What's new in Canvas?

In the Item Analysis Report, the Answer Frequency Summary charts display the total number of correct responses, incorrect responses, and no responses for the following question types: Categorization, Matching, Ordering, Hot Spot, Formula, Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer and True or False. This update provides additional question types for instructors to evaluate student responses and patterns in order to provide appropriate intervention.

Instructors can submit a file upload assignment on behalf of a student in the Gradebook. The submission includes the timestamp and who submitted the assignment. Additionally, the instructor can submit multiple files at a time for a single student and submit beyond the availability date

• Submitting on behalf of is available via the gradebook, not via speedgrader.
• Submitting on behalf of is available for anyone with the role of Coordinator, Teacher or TA.
• The TA - No Grading role can also setup an assignment with moderated grading. However it is not possible for this role to assess an student submission or see the grades. To use moderated grading we advice not to use the TA - No grading role.
• Submitting on behalf of is only available in the assignment type that require file uploads to Canvas.

An instruction video of how to submit on behalf of a student Links to an external site.

More information, click here Links to an external site..

What is New Quizzes?

New Quizzes is the new quiz version that replaces the classic quizzes functionality currently existing in Canvas. New Quizzes are available now.

New Quizzes features include an improved user interface (look and feel) and the quiz engine has more question types like hotspot, categorization, matching, and ordering. It also has more moderation features. More information on how to create a New Quiz can be found here Links to an external site..

For the time being you can still make a Classic Quiz. However the classic quiz functionality will be deprecated in the future.

When you design a quiz for your course, we advise you to use the new quizzes instead of using the classic quiz functionality.

Migrating a classic quiz to a new quiz?

You can migrate a classic quiz to a new quiz. Please consider that this takes some time and effort. Preparation of the migration is critically important to consider so you don't lose any content you want to keep. Find a step-by-step guide on how to migrate your quiz here Links to an external site..

A bulk migration tool will be available late 2022/start 2023. If you have a lot of quizzes to migrate it might be an option to wait with migration.

(It will not be possible to create an new classic Quiz at the start of Academic year 2023-2024.)

Useful Information

FAQ: New Quizzes click here Links to an external site..

Enhanced Gradebook Filters is a new feature preview available in Canvas.

Instructors can select condition types and conditions to add to the filter. They can also remove conditions, apply the filter, and give the filter a name for future use.

A Feature Preview can be activated via your course settings, see here Links to an external site. for instructions.

More information about the filters and conditions, see this Links to an external site. video (from 1:24).

When an External URL or an External Tool (LTI) links are added to a module, the previous choice for the Load in New Tab checkbox will be remembered, the checkbox will remain selected for your future setups within that course. The checkbox is not selected by default. This is also applicable when creating a new LTI assignment.

This change allows teachers to save frequently used comments in SpeedGrader and be reused across multiple students and assignments.

Please read this guide Links to an external site. for instructions on the comment libray.

Note that:

• the comment library functionality is not supported in the document viewer.
• it is not possible to add hyperlinks to the comment library.

The Immersive reader is a tool that promotes accessibility and comprehension for learners of all abilities. It contains a readspeaker, simpler interface, adjustable text preferences and a line focus functionality.

Please see the video on the right or read this page Links to an external site. to see how to use the Immersive reader.

Information for students about the Immersive reader can be found here.

Teachers can use an annotated assignment type to upload a file for students to annotate and submit directly in Canvas.

Please read these Links to an external site. notes about the requirements for annotated assignments.

For online assignments with a due date, instructors can view a Reassign button in SpeedGrader. If they require a student to redo an assignment, they can reassign the assignment directly to the student from within their grading workflow in SpeedGrader.

Please read these Links to an external site. notes about the requirements for reassigning submissions.

Users who link a file can open the File Options menu and indicate a preview type.

• Preview in overlay displays the existing file preview functionality, where the file preview opens and overlays the entire page.
• Preview inline loads the preview directly in the window once the file is clicked. If the option to expand the preview by default is also selected as an option, the file is automatically expanded in the page and the user does not need to click the file to view it. Instead, the user can close the preview by clicking the Minimize Preview link that displays along with the image.

More information can be found here Links to an external site..

For File Upload assignments, students have the option to use their webcam for file uploads. The first time they use the feature, they will need to give permission to Canvas to access their computer webcam. 

More information can be found here Links to an external site..

This feature supports only pictures, not videos. If you want students to upload video recordings, see this Links to an external site. information.

LaTeX equations can be entered in any Canvas text field, and MathJax is loaded if Canvas detects an equation image added by delimited LaTeX characters.

More information can be found here Links to an external site..

The Rich Content Editor includes a pretty HTML editor in addition to the raw HTML editor.

This change provides an enhanced HTML experience for users.

Please see for more information this page. Links to an external site.

The design and basic functionalities of the Rich Content Editor have changed. 

The most important changes are:

• Drag & drop functionality for video, images and text.
• External tools are accessible via the plug symbol (embed Kaltura video, FeedbackFruits assignment, Google Docs, etc).
• When window minimized the plug symbol (external tools) are accessible via the three dots.
• The HTML-editor is accessible via the </> symbol.

Please see for more information this page. Links to an external site.

The Student View button has changed and the functionality supports individual Canvas pages.

This change allows instructors to view individual pages using the Test Student functionality more quickly.

Please see for more information this page. Links to an external site.

The Global Navigation Menu includes a Recent History link, which displays recently visited pages in Canvas.

This change helps users remember what page they last viewed in one or multiple courses.

Please see for more information this video. Links to an external site.

Multiple pages can be deleted at one time in the Pages Index page.

This change allows outdated content to be removed more quickly. Previously pages could only be deleted one at a time.

Please see for more information this video Links to an external site..

The Section column can be hidden from students in the People page when more than one section exists in the course.

This change prevents students from viewing sections for other students when they have access to view the People page.

Please see for more information this video. Links to an external site.

The User Navigation Menu includes a link to Global Announcements, which displays the announcements for the whole institution.

This change allows users to view announcements that were previously dismissed from the Dashboard.

Please see for more information this video Links to an external site..

Instructors can add multiple module content from the Course Home Page or the Modules page.

This change helps instructors build module content with multiple files at one time.

Please see for more information this video. Links to an external site.

The Dashboard, Courses menu, and All Courses page display both published and unpublished courses.

This change helps instructors see what courses are unpublished in various Canvas locations.

Please see for more information this video. Links to an external site.

The Edit Assignment Dates page supports enhancements to select multiple assignments, batch edit dates, and improve date validation

These changes provide faster management  of assignment dates in a course.

Please see for more information this video. Links to an external site.

Users can specify notification preferences within an individual course. The Course Home Page displays a View Course Notifications button, where you can adjust the notifications by course.

To enable/disable notifications by course, make sure you enable notifications in general. You can do this at Account--> Settings--> Notifications.

Please see for more information this video. Links to an external site.