Notable changes to Canvas @ Yale environment, last updated 08/28/2026.
Also check out Canvas Updates for Summer 2026.
Table of Contents
This article will address the following information:
What's New in Canvas Workshop Recording
Watch our workshop recording going over all the updates and pilot opportunities. CAS login required to watch video.
Canvas Release / Deploy Note Updates
- In New Quizzes Survey Reports, instructors can click the response count to view a list of students who selected a specific answer. For anonymous surveys, student identities are masked as Student 1, Student 2, and so on to ensure privacy.
- Instructors can export survey responses to a CSV file. The file includes respondent name for non-anonymous surveys, submission timestamp, question text, and all answers for every question type.
- Anonymity Handling: For anonymous surveys, student name and ID are excluded or marked as Anonymous to protect privacy.
- The New Quizzes experience is moved out of its isolation layer (iframe) to run within the main Canvas page in production environments.
- In New Quizzes, instructors can provide feedback for each answer in multiple-answer questions.
- Automatic partial credit scoring is available for Categorization question types. Student scores are calculated based on the total number of correct decisions rather than all-or-nothing scoring. Correct decisions include placing items in the correct category and correctly leaving distractor items unplaced.
- Instructors can rotate incorrectly oriented submission pages before adding annotations, making it easier to review and provide feedback without workflow interruptions.
Running / Upcoming External Application Pilots
There are a number of pilots currently / planning on running ahead of the Fall 2026 / Spring 2027 semester. For more information, check out our Canvas @ Yale: Experiments & Pilots page.
| Tool | Tool Description | Interest |
|---|---|---|
| Speakology | Speakology AI uses AI-powered avatars to give students immersive, one-on-one conversational practice in their target language. | Interest Form |
| Boodlebox | BoodleBox.ai is a collaborative AI platform designed to support teaching, learning, and research across disciplines. | |
| Gemini LTI | Gemini LTI allows instructors to add Google Gemini tools directly into a Canvas course. | |
| Harmonize | Harmonize features robust multimedia integration, allowing users to record video and audio and annotate images directly within their posts. |
Canvas External Application Updates
Gradescope Integration Updated
A necessary security update to the Gradescope integration in Canvas has disconnected existing Gradescope courses / assignments from their Canvas counterparts. No Gradescope data has been deleted or lost because of the update to the new integration of Gradescope.
Instructors using Gradescope in their Fall 2026 courses should reconnect their Gradescope courses / assignments if they were already linked in Canvas.
Microsoft OneDrive LTI Migration to Microsoft Education
Microsoft is deprecating their Microsoft OneDrive integration with Canvas, which will break all existing OneDrive links made with this integration on September 17, 2026. We are replacing the Microsoft OneDrive integration with the Microsoft Education tool, which allows users to link to OneDrive files in Canvas.
Prior to the September 17 deprecation date, Instructors are highly encouraged to use the provided OneDrive Migration Tool in their Canvas courses to batch migrate their linked OneDrive files.
Failure to migrate OneDrive links prior to September 17 will result in the links breaking and the OneDrive Migration Tool to no longer function to quickly and easily migrate links.
Ed Attendance Now Available
We are excited to share that we have made the Ed Attendance tool available in Ed Discussions for faculty to begin using in academic courses moving forward.
The Ed Attendance tool allows faculty to create individual class sessions where students can check-in through:
- QR Code
- Password
- In Person Codes
- Manual Check In
To learn more please check out our Ed Discussion: Enabling the Ed Attendance Tool in Ed Discussion support article.
Turnitin Feedback Studio Integration Now Available
A new installation of Turnitin is now available in your courses within Canvas @ Yale, giving you access to the Feedback Studio integration of Turnitin alongside the traditional version you may have previously used.
Both integrations are fully available in Canvas @ Yale, allowing you to choose the version that best fits your course structure and grading workflow.
Plagiarism Framework (existing integration): This option integrates directly with Canvas SpeedGrader and generates Similarity Reports while allowing instructors to keep grading and feedback within the standard Canvas tools. To configure it, use the Plagiarism Review dropdown menu under the Online and File Upload submission type settings when creating or editing a Canvas assignment.
Turnitin Feedback Studio (new integration option): This option provides access to Turnitin’s comprehensive markup tools, drag-and-drop QuickMark comments, integrated rubrics, and feedback interface. Instructors can grade within either the Feedback Studio interface or Canvas SpeedGrader. To configure it, select the three dots next to +Assignment on the Assignments page in your Canvas course.
To see a full comparison of both tools, please see our guide, Turnitin: Feedback Studio Vs Plagiarism Framework - Feature Comparison.
Qulatrics LTI Tool Removal Reminder
The Qualtrics LTI, which supports the direct integration, distribution, and collection of Qualtrics Surveys in a Canvas course site, was from all Yale Canvas instances on May 19, 2026.
For more information, please reference our news article on this topic.
Canvas ePortfolio Retirement Reminder
Instructure, the parent company that provides Canvas, planned to sunset the ePortfolio tool. The ePortfolio tool in all of Yale’s instances of Canvas was retired on May 19, 2026.
For more information, please reference our news article on this topic.