News & Tips
Canvas Archiving Scheduled for May 29, 2024
On May 29, 2024, Penn State IT will perform its regular archiving of older Canvas courses. Beginning April 16, 2024, you may choose to delay particular courses from being archived by using the in-Canvas Course Archive Manager tool. In order to comply with the...
Respondus Lockdown Browser now available
For instructors delivering Canvas exams in a lab classroom, the Respondus Lockdown Browser is now available in Student Technology Enabled Classrooms(STEC) and may also be available in unit-controlled computer labs. This custom software prevents students from...
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’...
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...
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...