{"id":1413,"date":"2020-01-15T11:38:59","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T17:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/canvas\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2020-01-15T11:38:59","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T17:38:59","slug":"december-2019-canvas-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/canvas\/december-2019-canvas-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2019 Canvas Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Starting December 21, 2019,\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Canvas will receive 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. 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In addition, instructors will be able to more easily communicate with students based on their level of success in the course.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">New Quizzes: Invalid Numeric Input Warning<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New Quizzes warns students when they respond to a numeric question with an invalid character.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">New Quizzes is not yet widely supported by CETL or school\/college support. Please contact CETL before using New Quizzes in your course.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h4><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Previously&#8230;<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Student entry of invalid characters in numeric questions led to mis-grading.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">What&#8217;s new?<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If a student enters an invalid character in a numeric question and clicks the Submit button, a warning informs the student that an invalid answer has been entered, and they can confirm their answer or change their answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">How can this affect teaching and learning?<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The warning reduces the risk of students submitting correct answers and receiving an incorrect mark due to symbols (i.e. if the answer is 5 and the student enters $5).<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Reports: Grading Scheme Values<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Administrators can now export the Grade Export Report.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Note: This update only applies to department, school\/college and institution administrators.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h4><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Previously&#8230;<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Grade Export report did not include grading scheme information.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">What&#8217;s new?<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Grade Export report and the MGP Grade Export Report include grading scheme values in the CSV export.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">How can this affect teaching and learning?<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This change allows admins to see the final and current grade compared to the course grading scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-contrast=\"none\">Global Announcement Notifications<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Global Announcements will now distribute notifications to subscribed users.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Note: Only department, school\/college and institution administrators are able to post global announcements.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<h4><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">Previously&#8230;<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Global announcements only appeared on user dashboards.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">What&#8217;s new?<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Global announcements will now distribute a notification to subscribed users.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><i><span data-contrast=\"none\">How can this affect teaching and learning?<\/span><\/i><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This update increases the likelihood that global announcements will be seen and read.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span data-contrast=\"none\">Learn more<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To learn more about this Canvas update, and to see how the changes may affect instructors\u2019 and students\u2019 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=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/CNVS-20191221IV\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Canvas Release Notes for Instructors<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u2013 Faculty, teaching staff, teaching assistants, graders, and instructional designers<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/CNVS-20191221SV\"><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=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/CNVS-20191221AV\"><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-18049-canvas-release-notes-2019-12-21\"><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 December 21, 2019,\u00a0Canvas will receive a number of improvements and updates as part of the regularly-scheduled upgrade cycle by Instructure. 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