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This guide brings together more than 200 knowledge base articles to help you use Canvas effectively, whether you're creating your first course or enhancing an existing one. Topics include course content, assignments, quizzes, discussions, grading, communication, accessibility, integrations, and instructional best practices. Use the table of contents or search to quickly find the information you need. Each article provides step-by-step instructions for common teaching tasks.

Quarterly overview of new and improved Canvas features for the 2025–2026 year. Each update highlights changes that have a direct impact on teaching, learning, accessibility, and course admin, with a focus on what is new, what has changed, and whether any action is required. This approach helps faculty and staff stay informed without being overwhelmed, while ensuring timely awareness of enhancements that can improve course design, student experience, and instructional workflows.

The updated SpeedGrader offers faster performance, improved stability, and a cleaner layout that simplifies grading and feedback. Instructors benefit from smoother navigation, automatic rubric display, and clearer submission tools, while students receive quicker, more transparent feedback. Those who disable the update will keep the older layout but may experience slower performance and less consistency for learners.

Allows one to specify an assignment submission to be reviewed by one or multiple graders, review the assignment grades, and select which grade should be set as the final grade for each student.

Anonymous Instructor Annotations allows instructors to create assignments with anonymous instructor annotations in DocViewer-supported submissions.

Anonymous grading in Canvas: hides student identities from graders in SpeedGrader, promoting unbiased evaluation. Additionally, anonymous grading defaults to a manual posting policy, meaning grades will not be visible to students until they are officially posted.