If you’ve been offline since May, a few things have shifted in learning technologies. We’re cutting straight through the release notes to highlight what actually impacts your teaching and student experience this fall. Canvas Instructure's Security Incident Instructure, the makers of Canvas, suffered a major security incident at a critical time at the end of spring term. The vendor continues to fortify their systems and provide regular updates . Take precautions against falling for a phishing attempt .  Enhanced Rubrics Enhanced Rubrics is now enabled across the entire institution. The new layout is intuitive, clean, and a welcome improvement over the old view. Read Canvas Enhanced Rubrics feature review in Extra Points . Assignment Enhancements Students get a streamlined, modernized view when submitting assignments. The interface upgrades how students view, submit, and track assignments. Compare a screenshot of the legacy student-facing assignment submission page vs a screenshot ...

Canvas Peer Review Enhancements is an updated suite of features designed to turn peer feedback into an active, dynamic, and fully integrated experience for all. Utilizing peer feedback is an effective way to deepen learning and drive engagement, but managing the logistics inside Canvas can quickly become overwhelming. While the original peer review tool in Canvas did provide a way for students to evaluate each other's work, it relied on manual pairing and was mostly disconnected from Canvas’s broader workflow, which added to the administrative burden on instructors. What Are Canvas Peer Review Enhancements? Canvas Peer Review Enhancements elevate peer feedback from a simple assignment setting into an independent workflow across your course. Previously, peer reviews were tied directly to the main assignment's framework and shared the same due dates and point values. With this update, peer review activities act as single items across Assignments, Modules, the student To-Do list, ...