Canvas Release - December 21st

Canvas Community,

In this Canvas release (December 21), please note the following updates: 

• The BigBlueButton interface allows participants to resize the webcam window during a conference and displays the user who is talking in the left corner of the meeting window.

• For admins, the Grade Export report and the MGP Grade Export report include grading scheme values in the CSV export.

• External Tools (LTI)
• For institutions using New Quizzes, the Quiz/Test button has been removed from the Assignments page and the Quizzes page has been updated to support both new and old quizzes.

Release Summary by Section

Updated Features

• Announcements: Global Announcement Notification Option
• Conferences: BigBlueButton Interface Webcam Window Resizing, BigBlueButton Interface User Talking Indicator
• Quizzes: Quizzes Page New Quizzes Button, Numeric Question Invalid Input Warning
• Reports: Grading Scheme Values

Platform/Integration

• Live Events: Compressed Events Payloads Enforcement, Group Events Deprecation

If you have any questions, please let me know. Take care,


~Anna