Canvas Release Notes (2024-07-20)

In this Canvas release (20 July), instructors can assign ungraded discussions to students and sections. The Account Navigation now includes a link to the Analytics Hub. In Account Settings, admins can enable Inbox Signature blogs and Auto responses. Intelligent Insights is Instructure’s new product offering in analytics and AI. On the Modules page, instructors can assign students to entire modules or individual module items directly from the page. Instructors can also assign pages to students and set availability dates. The Assign To button is available in Assignments and Discussions, and the Assign To user interface in Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes has been redesigned in a tray format. Canvas’ Admin Analytics and Course Analytics features are migrated to the Data Access Platform (DAP). The Discussion Create and Edit page uses Apollo/GraphQL to fetch and update data. At the Account level, the legacy Analytics link is removed. The New Course and User Analytics feature is enforced for all Canvas institutions, and the feature option is removed from the user interface. An entry point for Admin Analytics is added to the Analytics Hub, and the Admin Analytics page includes an Intelligent Insights option in the navigation menu for users of this feature. A Top Navigation LTI Placement feature option is available for admin to enable. The Rubrics page, at both the admin and course levels, is redesigned allowing admins and instructors to search and sort rubrics, view where rubrics are used, duplicate and archive rubrics, and more easily edit existing rubrics.

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Table of Contents

New Features

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Discussions

Ungraded Discussions Assign To [Updated 2024-08-26, see the Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-08-26)]

Instructor Student

Beta Environment Availability	2024-06-17
Production Environment Availability	2024-07-20
Location to Enable Feature	None
Name of LTI Tool	None
Permissions	Discussions-create Discussions-moderate Additionally, either a course admin enrollment or an enrollment that's not section restricted
Related APIs	None
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Discussions
Related Ideas	None

Summary

In Discussions, instructors can assign ungraded discussions to students and sections. Additionally, section restricted enrollments allowing students to post discussions to a specific section is removed. Instructors can still create groups, and students within those groups can initiate discussions that are visible only to their group members.

Change Benefit

This update streamlines instructor workflow and improves the ability to differentiate instruction.

Feature Workflow

Manage Assign To Link

To assign students or sections to an ungraded discussion, click the Manage Assign To link on the create or edit a discussion page.

Assign To Tray

Instructors can select which students are assigned the ungraded discussion.

Note: Only students assigned to the discussion can view and participate in the ungraded discussion.

Feature Video

See Feature Video for Modules and Assignment Differentiation

Navigation

Analytics Hub

Admin

Beta Environment Availability	Not available in the beta environment
Production Environment Availability	2024-07-09
Location to Enable Feature	None
Name of LTI Tool	None
Permissions	Analytics Hub
Related APIs	None
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Navigation
Related Ideas	None
Related Blog	Introducing Analytics Hub: Your central gateway to all things Data, Analytics and Insights

Summary

In Account Navigation, an Analytics Hub link is available. The Analytics Hub displays all data and analytics for the following features:

Admin Analytics: Usage overview, Student overview, Course overview
Impact Insights
LTI Usage Data
Intelligent Insights: Students in need of attention, Course readiness, LTI Usage Data, Ask Your Data
Standards overview
Formative assessments
Benchmark assessments
State and National Assessments
Canvas Data 2 services
DAP CLI & Client library
DAP Query API

Note: Specific data and analytics solutions are based on feature option settings and individual users permissions.

Change Benefit

This feature improves an admin’s workflow by consolidating all data and analytics capabilities in one page.

Feature Workflow

Analytics Hub Link

In Account navigation, an Analytics Hub link is available.

Analytics Hub View

Users without access to Intelligent Insights can access other product data and analytics in the Analytics Hub.

Analytics Hub Data Options

Using the Analytics Hub, admins can view data for the following areas depending on feature option settings and individual users permissions:

AI Assisted Data [1]
Usage and Adoption [2]
Student Success [3]
Course Effectiveness [4]
Standards Proficiency [5]
Assessment Results [6]
Data Access [7]

Feature Video

Not Available

Inbox

Add Signature to Messages

All Users

Beta Environment Availability	2024-06-17
Production Environment Availability	2024-07-20
Location to Enable Feature	Account Settings
Account Setting to Enable	Enable Inbox Signature Block
Subaccount Configuration	No
Name of LTI Tool	None
Permissions	Inherent to user
Related APIs	None
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Inbox
Related Ideas	[Inbox] Signature Block

Summary

When the Enable Inbox Signature Block is enabled, users have the option to configure a signature when composing a message. Additionally, admins have the option to disable the Inbox Signature Block for students.

