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Canvas on iOS 26: Experience "Liquid Glass" We’re excited to unveil a fresh look for the Canvas mobile apps on iOS 26! This update embraces Apple’s new Liquid Glass design system, bringing a more modern, fluid, and immersive feel to our Learner, Educator, and Parent experiences. What’s Changing? The core of this redesign…
[info callout] Engineers are currently investigating the issue. Summary: The picture-in-picture option is no longer available when playing media in the mobile apps. Expected behavior: The picture-in-picture option should be present so that users can listen/watch media on the go. OS and APP version iOS 26.2.1/Android 16…
Accessibility improvements are coming and bringing along automated captioning to Canvas with it! Through real-time video transcripts, both Canvas and Canvas Studio users will be able to search, follow, and revisit key moments in videos, plus more. We are happy to announce a major upgrade to your video experience which will…
Canvas Portfolios: Now in the Palm of Your Hand! Following our recent announcement of Canvas Portfolios in Canvas, we’re thrilled to bring this powerful tool directly to your mobile devices. Whether you’re a student showcasing your latest project or a teacher reviewing student growth, you can now access Portfolios…
Over the past year, New & Next has become a key part of how we communicate product updates—giving our customers clearer visibility into what we’re delivering, what’s coming next, and why it matters. That commitment was on full display during our November 2025 New & Next Showcase, the first of its kind, which brought…
5 To-Do List Improvements That Make Studying Easier Managing workload on a phone shouldn’t require three apps and a mental spreadsheet. For millions of students, the Canvas mobile To-Do list is the first place they check to understand their day. In fact, it’s the most-visited screen in the entire app, opened almost 200…
[info callout] Engineers are currently investigating the issue. Summary: When a user is created on an instance and there is a new quiz in a different cross-shard instance in a trust, the user will see "an unexpected error occurred." when trying to start their attempt through the current Android Student app. Expected…
[info callout] Engineers are currently investigating the issue. Summary: Assignment List and Grade List can freeze while scrolling in some cases on devices running iOS 26.1 or above. iOS 18 or 26.0 are not affected the freeze happens regardless of whether Liquid Glass enabled or not reproducible both on real device and…
I've been working on a course, and I've been using the Canvas Flexbox. In most cases my intention with the .xs- and .lg- classes was to ensure in mobile view that the content would adapt into a single column for a better mobile experience, and that has worked well, however I've been trying to add a situation where it is…
During our Customer Discovery Sessions in Oslo, we didn’t just talk with admins and educators — we also sat down with students to co-create the future Canvas mobile experience as well as AI experiences for learning. At the University of Oslo, students from different faculties and year levels joined us for two focused…
This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment in version 2.3. Description When opening the mobile SpeedGrader on the Android Teacher app, the grades change on their own without manual input to be one grade lower than the one you actually selected after the grade gets rounded. This behavior only…
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