Guided by the Information Technology Optimized Service Team, the next 18 months will be dedicated to a discovery period that will unify information technology personnel and services into the new Penn State IT.
Service packs are updates to Canvas released on a regular basis. The next Service Pack deployment will be on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ET. This update will not affect core Canvas functionality; however, Penn State customizations (items...
Canvas Release Notes are posted to highlight new, updated features, and bug fixes. Full release notes and highlights are listed below. New features deployed on July 16th (Full notes) Rich Content Editor: This update improves accessibility by adding icons that let...
Rob Notari, interim IT director for Penn State Scranton, Hazleton and Wilkes-Barre, was recently awarded the CIO/Senior Leadership Team Award for his exceptional leadership and strategic vision in unifying IT operations across the northeastern...
The retirement of the "psu" network has been shifted from June 30 to Nov. 21. While the deadline has been extended, Penn State students and employees are encouraged to move their personal devices to the "eduroam" Wi-Fi network now. If personal devices like TVs,...
Canvas Release Notes are posted to highlight new, updated features, and bug fixes. Full details are available at: Canvas Release Notes for 6/21 Upcoming New Features Files: The files page has been redesigned to offer a cleaner, more intuitive interface that...
Penn State Brandywine hosted the University’s annual Tech Pros + Web Pros professional development conference on June...
On June 24th, the McGraw Hill Connect tool in Canvas will be renamed to “McGraw Hill Integration”. The tool will now feature the GO and SIMnet tools. Mcgraw Hill is changing the name to reflect that it now encompasses all 3 tools. Current users of McGraw Hill...
Through the efforts of the Information Technology Optimized Service Team, Tier 1 support is being adopted throughout the Commonwealth Campuses, which has the potential to enhance teaching, learning and...
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...