September 2025 Release Overview

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This post provides a summary of the upcoming changes including those features which we have highlighted due to their impact. This release is subject to change and we will do our best to keep the information up to date before the release to live on the evening of Thursday the 4th September 2025. For more in depth technical detail additional details are available on the release page.

Enhance Documents with block styling options

A new addition is block styling to Documents, which aims to give instructors new ways to enhance visual appeal and guide student attention. The styling options feature both colour and icons. The style options include:

Question
Tip
Key points
Next steps

Image 1. Instructors can select styling options from a dropdown menu that appears in Edit mode on all block types.

The content block toolbar with the block styling option highlighted in blue, showing an expanded menu. The question option is represented by a ?. The tip option is represented by a light bulb. Key points is represented by a pin. Next steps is represented by two arrows. The highlight option is represented by a star. The reset styling option at the bottom shows two arrows circling each other.

This update helps instructors create more engaging content.

Use pop-out rubric when grading group submissions

Instructors can now use the pop-out rubric when grading group submissions in Flexible Grading. This enhancement brings the same grading experience already available for individual submissions to group work.

The pop-out rubric is a separate, moveable window and formatted in a grid view. This update makes it easier to navigate and grade student submissions by providing a clearer, more comprehensive view of the rubric. Popping out the rubric lets instructors view the student submission and the rubric side-by-side, and instructors can quickly select performance levels and provide feedback in the rubric while viewing the student submission.

Instructors can access the pop-out rubric when reviewing a submission.

Bulk performance level selection: Apply a level across all criteria with one click.
Cell syncing: Selected cells update the grade pill automatically.
Focused feedback entry: Selecting a cell moves focus to the feedback textbox.
Navigation warning: Alerts instructors if they try to leave with unsaved changes.
Override warning: Shows a banner if the grade was overridden and disables rubric editing.
Printing: Instructors can print blank or completed rubrics using the browser’s print function.

When the pop-out rubric is open, the ability to add Overall Feedback and grade with the rubric in the main grading interface is inactive. This prevents an instructor from editing the same information in two separate places simultaneously.