{"id":1297,"date":"2019-08-17T21:43:29","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T02:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/canvas\/?p=1297"},"modified":"2019-08-17T21:43:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-18T02:43:29","slug":"august-17-2019-canvas-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/canvas\/august-17-2019-canvas-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"August 17, 2019 Canvas Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From August 14 thru August 17, 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> <span data-contrast=\"auto\">In addition, updates have been made to the Canvas Student and Teacher app for iOS devices and Android. Visit the app store for your device to receive those updates.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Highlights\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Discussions<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Students may upload files to Discussions by default\u00a0<\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">in new courses.<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0In courses created after August 14, &#8220;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Attach Files to Discussions&#8221; will be checked by default.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Course Settings<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Unsplash\u00a0has replaced Flickr as the default image search for course cards.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Quizzes.Next\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Quizzes.Next\u00a0is not fully supported by CETL and school\/college support. If\u00a0Quizzes.Next\u00a0is needed for your course, consult with CETL (<\/span><a href=\"mailto:cetl@uwm.edu\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">cetl@uwm.edu<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">) or your school\/college support office to learn more before creating assessments.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Assessments can be previewed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"3\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Item banks can be shared with other instructors, who will have full edit or delete rights. 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