Canvas Product Roadmap

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Canvas LMS

Improved!

What's new?

  • Assignment enhancements will support peer review. Students will be able to complete peer reviews within the updated interface instead of being pushed to the old.
  • Peer reviews will clearly be shown within the assignment and modules pages when assignment enhancements is enabled.

Why is it valuable?

Peer Review within assignment enhancements will be easier and more intuitive for students to find and use. This optimizes student access and promotes efficient communications as peer review notifications are activated.

What's new?

The Outcomes Analysis Report is currently in app only. Instructors will have the capability to download a CSV of the report to manipulate as needed for making data-driven decisions about teaching and learning.

Why is it valuable?

The robust information available in the outcomes report can now be pulled out of the system for deeper analysis or inclusion with other data sets for deeper insights with a third party BI tool.

What's new?

  • New data access API that allows customers to pull Canvas Data in near-real time ( <4hrs latency)
  • Deltas vs. full data sets
  • Filtering and customization options.

Why is it valuable?

Canvas Administrators will have even faster and more flexible access to data with an enhanced API that provides near-real-time access to Canvas Data.

What's new?

Instructors will be able to submit a file upload assignment on behalf of a student from the assignment detail tray within the gradebook.

Why is it valuable?

This new functionality empowers educators to submit an assignment for students who may be struggling to submit their assignment through the standard process.

Feature Preview!

What's new?

Administrators can view, filter, and download data about Canvas LMS usage, course success, and student engagement in three new dashboards: Overview, Course, and Student.

Why is it valuable?

Administrators can see Canvas usage at their institution and know where to offer training and support. Administrators can identify courses where student engagement and/or student scores are low. Administrators can view and download reports filtered by term(s), subaccount(s), course(s), and instructor(s).

Canvas Catalog

Improved!

What's new?

An overhaul of the existing Reports and Analytics features will deliver a more detailed Analytics experience which provides admins with improved understanding of student engagement and revenue.

Why is it valuable?

The new Analytics features in Catalog improve the ability to report on enrollment and revenue numbers and track student engagement and behavior at a more granular level. More robust data and improved filtering capabilities help admins fine-tune their reports and save time sifting through data, empowering improved data-informed decision making.

Canvas Credentials

Improved!

What's new?

  • End users can delete redundant accounts
  • End users can merge duplicate accounts

Canvas Studio

Improved!

What's new?

This customization will allow users to:

  • Define the start time of external media
  • Change the embed resolution

Why is it valuable?

With Embed Customization, educators will make sure that students are provided with the relevant section of the embedded YouTube/Vimeo media. Adjusting the embed resolution will help educators create more digestible and relevant course content.

What's new?

Studio users can quickly cut and trim unnecessary pieces of their videos in Studio, improving efficient workflows. Comments, annotations, quiz questions and sharing functionality can now be easily saved, enhancing user experience.

Why is it valuable?

The in-browser caption editor promotes a seamless user experience in Canvas Studio and empowers users with enhanced options to improve video learning content.

Canvas Student ePortfolios, Student Pathways, and Program Assessment

New!

What's new?

- Dutch language will be supported in Canvas Student ePortfolios, Canvas Student Pathways and Canvas Program Assessment.

Why is it valuable?

This new translation allows Dutch institutions to use Canvas Student ePortfolios, Pathways and Program Assessment.

Planned for the next few quarters

Canvas LMS

New!

New API endpoints allow administrators, development teams, and proctoring partners to seamlessly integrate with quiz software and improve quiz building processes.
New letter-grade-only functionality allows for more flexibility in showing student progress without the need for traditional points and percentages.

Improved!

Instructors can now access Item Analysis within hours or less, with meaningful data to ensure quiz effectivness.
Expanded API endpoints enable administrators to easily download data for a comprehensive look at quiz effectiveness, allowing them to use the data as needed to create custom reports and support learning outcomes.
New Quizzes will now allow students to build on their last attempt to show improved learning and mastery of concepts assessed.
Instructors will be able to share New Quizzes content both within and outside of their organization by use of a common cartridge file to foster greater collaboration.
Phase 3 of the Rich Content Editor (RCE) integration will allow instructors to leverage 3rd party apps in New Quizzes, delivering a compelling and engaging quiz experience.
The New Quizzes submissions API will enable instructors and administrators to submit student quiz attempts and retrieve student test submission data to enhance reporting and inform learning outcomes.
Third party tools may now enable institutions to install tools in one pane of glass without copying and pasting information between the tool and Canvas.

Feature Preview

Canvas Catalog

New!

Admins can customize brand colors and logos to ensure their online marketplace blends seamlessly with their university brand, leading to improved conversion of prospective students.

Canvas Studio

New!

Human Captioning integration in Studio will enable personalized captioning for teachers that aligns to current accessibility standards and supports an inclusive learning experience for students.

Improved!

Educators will be able to share video quizzes with each other saving effort and increasing student learning gains.
Expanded (Studio) Usage Data will provide admins with on demand access to viewership data and insights that are more easily exportable in order to drive adoption across their institutions.
Consideration for later

Canvas LMS

New!

Improved rubrics enables instructors to provide more meaningful feedback and and self assessment support encourages learner agency.
API enhancements equip admins and instructors with the tools to customize test-taking accommodations within quizzes, providing the functionality to adapt to different levels of student need and improving testing experiences.
Instructors can use detailed student analysis reports to gain deeper insights into student understanding and activity on quizzes.
New Quizzes will now allow instructors to gather anonymous student feedback, to collect insights and improve the learning experience.
Enhanced grading capabilities in New Quizzes will allow educators to enable anonymous grading, reducing the perception of bias in the classroom.
Instructors will be able to share New Quizzes in Canvas Commons, empowering them to better collaborate and save time on content curation.
The ability to download all student submissions for a question at once will enable Instructors to save time when manually grading file upload question types in New Quizzes.
Instructors will be able to provide just-in-time accommodations of additional time for students, ensuring equitable access in the quizzing process.
Outcome-alignments will now be included in both Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes, allowing educators and administrators to more efficiently migrate quiz content between formats.

Improved!

Instructors can create practice quizzes that are tailored to their teaching and learning needs and maintain the quality of gradebooks.
Instructors will be able to manage results visibility settings within a New Quiz, streamlining feedback and instructional quality for students.
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