Note: The Enable Inbox Signature Block setting is disabled by default.

Change Benefit

This feature streamlines communication and enhances the effectiveness and professional appeal of inbox messages.

Feature Workflow

Account Setting Enable Signature Block

In Account settings, select the Enable Inbox Signature Block checkbox to enable for all users. To disable this feature for students select the Disable Inbox Signature Block for Students checkbox.

Note: By default, the Disable Inbox Signature Block for students checkbox is not selected.

Inbox Settings Icon

In the Inbox, click the Settings button.

Create Signature Modal

To create a signature, select the Signature On radio button [1] and enter the desired signature in the Signature field [2]. Then, click the Save button [3].

Compose Message Signature Display

Once a signature is saved, it displays in the message body when composing a message.

Feature Video

See the Feature Video for Add Auto Response to Messages.

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Add Auto Response to Messages

All Users

Beta Environment Availability	2024-06-17
Production Environment Availability	2024-07-20
Location to Enable Feature	Account Settings
Account Setting to Enable	Enable Inbox Auto Response
Subaccount Configuration	No
Name of LTI Tool	None
Permissions	Inherent to user
Related APIs	None
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Inbox
Related Ideas	[Inbox] Auto-reply for Canvas messages

Summary

When Enable Inbox Auto Response is enabled, users have the option to set an auto-response for messages. Additionally, admins have the option to disable the Inbox Auto Response for students.

Note: The Enable Inbox Auto Response setting is disabled by default.

Change Benefit

This feature streamlines communication and enhances the effectiveness and professional appeal of inbox messages.

Feature Workflow

Account Setting Enable Auto Response Checkbox

In Account Settings, select the Enable Inbox Auto Response checkbox to enable the feature for all users. To disable this feature for students select the Disable Inbox Auto Response for Students checkbox.

Note: By default, the Disable Inbox Signature Block for students checkbox is not selected.

Inbox Auto Response Modal

To create an auto-response message, select the Response On radio button [1] and enter the Start Date [2], End date [3], Subject [4] and Message [5]. Then, click the Save button [6].

Feature Video

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<iframe width="560px" height="320px" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay *" title="Release Screencast: 2024-07-20 Inbox Add Signature to Messages and Add Auto Response to Messages" src="https://community.instructuremedia.com/embed/1dff4ce4-2e02-4b9a-9d32-85806a7bcef5" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Intelligent Insights

Analytics and AI

Admin

Beta Environment Availability	Not available in the beta environment
Production Environment Availability	2024-07-09
Location to Enable Feature	None
Name of LTI Tool	Contact Customer Success Manager
Permissions	Name of Permission relevant to feature area Intelligent Insights Account Role - Students in Need of Attention - Course Readiness - Ask Your Data - LTI Usage
Related APIs	None
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Intelligent Insights
Related Ideas	None

Summary

Intelligent Insights is Instructure’s new product offering in the area of analytics & AI.

The four features of Intelligent Insights are:

Course Readiness: Provides the insights administrators need to manage and assess course readiness and effectiveness. Institutions can customize the criteria to set standards for course readiness, enabling data-informed decisions and actions to enhance the consistency and effectiveness of teaching and learning.
Students in Need of Attention: Institutions establish leading indicators to proactively identify students needing attention and take action to improve their experience and outcomes. By implementing proactive and continuous monitoring, institutions can enhance student retention and graduation rates.
Ask Your Data: AI-powered query tools enable account admins to ask and answer questions in natural language. This allows educators to make data-informed decisions regardless of their data literacy or technical expertise.
LTI Usage: A meaningful and personalized data and analytics dashboard on LTI usage within Canvas provides admins with insights into where, when, by whom, and how often LTIs are used. This enhances understanding and management of LTIs in Canvas.

Note: Intelligent Insights is a paid product offering, please contact your Customer Success Manager for more information.

Change Benefit

This product enables self-service analytics and proactively surfaces actionable insights that inform strategic initiatives to improve course and edtech effectiveness, student retention, and graduation rates.

Feature Workflow

Analytics Hub Link

Admins can access Intelligent Insights through the Analytics Hub or Admin Analytics.

