Canvas Release Notes Highlights: February 15, 2020

Canvas operates on a three-week release cycle through which features are added or updated; feature releases in the production environment take place on the third Saturday of every month. SUNY Geneseo’s EdTech team posts highlights from Canvas’s production release notes, a link to these notes, and other relevant content to our blog a few days before the production release, which usually occurs on Saturdays. Please contact the Canvas Support Team if you have any questions about an upcoming production release.

Commons: Favorites Import

Continuing to make it easier to use Commons content, instructors can now import previously favorited content directly into Quizzes, Pages, Discussions, Assignments, or Modules. This change allows users to place imported content directly into the feature area, from within the feature area’s Options menu, where it will be accessed by learners. 

Screenshot of the Assignments page showing "Commons Favorites" in the options menu specific to the "Assignments" assignment group.
Screenshot of the Assignments page showing “Commons Favorites” in the options menu specific to the “Assignments” assignment group.

After selecting “Commons Favorites”, instructors will see all previously favorited Commons content specific to the feature area. Continuing with the example shown above, the faculty member would then see their favorited Assignments from the Canvas Commons; the same follows when using the three vertical dot options menu in Pages, Quizzes, Discussions, and Modules.

Screenshot displaying previously favorited Commons content (on the left) and selecting a content item to import (on the right).
Screenshot displaying previously favorited Commons content (on the left) and selecting a content item to import (on the right).
Screenshot showing the assignment selected for import (in the screenshot/step immediately preceding) as a content item within the "Assignments" assignment group.
Screenshot showing the assignment selected for import (in the screenshot/step immediately preceding) as a content item within the “Assignments” assignment group.

You can find the full 2/15/2020 Canvas Release Notes document, available from Instructure, within the Canvas Community. You do not need to log in to access this content.

Please contact Geneseo’s Canvas Support Team with your questions. Reach us by email (canvas@geneseo.edu) or through the Canvas Hotline at 585.245.6000 (weekdays 8AM – 4PM). Happy learning!

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