Febrarury Canvas Updates!

These are going into effect on February 20, 2021

MathJax and LaTeX (Video on this feature)

Summary LaTeX equations can be entered in any Canvas text field, and MathJax is loaded if Canvas detects an equation image added by delimited LaTeX characters.

Change Benefit This change allows users to use equations in more areas of Canvas and manage equations more efficiently.

Gradebook, View Ungraded as Zero (Video on this feature)

Summary The Gradebook View menu includes the View Ungraded as 0 option, which is a visual change only and does not affect any grades.

Change Benefit This change aligns parity with the Individual View Gradebook and provides instructors with a visual change in identifying grading calculations for ungraded assignments.

Grading Period in CSV Headers (Video on this feature)

Summary When grading periods are used in the Gradebook, the Gradebook CSV exporter will append the title of the selected grading period to column headers whose values vary based on the grading period.

Change Benefit This change helps instructors see which columns in the CSV are specific to the grading period.

Import Override Scores in Gradebook (Video on this feature)

Summary The Gradebook importer recognizes and can apply changes for override scores.

Change Benefit This change allows instructors to modify override scores via Gradebook CSV import.

Rich Content Editor Pretty HTML Editor (Video on this feature)

Summary The Rich Content Editor includes a pretty HTML editor in addition to the raw HTML editor. Essentially, they can switch the HTML editor view when initiated.

Change Benefit This change provides an enhanced HTML experience for users.