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…
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 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…
Featured… Resources and Strategies for Teaching Remotely 11 Mar 2020 In response to growing concerns about the transmissibility of COVID-19 on campus, the University of Pennsylvania has made the decision to move all classes to a virtual environment beginning March…
Feature Highlight… 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…
Featured… Turnitin Maintenance 1/4: 11am-5pmEST 27 Dec 20195 Dec 2019 Turnitin will be unavailable on January 4th from 11am-5pm EST due to scheduled maintenance by the vendor. Instructors are encouraged to set assignment due dates that avoid scheduled maintenance windows for Turnitin…
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…
