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Category: Feature Highlights

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Canvas Downtime 8/8

6 Aug 20206 Aug 2020
Canvas will be briefly unavailable for up to 5 minutes on Saturday, August 8th at 1am EST due to emergency maintenance scheduled by the vendor. We apologize for any inconvenience this…
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Personal Pronouns in Canvas

31 Jul 202025 Aug 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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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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Turnitin Maintenance 5/2

27 Apr 202024 Apr 2020
Turnitin may be unavailable on Saturday May 2nd from 11am-3pm EST  due to emergency maintenance by the vendor. Instructors are encouraged to set assignment due dates that avoid scheduled maintenance…
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Safari 13.1 Cross-site Tracking & Canvas

22 Apr 202022 Apr 2020
There have been some updates to Safari that could cause access issues for Canvas and for third party tools (LTIs) in Canvas. With the recent updates to Safari (version 13.1+),…
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Panopto Downtime 1/4 9pm-12am EST

28 Dec 201922 Oct 2019
Panopto will be unavailable on Saturday January 4th 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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We’re Hiring: Open Courseware Support Librarian Position!

7 Oct 201915 Oct 2019
The Penn Libraries is hiring a Courseware Support Librarian to support Canvas! Reporting to the Courseware Services Manager, the Courseware Support Librarian will provide end-user support for the University’s Canvas…
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Canvas Downtime 9/1 12am-4am EST

25 Aug 201923 Aug 2019
Canvas may be unavailable from 12am-4am EST on Sunday September 1st due to scheduled maintenance by the vendor. No updates or changes to Canvas will be made during this maintenance. We apologize…
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New Course Request Form Available!

23 Aug 201923 Aug 2019
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Course Request Form: https://courserequest.library.upenn.edu/ Documentation for the new form is available here (and also linked in  the form itself).  Please…

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  • Canvas Office Hours
    Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2021Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm Location: Online Office Hours, which are offered at select times during the academic year, are scheduled appointment sessions for faculty, grad students, teaching assistants, and students to get individualized Canvas assistance. Schedule an Appointment and let us know how we can prepare in advance to help you. We look […]
  • Canvas Micro Workshops: SpeedGrader
    Date: Thursday, March 11, 2021Time: 11:00am - 11:30am Library: Online This 30-minute workshop will focus on using the Speedgrader in Canvas. This workshop will cover the following topics: an overview of the Speedgrader interface how to comment on and annotate submissions how to view instructor feedback from the student perspective.
  • Canvas Office Hours
    Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm Location: Online Office Hours, which are offered at select times during the academic year, are scheduled appointment sessions for faculty, grad students, teaching assistants, and students to get individualized Canvas assistance. Schedule an Appointment and let us know how we can prepare in advance to help you. We look […]
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