Welcome to Spring 2026!

Posted: 2025-12-10 15:51:27 Expiration: 2026-02-01 15:51:27

Spring 2026 first-session courses are now available in Canvas. Classes beginning in a later session will be available 50 days before the class start date.

If you’re new to teaching in our Canvas system, please review our Teacher’s Beginning of Course Checklist. Complete these steps before your course begins. (And remember to review our Teacher’s End of Course Checklist later on!)

Digital Accessibility

Thank you for ensuring your courses are digitally accessible!

Please scan your course with UDOIT to identify and correct accessibility issues. Enroll in our Digital Accessibility Training for Instructors for more information.

screenshot of Canvas course — Our Digital Accessibility Training for Instructors course will teach you about digital accessibility, our compliance requirements, and how to create accessible content for Canvas.

Updates This Semester

There are also some changes in Canvas you should know about.

Follett My Materials

We just added a new way to utilize Follett textbooks and resources in Canvas. Look for the My Materials link in your courses Navigation menu.

Instructors can use this link to adopt Follett materials for your courses and view those materials using the “Shelf” page. Students can use the same Navigation menu item to access the materials you adopt.

screenshot of My Materials link — Look for the **My Materials** link in the course Navigation menu.

screenshot of Adoptions — Follett "My Materials"

Discussion Checkpoints

You can now create discussions that require multiple replies on different due dates using the Discussions Checkpoints feature.

Checkpoints allow teachers to create separate due dates for the initial response and replies in graded discussions. The initial response and replies are then graded separately, and those grades are combined to form a final discussion grade. Remember to grade the discussion after both checkpoints have occurred.

For more information, visit the Canvas How do I create a graded discussion? Guide.

screenshot of discussion checkpoints in module — This introductory discussion requires students to reply to the topic by July 1st and then reply to other students by July 7th.

Assignment Enhancements

The Assignment Details page has been updated to make it easier for students to understand their progress, view rubrics, and locate feedback from their instructor. Students should now be able to view all submission attempts for an assignment.

Need Help?

Please email canvas@uwsuper.edu.