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Request a New Canvas Site

All Canvas sites are created upon request by faculty teaching courses at the University of Pennsylvania or by their TAs or support staff. It is recommended that Canvas sites be requested two months before the start of the semester, but sites can be requested at any time near the start…Continue reading “Request a New Canvas Site”

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Canvas Production Release Notes: August 15, 2020

Canvas operates on a monthly release cycle through which features are added or updated. Courseware Support posts highlights from Canvas’s…

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Piazza and Perusall Now Available in all Courses

We’re happy to announce that Piazza and Perusall are now available for all courses in Canvas! Piazza is a robust…

7Aug 202030 Jul 2020
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Panopto Downtime 8/15

Panopto will be unavailable on Saturday, August 15th from 9pm-12am EST due to scheduled maintenance by the vendor. During this time media…

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Check out Canvas 101: Using Canvas at Penn for instructions, ideas, inspiration, and more!

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Personal Pronouns in Canvas

31 Jul 202031 Jul 2020
All users have the ability to indicate personal pronouns in their Canvas profiles. Pronouns in Canvas display in several locations such as Discussions, People, User Profiles, Inbox, Speedgrader, and more.…
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Turnitin Maintenance 8/1

24 Jul 202027 Jul 2020
Turnitin will be unavailable on Saturday August 1st from 11am-5pm EST due to scheduled maintenance by the vendor. Instructors are encouraged to set assignment due dates that avoid scheduled maintenance…
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Upcoming Canvas Workshops

22 Jul 202022 Jul 2020
Register for Canvas 101 for Faculty and Staff Wednesday, July 29, 2020 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm   This workshop will introduce basic Canvas functions that will allow participants to…
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Canvas Production Release Notes: July 18, 2020

15 Jul 2020
Canvas operates on a monthly release cycle through which features are added or updated. Courseware Support posts highlights from Canvas’s production release notes, a link to these notes, and other…
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Canvas Maintenance 7/2

25 Jun 202028 Jul 2020
Canvas may be unavailable on Thursday July 2nd from 1am-1:30am EST due to scheduled maintenance by the vendor. Users may not be able to access Canvas for approximately 10  minutes while…
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Panopto Downtime 6/27

22 Jun 202027 Jul 2020
Panopto will be unavailable on Saturday June 27th from 9pm-12am EST due to scheduled maintenance by the vendor. During this time media content in Panopto and the "Class Recordings" area of Canvas…
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Canvas Production Release Notes: June 20, 2020

17 Jun 202016 Jul 2020
Canvas operates on a monthly release cycle through which features are added or updated. Courseware Support posts highlights from Canvas’s production release notes, a link to these notes, and other…
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End of Semester Checklist

18 May 202015 May 2020
Course End Date/Concluding a Course The end date for your course is automatically set according to the term in which your class is active. After the course concludes, students will…
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Canvas Production Release: May 16, 2020

13 May 202011 May 2020
Canvas operates on a monthly release cycle through which features are added or updated. Courseware Support posts highlights from Canvas’s production release notes, a link to these notes, and other…
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End of Term Grading with Canvas New Gradebook

11 May 2020
Download and save the current version of the Canvas Gradebook It is suggested that you download and save your course’s Canvas gradebook before entering final grades. Here are instructions for…

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