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Effective August 21, look out for 2 new feature options that will be enabled in Canvas: Discussion Redesign and Enhanced Gradebook Filters!
Discussion Redesign
Highlights:
- Anonymous discussion option! Set all respondents to anonymous, or allow students to choose anonymity
- Mention a classmate (with @ symbol) to get their attention or quote a previous reply
- Reporting - allow students to report offensive posts. This feature can be turned on/off by instructors.
Documentation from Canvas
Canvas Instructor Guides
Highlights:
- Reduces the number of different option menus in the gradebook
- New filters available: filter by submission status (late, missing, etc), filter by due date range, filter by graded/ungraded
- Create and save custom filter pre-sets
- Filter by both column and by row
Enhanced Gradebook Filters Feature Overview Video (from Instructure)