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Details March 2026

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Enhanced threading experience in Course Messages

  • In conversations that include all course members, all instructors, adding and removing members remains on one thread.
  • When users add new members to a previous one‑on‑one conversation, the system starts a new, separate conversation.
  • Deleting a message doesn’t delete the entire conversation.
  • When instructors send a reminder from Gradebook, the system attributes the message to an existing conversation. Anonymous grading reminders go to email.

 

Add a second participation requirement and due date in Discussions

Image 1: Instructors can now add a second due date for Discussions. They can also specify the number and type of posts or replies that a student is required to make.

Grading and Participation section of the Discussion settings panel. Highlighted in a blue box is the following: a checkbox to add a second due date (which is checked on), the date and time fields, the participation requirement switch (which is turned on), the number of times a student must participate and an open dropdown for the type of participation required (Post or Reply, only Post, or only Reply.

 

For students, when they open a discussion they find two clear participation requirements with separate due dates. As they post and reply, progress indicators update in real time.

Students can complete requirements in any order, but contributions after a due date won’t count toward that requirement. Once all requirements are met, the discussion is marked complete and Progress Tracking updates.

Image 2: In a Discussion, a student can find due dates in the Details & Information section in the discussion assignment.

A detail of the student view of the Details and Information section of a Discussion assignment. There are two due dates listed under Due Dates. Each due date indicates how many posts or replies are required, the date and time these requirements are due, and a progress indicator. The progress indicator is a small circle next to the number of submissions made for that due date. The progress indicator in Due Date 1 is shaded black in the bottom half of the circle to indicate an in-progress assignment. Due Date 2 is a green circle with a checkbox inside, indicating that the requirements for the second due date are fulfilled.

 

Question Title field relocated

Image 1: Before this change, the Question Title field was at the top of the question authoring workflow.

The Question Title field is at the beginning of the question authoring workflow.

Image 2: Now, the Question Title field is at the bottom of the question authoring workflow, underneath the Question Metadata field.

The Question Title field is now at the bottom of the question authoring workflow.

 

Partial credit limits removed for Multiple Choice and Multiple Answer

The system now allows instructors to enter any partial credit value for each option within a range of –100% to +100%. Validation continues to warn instructors if total values exceed 100%, but it no longer blocks question setup. Instructors may now also enter positive credit values for options that are not marked as the correct answer The total partial credit value for correct answers should be at least 100%, and it may exceed 100%. Negative marking continues to operate when enabled. Instructors can adjust credit values during regrading as well.

Image 1: Instructors can have answer options that do not sum to 100%.

A multiple choice question where the student can select one option. Two of the four options are incorrect, and selecting one of these options results in -10%. One option is most correct, resulting in 100% of the points. One option is partially correct, resulting in 80% of the points.

Anonymous grading by question

When grading anonymous test submissions in Question View, the interface replaces the student name, avatar, and ID with an anonymous identifier and a blank avatar. All functionality available when grading non‑anonymous submissions by question is also available when grading anonymously. When anonymous grading is enabled, related APIs no longer return identifying information.

 

Known Issues

In an effort to improve the efficiency of information while still maintaining transparency with the community, our Known Issues page has had an update. The more user-friendly layout will aim to inform users of current known issues firstly, laid out consisting of a concise descripion, a workaround (if there is one), as well as the issue’s status. Below that users can then find recently resolved issues, following the same layout as previously mentioned in the current ones.

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