Canvas Release Notes – January 17, 2026

Review updates in the latest production release.

Spring 2026 Canvas Course Sites Available Starting December 11

If you are teaching in the Spring 2026 term, please check for Canvas course sites in the Unpublished section of your Canvas Dashboard starting Thursday, December 11, 2025.  Details to review your sites and request any changes can be found in Canvas Course Information...

Canvas@UD Newsletter | November 2025 edition

Learn more about important tool updates, upcoming changes, Winter courses, and more!

Participate: Provide Canvas Block Content Editor Feedback

Faculty: Evaluate in a staging site and provide feedback to Canvas through November 14, 2025.

Canvas Release Notes – October 18, 2025

A Canvas production update will occur on Saturday, October 18, 2025. Check out the full release notes.  Production updates occur on third Saturday of each month, and the next planned update is Saturday, November 15, 2025.  No interface changes were scheduled for this...

CANVAS@UD NEWS

Canvas Mobile Apps – Dark Mode

As instructors, you take considerable time building your course to engaging and informative content for your students.  But have you ever stopped to consider how your students are actually viewing that content?  IT-ATS estimates about 85% of UD students use the Canvas...

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Canvas Courses Concluding in August 2025

The annual conclusion of Canvas sites for catalog courses will occur the week of August 18, 2025, and will include catalog course sites from Fall 2019 through Summer 2020.  For more information about the Course Data Retention Process, please see the Canvas@UD blog...

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Canvas Discussions Checkpoints Feature Returns

Discussions Checkpoints is back after the abrupt change in plans in January.  Canvas made some changes to the SpeedGrader view when the checkpoints feature is enabled, and the feature release has been stable for several weeks.  For more information about the changes,...

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Canvas Release Notes – March 15, 2025

A Canvas production update will occur on Saturday, March 15, 2025. Check out the full release notes.  Production updates occur on third Saturday of each month, and the next planned update is Saturday, April 19, 2025. Updates in the current release include: Import...

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Canvas Release Notes – February 15, 2025

A Canvas production update will occur on Saturday, February 15, 2025.  Check out the full release notes.  Production updates occur on third Saturday of each month, and the next planned update is Saturday, March 15, 2025. Updates in the current release include: New...

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Differentiation Tags Now Available!

Canvas recently introduced a new Differentiation Tags feature preview.  Feature previews are course capabilities still in active development.  Unlike other feature previews that can be enabled on a course-by-course basis, this preview is only optional at an account...

SpeedGrader Upgrades Course Feature Option Available

Canvas recently introduced the Performance and Usability Upgrades for SpeedGrader course feature option to provide a new SpeedGrader platform experience.  Its purpose is to improve performance for large courses by providing faster load times and enhanced stability,...

Third-Party External Tool Integrations: Updates Summer 2025

Two Canvas external tool integrations are scheduled for LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3 migration before the summer term.  This version upgrade is recommended to meet the latest learning tools standards.  Core functionality and features provided by the vendor should not change,...

Canvas Discussions Checkpoints coming in January

Discussions Checkpoints is a much awaited add-on feature to the Discussions Redesign.  They are not required, but their availability will change the discussion settings and their use may update the language and workflow presentation for student replies.  The feature...

LMS Guidelines Updates for Enrollment and Non-Catalog Sites

Starting June 1, 2024, two policies outlined in the LMS Guidelines, Practices and Procedures document will be updated. Enrollment of Additional Faculty or Administrative Personnel:  Requests submitted by the instructor of record, Dean, or Department Chair to enroll...