What's been happening in the LMS? View the latest notable feature releases, updates and integrations that have been deployed in Canvas at the University of Melbourne, as well as known and resolved issues.
Published: 19 Feb 2021 under Feature update
To meet copyright requirements and provide access to students with diverse learning needs, the media upload button will be removed from the Rich Content Editor (RCE) in the LMS on 22 February 2021.
Published: 18 Feb 2021 under Feature update
Perusall automatically groups students in the ‘Perusall course’ into smaller discussion groups to discuss readings or texts you assign to them in Perusall.
Published: 18 Feb 2021 under Feature update
The Gradebook View menu includes the View Ungraded as 0 option, which is a visual change only and does not affect any grades.
Published: 17 Feb 2021 under Feature release
The RCE for the LMS now has a handy button to easily embed Reading Online content anywhere the RCE is.
Published: 17 Feb 2021 under Feature release
The RCE for the LMS now has a handy button to easily embed Lecture Capture(Echo360) content anywhere the RCE is.
Published: 19 Jan 2021 under Feature update
FeedbackFruits have released new features that are now available to all users.
Published: 18 Dec 2020 under Feature update
This change will go live on Saturday, 19 December
Published: 17 Nov 2020 under LMS integration
FeedbackFruits is now available in Canvas for new assignments.
Published: 08 Oct 2020 under Feature release
The University of Melbourne Cadmus version has been updated.
Published: 23 Sep 2020 under Feature release
New Analytics provides downloadable CSV files for missing assignments, late assignments, excused assignments, the class roster, and subject activity data.
Published: 23 Sep 2020 under Feature update
The New Rich Content Editor Content buttons are split to allow users to quickly access the default selection of uploading content. If a specific content item is needed, the menu option still allows users to access those content types.
Published: 15 Aug 2020 under Feature update
Staff can now delete multiple Pages at once while in the View All Pages area.
Published: 15 Aug 2020 under Feature release
LMS users can now view all active and previous announcements in the new Global Announcements area.
Published: 12 Aug 2020 under Feature update
The placement of the External Apps (plug-in) icon in the Rich Content Editor toolbar has moved, and the menu bar now displays to all users by default.
Published: 22 Jul 2020 under Feature release
The Staff Roles tool has been developed to provide staff with greater visibility and control over the staff members enrolled in their subjects and communities, and to ensure the data integrity of Subject Coordinators listed in StudentOne.
Published: 01 Jun 2020 under Feature release
Canvas is trialing Microsoft's Immersive Reader to enhance the reading experience by improving accessibility and boosting reading comprehension. Navigate to the Pages area in your Subject and select Immersive Reader in the top right corner to try it out!
Published: 20 May 2020 under Feature update
A new version of the Sections Tool (formerly Student Sections Enrolment Tool) has been deployed to Canvas.
Published: 27 Apr 2020 under Feature update
Staff can now determine the number of allowed submission attempts in a Canvas Assignment, rather than leaving it as default of unlimited.
Published: 22 Apr 2020 under Feature release
The Enrolment Change Log allows staff to view a record of students as they enrol or withdraw from their Subject in the LMS.
Published: 29 Mar 2020 under Known issue
We have identified a critical issue whereby students could potentially alter video assignment submission AFTER it has been submitted.
Published: 09 Mar 2020 under Known issue
We have identified a critical issue where the grade return of student actions and scores back to the LMS Gradebook from Interactive Video Quizzes (IVQs) is unreliable due to intermittent syncing errors
Published: 24 Feb 2020 under LMS integration
The intended learning outcomes published in the Overview section of the Handbook are now automatically populated in Canvas, and will appear in the Outcomes link of the subject navigation menu.
Published: 13 Feb 2020 under LMS integration
Assessment activities published in the Handbook are automatically created in Canvas as weighted assignment groups. These weighted assignment groups appear as columns in the Gradebook and are used for calculating the total mark for a subject.Staff are able to edit the assignment group titles if required, see instructions below.
Published: 12 Feb 2020 under Feature release
The Direct Share feature enables staff to copy or send individual items (such as assignments, discussions and content pages) to another subject or community, or to other staff users.
Published: 12 Feb 2020 under Feature update
The editing toolbar (also known as Rich Content Editor or RCE) has been updated to include buttons with additional options for links, images, documents and new apps.
Published: 04 Feb 2020 under Known issue
The Echo360 team have identified a bug with the latest version of Safari that prevents users from accessing the Lecture Capture system.