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 […]
Canvas Feature Updates – December 2025
Modules – Bulk Unpublish Supports Simple Published Files Production Environment Availability: 12/3/2025 Files are unpublished through the Unpublish Module and All Items feature when in a simple published state with no other restrictions. Other availability states, such as scheduled availability or link-only, remain published. Previously, all files remained published regardless of their state. This update […]
Canvas Feature Updates – November 2025
User Navigation – Canvas Portfolio Production Environment Availability: 11/15/2025 Summary The Canvas Portfolio is no longer in feature preview and is enabled for all institutions in the User Navigation menu. It is not available for Free for Teacher accounts. Notes: Canvas offers two types of portfolios to support both learner-driven and instructor-guided use cases: Showcase […]
Canvas Feature Update – October 2025
Course – Confirm Unenrollment Modal Updated Production Environment Availability: 10/8/2025 The Confirm Unenrollment modal for self-enrolled courses is updated with the latest version of InstUI. This update allows users to experience a modern, consistent interface when unenrolling from self-enrolled courses, improving clarity and usability. An updated modal interface displays when dropping a course. Performance and […]