{"id":4201,"date":"2016-05-02T15:07:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T20:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?p=4201"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T14:29:49","slug":"canvas-is-getting-a-new-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2016\/05\/02\/canvas-is-getting-a-new-look\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas Is Getting a New Look!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A new Canvas user interface (UI) will be rolled out on Saturday, June 18th, 2016 at 8:00AM, which we found to be the best time for the change after reviewing the summer schedules of both the Abilene and Dallas campuses. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>What will change?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The change will be Mostly cosmetic, involving an updated look of the entry page (also know as Canvas Dashboard). The change<\/span>\u00a0will not affect the internal structures, functions, or features of your courses. You will see a different global navigation and Dashboard, which has a new view, allowing you to color code your courses.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Canvas used to have two Turnitin integration methods. With this upgrade, only one of them will be kept. \u00a0We will explain further about this using this blog once we have more details.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">No upgrade\u00a0will be made to the mobile app &#8211; it has already been updated. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Where can you learn more?<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Read<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guides.instructure.com\/m\/4214\/l\/418268-what-is-the-new-canvas-user-interface\" target=\"_blank\"> Canvas description\u00a0of the change<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Watc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">h this brief, 6 minute <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/135500880\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for a quick lesson on navigating the new user interface<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/135500880\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" frameborder=\"0\" title=\"600 - Canvas Overview for Admins\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Test<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/acu.test.instructure.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Canvas test site<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (URL to bookmark:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/acu.test.instructure.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/acu.test.instructure.com\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) to experience the new user interface. Changes you make on the test site will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>NOT<\/strong><\/span> be saved to the live site, but can give you some experience testing out what has changed. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Contact <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">the instructional designers (Berlin Fang and David Christianson) if you need further information. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Canvas user interface (UI) will be rolled out on Saturday, June 18th, 2016 at 8:00AM, which we found to be the best time for the change after reviewing the summer schedules of both the Abilene and Dallas campuses. What will change? 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