Edtech News
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Ready for What's Next: LJMU's EdTech Team at CanvasCon Europe 2026
LJMU's Educational Technology team (EdTech) attended CanvasCon Europe 2026 in London and the UK HE Canvas User Group the following day. Here's what we learned about AI in education, the Canvas roadmap,...
05/11/26 -
Clearer and Easier to Find: Panopto's New Accessibility Upgrades for Students
Panopto has announced upgrades to its automatic captions, accessibility workflows and reporting. Here's what these improvements...
05/11/26 -
Update on Turnitin and the use of student work
Turnitin has delayed changes to it End User Agreement until September 2027 following concerns over user submissions for AI...
28/10/26 -
Canvas course menu: updated layout for 2026–27
Every year the EdTech team reorder the Canvas left-hand menu to keep things consistent for staff and students.
30/09/26 -
Vevox joins forces with Wooclap: what does it mean for active learning?
There’s another interesting development in the world of Vevox. Wooclap, an active learning platform used in education and...
23/09/26 -
Enhanced Rubrics Now Available in Canvas
Enhanced Rubrics is now enabled in Canvas and is the default rubric experience for all courses at LJMU.
17/09/26 -
LearnWise AI Assistant: From pilot to institution-wide launch
After a year of careful evaluation, LJMU's AI Canvas assistant goes live across all modules from September 2026.
16/09/26 -
Canvas New Quizzes is here!
From 15 August, Canvas New Quizzes will be available for all staff alongside Classic Quizzes. We're now moving into the...
11/08/26 -
Rethinking the Order of Feedback: Introducing Scheduled Feedback Feature
This new capability, in the Gradebook's existing Grade Posting Policy settings, gives tutors the ability to control, independently...
28/07/26