Edit Criteria Page

In Course Readiness, admins can create specific criteria to define course readiness for their institution.

Course Readiness Data

Then, the admin can view data based on the institution's criteria for course readiness.

Students In Need Of Attention Page

In the Students in Need of Attention page, admins can customize criteria [1], message students in need [2], filter results [3], and view bulk data [4].

Individual Student View

Additionally, admins can view more detailed information about individual students.

Ask Your Data View

Admins can interact with and query their data instantly, quickly visualizing results.

LTI Usage Overview

With the LTI Usage dashboard, admins can gather insights on the following questions:

Which LTI tools are/are not being utilized and where?
Who are our LTI tool champions?
What are our trends in LTI tool usage?

Additional Details

Please note that the LTI Usage dashboard is a part of Intelligent Insights and Impact. As such, LTI Usage Release Notes can be found with the Impact Release Notes in the Instructure Community when available.

Feature Video

Not Available

Modules

Module and Assignment Differentiation

Instructor

Beta Environment Availability	2024-06-17
Production Environment Availability	2024-07-20
Location to Enable Feature	None
Name of LTI Tool	None
Permissions	To change the Assign To settings for Modules and Module Items: Assigning Modules: Course Content - Edit Assigning Assignments: Manage Assignments and Quizzes - edit Assigning Quizzes: Manage Assignments and Quizzes - edit Assigning Graded Discussions: Discussions - moderate and Manage Assignments and Quizzes - edit Assigning Ungraded Discussions: Discussions - moderate and either a course admin enrollment or an enrollment that's not section restricted Assigning Pages: Pages - update To open the Assign To tray from a module item’s create page: Launch Assign To tray from the assignments create page: Manage Assignments and Quizzes - add Launch Assign To tray from the quizzes create page: Manage Assignments and Quizzes - add Launch Assign To tray from graded discussions create page: Discussions - create and Manage Assignments and Quizzes - add Launch Assign To tray from ungraded discussions create page: Discussions - create and either a course admin enrollment or an enrollment that's not section restricted Launch Assign To try from Pages the Create page in Pages - update
Related APIs	Update a module’s overrides Learning Object Dates API
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Modules
Related Ideas	[Modules] Module access to specific groups, sections or students [Modules] Hiding and Viewing Modules for Individual Sections
Related Blogs	Releasing Modules to Students and Sections The latest on releasing modules to students & sections

Summary

On the Modules page, instructors can assign students to an entire module and individual module items from the Modules page. Additionally, the Add Module and Edit Module Settings pages are redesigned as trays.

Notes:

If a student is assigned only a specific item within a module and not the entire module, they will see only that item in the feature area, such as an assignment on the assignment page, and not the rest of the module.
If a student is assigned an entire module, but only specific items within that module, students can only view the items they are assigned.

Change Benefit

This feature improves the differentiation of Modules to create a more dynamic and adaptive learning environment.

Feature Workflow

Add Module Tray

When creating a new module, the Add Module modal is changed to a tray.

Edit Module Tray

When editing a module, the Edit Module Settings is redesigned to display as a tray with a Settings tab and an Assign To tab.

Note: The existing module settings remain unchanged.

Assign To Tray

Using the Assign To tab, instructors can set the module visibility to Everyone [1] or assign it to specific students [2]. In the Assign To field [3], instructors can select students or sections using the drop-down menu, typing student names, SIS IDs (if available), or section names . Lastly, click the Save button [4].

Note: By default, the modules and items are assigned to everyone.

Module Assign To Link

On the Modules page, instructors can also access the Assign To tab by clicking the Options icon [1]. Then, select the Assign To link [2].

View Assign To Link

When a module is differentiated for specific students, a View Assign To link displays to easily review or edit visibility.

Note: The View Assign To link does not display if the module is assigned to everyone.

Module Item Assign To Link

To assign a specific module item to a student, click the Options icon [1], then select the Assign To link [2].

Module Item Assign To Tray

After selecting the Assign To link, a tray displays where instructors can differentiate assignment availability dates and due dates. Then, click the Save button.

Module Item Assign To Tray for Pages

Additionally, instructors can edit and differentiate visibility dates for students for pages.

Note: Pages and ungraded discussions cannot be assigned due dates.

Additional Details

This feature is not available in the Mobile app. However, the feature can be used on a mobile device when viewing in a web browser. This feature is not yet available when using Course Pacing.

