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New Feature Screencast<\/h1>\n
2017-04-22 New Feature Screencast<\/a> from Canvas LMS<\/a> on Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Instructors using Canvas for the first time can use two new tutorial features to become familiar with\u00a0Canvas and create a module-based course. When enabled for an account, these features apply to newly created courses.<\/p>\n This feature requires the Modules Home Page and New User Tutorial\u00a0feature options, which apply\u00a0to an entire account. Canvas admins can enable these feature options in Account Settings.<\/p>\n Enabling this feature currently affects the Dashboard, where all course cards are responsive to the full width of the browser. Depending on a user’s browser’s resolution, the Dashboard could display more than three course cards in a single\u00a0row.<\/p>\n New Modules Home Page Default<\/strong> Course Setup Tutorial<\/strong><\/p>\n When viewing the main Canvas index pages, instructors can view a course setup tutorial, which shows the purpose of the page and what to do next. This course setup tutorial replaces the existing Course Setup Checklist.<\/p>\n The course setup tutorial is shown to new Canvas instructors in new courses. New instructors are defined as users with instructor roles created in an account after<\/em> the new tutorial feature has been enabled. The course setup tutorial can be collapsed from view and is persistent across Canvas pages, so if the tutorial is collapsed in one page, it will stay collapsed until expanded again.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Instructors can end the tutorial series in any page using the End Tutorial button. However, ending the tutorial in one course applies to all other courses. Instructors can view the\u00a0tutorial in new courses again at any time by accessing their User Settings page and enabling the Course Setup Tutorial<\/em> user feature option.<\/p>\n Note<\/strong>: This user feature option only displays for users enrolled as instructors. For instance, a user enrolled as an admin wouldn\u2019t see the feature option unless the user were enrolled in a course with an instructor enrollment.<\/p>\n Admin Feature Option Details<\/strong> User Feature Option & Existing Instructor Access<\/strong> <\/p>\n To switch between Recent Activity and Course Cards, the Dashboard toggle has been updated to a settings drop-down menu. This change helps clarify Dashboard customization and aligns design consistency throughout Canvas.<\/p>\n
\nNew Instructor Tutorials<\/h1>\n
\nIn new courses, the\u00a0Course Home Page defaults to the Modules layout. Instructors can still choose any home page for the course, but this change replaces the Recent Activity Stream as the Home\u00a0page default. The Modules page includes two links to help new instructors either create a new module or add existing content through a course import.<\/p>\n\n
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\nThe New Instructor Tutorials features are\u00a0managed by two separate feature options: Modules Home Page<\/em> enables Modules as the Home\u00a0page default, and New User Tutorial<\/em> enables the course setup tutorial series.\u00a0Both feature options are intended to be enabled together. Although the\u00a0Modules Home Page feature option can be enabled\u00a0on its own, if\u00a0an admin only wants\u00a0to enable the New User Tutorial feature option, the\u00a0Home page tutorial\u00a0mentions Modules as the default Home\u00a0page. Therefore,\u00a0the Modules Home Page feature option should also be enabled to avoid confusion.<\/p>\n
\nOnce the New User Tutorial feature option is enabled for an account, the Course Setup Tutorial feature option displays in each instructor’s User Settings page. Existing instructors\u00a0can view the tutorials in new courses by enabling this user\u00a0feature option at any time. User feature options cannot be managed by admins.<\/p>\n
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Dashboard View Menu<\/h3>\n
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