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.
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CarmenCanvas Archived Course Labeling
Learning Systems | October 3, 2025CarmenCanvas: Gradebook Updates
Learning Systems | September 26, 2025CarmenCanvas 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
Learning Systems | September 19, 2025The 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
Learning Systems | September 16, 2025Beginning 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
Learning Systems | August 20, 2025CarmenCanvas now has Instructure's new Differentiation Tags feature enabled.Carmen Files Redesign
Learning Systems | July 22, 2025The Carmen Files page has been redesigned for greater accessibility, intuitiveness and streamlined usage. This change applies to course files and user files. A temporary toggle allows users to switch between the new and the old interface.
Key updates include:
Canvas Update - Permalink for Discussion Entries
Learning Systems | June 6, 2025In Discussions, each reply now includes a copyable permalink allowing users to share a direct link to that specific reply. If the reply is part of a thread, the thread will expand to reveal it.
LMS Scanning Tool RFP Now Open
Randi Honkonen | June 5, 2025The Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) is leading a Request for Proposals (RFP) for an accessibility scanning tool to be integrated within the CarmenCanvas learning management system (LMS) and other Canvas instances. This application will enhance digital accessibility initiatives to improve accessibility to course content led by the ADA Digital Accessibility Center and OTDI's Digital Accessibility Services.Canvas Update - Permalink for Discussion Entries
Learning Systems | May 22, 2025In Discussions, each reply includes a copyable permalink allowing users to share a direct link to that specific reply. If the reply is part of a thread, the thread will expand to reveal it. The activity progress values for items in the Gradebook, marked as Started and In Progress are updated. These statuses no longer trigger the Needs Grading icon in the Gradebook.BUX on Carmen to be Rescheduled
Randi Honkonen | May 8, 2025The Office of Technology and Digital Innovation (OTDI) deployed the BUX theme on CarmenCanvas on May 1. However, it was quickly discovered that pages were loading much slower than expected. As a result, the theme was rolled back, and developers are looking into the issue and working to find a solution.