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Canvas Tips & Updates
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Since the pandemic began, Canvas has introduced many new and updated features! In case you missed some of these changes, here is a list of video links for the most helpful improvements.
Canvas has made some updates to the button language for online assignment submissions. Learn more.
The following features will become available on Saturday, March 20:
– Assignments: Webcam Submissions
– Course Settings: Course Availability Date Enhancements
– Rich Content Editor: File Preview Enhancements
– SpeedGrader: Submission Reassignments
On Monday, December 14th, a New Rich Content Editor will be enabled system-wide in Canvas. Learn more!
During the fall semester, Canvas deployed the following product updates:
Recent Page History
New Analytics Reports
Bulk Page Delete
Global Announcements Page
Learn more!
The following features will become available on Saturday, July 17:
Direct Share
Publishing Improvements
Import Existing Content
Commons Help Guides
Cisco Webex Canvas Integration (coming for fall)
In preparation for the summer semester, the following features will become available in Canvas on Friday, May 15.
Assignments: Due & Availability Date Bulk Edit
Assignments: Limited Submission Attempts
Product tours for teachers and students
Instructor Tutorials
Notifications: Mute Notifications by Course and DocViewer Student Notifications
Celebrations for On-time Submissions and Link Validator
Course Navigation Rubrics Link
SimCheck to replace Vericite plagiarism detection system
Check out the new features features in Canvas!
Highlights in this release:
– Navigation – Menu Changes
– Gradeboook – Post Policy Icon Updates
Faculty members have a few tool choices available when needing to communicate with their class.
Highlights in this release:
– Embedded Image File Uploads
– Screen Reader and Browser Support Change
Learn how to schedule announcements in Canvas, how to create video announcements using Panopto, and how to add your announcements to your course home page.
Learn how assignment due dates in Canvas help your students stay on track.
Manage your course navigation links in your course settings!
In case you missed them, here is a list highlighting some of the cool changes that have happened in Canvas over the past year.
Clicking Student View in Canvas creates a test student in your grade center. If you wish to remove the test student from a Canvas course, here are the steps.
There are special accessibility considerations when working with complex images, like infographics, images of text, and more.
The math equation editor within the Canvas rich content editor saves in an accessible format.
Checking for accessibility issues within Canvas can be done within Canvas either using the Accessibility Checker in the rich content editor or by using UDOIT.