Course shells for the Spring 2026 semester are now available!
Instructors can find their academic course shells on their Carmen Landing Page or by using the Aegis platform. Check under the "Manage Courses" card.
Tagged: Learning Systems Update
CarmenCanvas: Spring 2026 Courses Now Available
CarmenCanvas: Edit Sections Now Available
As of November 19, Manage Participants has the Edit Sections feature. With this tool you can now change the section enrollments of your course participants at any time. For more information, visit the Teaching and Learning Resource Center.Introducing Ally: Support for Digital Accessibility in CarmenCanvas
A new accessibility tool, Ally in CarmenCanvas, is now available to help faculty and instructors make steady, verifiable progress toward meeting upcoming federal ADA Title II requirements. This tool identifies accessibility barriers, provides clear guidance for improvements, and offers alternative formats for many materials—supporting both instructors and students.Update: CarmenCanvas Restored
As of Monday, October 20, at 7:10 p.m., access to CarmenCanvas has been restored. The system was unavailable due to the global Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage.Ally selected in LMS Accessibility Scanner RFP
Following an evaluation during summer 2025, the Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) awarded the bid to Anthology for an accessibility scanning tool to be integrated with within the CarmenCanvas learning management system (LMS) and other Canvas instances.
CarmenCanvas Archived Course Labeling
OTDI will begin adding an “archived” label to CarmenCanvas courses from previous semesters to help instructors more easily identify current courses that must be made accessible. The “archived” label will be added during autumn break starting the evening of Oct. 15, 2025. All past courses should appear with the “archived” label by Oct. 17.
CarmenCanvas: Gradebook Updates
CarmenCanvas has had several new features added to the grading experience.In Gradebook Settings, a View Hidden Grades indicator option is now available.CarmenCanvas: SEI renamed to SSLE
The Student Evaluation of Instruction (SEI) has been renamed to Survey of Student Learning Experience (SSLE). In keeping with this, the links in the CarmenCanvas course navigation have been updated.
CarmenCanvas: YouTube Overlay Update
Beginning September 22, YouTube videos embedded in your Canvas courses may begin to display ads. This is due to a change made by YouTube. In response, Instructure (the vendor for CarmenCanvas) will display an overlay message warning users that ads may appear. This message will appear before a video plays and must be clicked through by each user.
Differentiation Tags
CarmenCanvas now has Instructure's new Differentiation Tags feature enabled.