Canvas Deploy Notes (2025-04-23)

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Fixed bugs are located in Known Issues. For related issues resolved in this deploy, view the 2025-04-23 Known Issues tag.

Unless otherwise stated, all features in this deploy are available in the Beta environment on 2025-04-10 and the Production environment on 2025-04-23.

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Table of Contents

• Updated Features
• Analytics
• Admin Analytics Filter Update
• New Quizzes
• Enhanced Quiz Activity Log Details
• Improved Navigation
• Enhanced Moderation Tools and Interface Updates
• Sub-Accounts
• Delete Modal
• Other Updates
• Accessibility Updates
• Enhanced Structural Clarity
• Improved Error Feedback

Updated Features

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Analytics

Admin Analytics Filter Update

Admin

Feature Option Name to Enable	Admin Analytics See the Canvas Feature Option Summary to learn more about Feature Options.
Beta Environment Availability	2025-04-16
Enable Feature Option Location & Default Status	Account (Enabled/Unlocked)
Subaccount Configuration	Yes
Account/Course Setting to Enable	N/A
Permissions	Admin Analytics-view and export data
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Admin Analytics Filters
Related Ideas	[Analytics] Admin Analytics - Filter Crosslisted Child Courses [Analytics] Admin Analytics - filter out courses with no students

Summary

In Admin Analytics, courses with no enrollments are filtered out by default. A checkbox is available in the filter tray, allowing admins to include courses with no enrollments in the filter results.

Change Benefit

This update allows admins to focus on courses that have active enrollments, making it easier to analyze and manage relevant data. The added checkbox gives admins the flexibility to view courses without enrollments when needed, improving the efficiency of data management and decision-making.

Feature Workflow

Filter Tray Show Courses with No Enrollments Checkbox

To view courses with no enrollments, click the Show courses with no enrollments checkbox.

New Quizzes

Enhanced Quiz Activity Log Details

Instructor

Feature Option Name to Enable	New Quizzes See the Canvas Feature Option Summary to learn more about Feature Options.
Enable Feature Option Location & Default Status	Account (Disabled/Unlocked)
Subaccount Configuration	Yes
Account/Course Setting to Enable	N/A
Permissions	Manage Assignments and Quizzes
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	New Quizzes Activity Log
Related Ideas	[New Quizzes] Add IP Address to Quiz Log

Summary

In the Activity Log, instructors can view the Client IP address, Browser Session ID, for each question of a quiz.

Change Benefit

This update provides instructors with greater visibility into quiz activity, helping them verify student engagement and identify potential irregularities during quiz attempts.

Feature Workflow

Activity Log Client IP Address and Browser Session ID

In the Activity Log, instructors can view additional information related to each question.

 

Improved Navigation

Instructor

Feature Option Name to Enable	New Quizzes See the Canvas Feature Option Summary to learn more about Feature Options.
Enable Feature Option Location & Default Status	Account (Disabled/Unlocked)
Subaccount Configuration	Yes
Account/Course Setting to Enable	N/A
Permissions	Manage Assignments and Quizzes
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Assignments, Quizzes
Related Ideas	[New Quizzes] Breadcrumbs for Clarity

Summary

When building a quiz in New Quizzes the Course Navigation and breadcrumbs display. Additionally, the Moderate tab and Reports tab are switched in the Quiz Menu.

Change Benefit

This update improves navigation and streamlines the quiz-building experience by providing consistent access to key tools.

Feature Workflow

New Quiz Build Navigation Update

When creating or editing a New Quiz, instructors can view breadcrumbs [1], the Course Navigation [2], and the View as Student button [3]. 

Note: Instructors can collapse the Course Navigation using the Menu icon for a more focused view.

 

Enhanced Moderation Tools and Interface Updates

Instructor

Feature Option Name to Enable	New Quizzes See the Canvas Feature Option Summary to learn more about Feature Options.
Enable Feature Option Location & Default Status	Account (Disabled/Unlocked)
Subaccount Configuration	Yes
Account/Course Setting to Enable	N/A
Permissions	Manage Assignments and Quizzes
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	New Quizzes Moderate Page
Related Ideas	[New Quizzes] Extend time while quiz is in progress

Summary

Several updates to the New Quizzes Moderate Page enhance the instructor's ability to manage accommodations during active quiz attempts:

• Instructors can add time to an active quiz attempt when moderating a New Quiz.
• In the New Quizzes Moderate Page:
• The modal is renamed to Student Accommodation.
• The student's name is relocated to the body text.
• A checkbox is added to apply changes to the current quiz attempt.
• The Moderation tray is renamed to In Progress Accommodation and includes the student's name in the body text.

Note: The Apply these changes to the current Quiz and attempts as well checkbox is enabled by default.

Change Benefit

These updates provide a more consistent and user-friendly experience for instructors.

Feature Workflow

Student Accommodation Modal

In the moderation modal, the header is renamed, the student name is relocated to the body text and an Apply these changes to the current Quiz and attempts as well is available.

In Progress Accommodation Tray

In the Moderation tray, the header is renamed and the student name is relocated to the body text.

Sub-Accounts

Delete Modal

Admin

Feature Option Name to Enable	None
Enable Feature Option Location & Default Status	N/A
Subaccount Configuration	N/A
Account/Course Setting to Enable	N/A
Permissions	Account level Settings-manage
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Sub-Accounts
Related Ideas	None

Summary

When deleting a sub-account, a confirmation modal displays. Previously, the confirmation was a browser alert.

Change Benefit

This update provides a more consistent and user-friendly experience.

Feature Workflow

Delete Sub-Account Modal

When deleting a sub-account, a confirmation modal displays.

Other Updates

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Accessibility Updates

All Users

Over the coming months, a series of updates will be introduced to enhance Canvas's accessibility, intuitiveness, and equity, with a focus on improving usability for assistive technology users. These updates will include changes in the following areas:

Enhanced Structural Clarity 

Refined semantic markup in the user interface to improve communication of content relationships and hierarchy.

Improved Error Feedback

In the user interface, improved error messages in forms and interactive elements provide clearer and more accessible feedback. Error messages were added to required fields that previously lacked them, while existing error states were updated to follow a consistent pattern. Focused states for missing or incorrect fields ensure a uniform experience for all users, whether using a mouse, keyboard, or screen reader.