Features Q&A: Canvas Release Notes (2025-01-18)

[InstContentTeam]

Looking to discuss these features from the 2025-01-18 Release Notes? Post a reply and start a conversation!

New Features

• Grading: Account Level Default Grading Scheme- Admin [Added 2024-12-17]

Feature Options

• Discussions: AI Translation
• Discussions: Multiple Due Dates for Discussions
• Inbox: AI Translation
• New Quizzes: Student Analysis Report Available
• New Quizzes: Question Bank Migration on Course Copy
• SpeedGrader: Improved SpeedGrader Experience [Delayed as of 2024-12-05]
• User Interface: Full Screen Access- All Users [Added 2024-12-17]

Feature Previews

• Apps: Canvas Apps Page- Admin [Added 2024-12-17]

Other Updates

• Analytics: New Analytics migration to Data Access Platform (DAP)- Admin [Added 2024-12-17]

Change Log updates

• Assignment Enhancements
• Enhanced Rubrics [Added 2024-12-17]

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[JuliaDohr]

Hi, just a question with regard to "SpeedGrader: Improved SpeedGrader Experience". Unlike before, I can no longer see at a glance who has submitted something in the list of students. There used to be a dot next to these people, but that is now gone. Is this a bug or a feature? It makes it difficult to find my way around the list. Kind regards - Julia (Beta-Test)

[Andy_Kalin]

Just wondering - it looks like AI Translation (both Discussion and Inbox) changes show "[Delayed as of 2024-12-17]" in the 2025-01-18 release notes, but do not show that on this page nor on the main Canvas Releases page. Can you confirm whether those two changes are in fact delayed? 

Also, the "Account Level Default Grading Scheme" change has the opposite state - it's shows [Added 2024-12-17] here and on the main Releases page, but that is not reflected in the title of the change item in the release notes, the it does appear in the change log. The same is true for the Full Screen Access change, the Canvas Apps Page change, the New Analytics migration to Data Access Platform (DAP) change, and the Enhanced Rubrics change.

I'm assuming that all of the change additions/delays mentioned above will happen (or not) even though not all are indicated (e.g., the AI Translation delays) on this page nor the main Releases page.

[dbrace]

Hi @Andy_Kalin,

By chance, have you seen https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/The-Product-Blog/An-Update-on-AI-Powered-Translations-in-Canvas/b... which was posted by @TamasBalogh?

-Doug

[chriscas]

A couple questions about the "User Interface: Full Screen Access- All Users" feature update.

1 - I do not see this anywhere in the beta environment right now.  Has the rollout to beta been delayed?

2 - For those of us who have the New User Tutorial enabled (and therefore the full width), will we need to enable this to keep the full width in the future, or will New User Tutorial still enable the full width as well.  I wanted to test this on my own, but can't due to #1...

-Chris

[dbrace]

For anyone curious about "Assignment Enhancements" and stickers. Make sure to check out the change log for 2025-01-18 at https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Assignment-Enhancements-Users/Assignment-Enhancements-Release-Cha....

In short, telated to the assignment stickers:

1. two feature options need to be enabled for the stickers
   1. Assignment Enhancements - Student
   2. Submission Stickers
2. when enabled, stickers can be given from:
   1. Traditional Gradebook tray
   2. Individual Gradebook
   3. SpeedGrader
3. as of the morning of Friday, December 20th: if the "Modernized SpeedGrader Platform" feature option is enabled, stickers cannot be given from the SpeedGrader

-Doug