May 2026 Release Overview
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 7th of May 2026. For more in depth technical detail additional details are available on the release page.
The second due date for Discussions now appears in the Gradebook’s Overview and Gradable Items pages, allowing instructors to be more aware of and responsive to student discussions needing grading. This improvement reduces instructor confusion around deadlines for student engagement.
- Overview
- Gradable Items
Under Due Date on the Discussion item on each Gradebook page, the item’s second, final due date is displayed. Next to that date is a circle icon with a lower case i inside. Hover over or tab to this icon, and a pop-up bubble displays details of both due dates. For example: This discussion has 2 due dates: Due date 1: 5/1/26, 12:00 PM Due date 2: 5/8/26, 12:00 PM
Image 1: The second discussion due date now appears on the Overview and Gradable Items pages in Gradebook.
Instructors benefit from clearer communication of discussion expectations, reducing the need to clarify deadlines and helping ensure students understand how and when their contributions are graded.
This update also ensures that discussions hidden within a learning module are no longer accessible from the Discussions tab. Discussions now respect the release conditions applied at the learning module level.
Known Issues
This release will look to fix an issue with Journals where selecting editing options such as allowing users to edit and delete entries removes the Grade Journal option if previously selected. The fix will confirm expected behaviour where selection (or de-selection) of any editing options will not reset the Grade Journal option.
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