Canvas Deploy Notes (2024-01-31)

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Fixed bugs are located in Known Issues. For related issues resolved in this deploy, view the 2024-01-31 Known Issues tag.

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Table of Contents

• Interface Updates
• Admin Tools
• Restore Deleted User [Delayed as of 2024-01-31]
• Authentication
• SAML Manual Refresh
• Courses
• Account Course Hyperlink
• Modules
• Unpublish Module Only
• People
• Additional Add Login Fields
• Deleted Users in Search Results [Delayed as of 2024-01-31]
• Feature Options
• Enrollments
• Temporary Enrollment Ending Workflow State
• Section Restrictions

Interface Updates

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Admin Tools

Restore Deleted User [Delayed as of 2024-01-31]

Admin

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Affected Feature Areas	Admin Tools
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Users - manage login details
Related Ideas	None

Summary

In Admin Tools, the Restore Course tab is renamed Restore Content and Account Admin can restore deleted users.

Change Benefit

This functionality allows administrators to recover deleted users directly within the Canvas interface, eliminating the sole reliance on SIS imports for this process.

Feature Workflow

Admin Tools Restore Content Drop-Down Menu

On the Admin Tools page, the tab is renamed Restore Content [1]. Click the Select a type to Restore drop-down menu and select Users [2].

Authentication

SAML Manual Refresh

Admin

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Beta Environment Availability	2024-01-22
Affected Feature Areas	Authentication
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Account-level settings - manage
Related Ideas	None

Summary

On the Authentication page, admin can refresh SAML metadata.

Change Benefit

This update allows the admin to manually refresh the SAML metadata from the user interface.

Feature Workflow

Authentication SAML Refresh Metadata Button

On the Authentication page, click the Refresh Metadata button.

Courses

Account Course Hyperlink

Admin

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Affected Feature Areas	Account Courses
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Inherent to user
Related Ideas	[Courses] Make Sub-Account Name a Hyperlink in the New Course Search

Summary

In the Account Level Courses page, the sub-account text is hyperlinked.

Change Benefit

This update allows admin to quickly access a specific sub-account.

Feature Workflow

Courses Sub-Account Link

Admin can access sub-accounts using the sub-account link in the account course list.

Modules

Unpublish Module Only

Instructor

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Affected Feature Areas	Modules
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Course Content - add/edit
Related Ideas	[Modules] Options to Only Publish/Unpublish the Module [Modules] Un-Publish module without un-publishing the items within the module

Summary

In Modules, instructors have the option to unpublish a module only. This option is available in the Publish All drop-down menu and individual module drop-down menus.

Change Benefit

This functionality allows instructors to unpublish the module while leaving items within the module still published.

Feature Workflow

Unpublish Module Only Option

In the publishing drop-down menu, instructors have the option to unpublish the module only.

People

Additional Add Login Fields

Admin

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Affected Feature Areas	User Profile
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Users - manage login details
Related Ideas	[Accounts] Show extra fields in Add Login screen

Summary

When creating a login in a user’s profile, the following fields have been added to the Add Login modal:

• SIS ID
• Integration ID
  

Change Benefit

This update improves the workflow for adding and editing new logins.

Feature Workflow

Add Login Modal

When creating a login for a user, admin can include the SIS ID and Integration ID.

Deleted Users in Search Results [Delayed as of 2024-01-31]

Admin

Summary Link	Canvas Features by User Role
Affected Feature Areas	People
Account Setting to Enable	None
Permissions	Users - view list
Related Ideas	None

Summary

On the Account-level People page, admin can use the Include deleted users in search results checkbox when searching users.

Note: The checkbox does not display if the account has no deleted users. 

Change Benefit

This functionality allows admin to easily search deleted users within the user interface.

Feature Workflow

Include Deleted User in Search Results Checkbox

To include deleted users in a search, select the Include deleted users in search results checkbox.

Feature Options

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Enrollments

Temporary Enrollment Ending Workflow State

Admin

Feature Option Name	Temporary Enrollments
Enable Feature Option Location & Default Status	Account (Disabled/Unlocked)
Beta Environment Availability	2024-01-17
Production Environment Availability	2024-01-31
Subaccount Configuration	No
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 Areas	Enrollments
Mobile App Support	Not available
Free-for-Teacher Availability	Not available
Feature Option State	Production-ready
Related Ideas	[Enrollments] Temporary Enrollment Pairing: Choose Enrollment State After End Date

Summary

When assigning a temporary enrollment, admin can select an ending workflow state. The default state is Deleted.

Change Benefit

This functionality allows admin to easily assign the state of an ending temporary enrollment.

Feature Workflow

Ending Enrollment State Drop-Down Menu

In the Ending Workflow State drop-down menu, select the desired state.

Section Restrictions

Admin

Feature Option Name	Temporary Enrollments
Enable Feature Option Location & Default Status	Account (Disabled/Unlocked)
Beta Environment Availability	2024-01-17
Production Environment Availability	2024-01-31
Subaccount Configuration	No
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	No
Affected Areas	Enrollments
Mobile App Support	Not available
Free-for-Teacher Availability	Not available
Enforcement Date	Production-ready
Feature Option State	2024-01-17

Summary

When a provider is enrolled to a specific section of a course, any creation or editing of a temporary enrollment recipient pairing ensures that the recipient is exclusively restricted to the provider’s course section only.

Change Benefit

This update maintains the limitation of privileges to the course section value for any new or updated temporary enrollments.