{"id":851,"date":"2024-10-23T08:27:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T12:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/?p=851"},"modified":"2024-10-23T08:27:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T12:27:52","slug":"canvas_update_to_know_about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2024\/10\/23\/canvas_update_to_know_about\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas Update to Know About (Q3 2024)\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Looking to stay up-to-date on Canvas? Here are the highlights of new Canvas features introduced during Q3 2024 (July \u2013 September). For a comprehensive list of Canvas updates, see <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Releases\/tkb-p\/canvas-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instructure\u2019s Canvas Releases page<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Releases\/Canvas-Deploy-Notes-2024-09-11\/ta-p\/613734#toc-hId--55089285\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Rich Content Editor in SpeedGrader<\/strong><\/a>: You can now format text in SpeedGrader, including section headings, bold\/italics, hyperlinks, and lists.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Instructor-Guide\/How-do-I-assign-a-module-to-individual-sections-or-students\/ta-p\/609337\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Assign Pages and Modules to Students and Sections<\/strong><\/a>: You can now assign Pages and Modules to individual students or entire sections. To learn more about using this feature for differentiated instruction, read Cheri Madewell\u2019s blog post, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2024\/10\/02\/new-in-canvas-releasing-modules-and-pages-to-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New in Canvas: Releasing Modules and Pages to Students<\/a>.\u201d\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Releases\/Canvas-Release-Notes-2024-06-15\/ta-p\/604239#toc-hId-167646536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Lucid in Canvas<\/strong><\/a>: Visual collaboration tools LucidChart and LucidSpark are now integrated with Canvas, allowing you and students to collaborate visually, brainstorm, and create visual documents such as concept maps, flowcharts, and wireframes. Learn more in <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/teaching-innovation\/2024\/09\/04\/new-in-canvas-lucid-integrated-with-canvas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eva Grouling Snider\u2019s blog post about the Lucid integration<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mobile Offline Mode (Canvas Student app)<\/strong>: Ball State students using the Canvas Student mobile app can now download Canvas courses for offline access. Offline access only allows students to view course content. They cannot take quizzes, post to discussion boards, or submit assignments offline. 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To turn on Discussion Summary in your course, go to Settings &gt; Feature Options &gt; Discussion Summary, then change Disabled to Enabled.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, look for the following upcoming Canvas changes:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>New Quizzes updates<\/strong>: As of October 19, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/t5\/Canvas-Releases\/Canvas-Release-Notes-2024-10-19\/ta-p\/616107#toc-hId--700190998\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">add time for a student who has already started the quiz<\/a>. 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