Canvas is updated every third Saturday with new features and fixes. The Macomb CTL will post highlights from the production release notes and related content to our blog at ctl.emacomb.com. Please contact us at ctlsupport@macomb.edu if you have any questions about Canvas releases.
October 6 Release
Please see the New Feature Screencast for a video demonstration of the updates in this release.
Anonymous Annotation
- Instructors may now add anonymous annotations to student submissions. This feature must be activated on the course level in the Feature Options tab of the Course Settings page:
- On the Edit Assignment page, you’ll now see a checkbox to anonymize the annotations for that assignment.
- When students view their submissions in DocViewer, the instructor’s name will show as “Grader” on the annotations.
Rotate Documents in DocViewer
- DocViewer now offers the capability to rotate pages within a document. See the new Rotate button in the Toolbar:
- Instructors and students can rotate on a page-by-page basis to quickly fix documents with incorrect orientation.
Mark element in Rich Content Editor
- The Mark HTML element, better known as highlighting, is now supported by the Rich Content Editor:
- To use Mark highlighting, enter the HTML editor from the Edit Page screen and enclose the desired text with a <mark> highlighted text here </mark> tag:
Full production release notes for the October 6 release are available on the Canvas LMS Community.
The next Canvas release will be deployed on Saturday, October 27, with release notes available Monday, October 15.
Canvas Production Releases: June 2 and May 12
Canvas is updated every third Saturday with new features and fixes. The Macomb CTL will post highlights from the production release notes and related content to our blog at ctl.emacomb.com. Please contact us at ctlsupport@macomb.edu if you have any questions about Canvas releases.
June 2 Release
Please view the New Feature Screencast for a video demonstration of the updates in this Canvas release.
DocViewer Annotations and Commenting experience
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Full production release notes are available on the Canvas LMS Community.
May 12 Release
The New Feature Screencast presents a useful walkthrough of the changes in this release:
Announcements
The “Allow users to comment” checkbox allowing students to comment on course announcements is now persistent, meaning you will not have to check this box on every announcement – Canvas will remember what you selected for the previous announcement.
Assignments
The submission details sidebar now will show the term “submitted,” where previously “turned in” was used. This improves consistency of terminology throughout Canvas.
Files
In the Files area, the settings for each file is now represented by a three-dot Options icon:
Permissions
It is now possible to enable students and observers in a course to search for users by primary email address. Previously, only Canvas administrators, instructors, and TAs could search by primary email address.
Detailed release notes are available on Canvas Community.
Future Updates
Stay tuned for the next production release on Saturday, June 23. See the Canvas Releases page for Beta Release Notes on Monday, June 11 and Production Release Notes on Monday, June 18.
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