Canvas@UD Newsletter | May 2023 Edition

In the May 2023 edition the Canvas@UD Newsletter, learn about the LTI Tools update, how to add feature options to your courses, upcoming workshops and more.

Summer 2023 Canvas Course Sites Available Starting April 25

If you are teaching in the Summer 2023 term, please check for Canvas course sites in the Unpublished section of your Canvas Dashboard starting Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Details to review your sites and request any changes can be found in Canvas Course Information for a...

Canvas Ideas & Themes – Share your Feedback

Share your feedback with the Canvas product team! Browse themes, vote on your favorites, and join the discussion April 3 through April 28.

IT-ATS announces reopening of in-person services in Pearson 116 for fall 2022

Come visit us – again! Coming this fall semester 2022, your favorite Welcome Bar and Commons space will reopen for faculty and all those that teach. The ATS Commons in Pearson 116, hosted by IT Academic Technology Services, will be open Monday through Friday from...

Important: Canvas Courses Concluding in August 2022

The first annual conclusion of Canvas sites for catalog courses will occur the week of August 22, 2022, and will include catalog course sites from 2012 when our Canvas instance was created through Summer 2017.  For more information about the Course Data Retention...

CANVAS@UD NEWS

Collect Student Feedback Using a Canvas Survey

You spent hours building and organizing your Canvas course site to provide and manage coursework for your students. But did you take a few minutes to explain to students how to best navigate the course site or to ask students for feedback about their use of the course...

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Third-Party External Tool Integrations: LTI 1.3 Updates

If you use an external tool integrated in Canvas, you have likely used a tool that is integrated using the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard. Some of the Canvas tools, such as the Attendance tool and New Quizzes, are built on LTI. LTI is a standard...

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Canvas Release Notes – January 21, 2023

A Canvas production update will occur on Saturday, January 21, 2023.  Check out the full release notes.  Production updates occur on third Saturday of each month, and the next planned update is Saturday, March 18, 2023.  There is no February, 2023, production update...

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Third-Party External Tool Integrations: Updates Summer 2023

As discussed in the February 23 edition of the Canvas@UD Newsletter, several Canvas external tool integrations are scheduled for LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3 migration.  This version upgrade is recommended to meet the latest learning tools standards.  Core functionality and...

Gradescope – A new tool on the radar

Based on faculty feedback provided through last year's educational technology survey, IT Academic Technology Services is researching tools that may fulfill identified functional gaps in the current set of tools or enrich the teaching and learning experience. We need...

Important FERPA and other guidelines for special use “non-catalog” courses

Instructors who have requested a "special use" non-catalog Canvas course through our Miscellaneous Site Request form need to review the following FERPA guidelines and a new practice for adding Course start and end dates to your sites. The FERPA guidelines (Ensuring...

IT-ATS announces reopening of in-person services in Pearson 116 for fall 2022

Come visit us – again! Coming this fall semester 2022, your favorite Welcome Bar and Commons space will reopen for faculty and all those that teach. The ATS Commons in Pearson 116, hosted by IT Academic Technology Services, will be open Monday through Friday from...

Canvas Gradebook: Enhanced Filters Feature Option

Canvas has released a Gradebook Enhanced Filters feature preview to allow instructors to use updated gradebook filters that can also be saved for future use.  Feature Previews are course feature options still in active development. Users who opt in to the feature and...