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Canvas Service Pack for July 30, 2024

Service packs are updates to Canvas released on a regular basis. The next Service Pack deployment will be on Tuesday, July 30, 2024, 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 Training Schedule – Fall 2024

Penn State IT Learning and Development is offering several Canvas training sessions during the fall semester. Whether you’re new to Canvas or just looking for new features to explore, you will find training opportunities to help you get the most out of Canvas in...

Canvas Release Notes for Saturday, July 20th

Canvas Release Notes are posted to highlight new, updated features, and bug fixes. Full details are available at Canvas Release Notes for 7/20 New Features Redesigned Assign To Interface: The Assign To button is now available in Assignments and Discussions, and the...

Canvas Master/Manual Request form updated

On July 9, 2024 the Canvas Master/Manual course request form was updated. A new field, Business Area, has been added to the Manual/Master course request form to start capturing unit information in order to better understand Canvas usage. Additionally, users will...

Canvas Service Pack for July 2, 2024

Service packs are updates to Canvas released on a regular basis. The next Service Pack deployment will be on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ET. This update will fix a bug that caused issues with the bulk enrollment process that is utilized by...

Canvas Service Pack for June 18, 2024

Service packs are updates to Canvas released on a regular basis. The next Service Pack deployment will be on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ET. The update will affect the Archive Management page to now allow a fixed sorting of data and to now...

Some students are accidentally accessing the Beta instance of Canvas 

Some internet search engines including Bing and DuckDuckGo have recently provided the Canvas test server as the top result when searching for Canvas at Penn State.  This has caused some Canvas users to access and use the test server instead of the production server...

New Canvas Quizzes Included in April 2024 Update

Penn State will continue to only support the creation of quizzes (built from scratch) using Canvas’s New Quizzes​ ​tool. New Quizzes is the updated Canvas quiz engine which may eventually replace the existing Classic Quiz engine. The use of New Quizzes is not...

Kaltura Player Upgrade to V7 on May 15th

**UPDATE** Kaltura Media Player Upgrade rescheduled for Wednesday, May 15th, 2024.   On May 15th the V7 Player will automatically replace the player shown in several areas:  MediaSpace: Users will encounter the V7 player when viewing MediaSpace pages.  Canvas: My...

Canvas Service Pack for February 20, 2023

Service packs are updates to Canvas released on a regular basis. The next Service Pack deployment will be on Tuesday, February 20, 2023, from 5:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ET. This update will not affect core Canvas functionality; however, Penn State customizations (items...