On Wednesday, May 28, 2025 the Canvas team adjusted the Canvas theme colors to improve accessibility. The team identified an enhancement to the contrast ratio of the current "Primary Brand Color", Link Color", and "Primary Button" colors within Canvas. The current...
Two new AI features are now available for activation in Canvas courses. Smart Search allows users to search Canvas course content by understanding the context of queries and finding relevant results based on that context. Discussion Summarization uses a...
The Penn State Zoom team will be performing preventive maintenance on Tuesday, May 13th, between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m ET. There may be a short interruption(<1 min) interruption in authentication during this time. For additional help, please reach out to the IT...
As we approach the end of the spring semester, check out these helpful resources to prepare your final grades for LionPATH: Create a Penn State compatible grading scheme Prepare final grades for LionPATH Import your Canvas Gradebook into LionPATH Manually...
On September 15, 2025, the Microsoft Teams Classes tool in the course navigation menu in Canvas will no longer function. Existing Microsoft Teams links will display an error when selected. The workaround is to get a link to the Microsoft Team and then use the...
On May 12, 2025, the old version of Tutor.com, 1.1, will be removed and will disappear from the Canvas Course Navigation menu. To switch over to the new version of the tool, users will need to add Tutor.com to the Course Navigation...
Penn State IT Learning and Development is offering Canvas training sessions during the summer semester to help you prepare for fall! Whether you’re new to Canvas or just looking for new features to explore, you will find training opportunities to help you get the...
One of Penn State’s software purchasing sites, softwarestore.psu.edu, will be decommissioned on April 30, 2025. All departmental purchases have or will be migrated to PSUbuy to align with the University’s procurement...
On June 15, 2025, Microsoft will remove the Teams Classes tool that integrates with Canvas, and existing deployments will cease to function. New deployments of the Teams Classes LTI tool will no longer be supported in the Microsoft LTI Registration Portal. A...
With the end of the semester approaching, Turnitin Draft Coach can help make reviewing final papers easier. Available as a plugin for Microsoft Word Online only, Draft Coach is a self-check tool that allows students to review the originality of written assignments...