Canvas Release Notes – March 16, 2024

A Canvas production update will occur on Saturday, March 16, 2024.  Check out the full release notes.  Production updates occur on third Saturday of each month, and the next planned update is Saturday, April 20, 2024.  Updates in the current release include: Gradebook...

New Poll Everywhere feature & UD’s Privacy Policy

In February Poll Everywhere added a new feature to UD’s enterprise account that permits taking attendance based on geolocation data of students. UDIT was not afforded the opportunity to review or vet this feature before Poll Everywhere enabled it as a no-cost addition...

Canvas Release Notes – February 17, 2024

A Canvas production update will occur on Saturday, February 17, 2024.  Check out the full release notes.  Production updates occur on third Saturday of each month, and the next planned update is Saturday, March 16, 2024.  Updates in the current release include: New...

Classic Quizzes v. New Quizzes, Part 4

Although the transition schedule for New Quizzes is still under construction at Canvas, it has been a while since we have provided a comparison of the two tools or highlighted the New Quizzes features.   Canvas continues to develop features prioritized by the...

Gradescope Pilot Update, Spring 2024

The Gradescope pilot availability continues for your Spring 2024 courses.  Gradescope is a platform for assignment and exam submission, grading, and analytics.  It integrates with Canvas to facilitate the grading of hand-written assignments and problems and coding...

Using Analytics in Your Canvas Course

Have you ever asked yourself how your students are engaging with your Canvas course?  Canvas New Analytics is available in all Canvas sites and allows instructors to track and analyze what students are doing with the course.  Data available in New Analytics can be...