Constructor Assess: October 1, 2026

Overview

In this release, we added the following features:

• Drawing responses for Free format response questions
• Plagiarism information for AI grading

We also fixed issues affecting quiz authoring, question imports, the question bank, and assignment access.

What's new

Drawing responses for Free format response questions

Authors can now add a blank canvas or an uploaded image to a Free format response question. They can prepare the canvas with drawing tools and choose whether it is displayed in the question, in the learner's answer field, or in both places.

Learners can draw on the canvas using a mouse, touchpad, touchscreen, or stylus. Their drawing is saved with the submitted response and is available to instructors during manual grading.

For more information, see Creating Free format response questions.

Tracking IDs: LRN-22123

Plagiarism information for AI grading

For tenants with the Turnitin integration enabled, Assess now sends available plagiarism reports and similarity scores to the AI grading service for assignment submissions. This gives the AI grader plagiarism information when it generates an initial score and feedback.

Tracking IDs: LRN-17950

Fixed issues

We have addressed the following issues:

• AI-generated questions now display their question text and answer options correctly in the quiz editor instead of showing raw rich-text data. Tracking IDs: LRN-22814
• Authors can now see answer options by default when editing quizzes and surveys, and can open the question library from a duplicate-question warning. Tracking IDs: LRN-22182, LRN-22612
• Quiz, question, and survey edit pages now use a Close action instead of the misleading Cancel label. Tracking IDs: LRN-22659
• Question imports now report the correct number of imported questions. Tracking IDs: LRN-22743
• Question author names are now displayed in the question bank when the author filter is not applied. Tracking IDs: LRN-22746
• Learners can now join assignment activities without receiving a forbidden-access error. Tracking IDs: LRN-22072