Feature Video

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<iframe width="560px" height="320px" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay *" title="Release Screencast: 2024-07-20 Modules and Assignment Differentiation" src="https://community.instructuremedia.com/embed/9fd0d8f1-86d2-437f-91ae-f7543c23ecec" frameborder="0"></iframe>

Pages

Assign To Feature Available [Updated 2024-08-26, see the Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-08-26)]

Instructor

Beta Environment Availability	2024-06-17
Production Environment Availability	2024-07-20
Location to Enable Feature	None
Name of LTI Tool	None
Permissions	Pages - update
Related APIs	None
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Pages
Related Ideas	[Pages] Differentiated Pages

Summary

Instructors can assign pages to students and set availability dates. Additionally, instructors can assign Pages to Mastery Paths.

Note: Pages cannot be assigned due dates.

Change Benefit

This update streamlines instructor workflow and improves the ability to differentiate instruction.

Feature Workflow

Assign To Button

When viewing a page, instructors can use the Assign To button to quickly manage availability dates and assign them to students.

Pages Manage Assign To Link

When editing or creating a page, click the Manage Assign To link.

Pages Assign To TrayInstructors can differentiate pages as well as manage availability dates in the Assign To tray. Then, click the Apply button.

Manage Assign To Pending Changes Pill

After applying changes and closing the tray [1], a pill displays stating that changes are not yet saved [1]. To save changes, click the Save button [2].

Pages Assign To Master Paths

When assigning pages, instructors can also choose to assign the page to Mastery Paths.

Note: The Allow in Mastery Paths checkbox is removed.

Feature Video

See Feature Video for Module and Assignment Differentiation

Updated Features

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Assignments

Assign To Interface Update [Updated 2024-08-26, see the Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-08-26)]

Instructor

Beta Environment Availability	2024-06-17
Production Environment Availability	2024-07-20
Location to Enable Feature	None
Name of LTI Tool	None
Permissions	Manage Assignments and Quizzes - add Discussions - create
Related APIs	None
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes
Related Ideas	[SIS] Allow multiple 'Assign to' on Assignment to filter by SIS ID or Login ID (Students with same name)

Summary

In Assignments and Discussions, an Assign To button is available. In Assignments, Discussions and Quizzes, the Assign To user interface is redesigned in a tray. Additionally, student SIS IDs are displayed alongside student names when available.

Note: This update is not available in classic discussions.

Change Benefit

This update streamlines instructor workflow and improves the ability to differentiate instruction of assignments and discussions.

Feature Workflow

Assignments Assign To Button

When viewing an assignment or graded discussion, instructors can use the Assign To button to quickly manage due dates and availability dates.

Manage Assign To Link

When editing an assignment, discussion or quiz, click the Manage Assign To link.

Assign To Tray

Instructors can differentiate assignments, graded discussions and quizzes as well as manage due dates and availability dates in the redesigned tray. Then, click the Apply button.

Assign To SIS ID Display

Additionally, student SIS IDs display when available in the Assign To tray.

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Comments

audra_agnelly

I'll start by saying that I'm very excited to finally have the option to assign modules, pages to individual students or sections. We have some use cases where this will really benefit our staff.

That said, I see 2 areas where we're going to get pushback:

1) the time fields have changed from a customizable entry to a drop-down that limits selections to on the half hour. Those limitations are not in alignment with our bell schedule or school day and staff should not be forced to use specific times.

2) On the assignment screen, staff need to click the Manage Assign To link to open the assign to panel. In most settings, an assignment's due date is a required entry, it populates the assignment on student's Canvas calendars and To-Do lists, it determines placement in a grading period, and it drives the behavior for "missing" and "late" statuses. With this update "due date" is a hidden field on the Assignment Settings screen and users have to click a link to see/update those fields. The interface needs to be updated back to a workflow where the default "assign to: Everyone" and the due date field is clearly visible to the instructor, maybe that means auto-launching the new sidebar. At our institution, we already run into numerous issues caused by instructors forgetting to add assignment due dates. Hiding that field on the assignment screen will only exacerbate those problems.

BethSmithvuw

Noticed a bug with the "Modules: Module and Assignment Differentiation" where by when adding in requirements for elements of a module if there is a text header in the module it 'bombs out' the settings window. logged a support ticket about it. #10907133

venitk

I have major concerns about using the new rubrics while grading.

