Featured… Canvas Production Release Notes: September 19, 2020 16 Sep 202010 Sep 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… Time Saving Tips for Using Canvas’s Grading Features + Upcoming Workshops 8 Sep 2020 Set Up Assignment Groups (If Applicable) If you use weighted grading for your course, add Assignment Groups to the Assignments Index Page and assign weights to each Group. Did you…
News and Announcements Zoom is Now Fully Integrated with Canvas 4 Sep 20204 Sep 2020 Zoom is Now Fully Integrated with Canvas Penn has purchased a university-wide license to Zoom for all faculty, staff, and students. Zoom is an online meeting platform with voice, video,…
Featured… Beginning of the Semester Checklist 27 Aug 2020 1. Create a Course Site Email canvas@pobox.upenn.edu or use the following instructions to request your Canvas site. If you don’t see a course you are teaching in Canvas when you…
Featured… Canvas Production Release Notes: August 15, 2020 12 Aug 202014 Aug 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…
News and Announcements Piazza and Perusall Now Available in all Courses 11 Aug 202031 Aug 2020 We’re happy to announce that Piazza and Perusall are now available for all courses in Canvas! Piazza is a robust discussion tool that allows students to ask and answer questions…
News and Announcements Panopto Downtime 8/15 7 Aug 202030 Jul 2020 Panopto will be unavailable on Saturday, August 15th 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…
Feature Highlights… 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…
Feature Highlights… 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.…
Feature Highlights… 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…
