In this release, annotations added via speedgrader to student work can be anonymised. This allows the name of the marker to remain anonymous when feedback is released to students. Canvas have also introduced the ability to rotate docviewer speedgrader documents, particularly useful when viewing documents with multiple orientations.

Canvas Updates

Anonymous Instructor Annotations Feature Option

When annotations are used to provide feedback to students via Speedgrader, the name of the tutor can be anonymised. When this feature option is enabled, instructors can view the option when creating or editing assignments to create anonymous annotations and comments in speedgrader.

Anonymous Instructor Annotations Feature Option

The DocViewer in Speedgrader now supports manual image and document rotation. Files that are viewable in DocViewer can be manually rotated in DocViewer using the Rotation button. Rotation is available on a per-page basis in documents with multiple pages.