Canvas Release Notes are posted to highlight new, updated features, and bug fixes. Full details are available at: Canvas Release Notes for 6/21 Upcoming New Features Files: The files page has been redesigned to offer a cleaner, more intuitive interface that...
Penn State Brandywine hosted the University’s annual Tech Pros + Web Pros professional development conference on June...
On June 24th, the McGraw Hill Connect tool in Canvas will be renamed to “McGraw Hill Integration”. The tool will now feature the GO and SIMnet tools. Mcgraw Hill is changing the name to reflect that it now encompasses all 3 tools. Current users of McGraw Hill...
Through the efforts of the Information Technology Optimized Service Team, Tier 1 support is being adopted throughout the Commonwealth Campuses, which has the potential to enhance teaching, learning and...
On Wednesday, May 28, 2025 the Canvas team adjusted the Canvas theme colors to improve accessibility. The team identified an enhancement to the contrast ratio of the current "Primary Brand Color", Link Color", and "Primary Button" colors within Canvas. The current...
Two new AI features are now available for activation in Canvas courses. Smart Search allows users to search Canvas course content by understanding the context of queries and finding relevant results based on that context. Discussion Summarization uses a...
The Penn State Zoom team will be performing preventive maintenance on Tuesday, May 13th, between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m ET. There may be a short interruption(<1 min) interruption in authentication during this time. For additional help, please reach out to the IT...
As we approach the end of the spring semester, check out these helpful resources to prepare your final grades for LionPATH: Create a Penn State compatible grading scheme Prepare final grades for LionPATH Import your Canvas Gradebook into LionPATH Manually...
On September 15, 2025, the Microsoft Teams Classes tool in the course navigation menu in Canvas will no longer function. Existing Microsoft Teams links will display an error when selected. The workaround is to get a link to the Microsoft Team and then use the...
On May 12, 2025, the old version of Tutor.com, 1.1, will be removed and will disappear from the Canvas Course Navigation menu. To switch over to the new version of the tool, users will need to add Tutor.com to the Course Navigation...