{"id":1158,"date":"2016-04-06T15:41:57","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T15:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/t2\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2020-11-20T22:13:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T22:13:43","slug":"canvas-will-get-a-new-look-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.education.uw.edu\/technologycenter\/uncategorized\/canvas-will-get-a-new-look-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas Will Get a New Look This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new Canvas interface focuses more on content, and optimizes the layout based on the device used to access Canvas.<\/p>\n<p>There are two major differences between the old and new Canvas interfaces:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Global Navigation Menu has been moved from the top of the page (running from left to right) to the left side of the page (running from top to bottom).<\/li>\n<li>The Canvas Dashboard now has two views. 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