Canvas Update – September 15, 2018

Every three weeks, Canvas releases new features, updates to existing features, and bug fixes to our platform.

In this Canvas release (September 15), Gradebook CSV import files support updates for custom columns. The SpeedGrader sidebar includes a link to export submission comments as a PDF when the assignment is visible to students. Conferences supports WebRTC web screen sharing for presenters and HTML5 participant conference viewing in mobile browsers.

For all users, the default course color hex values in the Calendar and Card View Dashboard have been updated to display a color contrast of 3:1 for the default Canvas interface. Greek, Hungarian, and Ukrainian have been added as available languages for all users in Canvas.

Settings

• For institutions using Profiles, instructors can note the date a student last attended a course in the Profiles page.

Feature Options

• For institutions using Anonymous Grading, DocViewer supports annotated comments in anonymously graded assignments.
• For institutions using the New Gradebook, the Student Name Secondary Info column can be filtered by integration ID. Additionally, section filtering is synced with SpeedGrader.
• For institutions using Moderated Grading, moderators can access student SpeedGrader submission by clicking student names, and all provisional grades can be bulk selected from an individual grader to be the final grades for an assignment. SpeedGrader also allows moderators to view assessed rubrics from all graders.
• For institutions using the Learning Mastery Gradebook, outcomes and student results are paginated.