The headline feature was Zen Mode. Type /zen inside Canvas and you open a full focus space built right into your school workflow:
- A built-in Pomodoro timer
- A current goal pulled from your to-do list
- Up-next task tracking
- Breathing animations for focus breaks
- Optional soundscapes like brown noise and binaural beats
- Work and break presets designed for deep study sessions
Canvas is already where students check assignments, grades, files, and deadlines. Zen Mode brings the actual studying into that same place.
We also introduced Themes. You can now customize how Canvas looks and feels, starting with Paper, a warmer, cleaner theme that makes Canvas feel less harsh. Also in this release: a new slash-command menu, theme switching inside Canvas, GPA and grade tools, quick notes and notebook browsing, custom to-dos, sync tools, and faster shortcuts for pinned items, dashboards, courses, and due dates.