October 2019 Canvas Release Notes meeting
Posted: 2019-10-16 08:37:42 Expiration: 2019-10-23 08:37:42
Disclaimer: This news item was originally posted on 2019-10-16 08:37:42. Its content may no longer be timely or accurate.
The University of Wisconsin - System instance of Canvas held a meeting on October 15, 2019 to review upcoming features in Canvas.
New features available after October 19, 2019
- End of Life for Firefox ESR 60 on October 22, 2019. The warning banner that alerts users about an outdated browser will be re-enabled in Canvas on September 25, 2019.
- The navigation menu has been updated to include color and visual indicators to define active menu items. Tooltip indicators will indicate inactive menu items instead of grayed out text.
- New course and user analytics will be enabled at some point after the semester as we currently have Analytics Beta enabled on our instance.
- Instructors can enable the Rich Content Editor feature option in Course Settings. The toolbar includes a condensed more intuitive look. Toolbar menus are grouped by common icons and interactions.
- In User Settings, the feature options to manage international preferences of byte-order mark, semicolons, and field separators are supported in account-level Outcome Results and Student Competency reports and the Learning Mastery Gradebook Export report.
- The word Manual displays in the assignment header to indicate the assignment is set with the Manual Posting Policy. Additionally, the outlined Visibility icon only displays when entered grades need to be posted.
- Commons admins can view statistics for their Commons account.
The Release Notes document http://kb.wisconsin.edu/dle/93835 includes a summary of the released features, a link to the official Canvas Release Notes, and links to the recordings from the meetings.
-- UWSA DLE: Karla Clausen