The learning management system (LMS) at UNT may be used for course activities and communication in online, blended or traditional face-to-face courses. Policies for governing the use of Canvas can be found on our policies page. Faculty support and administration for Canvas and integrated technologies is provided by the Enterprise Systems Learning Management Support Team. Student support is provided by the UNT Helpdesk.
Canvas Enhanced Rubrics: Canvas has updated the rubric tool to allow instructors to import and download their rubrics as well as the ability to bulk download the rubric scores from the gradebook.
TurnItIn Instructor Feedback Studio Enhancements: Feedback Studio has been updated for instructors to include streamlined assignment workflows, a unified inbox, enhanced Similarity Report, and an upgraded feedback and grading experience.
TurnItIn new assignment option: Instructors will now see an option to use either the original classic assignment or the new standard assignment. The new version of the standard assignment includes improvements to enhance flexibility for instructors and increase the visibility into academic integrity indicators. New features include:
TurnItIn AI Writing Bypass Detection: It aims to help educators identify potential AI misconduct and advance student learning by providing updated data and insights on the use of AI in student submissions.This capability is an extension of our AI writing detection capabilities and will become available from August 19 to all customers who have AI writing detection enabled on their accounts.
Check the Canvas instructor guides and known issues for additional resources.
Instructure will be performing maintenance on our Canvas instance Thursday, October 2, 2025 3:00am CDT. Aside from the product or application listed below, all other Canvas functions are
expected to be operational.
Files - Maintenance window: up to 180 minutes. Temporary disruptions expected with file
downloading; file uploading will be unaffected.
New Quizzes - Maintenance window: up to 15 minutes. Users may experience New Quizzes disruption
during database restart.
Current Hours:
Monday–Friday: 8 a.m.- 5 p.m. (CST)
Saturday: 11 a.m.- 3 p.m. (CST)
Sunday: CLOSED