Zoom updates for teaching & learning          

• Instructors in a course can now edit (add or delete) the automatic Alternative Hosts for a course.
• Nonverbal feedback options have been moved to the Reactions button, and all reactions will be shown in the corner of the participants’ video. 
• When scheduling a meeting through the LTI in Canvas, the “Breakout Room pre-assign” meeting option is not yet available. Use these work-arounds:
  • Schedule the meeting in the Canvas LTI and then enable the selected option for the meeting on the Zoom website (harvard.zoom.us).
  • Schedule the meeting on the Zoom website and then Import the meeting into a course with the Canvas LTI.
• Remind teaching staff and students to upgrade their Zoom desktop clients to be able to use self-select breakout rooms. Only those using the desktop client or mobile app version 5.3.0 or higher can use this feature. It’s not available at all when using the web browser interface. Hosts that use the self-select feature will need to assign participants manually to breakout rooms if participants have not updated to 5.3+ or are using the web browser interface. 
• For those interested in all things Zoom, this post about The Year in Review: Zoom Feature & Product Highlights is a good reminder of the changes that came in 2020.

In Production

• In the New Rich Content Editor, recorded or uploaded media appears within the course page and in the Course, Groups, or User Files folder.
• The Student View button now displays in supported individual Canvas pages. This change allows instructors to view individual pages using the Test Student more quickly.
• The Account and Course Level Outcome Mastery Scales feature option is available to turn on or off at the subaccount level.

To Be Released 1/16

• The existing Rich Content Editor (RCE) will be retired and the New RCE will become the default. See the New RCE Release Notes and links to New RCE resources, an FAQ, and a comparison of old and new functionality.
• Multiple push notification types will be removed from Canvas to streamline the number of allowed push notifications. This Community post describes the reasoning and details behind the change.
• The “Course Sections - Add / Edit / Delete” permission will be separated into three distinct permissions, grouped under the “Manage Course Sections” permission heading.
• The buttons to manage feature flags at the account, course, and user levels will be updated in design and functionality:

Delayed until 2/20

• The View Ungraded as 0 option in the Gradebook will allow an instructor to view student grades as if all ungraded assignments were worth zero points.

A Friendly Reminder to Canvas Admins

• Delete or replace video streams right within the video editor.  
• Using Panopto Capture, record and embed new videos in Canvas without leaving the browser.
• Tags have been enabled in the test environment.
• Please get in touch if you have any questions about available features.

• Starting Monday, January 25, presenters who delete an Activity will have 30 days to restore it from their Trash folder. After 30 days, activities in the Trash will be automatically deleted. These activities will be permanently removed and not recoverable by the user, HUIT AT, or Poll Everywhere.
• The Pollev.com menu will soon display menu items vertically on the left side of the screen instead of displaying horizontally on the top.
  

• For SMS surveys, users can download distribution history for SMS surveys.
• When setting the partial completion timeframe to automatically delete responses in progress, users can now choose from several options. 
• There is a new variation on the Matrix Table question type called the Carousel View. Statements appear above a list of scale points and auto-advance as respondents select answers.

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Feature updates:

• Users can now attach recently used files--in one click--from the paperclip menu.
• In iOS: sharing files into Slack from outside Slack (e.g. from the photos app) has been improved. Teammates’ pictures and full names are visible, ensuring files are sent to the right person or channel.