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Release Timing: Generally Available on April 18, 2026 as a Feature Option Regional Availability: Globally Supported Customer Type: All Customers Available with: Canvas Key Takeaway: Canvas users can now request generated captions for videos created in Canvas’ Rich Content Editor (RCE). Searchable and navigable transcripts…
Release Timing: Generally Available on February 25, 2026 as a Feature Option Regional Availability: Globally Supported Customer Type: All Customers Available with: Canvas Key Takeaway: The Course Accessibility Checker is a course-level tool that enables instructors to identify, remediate, and validate accessibility issues…
Canvas Android app version updates are distributed in a phased rollout, which distributes the update to all users over time. The features in these notes may not immediately be available as an update in the Play Store. The Canvas Android app requires Android 8.0 or later. Canvas App Updates (Android) Customizable 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 App Store. The Canvas iOS app requires iOS 17.0 or…
After using SpeedGrader to grade a discussion with checkpoints, the assignment symbol still shows in the gradebook. The student also does not see the grade. Any suggestions?
Upcoming Canvas Changes 2026-05-16 Breaking Change: LTI 1.3 Tool Configuration Schema Updates 2026-06-30 Deprecation: Removal of Legacy Login User Interface. End of Life: Legacy Canvas Native Portfolios For more information, please see Instructure Enforcements, Deprecations, and Breaking Changes. Release notes outline…
Release Timing: Generally Available in April 2026 as a Feature Option Regional Availability: Globally Supported Customer Type: All Customers (excluding elementary) Available with: Canvas Key Takeaway: Customizable Dashboard for Learners introduces customizable dashboard widgets that give students a more personalized and…
Canvas allows us to copy the same question into multiple Item Banks. When making a quiz, you can select X number of questions to be randomly pulled from an Item Bank. If I'm making a quiz with multiple Item Banks, and the same question appears in 2 of those Item Banks, does Canvas know to not pull the same question twice?…
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in the title of this document. Visit the Canvas Collaborative Roadmap to…
At our school, courses start all throughout the semester. While students can see calendars for courses that have not yet started by entering those individual courses, the global calendar to which they can subscribe will not populate sessions from that course until the day it begins. This leads to some nasty surprises, such…
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