When using traditional view, unless the instructor is using a large monitor, they cannot see the assignment with the rubric open. In other words, the rubric covers the entire assignment. I used by laptop and I couldn't see anything. Admittedly, my resolution is slightly higher on my laptop because of my middle-aged eyes, but many of my instructors also set their laptops to a higher res. Even in your video, which presumably was set to a normal resolution, you can see that the rubric hides much of the assignment.
If the rubric has more than 5 criteria (which would necessitate using the traditional view), instructors will need to reference the rubric and the assignment while grading. They won't be able to remember all those criteria and how the submission does for all of them.
For all view modes, it seems as though the rubric opens in a tray over the speedgrader interface, not next to the interface as the current rubric system does. This prevents the instructor from being able to see some of the annotation tools. For example, when using the point annotation tool, the box to write a note connected to the point is under the rubric tray.
If I close the rubric without clicking "submit assignment" (say, if I'm only partway done with grading and want to look at the assignment to see how I would grade a criteria), my previous notes are not saved. The instructor could click "submit assignment" to save their progress, but then there's a chance the student might see an incompletely graded assignment, correct? Most of my instructors don't use the manual posting option because it's confusing.

Respectfully, although I like the improvements made to the build side of the rubrics, the way this tool interfaces with Speedgrader is not ready to be released even as a feature option IMO. These behaviors make it basically unusable on a laptop (IDK how it would work on mobile), and only halfway useable on a larger monitor. Not a programmer, but to me the obvious solution would seem to be to have the rubric open not on a tray but instead in the speedgrader interface itself, as current rubrics do, which I assume would change a lot about how the tool is built on the back end.

I will look into submitting these concerns to my CSM, since I know this is a Q&A forum, but I wanted to add these thoughts here just in case I can't get through to the CSM.

audra_agnelly

Can we get more clarification on the rules for Archive function for Rubrics? My interpretation is that this would be used in lieu of Deleting when a Rubric is attached to a graded assignment (like archiving grading schemes). I attempted to archive some rubrics in a test course but I get a popup message that just says "Error Archiving Rubric" with no additional clarification as to why. I was only able to archive Rubrics where the "location used" column was empty. When Location Used lists 'courses and assignments' I get this error, but if archiving is not available for rubrics used in courses and assignments, why is the Archive menu item even a selectable option? The option to delete is disabled for those rubrics, I would expect the Archive option to be disabled as well if the rubric can't be archived..

LauraCira

Regarding the Assignments: Assign To Interface Update feature, I agree very much @audra_agnelly that the the Assign To block is crucial enough to warrant placement on the assignment settings page without the need to open a new window to access it. Most of the time, assignments/tests will have one date range and it is simpler to have this necessary feature surfaced for efficiency. If the instructor needs to post additional time frames, that would be when the new flyout is most useful.

Additionally, I would like to request that we allow due dates (and Module availability) to be able to be set for course groups as well as sections or by student. Many courses create ad hoc groups for projects or different learning tracks, and assigning things like a unique Module or Assignment or Test to these groups is critical for clarity in a large class. Giving these groups their own availability and due dates is often very useful, as well.

audra_agnelly

@LauraCira thanks for lifting up Groups. I think that's a whole other conversation too since Groups are used by instructors to differentiate instructions, but the Group feature itself is designed for Group work and as a result it doesn't work for some things (ex. External Tool Assignments).

But also, take a look at the discussion on the post The Latest on Releasing Modules to Students and Sections, there's a whole conversation there about the Assign To changes in Assignments and some updates from Instructure.

@AllisonHowell is anyone at Instructure monitoring and responding to questions in the Release/Deploy notes Q&A anymore?

AllisonHowell

@audra_agnelly Thank you for calling out that we missed these questions. We're getting on this right away!

@LauraCira Yes, we are looking into what it would take to assign to groups as we understand this would be extremely beneficial! And we are also going to adjust the design based on the feedback we received. This change will be documented in the release/deploy notes when it goes out. We are working on it now though I can't give an exact date yet.

kailey

With the 7/20 release, the Announcements tool now has multiple references to 'Discussions' that shouldn't be there. I had originally reported this issue to Instructure (case 10923016) on July 2, 2024. The code that introduces these multiple bugs to Announcements was originally supposed to be part of an earlier deploy that was postponed. My CSM informed me that it was postponed so that Instructure had more time to address these issues. You have now released the new code to production, while knowing about these issues and bugs. It is truly frustrating that Instructure relies on their customers to QA their system and even when we do share feedback about discovered bugs and usability issues, Instructure still continues to release code that introduces these bugs. As you can see in my screenshots, there are a number of problems with the Announcements tool now.

