The latest release has now been deployed to servers. This release contains many technical fixes that were put to the back of the list while we resolved the usability issues in 16.5. But now with those mostly behind us we have had a chance to fix lots of admin relevant issues....
With this latest release we have implemented the ability for parents with read access to class pages to click through into the activities in the course outline. Please note that they will not be able to see student grades or submit work, but they will see the detail of the activity....