Notable changes to Canvas @ Yale environment, last updated 10/01/2024.
Also check out Canvas Updates for Fall 2024
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This article will address the following information:
Canvas Updates
Canvas's core functionality is continuously updated throughout the year. Here are some of the more notable changes you should be aware of.
- In the Create and Edit pages for Assignments, Discussions, Pages, and Quizzes, the Assign To interface is displayed by default. This is roll back of the unpopular “Assign To” button / open tray that was released at the end of the summer.
- In Course Settings, the Course Navigation interface is updated with Drag icons, increased space between options.
- In SpeedGrader, certain Rich Content Editor (RCE) features are available when commenting.
- The Equation Editor function is added to the Rich Content Editor in SpeedGrader.
- While a New Quiz attempt is ongoing, instructors can moderate a quiz and extend the time allotted for the quiz. Additionally, the student course-level accommodation modal link is moved to the Student column. Previously, this was linked in the Accommodations column.
- In the New Quizzes Settings, instructors can select the timing and visibility of feedback and correct answers for students.
Canvas External Application updates
Institutional Perusall License
Perusall, a social annotation tool for collaboratively marking up and discussing course content integrated with Canvas, has been signed on with an institutional license to make Perusall available in all academic Canvas course sites without a request for funds or payment from both instructors and students.
Though Perusall no longer requests payment upon course creation to instructors or students, if an instructor selects texts from Perusall's own digital library then payment may be requested and collected by Perusall from students. The license with Perusall does not provide the Yale community with any access to Perusall's own library of resources—just the tool itself.
Please assign texts from Perusall's own library of texts with the knowledge that students will likely need to purchase access to those resources.