Ready Release Features

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As of 2020-05-26, Ready Releases have been discontinued. Unless otherwise noted with an asterisk *, feature options will be enforced for all institutions as part of the 2020-07-18 Canvas release. For a summary of all upcoming enforced features, please see July 2020 Canvas Feature Enforcements. 

Ready Release Notes (2020-05-23)

No features will be released on May 23; no Ready Release notes are available

Ready Release Notes (2020-05-16)

Updated Features

• Commons: Category Templates
• Courses: Canvas Elementary Theme {Feature Option}*
• Modules: File Upload Enhancements {Feature Option}

Ready Release Notes (2020-05-09)

No features will be released on May 9; no Ready Release notes are available

Ready Release Notes (2020-05-02)

No features will be released on May 2; no Ready Release notes are available

Ready Release Notes (2020-04-25)

Updated Features

• Courses: Instructor Publishing Improvements {Feature Option}
• DocViewer: Student Notifications
• Reports: User Course Access Log

Ready Release Notes (2020-04-18)

New Features

• Assignments: Due and Availability Date Bulk Edit {Feature Option}

Updated Features

• Commons: Admin Featured Content
• Courses: New Instructor Tutorial Page Additions {Feature Option}*
• Files: Multiple File Upload Enhancements
• New Quizzes: Quiz Engine Option

Ready Release Notes (2020-04-11)

New Features

• Notifications: Slack Integration {Feature Option}*

Updated Features

• Accounts: Admin Product Tour {Feature Option}*
• Courses: Student Product Tour {Feature Option}*

Ready Release Notes (2020-04-04)

Updated Features

• Account Settings: Featured and New Help Menu Features {Account Setting}
• Commons: URL Sharing
• Courses: Instructor Product Tour {Feature Option}*
• New Analytics: Analytics Chart Tabs
• User Navigation: Teacher Mobile App Login QR Code, Observer Mobile App Login QR Code

Ready Release Notes (2020-03-28)

Updated Features

• Blueprint Courses: Blueprint Association Course Publishing {Feature Option}
• Courses: New Instructor Tutorials Content Update {Feature Option}*
• User Navigation: Mobile App Login QR Code

Ready Releases take place every Saturday and introduce new and updated features or adjusted user functionality into the production environment. All features are opt-in feature options unless otherwise indicated.

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