(For a full list of updates, please see release notes from 1/27/18 and 2/17/18)
For Everyone
- In Inbox
- The course menu is now an autocomplete menu, which should make finding the course that you’d like to message much easier.
- The “new message” icon has been updated.
- In SpeedGrader DocViewer
- Free text annotations can now have either a white or transparent background. You can also now adjust the text size.
- Multi-page documents can now be navigated using the forward/backward pagination links, or by typing in specific page numbers
- In the Rich Content Editor, you can now indicate images as being “decorative”; decorative images are those that do not necessarily contribute to the content, and as such you do not need to input alt text.
- There is now a distinction between the “settings” (i.e. gear) and “options” (i.e. three dots) icons.
- The Settings icon contains selections that would actively change how the page is displayed.
- The Options icon contains selections that link to additional functionality or other Canvas areas.
- The file download icon in Modules has been updated to a paperclip/attachment icon.
For Instructors Only
- You can now leave individual feedback in group assignments that are individually graded.
- There is now an additional “Student View” icon on the course home page.
- In the New Gradebook
- You can now enter grades as percentages or according to a grading scheme; previously, you could only enter point values.
- “Muted” and “Unpublished” statuses are now indicated with text in the assignment column header.