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[info callout] Engineers are currently investigating the issue. 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 Navigate to a course’s…
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…
[info callout] 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…
[info callout] 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…
[info callout] 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…
[warning callout] Engineers are currently investigating the issue. 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 workaround exists at this…
Ideas, Customer Discovery Sessions, and Early Adopter groups are exciting, but our efforts go beyond that. Here’s how we’ve been further strengthening our partnership: Steps We’ve Taken Attention to Quality and Change Management: You asked for higher quality in our releases, and we’re responding. We’ve refined our…
I would like to merge a 5 point canvas quiz with an uploaded pdf assignment score into an overall chapter score. Is there a way to do this?
Commons search is getting an upgrade in June/July, making it faster and more reliable. In order to release this upgrade, there will be some planned downtime for Commons. Downtime by region listed below. Region code Region Outage Start Date and Time Outage Length prod-yul Canada June 16, 8 UTC Up to 1 hour prod-fra…
We’re excited to introduce a new beta feature in Canvas Commons designed to make resource management more efficient: Quick Action Buttons. Whether you’re an educator looking to share or download materials, or a content owner managing your resources, these new tools will streamline your workflow. What’s New? Quick Action…
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