Winter 2024 Updates

Over the winter break, new features and updates have been made to UC San Diego's Canvas.

Transition to iClicker Cloud

iClicker's parent company, Macmillan, announced that iClicker Classic will no longer be supported, as of January 2024 they transitioned support to their iClicker Cloud product. EdTech Support will also transitioning support from iClicker Classic to iClicker Cloud to mirror Macmillan's decision. For more information on how to transition your course with iClicker Cloud, please navigate to clickers.ucsd.edu.

FeedbackFruits Pilot

EdTech Support has heard you! Peer review and group evaluations need to be enhanced in Canvas. EdTech Support is sponsoring a pilot from FeedbackFruits, a third-party suite of tools that support active learning. This robust tool set offers instructors the opportunity to create engaging assessments through, peer reviews, group member evaluations, automated feedback, and interactive study material!

Canvas Discussion Board Redesign

Canvas has redesigned their discussion board. Canvas announced that this feature preview will be enforced for all users on July 20th, 2024.

Updated elements include newer replies being at the top of the discussion board, sorting from newest to oldest or vice versa, and quickly navigating to the top of a discussion or announcement.

New elements include labeling the participant's role, being able to view replies inline or in a split view, mentioning other course participants with an "@", upon additional and soon to be added features.

To take advantage of this redesign now, enable the feature by:

Navigating to your course's Settings' page
Selecting the Feature Options tab
Enabling Discussions/Announcements Redesign