March Canvas Updates

Post date: Mar 02, 2021 12:36:57 AM

Some changes that will be important to teachers starting March 20. One of the big ones I was looking forward to is being pushed back to April! These are the ones that pertain to teachers, so please share them with your staff.

Assignments Webcam:

Summary: In File Upad assignments, students can use their webcam to submit to an assignment.

Change Benefit: This change allows students to use their webcam to submit a file upload assignment from the browser and aligns behavior with the Canvas Student app.

Affected User Roles & Behaviors

Students: For File Upload assignments, students have the option to use their webcam for file uploads. The first time they use the feature, they will need to give permission to Canvas to access their computer webcam.

Course Start and End Date will now show that a course is in "term." Adjusting the start and end date should only be done on the admin level or with working with your TOSA as it does affect student access to the course.

Modules: New Quizzes Support

Summary: New Quizzes can be created as part of adding a quiz to a module.

Change Benefit: This change allows instructors to create quizzes using the New Quizzes LTI in modules.

Affected User Roles

Instructors

When an instructor adds an item to a module and selects a quiz, the Create Quiz option displays both the New Quizzes and Classic Quizzes quiz engines. New Quizzes is the default, but instructors can switch to Classic Quizzes and create a name for the quiz.

Existing quizzes in the module are also identified as a classic quiz if created with the Classic Quizzes quiz engine.

Note: For instructors, any New Quizzes created in Canvas open directly to the Edit page for the quiz. New Quizzes must be turned on in your instance (Settings, Features, green checkmark).

Learning Mastery Gradebook Student Filters

Summary: The Learning Mastery Gradebook includes filters for inactive and concluded enrollments.

Change Benefit: This change allows instructors to view outcomes data in the Learning Mastery Gradebook for students who no longer have an active enrollment in their course.

Affected User Roles & Behaviors

Instructors

In the Students menu, instructors can show or hide outcomes data for students with inactive and/or concluded enrollments, along with all active enrollments. By default, data is not shown for inactive and concluded enrollments.

Rich Content Editor File Preview

Summary: Files linked in the Rich Content Editor can be previewed in an overlay or inline.

Change Benefit: This change allows users to control the display of the file preview. Previously all file previews opened in a new browser tab.

Affected User Roles

All Users

Users who link a file can open the File Options menu and indicate a preview type.

• Preview in overlay displays the existing file preview functionality, where the file preview opens and overlays the entire page.

• Preview inline loads the displays the preview directly in the Rich Content Editor window once the file is clicked. If the option to expand the preview by default is also selected as an option, the file is automatically expanded in the page and the user does not need to click the file to view it. Instead, the user can close the preview by clicking the Minimize Preview link that displays along with the image.

Speedgrader Submission Reassignment

Summary: In SpeedGrader, instructors can reassign an assignment with a due date to an individual student and ask them to redo their submission.

Change Benefit: This change allows instructors to provide feedback and reassign an assignment to an individual student, which places the assignment back in the List View Dashboard as another assignment to complete.

Affected User Roles & Behaviors

Instructors

For online assignments with a due date, instructors can view a Reassign button in SpeedGrader. If they require a student to redo an assignment, they can reassign the assignment directly to the student from within their grading workflow in SpeedGrader. The instructor must first provide feedback regarding the assignment, which will enable the button. The reassignment does not change the original due date for the student.

Students

When an assignment is reassigned, students see the assignment in the List View Dashboard with the instructor’s feedback. Students can resubmit the assignment and submit for additional feedback from their instructor.

Notes

• The Reassign Assignment button is not available for External Tools (LTI), on paper, and no submission assignments.

• The Reassign Assignment button is only available for assignments with due dates.

• If an instructor returns to SpeedGrader after navigating away from the page, the Reassign Assignment button shows that the assignment has been reassigned.

• If the assignment's settings do not allow students to make an additional attempt, the Reassign Assignment shows that the assignment is not able to be reassigned.