How do I manage new feature in my Canvas course

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Canvas provides new features in beta and standard availability. This Canvas guide for faculty outlines how to set the feature applications to "on" in your Canvas course.

Open Course Settings

In Course Navigation, click the Settings link.

Open Feature Options Tab

Click the Feature Options tab.

View Feature Options

Available features will appear in the Feature Options tab. New features are enabled by your institutional admin, and the Feature Options tab will not display any features until they are granted access to you.

Each course feature includes a feature description. Click the arrow icon next to the feature to expand the feature box and display the description.

View Feature Tags

Feature tags help identify the state of each feature. A feature with no label [1] means the feature is stable and ready for use in your production environment. Features may also include a beta tag [2], which means the feature is available for use in your production environment but is still being tested for usability and accessibility behavior. Enabling a beta feature may create unintended behavior within your Canvas account.

Note: Occasionally features may include a Development tag, which means the feature is only available for testing in your beta environment; it is not available in your production environment.

View Feature Access

Each feature displays a feature access status as set by your admin.

Note: Course features are activated on a course-by-course basis.

View On Feature

If a feature is turned on by your admin, the feature will be grayed out and set to On. Your course will be required to use this feature.

View Allowed Feature

If a feature is Allowed by your admin, you can choose how you want to manage the feature for your course. The feature will display two options:

On: Toggle this button to turn on this feature for your course.
Off: By default, the feature will be off. Do not toggle this button if you do not want to enable this feature for your course. This option is good for features that you are not yet comfortable allowing in your course, or features that appear within a semester and you do not want to distract students from the course.

Note: Depending on feature functionality, when you enable a feature to On, Canvas may display a warning message asking to confirm your option, as some course features may have unintended consequences if turned Off.

View Off Feature

If a feature that was previously made available by your admin has been turned off, the feature will be grayed out and set to Off. Contact your admin for more information about this change.

View User-Level Features

Users can enable User-Level Feature Options at the bottom of their Profile Settings.

Note: Admins have no control over user-level features.

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