Canvas: Discussions and Announcements Redesign

Canvas has announced that their Discussions and Announcements Redesign user interface will be enforced on for all users this summer. Penn State is now allowing users to preview the new user interface on a course-by-course basis in Canvas. Refer to Canvas’...

Canvas Service Pack for March 19, 2024 

Service packs are updates to Canvas released on a regular basis. The next Service Pack deployment will be on Tuesday, March 19, 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...

Anthology Ally replacing UDOIT May 7th, 2024

Penn State will be retiring UDOIT on May 7th, 2024. Users should transition to using Anthology Ally. Due to recent updates, Ally now offers all the features of UDOIT and more. For more information and resources for using Ally, please visit our Penn State Knowledge...

Canvas Service Pack for February 20, 2024

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...

New Quizzes Update​ and Additional Training

Reminder: Penn State will now 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 required at...