Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two week...
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two week...
Upcoming Canvas Changes2020-01-18:End-of-Life functionality related to Canvas DataEnd-of-Life date for GradebookEnforcement of multiple feature options For more information, please see Upcoming Canvas...
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two week...
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two week...
Upcoming Canvas Changes2019-12-21: End-of-Life functionality related to Live Events2020-01-18:End-of-Life functionality related to Canvas DataEnd-of-Life date for GradebookEnforcement of multiple feat...
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two week...
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two week...
This document introduces the New Rich Content Editor as noted in the Canvas Release Notes (2020-01-18)
For additional feature updates, please refer to the New Rich Content Editor User Group.
The Ne...
Upcoming Canvas Changes2019-10-22: End-of-Life for Firefox ESR 602019-12-21: End-of-Life functionality related to Live Events2020-01-18:End-of-Life functionality related to Canvas DataEnd-of-Life for ...
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two week...
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two week...
This page displays an embedded view of the Canvas Release Schedule calendar.
To subscribe to the Canvas Release calendar, please see the What is the Canvas release schedule for beta, production, and t...
Canvas LMS Repository
All code changes for Canvas LMS reside in the Canvas-lms github repository. This repository is open source and displays all code deployed to Canvas master, beta, and production e...
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two week...
Upcoming Canvas ChangesFeature Option Enforcement: January 18On January 18, 2020, the following feature options will be enabled for all institutions:Anonymous Grading (Course)Enable Dashboard Images f...
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two week...
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. They do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two weeks. I...
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features, but they do not affect customer workflows. These deploys take place every two week...
The Canvas release process is currently in transition. The following features will be available in the production environment on August 14, as code changes were completed before the new process was im...
Upcoming Canvas ChangesCanvas Release Schedule Adjustments: July 15Starting July 15, the Canvas Release Schedule will be adjusted to support two-week deploys and monthly releases every third Saturday ...
Upcoming Canvas ChangesCanvas Release Schedule Adjustments: July 15Starting July 15, the Canvas Release Schedule will be adjusted to support two-week deploys and monthly releases every third Saturday ...
Upcoming Canvas ChangesInternet Explorer 11: August 3On August 3, Internet Explorer 11 will no longer be supported as a Canvas browser. New Gradebook: January 18On 18 January 2020, the existing Canvas...
Upcoming Canvas ChangesInternet Explorer 11: August 3On August 3, Internet Explorer 11 will no longer be supported as a Canvas browser. New Gradebook: January 18On 18 January 2020, the existing Canvas...
In this Canvas release (April 20), the BigBlueButton Conferences interface has been redesigned using HTML5 for improved usability.Feature OptionsThe Content Security Policy allows institutions to enab...
In this Canvas release (March 30), the beta label has been removed from the New Gradebook in addition to other feature options in Canvas. In Notifications, SMS notifications have been shortened to dis...
In this Canvas release (March 9), discussion topics can be searched by author name in addition to title.Feature OptionsFor institutions using Moderated Grading, the Moderated Grading Audit Trail featu...
In this Canvas release (February 16), DocViewer supports stylus tools to create annotations within supported touchscreen devices. For embedded images in the Rich Content Editor, the Canvas files folde...
In this Canvas release (January 26), instructors can add additional comments for rubric criteria directly in the SpeedGrader sidebar as part of the rubric.Feature OptionsFor institutions using Moderat...
In this Canvas release (January 5), the Course Link Validator page includes design enhancements for link clarity, including identifying broken Course Card images. And the Course Details page has been ...
In this Canvas release (November 17), students can directly upload and embed images in the Rich Content Editor, and observers can choose to view the names of their observees in graded notifications. A...
In this production release (October 27), the Developer Keys Management and Scoping feature option has been enabled for all institutions, which allows admins to create and manage API tokens created for...
Upcoming Canvas ChangesOctober 4–8: Analytics Beta LTI (Beta Environment)Beginning October 4, Analytics Beta will be added as an LTI tool in all Canvas beta accounts. Production availability will be p...
Upcoming Canvas ChangesOctober 6: Non-Scoring Rubrics Feature Option EnforcementOn October 6, the Non-Scoring Rubrics feature option will be enabled for all Canvas institutions and applies to all user...
In this Canvas release (August 4), students can manage to-do items for all their courses using a List View Dashboard option. In DocViewer, comment replies are stacked together and can be expanded to v...
This document includes the major external apps (LTIs) supported by Canvas and updated in specified Canvas release notes.
New Analytics LTIAttendance LTICommons LTIGoogle Apps LTIMicrosoft Office 365 L...
Upcoming Release Notes ChangesStarting July 14, the Canvas release notes space will be modified with a new design, and each release will only include one release notes document. Details about these an...
Upcoming Canvas ChangesAugust 4: New SchedulerOn August 4, the New Scheduler feature option will be enabled for all institutions currently using the Scheduler feature in the Calendar. Institutions not...
Instructure is committed to consistently improving the Canvas user experience. The cloud-based platform maintains an agile production cycle with bug fixes, enhancements, and new features in three Canv...
The Canvas beta environment allows admins and instructors to explore new features before they reach production.
The beta environment is separate from the Canvas test environment.
When are new features...
The Canvas test environment allows admins and instructors to test real data without affecting the production environment, such as adding users, testing course content, and/or troubleshooting issues. T...
Changes from https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-14650-canvas-beta-release-notes-2018-05-21 Updated FeaturesRemoved Account Settings: Course and People Search EnforcementRemoved Discussions: Cour...
In this production release (April 21), admins can set a default Dashboard view for new Canvas users and allow graders to add excess points to outcome criteria in SpeedGrader. Additionally, the account...
Upcoming Canvas ChangesLDAP No TLS Support: March 31On March 31, Canvas will no longer support the No TLS option for LDAP authentication. In the Canvas authentication page, the TLS preference should b...
January 27 release postponed to February 3Before each release, our internal teams review any concerns about upcoming changes in the code. When we identify a risk or issue, we decide how to address it....
In this production release (January 6), institutions using the New Gradebook can apply late and missing policies to course assignments, and submissions that need to be graded only display one assignme...
Upcoming Canvas ChangesLTI Developer Update to lis_result_sourcedid: January 6On January 6, the basic grade passback service LTI parameter will be updated, which historically includes a combination of...
In this production release (November 18), admins can allow observers and unenrolled users to view Help menu links. In the Act as User page, admins can also view the message the audit logs recording us...
In this production release (October 28), the Rich Content Editor Accessibility Checker helps verify common accessibility errors in Canvas content.In Discussions and Assignments, the Move-To menu has b...
In this production release (October 7), the Provisioning Report Enrollments CSV includes a parameter for the Canvas enrollment ID, late and missing submission status labels are only displayed to instr...
In this production release (September 16), SIS Export and Provisioning account-level reports include an admin CSV file, and the user masquerade page includes a simplified design.For courses, notificat...
In this production release (August 26), third-party authentication supports the admin role federated attribute, the SIS Export courses.csv report includes information about course formats, and several...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
Upcoming Canvas ChangeOn January 31, New Quiz Statistics will no longer be a Feature Option in Canvas and the feature will apply to all users with an instructor role.In this production release (Januar...
New Canvas Notification IP AddressesOn January 10, 2015, we're adding two new Internet Protocol (IP) addresses to our notifications IP list. If your institution adds Canvas notification IPs to whiteli...
