Canvas

July 2026 - SpeedGrader performance and usability upgrades will be enforced, delivering faster load times

July 2026 - Students can highlight, flag unclear or important content, add notes, and manage everything from a Notebook page in their course. This helps them stay engaged with readings and makes it easier to review, reflect, and remember key material over...

June 2026 - Peer Reviews now handle matching, dates, and points for you, cutting admin work while keeping expectations clear for students. Instructors can set strict or flexible pairing rules per assignment, reducing setup time and giving students more...

June 2026 - New Canvas AI tools that help you review discussions, build rubrics, and search course content. IgniteAI Search for Courses helps you quickly find content across your course with results tailored to your words and available in multiple...

April 2026 - In SpeedGrader, instructors can rotate pages before adding annotations so feedback is clear and easy to read. Students see comments in that orientation, and pages can’t be rotated again unless annotations are removed.

April 2026 - Canvas media in the Rich Content Editor now adds automatic captions, interactive transcripts, and better playback controls to make course videos easier to use. Students can search and click within transcripts to jump to key moments, follow...

April 2026 - Students can turn on the new Dashboard to track progress with widgets, see all assignments in one list, and view course grades at a glance. Only users with a Student-Only Role can use this customized dashboard.

Feb 2026 - A View status for colorblindness option adds symbols to Gradebook statuses, making them easier to distinguish without relying on color alone. Enable this in Gradebook settings by checking the View status for colorblindness box.

March 2026 - When you enable Enhanced Rubrics for a course, all Discussion rubrics automatically use the new experience instead of Classic Rubrics.

February 2026 - A “View status for colorblindness” option adds symbols to Gradebook statuses, making them easier to distinguish without relying on color alone. Enable this in Gradebook settings by checking the View status for colorblindness box for...