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Canvas - Comment Filters

Jan 2026 - In SpeedGrader, you can now filter comments by All, Course, or Assignment, making it faster to find and reuse feedback.

Canvas - Add Pronouns

Jan 2026 - Students can set their pronouns directly in Canvas by going to Account > Settings > Edit Settings and selecting from the Pronouns dropdown. If no pronouns are set, nothing will display.

Canvas - Post Grades Separately

Dec 2025 - Choose to release grades and feedback together or schedule them to release separately for each assignment in Gradebook. ***Comments must be released before grades if scheduled separately. Manual grade release overrides any schedule. Note...

Canvas - New Analytics

Aug 2025 - New Analytics will be mandatory for all users, and the option to disable it will be removed.

Canvas - Dyslexia-friendly Font

Aug 2025 - When Use Dyslexia-Friendly Font is enabled, Canvas and the RCE default to OpenDyslexic font. Users can also manually select it in the RCE.

Canvas - Discussion Checkpoints

Aug 2025 - Instructors can now add discussion checkpoints to group discussions or convert existing checkpoint discussions to group discussions when editing.

Canvas - Schedule Page Release

Aug 2025 - Instructors can schedule pages in advance to automatically publish in a course. Scheduled pages remain invisible to students until the publish date and time. In Modules and Pages, instructors can view when a page is scheduled to publish.

Canvas - Auto Captioning

Aug 2025 - Auto Captioning is now available for media comments in SpeedGrader, automatically generating captions for improved accessibility.

Canvas - Redesigned Files

April 2025 - The redesigned Files page features a new look with sortable columns, pagination, and simpler file selection—no folder tree or drag-and-drop.

Canvas - Discussion Post Permalink

April 2025 - Each reply in Discussions now has a copyable permalink for easy sharing. Thread replies will expand automatically to reveal the linked post.

Canvas - Sort Status

April 2025 - Sort individual assignment columns and rows by excused submissions and unposted grades.