This month’s highlight features are a new Text Block item type and the ability to add time to in-progress attempts in New Quizzes.
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Canvas Release Highlights for April 2025
All users will see new playback controls for Canvas Studio media. Releases occur on the third Saturday of each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for February 2025
February 2025’s highlight is that all Classic Quiz question banks will be migrated to New Quizzes item banks in the course import process.
Canvas Release Highlights for January 2025
New Quizzes has several new features: student analysis reports, automatic reduction of distractors in multiple choice questions.
Canvas Release Highlights for December 2024
Student can see their groups’ course names in the Groups tray. No production release is scheduled this month in observance of winter breaks & holidays.
Canvas Release Highlights for October 2024
The highlights for October 2024 are improvements to New Quizzes moderation options and student result view settings, Announcement posted date display, and Discussions navigation.
Understanding How to Restrict Students’ View of Quiz Results In New Quizzes
We have received emails from instructors stating that the settings for restricting student quiz results in New Quizzes is not…
Canvas Release Highlights for August 2024
The highlights for August 2024 are a general feedback feature for New Quizzes and an interface change to manage Assign…
Canvas Release Highlights for April 2024
Teachers have new ways to manage grade schemes and new details for essay, file upload, and numeric questions in New Quizzes item analyses. Canvas releases arrive the third Saturday each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for March 2024
Teachers can select multiple values for each type of gradebook filter. New Quizzes item analyses include fill in the blank answer frequency charts. Canvas Releases arrive the third Saturday each month.
Canvas Release Highlights for February 2024
Canvas Studio offers a new screen capture option. New Quizzes migrates classic practice quizzes as zero-point assignments, includes more details in its item analysis report, and can export item analyses.
Canvas Release Highlights for January 2024
New Quizzes Item Analysis includes categorization, matching, ordering, hot spot & formula questions. Canvas Studio Video Quiz reports are improved. Canvas releases arrive the third Saturday each month.