Instructure planned to release an updated interface for Canvas Conversations (a.k.a. Inbox or Messages). They rolled the change back quickly after discovering issues. Canvas production feature releases occur on the third Saturday of the month.
Canvas Release Highlights for December 2022
The New Quizzes tool now uses the Canvas rich content editor (replacing its separate RCE). Instructure removed Unsplash image search within Canvas. Canvas releases arrive the third Saturday each month.
New Quizzes Community of Practice
Call for participants: New Quizzes community of practice during the Spring 2023 term. We will host four meetings and encourage online communication about New Quizzes users’ experiences with the tool.
Canvas Release Highlights for November 2022
We have no feature highlights from the November 2022 Canvas production release. Releases occur on the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for October 2022
Canvas teachers will be able to schedule publication for unpublished pages and choose institution or public visibility levels for course files. Canvas releases arrive the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for September 2022
No major feature changes are planned for the September 2022 Canvas production release. Releases occur on the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for August 2022
No feature releases are planned for Canvas in August 2022. New feature releases are scheduled for the third Saturday of each month. Code deploys arrive every other Wednesday.
Canvas Release Highlights for July 2022
No major feature changes are planned for the July 2022 Canvas production release. Releases occur on the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for June 2022
No major feature changes are planned for the June 2022 Canvas production release. Releases occur on the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for May 2022
No major changes arrived in May production release or code deploys for Canvas. The Canvas production release occurs the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for April 2022
Teachers can see new analytics details in Canvas Studio, change times in Assignment Bulk Editor, apply scores to ungraded submissions for multiple assignments, make icons, and add emojis in SpeedGrader comments.
Increased Canvas Use in 2020 and 2021
Canvas use increased sharply in 2020 and remained quite high in 2021. This is evident in total views, Canvas Studio launches, online assignment submissions, and online discussion posts.