Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes.
Unless otherwise stated, all features in this release are available in the Production environment as of 2026-07-17.
New Features
Course Readiness
Criterion Checks for Course Accessibility
Location to Enable Feature | NA |
Name of LTI Tool | Admin and Course Analytics |
Permissions | Intelligent Insights / Course Readiness |
Affects User Interface | Yes |
Affected Areas | Criteria |
Summary
Course Readiness includes a Compliance tab with criteria that evaluate course accessibility using results from the Canvas Course Accessibility Checker.
- Latest Accessibility Scan
- Open Accessibility Issues
- Critical Accessibility Issues
- High Accessibility Issues
- Medium Accessibility Issues
Note: These criteria can each be turned on or off individually.
Change Benefit
- Consistent Scanning: Courses get flagged when they haven’t been scanned recently, so checks stay current.
- Enforced Standards: Users can hold every course to your institution’s accessibility thresholds.
- More Inclusive Courses: Meeting the criteria supports a better experience for every student.
Feature Workflow
In the Course Readiness Criteria page, click the Add Criteria button.
To configure the Compliance Accessibility settings, click the Compliance tab [1]. The following Compliance Accessibility settings are available:
- Latest Accessibility Scan [2]: The course has been scanned recently enough by the Canvas Course Accessibility Checker.
- Open Accessibility Issues [3]: The course has no more than the allowed number of open accessibility issues.
- Accessibility Issues with Critical severity [4]: The course has no more than the allowed number of Critical-severity issues.
- Accessibility Issues with High severity [5]: The course has no more than the allowed number of High-severity issues.
- Accessibility Issues with Medium severity [6]: The course has no more than the allowed number of Medium-severity issues.
Accessibility Analytics
Unscanned Courses
Location to Enable Feature | NA |
Name of LTI Tool | Admin and Course Analytics |
Permissions | Intelligent Insights / Accessibility Analytics |
Affects User Interface | Yes |
Affected Areas | Accessibility Analytics |
Summary
The Accessibility Analytics dashboard organizes its course list into two tabs, so users can view scanned and unscanned courses separately and act on each group.
- Scanned Courses (default): The existing Courses table, showing courses scanned by the Canvas Course Accessibility Checker within the selected time frame.
- Unscanned Courses: Courses in your current filtered scope that have no recent scan.
Change Benefit
- Faster Follow-Up: Spot courses without recent scans and reach the teachers who own them in one place.
- Bulk Messaging: Message every unscanned course at once instead of tracking them down individually.
Feature Workflow
- Scanned Courses [1]: The tab shows courses scanned by the Canvas Course Accessibility Checker within the selected time frame.
- Unscanned Courses [2]: The tab follows the Last Accessibility Scan filter. If a user filters to the last seven days, a course appears unscanned if it has no scan in that window, even if it was scanned before that period.
- Search [3]: Runs within the active tab only.
- Messaging [4]: Runs within the active tab only. Bulk messaging reaches every course listed in the active tab and respects the applied filters. The Unscanned Courses tab uses its own message template.
Updated Features
Ask Your Data
Enhanced Charting Experience
Location to Enable Feature | NA |
Name of LTI Tool | Ask Your Data |
Permissions | Intelligent Insights / Ask Your Data |
Affects User Interface | Yes |
Affected Areas | Charting |
Summary
Ask Your Data includes a redesigned charting experience with support for several visualization types and natural-language chart generation. Users can describe the chart they want in plain language, and Ask Your Data automatically selects the most appropriate chart type, maps the data fields, and renders the visualization. Users can further customize a chart by adjusting chart type, axes, series, labels, sorting, and other presentation options, and preferences are saved across sessions.
Change Benefit
- Faster Visualization: Users can move from data to a chart without configuring it by hand.
- Easier Exploration: Natural-language generation makes it simpler to explore data.
- Greater Flexibility: Expanded visualization types help users communicate trends and patterns.
