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On Tuesday, February 25, 2025, Penn State IT will apply an update to the Official Photo Roster in Canvas. This update will add sorting and filtering options to the “Print View” tool within LionPATH courses. Penn State IT performs regular enhancements and updates...
An issue was discovered with the form in Canvas to request a Master or Manually Enrolled Course. Any requests sent through the form between Monday February 3, 2025 at Noon ET and Thursday February 6, 2025 at Noon ET will need to be resubmitted. For additional...
An issue was discovered with Canvas that causes the To Do List in the course sidebar and the List View of the Dashboard to not display all assigned work. In some cases, the list may be incomplete while in other cases it may be accurate. As an alternative,...
An issue was discovered with Kaltura Video Quizzes used in Canvas assignments that caused some scores to fail to be sent back to Canvas successfully. This issue arose due to the update made on January 7, 2025, which upgraded all Kaltura content embedded in Canvas...
Anthology Ally is now available and enabled in all Canvas courses. Ally provides students with alternative formats for course content and helps faculty and instructional designers audit and make digital course content more accessible. Anthology Ally is available...
On January 7, 2025, all Kaltura content embedded in Canvas through LTI will be converted to the new v7 interface. No action is required on your part. This transition will be automatic. For more details about the new player interface, please refer to the following...
Service packs are updates to Canvas released on a regular basis. The next Service Pack deployment will be on Tuesday, January 7, 2025, from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ET. This update will not affect core Canvas functionality; however, Penn State customizations (items...
The McGraw Hill Campus tool will be removed on January 6, 2025. Users should transition to using the new McGraw Hill Connect tool in Canvas. The McGraw Hill Connect tool now allows users to have multiple instructors in a course. To start using the new McGraw Hill...
Penn State IT Learning and Development is offering several Canvas training sessions during the spring semester. Whether you’re new to Canvas or just looking for new features to explore, you will find training opportunities to help you get the most out of Canvas in...
Service packs are updates to Canvas released on a regular basis. The next Service Pack deployment will be on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ET. This update will not affect core Canvas functionality; however, Penn State customizations (items...