{"id":1248,"date":"2019-07-16T16:00:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T21:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/canvas\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2019-07-16T16:00:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T21:00:27","slug":"july-13-2019-canvas-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/canvas\/july-13-2019-canvas-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"July 13, 2019 Canvas Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Starting July 13, 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\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Gradebook<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New grade posting course policy is applied to the entire gradebook. The option is located where Late policies are set in the course Gradebook. After a course policy is applied, any additional changes must be made to individual assignments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mute icon has been replaced with a new Eye icon. An orange eye with a slash means that the grade is currently hidden. The new Eye icon has the same functionality as mute.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Post Grades\/Hide Grades Process:\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Instructors can open the assignment menu in the Gradebook and post grades at any time. The new Post Grades sidebar indicates the number of student submissions that are hidden. In the Gradebook assignment columns, an orange dot will display next to individual submissions that are hidden.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Grades can now be posted to all students or posted for only the students with graded submissions. Additionally, instructors can now post grades to one or multiple specific sections in a course. This process can also be used in\u00a0SpeedGrader.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Additional Updates<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Commons Featured Content<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Commons will now have featured content at the top of the Commons page. The content is curated by Instructure&#8217;s Commons Team. There is also an Imported Tab Search for Commons courses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(Admins) Account Course and User Search<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There is now a sort arrow by ascending and descending for Account People Page and Account Courses Page.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New Finnish Language added<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fixed Bugs<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Links will not be in underlined text unless High Contrast Styles enabled.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Users who are added to an assignment and removed from course a restored to the assignment if they are re-added\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">to the course.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Inactive student submissions do not display in to do list.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Learn more<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To learn more about this Canvas update, and to see how the changes may affect instructors&#8217; and students&#8217; work, refer to the audience-specific release note links.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CNVS-20190622SV\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Canvas Release Notes for Students<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0&#8211; Students, guests, and student academic support professionals<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CNVS-20190713IV\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Canvas Release Notes for Instructors<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0&#8211; Faculty, teaching staff, teaching assistants, graders, and instructional\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">designers<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CNVS-20190713AV\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Canvas Release Notes for Administrators<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2013 Campus, school and college support professionals; administrators and IT professionals<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/docs\/DOC-16793\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Comprehensive release notes<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2013 Contains all information for all audiences related to this release<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting July 13, 2019, Canvas will receive\u00a0a number of improvements and updates as part of the regularly-scheduled upgrade cycle by Instructure. 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