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.
September 15 Release
Please view the New Feature Screencast for a video demonstration of the updates in this release.
Bulk Accept for Moderated Grading
- This change affects only courses using the New Gradebook with Moderated Grading
- The moderator can choose to accept all grades by a grader for all assignments in which that grader is the only grader for the student
- Students with submissions graded by more than one grader will still need to be individually approved by Moderator
Last Date Attended in Student Profile
- Instructors may now note the final date of attendance in a student’s Profile page
- The date cannot be deleted once added
- Allows instructors to easily see the last date of on-ground attendance from each student’s Profile page
Export All SpeedGrader Comments as PDF
- Click the Download Submission Comments link in the SpeedGrader sidebar to generate a PDF containing all comments for the submission
- Allows easy exporting, sharing, and printing of comments
- Not available for muted assignments
January 26 Canvas Release
Canvas is updated every third Saturday with new features and fixes. The Macomb CTL posts highlights from the production release notes and related content to our blog at emacomb.com. Please contact us at ctlsupport@macomb.edu if you have any questions about Canvas releases.
January 26 Release
Please view the New Feature Screencast for a demonstration of the updates in this release:
Rubric Comments Enhancement
Instructors may now add comments to rubric criteria directly from SpeedGrader.
This update will allow instructors to edit their rubric comments while using the same rubric to grade assignments in SpeedGrader.
Note that this update refers to comments on the rubric criteria, not comments on the student’s assignment.
Learning Outcome Mastery
NOTE: This update only applies for instructors and students who have opted into the Learning Mastery Gradebook. Please contact us at ctlsupport@macomb.edu if you’d like to test this feature.
The total score for a particular learning outcome in a course will now be displayed if at least one of the assignments does not have hidden point values.
For example, because all asignments’ point values are hidden in the rubric for Week 7 Journal, you do not see X /5 – only Mastered or Not Mastered.
This change will make it easier to view a student’s progress towards mastery when at least one of the outcome’s assignments shows a point value.
Moderated Grading: Assignments Editable by Viewer
NOTE: The Moderated Grading feature is not yet active at the Macomb institutional level. Please contact us at ctlsupport@macomb.edu if you’d like to test this feature.
If your assignment uses Moderated Grading, any grader who is able to view the Grade Summary page will now able to edit the assignment.
This update will allow graders who have not been designated by the instructor as the final grader to edit assignments. This will simplify the process for nonfinal and noninstructor graders to modify assignment details throughout the course.
The complete production release notes for this release are available on the Canvas LMS Community.
The next Canvas release will be deployed Saturday, February 16, with release notes available Monday, February 4.
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