When editing an existing announcement, a message displays saying, "Students have already submitted to this discussion, so group settings cannot be changed."
- The message uses 'discussion' instead of 'announcement'.
- No student has left a comment on this announcement, so the message shouldn't be appearing at all.
- What are "group" settings? It's not clear if it's referring to the "Post To" field, but I have not entered a specific section. The announcement is at the default - All Sections.
When an error message comes up (second screenshot), it also refers to 'discussion' instead of 'announcement'.
Parts of the page refers to 'Participants' while the message uses 'Students'. This is inconsistent and could cause confusion.

When can we expect these issues in Announcements to be fixed?

emg0039

I have run into a surprising result with the implementation of the "Assign To" button that we can now access without actually editing the whole assignment.

For assignments that have a submission type that is "external tool" - I don't have the "Assign To" button at the top of the page (before clicking the edit button) like I do for quizzes and assignments where the submission type is a file upload in Canvas. I have not created separate assignments for every submission type to get the full list of which submission type assignments do and do not have the " Assign To" button before editing the assignment- the only assignment types I have this semester are file upload and external tool so those are the two I have checked.

I have attached images of the assignments with and without the "Assign To" button.

I think this might just be a bug or error in the programming, even when there is an external tool linked for the assignment submission I still always set the due date and time in Canvas so it shows up in the to-do list.

marusak

We would like to report a bug with the new Assign To experience. When an instructor imports content from a past Canvas course into a new Canvas course and then attempts to edit an assignment, they are not able to save the assignment.

There is an error message about the due date/availability dates (which have come from the past course), but that error message is hiding in the new Assign To tray. If the instructor does not know about the new Assign To tray/how to open it, then they have no idea why they are not able to save the assignment.

We are about to have hundreds of instructors coming back for fall who will be copying content from past Canvas courses into new Canvas courses and then making edits. They do not know about the new Assign To experience yet.

Please make this error message more prominent (not hidden in the new Assign To tray) so that an instructor would realize why they are not able to save the assignment and how to fix the problem.

montgjoa

It took me three days to figure out how to change assignment due dates. Once I did figure it out, I posted about it on my department Slack, and every other teacher who's teaching a summer class responded that they had to resort to using the "Edit Assignment Dates" page, because they didn't notice the "manage assign to" link or realize that it had anything to do with due dates.

Another commenter noted the rubric updates, and I have to second their concerns. It looks like those changes haven't been pushed to my institution yet, but I'm very concerned about how the rubrics will work on Speedgrader once they are. Please keep the rubric as a resizable window that can sit side-by-side with the student submission. I can't imagine having to open and close the rubric constantly while grading.

bblanc

We have the following issues with the Announcements update:

All instructor in the site are getting email notification when any instructor makes edits to a delayed Announcement which is really confusing. They do not get email notification once it is posted to the site.
Students are not getting email notification for delayed Announcement (even that they can see it on the site and their notification is set to immediately.
We have announcement comments disabled and locked at the Account level, but when you go to create an Announcements at a course site by default you have the Options "Allow Participants to Comment" check, which is wrong and confusing!

I have tickets open for all 3. - Please fix these ASAP!

jb2483929

From our testing of enhanced rubrics, it seems that only the person who first completed the rubric for a student’s submission can make any changes to it. For example, someone in a Teacher role cannot edit a rubric scored by a TA. This is a change in behavior, and not a good one.

PallaviJalakam

During my testing of enhanced rubrics, I successfully archived rubrics that were not attached to any assignments.

However, for the rubrics listed under the Location Used column, I managed to archive one, but encountered an issue with archiving another. The error message displayed is "Error Archiving Rubric" with no additional information on the cause of the failure. Additionally, the Delete option is disabled for both rubrics, which I can understand the rationale for.

When I attempt to edit an archived rubric, I receive a warning message stating, "Editing is limited for this rubric as it has already been used for grading." However, I have not attached this rubric to any assignments; I was only testing the Actions options available for Archived rubrics.

I may not understand why anyone would need to edit an archived rubric. Typically, we archive a rubric if it is no longer in use, keeping it as a backup option for potential future needs. In such cases, the rubric can be unarchived or duplicated. Duplicating an archived rubric moves it to the unarchived list and we can edit the rubric from there.

