IT Professionals,
The eLearning Services team (eLS) wants to inform you of several changes to Canvas and Pearson.
The following updates were implemented in Canvas [1] this Thursday, July 16 between 5:00am-5:30am:
- The Quizlet LTI will be removed from Canvas.
- Currently, there are two LTIs within Canvas that integrate with Google: the Google Apps LTI [2], developed by Canvas (Instructure), and the Native Google Assignments LTI [3], developed by Google. To resolve feature redundancy and potential confusion between the two LTIs, all placements of the Instructure developed tool will be removed from Canvas except for the Collaborations tool [4].
Additionally, there is a scheduled vendor update [5] for the following Pearson applications [6] on Saturday, July 18 between 1:00 am and 9:00 am EST:
- MyLab and Mastering: Students and instructors will be unable to access courses via the integration or standalone website.
Next, there is a Canvas update scheduled for Saturday, July 18 between 8:00am and 12:00pm EST. Canvas will receive feature updates and bug fixes managed by the vendor (Instructure). Highlights in this update include:
- Updated Features:
- Dashboard and Courses Menu: Published and unpublished courses will be listed separately.
- Modules: add multiple items to a module at once.
- New Quizzes: Use Respondus LockDown Browser with a new quiz [7]
See the release notes [8] for a full list updates and fixes, including a short (~5 minutes) screencast reviewing this release.
Finally, Instructure will be updating MasteryPaths [9] next Saturday, July 25 between 1:00am-5:00am. MasteryPaths will be briefly unavailable during the maintenance event.
As always, we will continue to provide timely communication/additional information concerning future updates.
– IT Community Partnerships on behalf of The eLearning Services team
[1] About Canvas at IU https://kb.iu.edu/d/bcll
[2] Google Apps LTI https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-8732-canvas-release-google-apps-lti-2017-01-07
[3] About Google Assignments https://kb.iu.edu/d/aquj
[4] What are Collaborations? https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-10722-67952720327
[5] Messages will also be posted to Twitter, @PearsonSupport, and on: https://support.pearson.com/getsupport/s/
[6] Get started with Pearson MyLab and Mastering and Pearson MyLabsPlus in Canvas: https://kb.iu.edu/d/bfak
[7] What is New Quizzes? https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-15014-67952929189
[8] Canvas release notes https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-26937
[9] How do I use MasteryPaths in course modules? https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-26231-how-do-i-use-masterypaths-in-course-modules