Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-05-08)

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Table of Contents

• Interface Updates
• Gradebook
• Message Students Who Have Submitted Updates
• Message Students Who Have Not Submitted Updates

Interface Updates

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Gradebook

Message Students Who Have Submitted Updates

Instructor

Affected Feature Areas	Gradebook
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Inherent to user
Related Ideas	[Gradebook] Message Students Who Already Submitted

Summary

In the Gradebook, the Message Students Who feature is enhanced to allow instructors to message students who have submitted an assignment. Options include messaging all students who have submitted on time, students with graded on time assignments, and students with ungraded on time assignments. 

Change Benefit

These updates help instructors provide positive reinforcement to students who have submitted their work and streamline the process of excluding excused students from messages about missing assignments, making the workflow quicker and more efficient.

Feature Workflow

Message Students Who Compose Message Modal

In the For Students Who drop-down menu, select the Have Submitted option [1]. Then, instructors have the option to message all students with on time submissions [2], students with graded on time assignments [3], and students with ungraded on time assignments [4]. 

Message Students Who Have Not Submitted Updates

Instructor

Affected Feature Areas	Gradebook
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Inherent to user
Related Ideas	[Gradebook] Skip Excused Students When Messaging "Students Who..."

Summary

For students who have not submitted, the Message Students Who feature in the Gradebook is updated to include a checkbox allowing instructors to exclude excused students from the message.

Change Benefit

These updates help instructors streamline the process of excluding excused students from messages about missing assignments, making the workflow quicker and more efficient.

Feature Workflow

Message Students Who Skip Excused Students When Messaging Checkbox

In the For Students Who drop-down menu, when the Have not yet submitted option is selected, a Skip excused students when messaging checkbox displays.