Instructors Will Now See AI Throughout a Widely Used Course Software
New features integrated into Canvas include a grading assistant, a discussion-post summarizer, and even a way to pair assignments with generative AI tools.
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Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. Canvas Studio is a communication tool that allows instructors and students to actively co...
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Minor LTI 1.3 Changes: New OIDC Auth Endpoint, Support for Platform Storage
Canvas is changing its LTI 1.3 OIDC Auth domain to align with security practices and to support the new LTI 1.3 Platform Storage specification. This specification lets LTI tools function when browsers disable cross-site 3rd-party cookies. LTI 1.3 tool developers, read on for an implementation guide ...
What is the Canvas release schedule for beta, production, and test environments?
Instructure is committed to consistently improving the Canvas user experience. The cloud-based platform maintains an agile production cycle with bug fixes, enhancements, and new features in three Canvas environments: beta, production, and test. All Canvas environments are also available on any mobi...
Hi all, Despite in Canvas Documentation says that "Delete a user" process cannot be undone (How do I delete a user from an account?) , we have the situation where a user was deleted but when an application tried to create it again with the same SIS_USER_ID the API response is "The SIS_ID i...
If enabled by your institution, you can use Course Pacing to define a pace in which students must complete course tasks. This allows students with different start dates to have the same time frame in which they must complete course tasks.. Notes: The Course Pacing feature preview is in active devel...
Summary In Courses, Course Pacing distributes due dates on a defined pace for rolling enrollments. This feature preview allows magical distribution of due dates for students with different start dates based on an instructor’s defined pace. Availability To learn about managing feature option states, ...
October 2022 Webinar - Reusing and Sharing Canvas Content Handout
REUSING AND SHARING CONTENT IN CANVAS Resources for Admin Sharing Options: Course TemplatingHow do I enable a course as a course template? How do I select a course template in an account? BlueprintsLessons Learned from a Year with Blueprint Courses (Learn from Peers)Tips for Designing and...
Canvas: Understand Classic Quizzes vs. New Quizzes | IT@UMN | The people behind the technology
When instructors make a new quiz by clicking the +Quiz button on the Quizzes page, a window will appear prompting instructors to select either Classic Quizzes or New Quizzes.
Instructors | How do I create Tabs in my Canvas Page?
Tabs are useful for organizing the content of a page within Canvas to reduce scrolling. This guide will show you how to input the Tabs HTML code into pages, add more tabs, and editing your content within each tab.
TL;DR Blueprints are a powerful tool that can be used for pushing content from one course into one or more other courses. They give you the option of locking individual pieces of content in the blueprint course to restrict editing capability for that content in other courses. They are great for dist...
How do I grade group assignments in SpeedGrader? - Instructure Community
Before you can evaluate group work, you will need to create a group assignment. Students can submit Google documents, pages, and other group work as an assignment. Open SpeedGrader Open SpeedGrader from the group assignment. View Group Submissions When evaluating group assignments, the SpeedGr...
How do I assign an assignment to a course group? - Instructure Community
You can create a group assignment by using the Group Assignment checkbox. Canvas uses group sets to assign group assignments, and each group within the group set that is assigned to the assignment is required to complete the assignment. When creating or editing a group assignment, you can assign an ...