However, editing an archived rubric directly seems unnecessary. Moreover, the warning message I receive is inaccurate since I have not used this rubric for any assignments.

In another instance, I was able to edit a rubric that is attached to an assignment and has already been used for grading, without receiving any warning message.

Shouldn't this error message appear when editing an unarchived rubric that is actually attached to an assignment and is used for grading, rather than when editing an archived rubric that is not attached to any assignment?

It would be helpful to have the list of limitations for the new rubrics interface.

EspenSmith-USN

The Assign-feature for pages will probably not be much used at our institution.

But it is very, very visible as a button of it's own.

Is it possible to place 'Assign' in the three-dot-menu next to the buttons, on top of pages?
Or at least have the opportunity to do so?

twagoner

In showing the new features to our faculty, a few things came up in regards to "assign to" in the module settings --dates and requirements/prerequirements.

Instructors find there are always needs for exceptions where students need to get around the module lock dates or the requirements for completion (military service, for example). If the availability dates for the module were tied to the "assign to" as they are in Pages, for example, then we could give different availability dates for different students. As it is now we either have to have a module lock date on for all or for none. Please consider tying availaility dates to the module "assign to."

If a module is assigned to a specific section then its prereqs/requirements are only for that section, is that correct?

mary_speight

The new "assign to" function doesn't seem like it was well tested by Instructure before implementation. Our institution typically adds a section for students finishing a grade of incomplete that has extended dates past the term dates. The "assign to" function is not recognizing the extended section dates if the course term dates have expired when using the "Manage Assign To" link at the bottom of an assignment/quiz, but it DOES work by clicking on the Assign To button at the top of the screen in Assignments and Classic Quizzes. The attachments show the same assignment.

audra_agnelly

RE: Announcement UI Changes and Notifications

When you edit a posted annoucement, what is the intended behavior of the prompt "Would you like to send a notification to users that the Announcement has been edited?" > Send

1) Who are Users? is it just students? If instructors have the "Announcement Created By You" notification turned on, should they expect a notifications too? Currently they are not receiving the notification, and I have an instructor asking why they're not getting the new notification. Meanwhile, when we have a delayed announced instructors don't see the Send option and are getting notifications for every edit.

2) The phrasing of this asks if you want to let users know that the announcement has been edited, but the notification that students receive is just a new notification of the announcement. There is no clarification in the notification language that this is an update to a previously posted assignment unless the instructor puts in explicit text that the announcement has been updated. If the notification isn't going to indicate that the announcement has been updated, then the prompt should be phrased differently. Something like "Do you want to send a new notification to users with this updated text."

ACl4

Hi there! I am grateful for the new Assign To feature and for your quick attention to the issues related to it! I wanted to ask something about the Pages Assign to. Currently, to see the available from/until dates/times that are set for a page, one must use the three dot menu from the Pages navigation link and then select Assign To to view these dates. Is there anything in the works for putting the available from/to dates in the Pages menu, such as adding these as columns on this page (see attached screenshot)? I think that could be very useful! Thanks so much for considering.

GideonWilliams

Top Navigation Placement Feature

Since last night, we have lost the ability to view all of the pages when you click on View All Pages. The scrollbar only goes down so far.

If you sort the pages, you can find the 'hidden' pages. I checked our beta instance and this works fine.

The only change I made was to enable the Top Navigation Placement feature.

Sure enough when I disabled it, I could then scroll down and see all the pages.

I wonder if anyone else has noticed this issue. It only shows itself if you have 50 + pages saved in your course!

GideonWilliams

Having first put forward the differentiation in Modules idea over 6 years ago I am very pleased to see it in place.

I am fairly astonished that no-one has mentioned this but was it not possible to include Text Headers in the Assign to feature?

As a school, Text Headers are vital for grouping content and making content more manageable and easier to follow. Because you cannot assign them and you still want to use them, you end up with some very confusing elements in the Module! with loads and loads of headers with nothing underneath.

Would it be possible to add this feature in please. It means that you can then have Modules with different tasks for different groups in a lesson format.

Chris_Hofer

Adding this here...as the Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-08-28) - Instructure Community - 612024 (canvaslms.com) indicate that Instructure will be reverting the dates interface back to what it used to look like (or very close, at least) on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.

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