Feature Highlight… 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…
Feature Highlight… 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…
Featured… Video: Grading in Canvas at the End of a Term 14 May 20192 May 2019 We hope you enjoy this video geared towards faculty and TAs managing grades in Canvas using the gradebook! It shows six steps for finishing up grading in Canvas at the…
Featured… Canvas End-of-Term Grading Checklist 9 May 20192 May 2019 The following checklist has been designed to help your end-of-term grading run smoothly. 1.) Download and Save the Current Version of the Canvas Gradebook It's a best practice to download…
Uncategorized How Long Do Students Have Access to Canvas after Graduation? 8 May 20197 May 2019 PennKeys do not expire, so a student can still log into Canvas after they graduate with their PennKey username and password. Although graduated students retain access to Canvas indefinitely due…
Featured… Spring 2019 Final Exam “Dos” & “Don’ts” 6 May 20192 May 2019 DOs Do publish your exam in Canvas before exam time. Please click on this link for instructions on how to publish you exam: How do I use Draft State in…
Featured… Canvas Helps Student Accommodations for Final Exams 3 May 20192 May 2019 Learning from Experience Over the years, Courseware Support has helped instructors accommodate their students when the standard final-exam schedule conflicts with external circumstances or conditions in a student's life. If…
News and Announcements… Canvas Production Release: April 20, 2019 16 Apr 2019 Canvas operates on a three-week 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… RESOLVED: Slow Load Times with Exports and Uploads in Canvas 18 Mar 201919 Mar 2019 The issue causing slow load times on Canvas export and uploads is resolved. If you experienced this issue, please do the following: Clear your browser’s cache (instructions for PC and Mac). Close your browser.…
Featured… RESOLVED: Turnitin Down 16 Feb 20195 Mar 2019 The Turnitin performance issues that began on Friday, February 15th have been resolved. Due to an unexpected database issue, users of Turnitin and Turnitin UK may have been unable to…
