Canvas users will see updated interfaces in the Inbox/Messages tool and in grading schemes selection. Canvas production releases arrive on the third Saturday of each month.
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Canvas Release Highlights for June 2023
Teachers can publish or unpublish all modules at once. Teachers using New Quizzes may hide practice quizzes from the gradebook & embed content from apps. User access report data is limited to 1 year.
Canvas Release Highlights for May 2023
Teachers can specify display size for embedded Canvas Studio videos. Studio saves caption edits automatically. Canvas releases arrive on the third Saturday each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for April 2023
All users can download transcripts for captioned Studio media. Teachers can grade New Quizzes one question at a time, set Studio playback start time, and share NQ item banks and sort grades in new ways.
Canvas Release Highlights for March 2023
Canvas Studio’s caption editing interface features several improvements. Canvas Gradebook has a new feature allowing teachers and TAs to upload files as assignment submissions on behalf of students.
Canvas Release Highlights for February 2023
All users can copy and paste or drag and drop images and other media into the Canvas Rich Content Editor. Canvas Feature Releases occur on the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for January 2023
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.
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Canvas teachers will be able to schedule publication for unpublished pages and choose institution or public visibility levels for course files.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.