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Engineers are currently investigating the issue. Summary: If an account has a vanity domain set up, using the link from the "Copy Resource link" does not give access to the resource, instead you are redirected to a https://canvas.instructure.com/login/canvas login page. Expected Behavior: The resource link should work when…
We’re excited to unveil our Canvas Collaborative Roadmap, which summarizes our team’s priorities for improving Canvas in response to your needs. Together, these improvements are designed to reduce friction in the workflows educators rely on most, from course setup and content creation to grading, feedback, and learner…
At the heart of our mission is a commitment to creating tools that are not only powerful but also intuitive and easy to use. We know that sometimes, even when a feature works perfectly from a technical standpoint, the design or flow can still cause frustration. To better address these challenges, we are excited to announce…
This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 3/19/26. Summary: When sharing or editing Commons resources, screen readers don’t announce that the field “Who can use this resource?” Expected Behavior: Screen readers should announce required fields Steps to Reproduce: Enable a screen reader…
The day after CanvasCon EMEA wrapped up in Oslo, a group of learning technologists and administrators from across Europe, Middle East and Africa, joined us for the second time this year for a focused Customer Discovery Session (CDS). Where CanvasCon was about sharing what’s new, this day was about listening: understanding…
This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 11/24/25. Description When sharing or editing Commons resources, screen readers don’t announce required fields. Expected Behavior Screen readers should announce required fields Workaround No workaround exists at this time. Steps to Reproduce…
This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 11/24/25. Description The Click to change button under “Image” on the Create/Edit Commons Resource has no indication for what is being edited for users using screen readers. Expected Behavior "Click to change image" announces to screen reader…
This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 11/24/25. Description When a user searches for an item in Commons, then views the item using a screen reader, only the title of the item is announced, without any indication as to what the item actually is. Expected Behavior Navigating search…
This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 4/1/26 Description The borderline of the Commons search options do not meet WCAG contrast requirements: color-search-input-border is #D4D4D4, background is #FFFFFF, which is a 1.48:1 ratio. Expected Behavior Improve contrast Workaround No…
Engineers are currently investigating the issue. Description Some elements on the create/edit resource page for Commons does not meet contrast ratio of at least 3:1 as specified by WCAG compliance standards Expected Behavior These elements contrast should be increased to meet those standards. Workaround No workaround…
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