Course- and Term-Based Messaging

Course- and Term-Based Messaging: V1

Blog	Course- and Term-Based Messaging

The first phase of the Course- and Term-Based Messaging provides the following:

• Deeper Integration with Canvas
• New Course, Term, and Sub-Account Options for Custom User Group Conditions
• More Out of the Box User Groups
• New Field and Filtering by Canvas Course/Term/Sub-Account IDs
• Support Article Visibility Based on Course Conditions

New Content

Canvas

Walkthrough: Integrating the 'Assign To' Feature

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Walkthrough: Integrating the ‘Assign To’ Feature

The purpose of this walkthrough is to help instructors streamline courses with the ‘Assign To’ feature.

Contexts

The following new contexts are added:

• Pages page: Date and time fields
• Individual assignment page: Date and time fields
• Individual assignment page: Assignee field
• Pages page: Assignee field
• Modules overview page: Assignee field

Other Updates

Accessibility

Insights

On the Canvas Course Activity page, keyboard-only and screen reader focus remains on the trigger button.

Messages

The following are accessibility improvements to Messages:

• Create Message tooltips that appear on hover can be moved over with a pointer without disappearing.
• Create Message visibility tooltips are displayed under the label.

Campaigns

The visible text labels for a control are included in the control’s accessible name.

Login

When a login error message displays on the login page, the faulty input field it is associated with receives screen reader focus once the form field validation is finished.

LTI Tools

The following are accessibility improvements to LTI Tools:

• When a user ungroups one or more LTI Tools from a group, a confirmation dialog displays.
• When editing an OOTB LTI group, a fixed info alert displays explaining that the LTI group can not be deleted but users can add custom discovery rules to it.
• The abbreviated text OOTB is changed to Out of the Box throughout the LTI Tools page.
• In the Move selected and Edit selected menus, the KO focus state displays approriately.
• When a filter is deleted in the Filter popover menu, KO and SR focus appears on the Add a filter button when the first (or only) filter is deleted. If a filter below the first filter is deleted, KO and SR focus go to the previous interactive element in the focus order.
• When a new filter is added in the Filters popover menu, KO and SR focus moves to the new filter's first dropdown menu.
• When the condition is deleted and it was the only condition in the given custom rule, KO and SR focus reverts to the Add custom role menu button. When a condition is deleted, it was not the only condition in the given custom rule, and it wasn't the first condition, KO and SR focus reverts to the last interactive element before the condition.
• In the Move to a new group and Edit LTI group dialogs, the Discovery rules title is set to H3, and individual discovery rule titles are set to H4.
• In the Move selected and Edit selected menus, menu items can be reached via down/up arrow keys and the Tab key moves focus to the next interactive element after these menus.
• In the Move to an existing group and the Move to a new group dialog, the focus follows the KO users' interactions.
• In the Move to an existing group dialog in Firefox/Windows, KO functionality is available.
• In the Filters popover, when the filter's first field is Name, ID, URL, Redirect URL, or Description, the last input field has a more descriptive SR label and the Group or Group type.
• The Group options kebab and menus are labeled for SR users.
• The Move to a new group popup role is labeled as a form.

Fixed Bugs

• Walkthroughs are not visible in the Canvas mobile app at this time.