Category: WC – Past Update

Assignments – Mastery Path Icon – When Mastery Paths is enabled, module items display the Mastery Paths icon. New Analytics – The New Analytics page displays an updated user interface. Modules – In Modules, instructors have the option to unpublish a module only. This option is available in the Publish All drop-down menu and individual …

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Calendar – Instructors can create and edit duplicate events for different sections of a course. This feature allows duplicating single events; not creating recurring events. New Quizzes – When a course with New Quizzes is copied, the item bank is automatically shared with the new course. View the Canvas Release Notes for more update details.

New Quizzes – Instructors can: New Quizzes – Instructors can: Enable Anonymous Grading, helping to reduce the perception of bias for manually-graded questions. Duplicate Item banks, which allows for sharing Item banks and modifications that will not impact the original. View the Canvas Release Notes for more update details.

Below are two notable changes in the Canvas update: Calendar – When adding or editing an event in a calendar, users can now select the frequency using the drop-down menu in the Edit Event modal. Notifications – Users can now enable Push Notifications for new discussion topics and new replies.   View the Canvas Release …

Continue reading “10/18/2023 – Calendar and Notifications”

The September 16th Canvas update includes several new features worth sharing: 1. Pages – When you change the title to a page, all links to that page are automatically updated in the course 2. Outcomes – The Decaying Average calculation has been updated. The original Decaying Average calculation has been renamed Weighted Average. 3. Gradebook – …

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1. Improved Outcomes Management – This new feature allows instructors to view outcome alignments quickly and easily from the Options icon. 2. Enhanced Gradebook Filter – This updated feature allows instructors to create custom filter presets, for a more efficient way to organize and sort their gradebook. 3. Edit Course Link Sidebar – When editing a course …

Continue reading “8/19/2023 – Cutomizable Gradebook Filters, New Quizzes Bulk Migration, and More”

The Webcourses@UCF Gradebook gets a new feature in a recent update. When you enable the Split Student Names option in the gradebook settings, you will be able to sort students by their first name or by their last name. In the Gradebook, hover over the Student Name column header and select the Options icon [1]. To sort students, select the Sort by link …

Continue reading “4/15/2023 – Gradebook Sorting by First or Last Name”

In this Canvas release, instructors can submit a file upload assignment on behalf of a student in the Gradebook when the “Submission-submit on behalf of student” permission is enabled. The submission includes the timestamp and who submitted the assignment. Additionally, the instructor can submit multiple files at a time for a single student and submit beyond the …

Continue reading “3/14/2023 – Submit a File Upload Assignment for a Student”

The Announcement notification students receive via email will now display a warning that email replies are public and posted to the announcement. This change warns students that their reply will be seen by everyone in the class. For more information, view the Canvas Release Archive.