{"id":1240,"date":"2019-05-31T14:02:39","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T19:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/canvas\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2019-05-31T14:02:39","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T19:02:39","slug":"june-1-2019-canvas-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/canvas\/june-1-2019-canvas-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"June 1, 2019 Canvas Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Starting June 1, 2019, Canvas will receive\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">a number of improvements and updates as part of the regularly-scheduled upgrade cycle by Instructure. Updates are made regularly to bring new features, improve user experience, and fix bugs. Such updates do not typically result in downtime.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Highlights <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gradebook: when using the &#8220;Message Students Who&#8221; feature, student names are sorted by last name.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Inbox: when composing messages in a thread, the X to delete messages has been removed for accessibility purposes. To delete, open the message, then click Settings.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Quizzes.Next\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Please note that\u00a0Quizzes.Next\u00a0is not fully supported at this time. Before using\u00a0Quizzes.Next, contact CETL or your school\/college support.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The calculator tool can be enabled for entire quizzes, and no longer needs to be enabled question-by-question.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Scientific notation may be used in Numeric questions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Future Changes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Copy course information between PAWS courses, Continuing Education courses, and Training\/Development courses using the &#8220;Import Course Content&#8221; feature, rather than exporting and importing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/docs\/DOC-16298-735531045366\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Final grade override<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0will be enabled at a future date. 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