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 […]
End of Semester Reminders – Spring 2026
Greetings VCU Faculty, We hope your Spring semester has gone well. As you wrap up your course and transition into the summer, please review the items below to help guide your end‑of‑term preparations. Fall 2026 Course Shells Available Now Course shells for the Fall 2026 semester are officially available in Canvas for all instructors. As […]
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 […]
Reminder: Hard Deletes and Upcoming Course Shells
Hard Deletes: This is a reminder that VCU Learning Management Systems will begin permanently deleting Canvas Courses that are 5 or more years old on June 1, 2026 to remain in compliance with the data retention policies of The Library of Virginia. For more information, visit the Records Management Policy & Canvas Usage at VCU […]
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 […]
Beginning of Semester Reminders – Spring 2026
Greetings Faculty and Staff, We hope you had an outstanding winter break! Below are some reminders that will help get your semester off to a great start. For questions, email [email protected]. Canvas Login Login to Canvas using the Canvas Login Portal page at http://go.vcu.edu/canvas. Upcoming Course Deletions Courses older than 5 years will be permanently […]
End of Semester Reminders – Fall 2025
Greetings VCU Faculty, We hope everyone has had a successful Fall semester. Below are some items to consider as you close out your course heading into Spring. Spring 2026 Course Shells Available Now Course shells for the Spring 2026 semester are now available to Canvas instructors. As a reminder, a course will not be visible […]