Canvas Student Release Notes (iOS 7.1)

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In Canvas Student iOS 7.1, Assignment Enhancements and Discussion and Announcement Redesign interfaces are supported. Additionally, students can rearrange course cards in the Dashboard.

Canvas iOS app version updates are distributed in a phased rollout, which distributes the update to all users enrolled in automatic updates over time. The features in these notes may not immediately be available, but iOS users can manually update the app at any time in the iTunes Store. The Canvas Student iOS App requires iOS 15.0 or later.

New Features

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Assignments

Support for Assignment Enhancements

When the Assignment Enhancements feature option is enabled, students can participate in assignments using the enhanced interface.

Assignment Details Submissions Attempts

With Assignment Enhancements enabled, the number of submission attempts displays in Assignment Details.

Assignment Detail Submission Attempt Comments

Submission detail comments display in individual submission attempts.

Dashboard

Rearrange Course Cards

Students can reorder course cards by dragging and dropping them into their preferred sequence.

Rearrange Dashboard

To reorder course cards, tap, move and release a course card, then drag the card to the desired order.

Discussions

Support for Discussion and Announcement Redesign

When the Discussions and Announcement Redesign feature option is enabled, students can participate in discussions and announcements using the enhanced interface.

Discussion Redesign View Split Screen and Ascend/Descend Buttons

In Discussions, students can expand and collapse all threaded replies in the Inline view [1]. To switch to View Split Screen, tap the View Split Screen button [2].

Discussion Redesign Thread View

In the Split Screen view, threaded responses open in a separate view. 

Announcement Redesign View Split Screen and Ascend/Descend Buttons

In Announcements, students can expand and collapse all threaded replies in the default Inline view [1]. To switch to View Split Screen, tap the View Split Screen button [2].