Canvas Feature Updates – October 2026
Platform – Progress Bars Updated to InstUI Production Environment Availability: 10/7/2026 Progress bars in uploads, exports, and imports are updated to InstUI. Updating the progress bars to InstUI provides a more consistent, responsive, and maintainable interface aligned with the latest Canvas design. Functionality remains unchanged, but users may experience minor visual updates to improve consistency. […]
Canvas Feature Updates – September 2026 (Canvas Portfolio)
Assignment Import- Instructor, Students Production Environment Availability: 9/19/2026 Users can import multiple Canvas assignments at once and add them as requirements. Imported assignments create separate requirement cards with titles and descriptions pulled from Canvas. Both fields, along with all standard evidence fields, remain fully editable after import. Each imported assignment includes a link back to […]
Canvas Feature Updates – August 2026
Course Navigation – Grades Page Restriction Production Environment Availability: 8/12/2026 When the Grades page is disabled in Course Navigation, students can no longer access it, including via a direct URL. Disabling the Grades page in Course Navigation blocks student access entirely, including via direct URL, so instructors can rely on the setting to work the […]
Canvas Feature Updates – July 2026
Navigation – Navigation Links in Account Production Environment Availability: 7/18/2026 Sub-Account Admins can add links to the account, course and user navigation menus, and instructors can add links to the course navigation menu. Enables admins and instructors to add custom links to account, user, and course navigation menus, making it easier to surface key resources […]
Canvas Feature Updates – June 2026
New Quizzes – Improved Quiz Accommodation Tray Production Environment Availability: 6/3/2026 The quiz accommodation tray in New Quizzes has been redesigned for clarity and ease of use. Instructors can apply time adjustments and reopen a student’s quiz attempt in a single action. The tray also shows a real-time breakdown of all time sources, the base […]
Canvas Feature Updates – May 2026
New Quizzes – Default Font Setting Production Environment Availability: 5/6/2026 An Edit default font toggle is available in New Quizzes settings, allowing instructors to set a default font and font size that automatically applies to all Rich Content Editors within the quiz. Automatically applies global styling to quiz content, ensuring a consistent look and reducing […]
Canvas Feature Updates – April 2026
Admin Tools – Sub-Account Grade Change Search- Admin Production Environment Availability: 4/8/2026 In the Admin Tools Logging tab, sub-account admins can search Grade Change Activity by Course, Grader, Student, or Assignment ID for grade changes within courses in their sub-account. Previously, this functionality was only available to root account admins. Change Benefit New Quizzes – […]
Canvas Feature Updates – March 2026
Discussions – Enhanced Rubrics Support Production Environment Availability: 3/11/2026 When Enhanced Rubrics is enabled, rubrics in Discussions use the enhanced experience instead of the classic rubrics. This update makes grading consistent across Canvas. Course – IgniteAI Image Alt Text Generation in Course Accessibility Checker Production Environment Availability: 3/21/2026 AI-powered remediations in the Accessibility Checker support […]
Canvas Feature Updates – February 2026
Course Settings – Cross-listing Updated to InstUI Production Environment Availability: 2/25/2026 The Cross-list modal is updated to use React and InstUI. Functionality remains unchanged, but there are minor visual updates to improve consistency. These cosmetic changes, such as field styling or borders, do not affect how the modal works. This update gives the Cross-list form […]
Canvas Feature Updates – January 2026
Blueprint Courses – Direct Link to Courses Production Environment Availability: 1/14/2026 In the Blueprint Associations modal, a direct link to associated courses is added. This update allows users to navigate directly to the associated courses. Click the desired course link to access the course directly. SpeedGrader – Performance and Usability Upgrades for SpeedGrader Feature Preview […]