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One of the most valuable parts of building Canvas is learning directly from the people who use it every day. Earlier this year, we introduced the Canvas Collaborative Roadmap to create a more transparent, ongoing way for customers to share contributions, vote on roadmap cards, and help shape future investments. In just a…
We have an instructor where someone accidentally created a duplicate record for him. This record has been around a while (canvas IDs are 2683 and 2691, so only a few new users apart. The records were then merged, and the instructor has been with us for several years now without issue. Until now. We're syncing Fall courses…
Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to display in beta and/or production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. New to release notes? Visit Understanding Release Notes for a guide on how to read and use this document.…
Hello - I'm looking for documentation about our Regular Maintenance Window. Confirming it is the first and third Thursdays of the month 12 - 2 am, local time. Also want to know if we should receive communication about every maintenance - what is happening, downtime expected, etc, and where that communication would be sent…
In every school district, maintaining curriculum consistency across classrooms is a foundational challenge. Educators and administrators need reliable, interconnected workflows to ensure that standard-aligned assessments seamlessly reach every student, no matter which section they are in. That’s why we’re excited to…
Presented by Tiffany Cantrell, Associate Director of Faculty Support, St. Petersburg College Leah Deranian, Instructional Technology Specialist, St. Petersburg College Date @ Time : 10:55-11:35am Room: M 103 Session Description What if you could ask your Canvas data a question and receive a meaningful answer in seconds?…
Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. Canvas Catalog is an all-in-one learning solution that integrates with the Canvas LMS as a course registration…
Presented by: Kristie Lindell, VP of Product, Instructure Corey Arenz, Product Manager, Instructure Robin Hebert, Senior Fellow, Student Access & Success, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education Date & Time: Thursday, July 23 at 2:30 PM -3:10 PM Room: Hyatt Regency 2nd Floor Park Suite [check the official conference…
Presented by Dee Woodard, Sr. Course Support Specialist, Johns Hopkins University Date @ Time : Thursday, July 23 @ 4 :20 pm Room: M100 Session Description Under the Twin Spires • Run for the Roses Course Makeover Messy courses don't win races. Step under the Twin Spires and race alongside peers to transform a cluttered…
I am trying to create an ordering question and keep getting an error. The error message I get is "An unexpected error occurred while loading this page. Please try returning to the home page." All other question types are working fine.
What we're doing and why. In response to the security incident that affected Canvas in May 2026, Instructure has launched a comprehensive hardening program. The goal is to build a platform engineered for greater resilience against compromise and accelerated detection of anomalous activity. One of the first changes you will…
Presented by Doreen Richards, DHSc, MEd, Learning Design Consultant — Boston College, Center for Digital Innovation in Learning Date @ Time : Thursday, July 23 @ 10 :00–10:40 a.m. Room: M103 Session Description Your Canvas courses are already generating the assessment evidence your program needs—it's just trapped in the…
Presented by Doreen Richards, DHSc, MEd, Learning Design Consultant — Boston College, Center for Digital Innovation in Learning Date @ Time : Thursday, July 23 @ 10 :55–11:35 a.m. Room: M107 Session Description Microcredentials shouldn't mean more work. In this interactive session, we'll design badges and digital…
Hack Night is an evening at InstructureCon where you build alongside Instructure's product, design, and engineering teams. This year's event features two ways to dig in, plus an open invitation to tell us what we should work on. Solution CoLab Pull up a chair and prototype with us. Each station pairs a product manager and…
New Feature Release Timing: Generally Available July 18, 2026 as a Feature Option, off by default, but will be ON by default on August 15. Regional Availability: Global Customer Type: Higher Education, K12 Available with: Canvas Core Key Takeaway: With Notebook, institutions can provide learners with an integrated…
Presented by: Jason Gildner, Principal Product Specialist, Instructure Leah Mullins, Program Manager, Canvas Catalog and Parchment Digital Badges, Indiana University Date & Time: Thursday, July 23 at 3:25 PM - 4:05 PM PM Room: Hyatt Regency 2nd Floor Park Suite [check the official conference app agenda for last minute…
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in the title of this document. New to deploy notes? Visit Understanding Release…
Is it possible to have viewing a page or satisfying the requirements of a module be part of the course pacing?
Yesterday, after much trial and error…I concluded the new quizzes matching choice options do not work as I expected, and have used with other LMS. I thought that I could provide students a matching choice quiz with multiple attempts that would report incorrectly answered matches on the first attempt, and display the…
At Intelvio, we're not just delivering training; we're preparing career-focused learners with workforce-ready skills, and we make sure the platforms behind that training are ready to support them. So when we came across Canvas Career, we knew right away we wanted to try it, test it, and see how it could support our…
I have seen documentation that says you must recopy your iCal link and resubscribe when you are enrolled in new classes, does this mean my iCal feed link changes each time, or do i just need to re-fetch the .ics file?
We use course pacing to manage due dates, because we run ~20 something courses each quarter and manually setting due dates would be a nightmare. Several courses have two core topics. We want to allow students to choose which of these they will pursue first. Is there any way to configure multiple course paces with different…
I ran a course accessibility audit, and it kept flagging a color contrast issue that WCAG noted was AA and AAA compliant - #ffffff against #751a1a. Wondering if I was missing something like an <style> or <div> tag, I asked the IgniteAI Agent to verify and it came back with the following response. Sharing with my team, as…
Hoping someone can explain for me. We're using pacing to avoid manually dating regular assignments each quarter, but the dates I see are based on when the course was instantiated, while students see dates based on when they were added to the course by [backend software I don't know anything about, presumably]. If I set…
Has anyone else had issues with an influx of duplicate users in Canvas? Ours is currently in the form of an email that already exists, becoming a new user - and not automatically merging with the user ID with the same email that also is linked to our SIS ID correctly as well. For example, user 1 is xyz@gmail.com without a…
We have a campus reporting that notes/comments entered directly in PowerTeacher Pro are being removed after a Canvas-to-PowerSchool grade sync runs. Based on the Instructure FAQ, we understand that only the following fields are transmitted during a sync: Assignment Description Assignment Group Association/Category…
I have multiple Canvas courses to add to the requirements needed to complete a step along a pathway. Is there a way to copy a step or copy the requirements from one step to another?
Whether you’re new to Canvas or looking to expand your skills, each Klatch session offers a welcoming space to share ideas, ask questions, and learn from one another. As a K12 Canvas Admin and Technology Instructional Specialist, I am passionate about helping teachers simplify their workflow, make the most of their time,…
We’re excited to introduce a new quarterly Implementation Webinar series designed to support Canvas Administrators during setup, rollout, and early adoption. These sessions are built to help you better understand admin functionality, available training resources, and how to get the most value from your On-Demand Training…
The Canvas Klatch is an online office hour open to all members of the Instructure Community. It started as an office hour for the courses I teach for CVC@ONE: Introduction to Teaching with Canvas Advanced Techniques with Canvas Online Teaching and Design Equity & Culturally Responsive Online Teaching Humanizing Online…
We want to ensure you don't miss the next Prompt Party — a live, interactive session designed to help you explore IgniteAI Agent in a way that actually clicks. This isn't a webinar. This is a working session. And if you just got back from InstructureCon (or followed along from home), this is where the conversation…
This session is intended for LearnPlatform Administers only: Description: The start of the school year is the perfect time to ensure your staff is set up for success with LearnPlatform. Join us for this critical session on Beginning of the Year (BOY) considerations, with a special focus on streamlining your staff rollout.…