There are a number of new features and bug fixes that were released by Instructure. These include the display of attendance scores for students, updated attendance interface for instructors, course visibility options, notification interface updates and searching within moderated quizzing.
Attendance: Student Attendance View
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If the attendance tool is used and an assignment is created, students will be able to see the details in the assignment submission page. In the attendance graph, students can view the total number of days they were graded on attendance; within the total, they can view the specific number of days they have been late, absent, and on time. Below the graph, students can view the date and day of the week they were marked late or absent.
Attendance: Instructor View
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If an EEE Canvas course space includes more than one section, the Roll Call Attendance tool will now present the sections within a dropdown menu.
Course Settings: Visibility Options
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In Course Settings, the visibility options have been changed to allow more customization for courses and content. There are three types of visibility:
- Course: All students, instructors, and teaching assistants associated with the course
- Institution: Anyone who has logged on with their UCInetID
- Public: Anyone with the URL
To set the preferred options, utilize the dropdown to the left of ‘Visibility.’
Additionally, instructors can customize the visibility for the syllabus. To customize the access to the syllabus, click the checkbox next to ‘Customize’, then identify the audience that can view the syllabus (i.e. course, institution, public).
Notifications; Interface updates
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The Notifications page includes updated icons and background color contrast. Additionally, the notification descriptions have been removed from the icon tooltips and displayed directly below the notification preferences page heading.
Quizzes: Searching Within the Moderation Functionality
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Instructors can now search for specific students within the quiz moderation feature.