These dashboards highlight three trends in Canvas at Emory in 2018: new highs for course activity, greater use of modules and online grading, and increasingly high mobile app access.
Author: Samuel Timme
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR JANUARY 5 AND 26, 2019
This release contains upgrades: teachers can preview Commons materials, enter custom rubric comments, and edit moderated grading assignments more easily. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR DECEMBER 8, 2018
This release contains upgrades: users can customize their dashboard course card order and record video in content editor without Flash in Chrome & Firefox. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR NOVEMBER 17, 2018
This release contains upgrades: students can upload image files to embed within the rich content editor & teachers can mark favorites in Canvas Commons. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday and are posted regularly to this blog.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 27, 2018
This release contains upgrades: students get List View improvements, teachers get beta access to improved grade analytics & grading improvements. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR OCTOBER 6, 2018
This release contains upgrades: document rotation in SpeedGrader, right-to-left language support, student review of dismissed alerts in list view. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2018
This release contains upgrades: teachers see page & discussion to-do dates in calendar, can export submission comments, can note students’ last attendance date. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 25, 2018
This release contains upgrades: teachers get appointment details in Calendar feeds and must unmute assignments to see submission details after grading anonymously. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR AUGUST 4, 2018
This weekend’s release contains new features: students can use a to-do list dashboard, and teachers can choose pages and discussions to-do list due dates. Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday.
CANVAS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY 14, 2018
Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday. This weekend’s release contains noteworthy changes: enhanced anonymous and moderated grading functionality and new non-scored rubric options.
Canvas Release Highlights for April 21, 2018
Canvas releases arrive every third Saturday. This weekend’s release contains noteworthy changes: changes in appearance are coming to discussions, in-browser document previews, and the content editor.