In this Impact release, new content for Canvas is available. Updated accessibility features are included for Messages, Walkthroughs, and Message Feedback.
Impact helps institutions improve technology adoption and evaluate the impact of educational technology, while helping faculty and students seamlessly navigate new platforms. Learn more about Impact by Instructure.
New Content |
Canvas
Walkthrough: Add a Calendar Event (Observer)
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The purpose of this walkthrough is to guide observers through the process of adding events to the Calendar.
Walkthrough: View My Student’s Grades in a Current Course
| Template Preview | Walkthrough: View my student's grades in a current course |
The purpose of this walkthrough is to guide observers through the process of navigating through students’ guides page.
Walkthrough: How to bulk publish modules?
| Template Preview | Walkthrough: How to bulk publish modules? |
The purpose of this walkthrough is to show instructors how to leverage bulk publishing in modules.
Release of April 20th 2024: Instructor
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Launching the Canvas release campaign provides users with updates and new features in Canvas.
Templates
New inline templates are available and can be accessed through the Inline Editor.
New Inline Templates:
- Publish all modules and items drop-down menu item
- Publish modules only drop-down menu item
- Unpublish all modules and items drop-down menu item
- Unpublish modules only drop-down menu item
- Publish all modules and items pop-up: Continue button
- Publish modules only pop-up: Continue button
- Unmute assignment button
- Mute assignment button
- ePortfolio section name page
Contexts
New contexts are available inside the Impact Dashboard.
New Contexts:
- Modules page: Publish all modules and items drop-down menu item
- Modules page: Publish modules only drop-down menu item
- Modules page: Publish all modules and items pop-up: Continue button
- Modules page: Publish modules only pop-up: Continue button
- Modules page: Unpublish all modules and items drop-down menu item
- Modules page: Unpublish modules only drop-down menu item
- Gradebook page: Unmute assignment button
- Gradebook page: Mute assignment button
- ePortfolio section name page
Monitors
New monitors are created and added to reporting templates.
New Monitors:
- Modules page: Publish all modules and items pop-up: Continue button
- Modules page: Publish modules only pop-up: Continue button
- Modules page: Unpublish all modules and items drop-down menu item
- Modules page: Unpublish modules only drop-down menu item
- Gradebook page: Unmute assignment button
- Gradebook page: Mute assignment button
Monitors removed and replaced by monitors listed above:
- Modules page: Publish all button
Reporting Templates
The following monitor categories are updated with appropriately named monitors.
Bulk Publish Modules:
Grades
Other Updates |
Accessibility
Messages and Walkthroughs
In messages and walkthroughs, hyperlinks are underlined and colored.
Messages Feedback
The following are accessibility improvements to the Messages Feedback panel:
- Checkbox lists are accessible to Screen Reader users.
- Pop-up Message dialog is accessible in the tab order to Screen Reader and Keyboard-only users.
- The feedback panel receives focus and its content is read aloud by the Screen Reader.
- Feedback descriptions are consistent throughout all messages.
Fixed Bugs |
- LTI patterns are labeled with the tool category attached to the context.
Change Log
2024-04-25
