News and Announcements Canvas Maintenance 7/2 25 Jun 202024 Jun 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…
Feature Highlights… Panopto Downtime 6/27 22 Jun 202010 Jun 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…
Featured… Canvas Production Release Notes: June 20, 2020 17 Jun 202016 Jun 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…
Featured… 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…
Featured… 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…
Featured… 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…
Featured… Spring 2020 Final Exams “Dos” and “Don’ts” 4 May 2020 DOs Do use “Test Student” to take your exam before releasing it to students. For more information on using “Test Student”, please see: What is Student View? and How do I Access…
Feature Highlights… 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…
Best Practices… Canvas Quizzes: Capabilities, Limitations, and Best Practices for Remote Testing 24 Apr 202023 Apr 2020 Capabilities Canvas quizzes provide the following options: The ability to create a range of question types, including, but not limited to: multiple choice, short answer, fill-in-the-blank, matching, numerical answer, formula,…
Feature Highlights… 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+),…
