Coming to Canvas This Summer

While you enjoy a well-deserved summer break, Canvas will be launching a new Draft State feature and we think you are going to like it. The new Draft State will be officially implemented on July 5, 2014 and we will be offering support to make the transition as seamless as possible.

Draft State allows content in Assignments, Quizzes, Modules, Pages, and Discussions to exist in an unpublished (draft) state. Unpublished content is invisible to students and excluded from grade calculations...until you are ready to 'Publish' your content.

Fast-forward the video below to the 2:05 minute to hear how Draft State will be working in your Canvas courses starting in July.

Once Draft State is enabled you will see changes in:

• Assignments, 
• Quizzes, 
• Modules, 
• Pages, and 
• Discussions 

which will make your interface with Canvas more consistent in layout and functionality.  Additionally, here are some other content-specific changes you’ll see in Draft State:

• Pages will have an Index page and displays page titles
• Individual pages will not include sidebars
• Instructors will be able to select any page to be the front page of their course
• Quizzes will not have to be republished if the content is changed

The Draft State changes will soon be second nature to you as you create and publish your Canvas classrooms.  We will be providing more information about Draft State in the coming weeks, so stay tuned.

If you have any specific question we would be happy to speak with you directly, please call 413-565-6880 or email us at online@baypath.edu