Archive: News

  • Term End Dates in Canvas

    All terms more than a year in the past will automatically have an end date in Canvas. This means little to instructor and student access to these courses, and mainly will affect how the courses are d

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  • June 2022 Canvas Changes and Updates

    Assignment Default Due time can be modified The Assignment Default Due time can be modified via course Settings. These settings can be inherited in course copies. Assignment Availability Window

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  • January 2022 Canvas Changes and Updates

    Panopto Course Copy There's a new way to copy Panopto content from one Canvas course to another, which can be accomplished through the Panopto button on your Canvas course menu. This new copy m

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  • November 2021 Canvas Changes and Updates

    Assignment Submission Feedback Indicator For students, in the Assignment Details page, the 'Show Rubric' and 'View Feedback' links indicate when new comments have been added. A "blue dot" will app

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  • October 2021 Canvas Changes and Updates

    Sticky Course Navigation Menu The course navigation menu now floats when scrolling up and down on pages and remains visible at all times. Also, the course navigation menu now has its own scroll ba

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  • New Course Analytics

    The New Analytics tool is coming soon by default to all courses in Canvas. Learn about New Analytics in Canvas at Georgetown, including how to enable it now, and what you can do with New Analytics.

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  • August 2021 Canvas Changes and Updates

    Canvas Release Notes now appear on the Help menu The Canvas Help Menu displays a number indicator when a release note has been published for your role in Canvas (Student, Teacher, Admin). Release

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  • June 2021 Canvas Changes and Updates

    SpeedGrader: Comment Library Comments can be added and saved for reuse within the SpeedGrader. This change allows graders to save frequently used comments in SpeedGrader, which can be reused acros

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  • New Canvas Assignment Type: Student Annotation

    On the assignment creation page, instructors can select the option to create an online assignment and select the Student Annotation assignment type. Instructors provide the file that should be ann

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  • March 2021 Canvas Changes and Updates

    Assignments: Webcam Submissions Students can use their webcam to take a photo for an assignment submission. Instructors can view uploaded images submitted via a student’s webcam as they see other

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