May 2021 Canvas Release Notes
Posted: 2021-05-11 13:28:00 Expiration: 2021-05-18 13:28:00
Disclaimer: This news item was originally posted on 2021-05-11 13:28:00. Its content may no longer be timely or accurate.
The University of Wisconsin System instance of Canvas held a meeting on April 20, 2021, to review upcoming features in Canvas. New features in Canvas available after May 15, 2021:
- Assignments - Student Annotated Submissions: Instructors can use annotated document assignment type to upload a document for students to annotate and submit directly in Canvas. This assignment type is included under the online assignment types so that instructors can select additional submission options for students unable to annotate onscreen.
- Courses - Course Templates: A course ID can be designated as a course template for all new courses created in an account.
- New Quizzes - Save and Build Button Workflow: The New Quiz creation page includes both a Save and a Build button. When an instructor creates and enters details for a quiz, the page displays both a Save and a Build button. Previously the page only included the Save button, which counterintuitively launched in the New Quiz editor.
- User Settings - Auto-Show Closed Captioning: User can enable captions to show by default in all Canvas Videos. Users can access the User Settings page to enable the Auto-Show Closed Caption feature. This functionality is supported for captions added to recorded Canvas videos or videos uploaded directly into a course, but not third party tools such as Kaltura.
- User Maintenance Window: To better manage required maintenance across all customer instances, regular maintenance windows will be implemented for each region.
-- UWSA DLE: Shane Degen