Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-01-03)

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Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in the title of this document.

Deploy notes indicate notable changes in the deploy by feature. To view functionality according to user role, please see Canvas Features by User Role.

Fixed bugs are located in Known Issues. For related issues resolved in this deploy, view the 2024-01-03 Known Issues tag.

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Deploy Notes Change Log

• Interface Updates
• Reports
• Outcomes Results Report Update
• Feature Options
• Enrollments
• Sub-Account Temporary Enrollments

Interface Updates

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Reports

Outcomes Results Report Update

Admin

Affected Feature Areas	Outcomes Results Reports
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Inherent to user
Related Ideas	None

Summary

In the Outcomes results reports, the All Terms option is removed.

Change Benefit

This change improves performance for users with large courses by eliminating encounter errors when pulling large reports

Feature Options

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Enrollments

Sub-Account Temporary Enrollments

Feature Option Name	Temporary Enrollments
Enable Feature Option Location & Default Status	Account (Disabled/Unlocked)
Beta Environment Availability	2023-12-20
Production Environment Availability	2024-01-03
Subaccount Configuration	No (Feature Option is only available at the Root Account level)
Permissions	Temporary Enrollments-add In addition, users must have at least one of the following permissions: Users Designer-add Users Observer-add Users Students-add Users TAs- add Users Teachers-add SIS Data - read
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected User Roles and Areas	Admins, Enrollments, Sub-accounts
Mobile App Support	Not available
Free-for-Teacher Availability	Not available
Feature Option State	Production-ready
Related Ideas	None

Summary

Sub-account admins can create temporary enrollment pairings. Additionally, Root Account admins can manage temporary enrollment pairings in all sub-accounts.

Change Benefit

This feature allows root account level admins and sub-account level admins to quickly, easily, and temporarily enroll various users such as mentors, substitute teachers, designers, and other roles into sub-account courses.

Feature Workflow

Sub-Account Temporary Enrollment Pairing Icon

 When the Temporary Enrollments feature option is enabled at the root account level, sub-account admins can create temporary enrollment pairings.

Additional Details

Sub-account admins can only assign temporary enrollments for courses that exist in the sub-account where the association is being made.

Deploy Notes Change Log

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Date
2023-12-21	Published Deploy Notes