Teachers see a new tab in New Analytics displaying online “attendance” (daily activity for each student). Teachers can preview RCE accessibility notifications. Teachers can print from New Quizzes.
Author: Samuel Timme
Sam began supporting faculty using Emory's learning management system in 2013. He taught several courses at Emory as a doctoral student in philosophy, and he completed his degree in 2019. Sam comes from Nebraska originally. Some of his favorite things are coffee, cats, & vegetarian cooking.
Canvas Release Highlights for July 2021
SMS text message notifications cease. Instructure begins scheduled maintenance windows on 1st & 3rd Thursdays in early morning hours. Small improvements come to New Quizzes, Gradebook, & HTML editor.
Canvas Release Highlights for June 2021
Teachers can save comments to reuse in SpeedGrader submission comments. New Quizzes offers improved item bank management. Feature releases come to Canvas the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for May 2021
Teachers can allow student annotation submissions: they choose a file that students annotate like a worksheet. Canvas releases arrive the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for April 2021
Teachers see more clearly whether their course is set to use term end dates or course-specific end dates, which they can modify. Canvas feature releases arrive the third Saturday of each month.
PowerPoint & Zoom on 2 Screens
Here are three different ways to get around PowerPoint Slide Show taking up both screens so that you can have PowerPoint slides on one (shared) screen and the Zoom video gallery on the other.
Canvas Release Highlights for March 2021
This release introduces new file link preview behaviors (inline preview by default, a download icon, an overlay display option). Teachers can reassign submissions. Students can submit webcam images.
Canvas Release Highlights for February 2021
Student View buttons are labeled with words. File links get download icons. The HTML editor displays pretty code. Canvas renders delimited LaTeX equations. Teachers may enter override grades using CSV.
Canvas Release Highlights for January 2021
The New RCE replaces the classic RCE in all courses. Notifications types that do not come via mobile app push are grayed out. Canvas releases arrive the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for December 2020
Teachers see a new Student View button on most pages. Teachers can search for content when inserting course links. New file links direct users to preview pages instead of starting downloads.
Canvas Highlights for November 18 and 21, 2020
New features are coming to the New RCE (Rich Content Editor): the sidebar stays open and has a search bar for existing course files.
Canvas Deploy Highlights for October 21, 2020
Teachers can create groups by importing a CSV file. Teachers and students can open the New Rich Content Editor to the full size of their browser window; they can also insert embed code more easily.