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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…
We want to make our non-production environments more secure, sustainable, and better aligned with how your institution actually operates. Earlier this year, this community pushed back when we changed the Beta refresh cadence. That feedback changed our decision. This is your chance to directly influence our design and…
We are about to launch an AI Literacy module that will be required for all first-year students and we want to make it available to any faculty member to incorporate into their course. We are trying to figure out a way that, if a student has this assigned to them by multiple instructors, the student only needs to complete…
I couldn't find where to post a suggestion. I am requesting a feature, albeit a simple update. If the developers could add a checkbox on the Course Details page of each course that would add text to bottom of courses, siimilar to the checkbox similar to the one present already: Copyright and license information must be…
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.…
Keep Learning is here! This week, we're launching something we've been looking forward to: a brand-new space in the Community that brings all of your learning resources, created and curated by Instructure, into one place. This space is called Keep Learning, inspired by a phrase that goes back to Instructure's early days,…
As part of Instructure's ongoing commitment to data privacy and transparency, we are deploying OneTrust cookie consent banners on Canvas LMS. This FAQ document provides our global institutions, administrators, and users with clarity on what this means, why it is happening, and how it impacts your Canvas experience.…
Consortium admins have always had to bounce between member instances to piece together a system-wide view. We streamlined that. IgniteAI Ask Your Data now answers questions across every Canvas instance in a consortium from a single query, with the right access controls already in place. What's new Root-account admins on…
Many Institutions now have AI access. That part wasn't the hard part. The hard part is what happens after. An instructor opens a tool for the first time, types a vague question, gets a generic answer, and walks away thinking: this isn't that useful. They're not wrong. They just haven't learned the skill yet. The University…
Picture this: you finish a day of inspiring sessions at #InstructureCon2026, and with the evening just starting, you decide to try a Hot Brown, explore the NuLu art district, or find a rooftop bar with a bourbon you've never heard of. Whether you're into food, art, history, sports, or just wandering somewhere new,…
Admins that wanted to understand tool adoption and mobile usage questions used to need to run separate exports and develop separate analyses. They don't anymore. IgniteAI Ask Your Data now reads both LTI launch data and mobile log data, so the same conversational interface can answer questions about LTI launches and mobile…
Update, June 15: We’re postponing the cookie consent release. We’ve decided to postpone the release of the cookie consent banner, which was planned for June 17 to give customers more time to plan. We expect this will be delayed by about 30 days We’ll update this post with the new release date as soon as it’s confirmed. A…
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. Visit the Canvas Collaborative Roadmap to…
Summary Update: The deprecation of the Legacy Login UI has been postponed. Due to a delay with the Native Discovery Feature, a new deprecation date has not yet been determined. We will announce the updated timeline as soon as it is available. May 18, 2026 - The Custom Label Text feature was released to Production on May…
In Classic Quizzes, it is possible to display question-level feedback to students without manually grading an essay question on a quiz. Can this be enabled in New Quizzes? Use Case: This feature is vital for practice quizzes that include essay questions along with other question types. We mix essay questions with other…
I'm sure, like many computer products, you guys will be doing Beta testing once you get to that stage in the process. When you do, what is the process for volunteering to do that?
We would like to test our resource center, but it seems that will activate it for everyone, not just the segment we can assign to the guides in the guide list. Is it possible to do that? We want to test in production but don't want it visible to everyone! Thanks if you know. I had hoped to have separate resource centers…
Hi, Can someone from the Canvas team please support me in exporting my course content? There was no email sent or a clear post on the relevant Free-for-Teacher version page to have known about the open window period. This is causing quite the conundrum for my team and me. I would greatly appreciate some assistance.…
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…
Hola, soy un antiguo usuario de Free-for-Teacher y necesito ayuda para recuperar mi contenido. Mi cuenta alojaba todo el programa de formación profesional de mi organización: muchas horas de material del que dependemos activamente. Lamentablemente, no pude exportar mis cursos durante el periodo de restauración del 28 y 29…
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…
Can anyone point me to a theme manager for the resource centers in the new Impact platform? We have a theme manager for the Guides, but the Resource Center does not seem to have access to the theme library. I went through the process of setting all the styles in the Resource Center GUI, but am not finding a way to back…
Hi Canvas community, I've built a free, open-source Chrome extension called AssisT that works natively on Canvas without any admin configuration - students install it themselves from the Chrome Web Store and it auto-activates on *.instructure.com pages. What it adds: Text-to-speech with word-by-word synchronized…
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?
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. What to expect In this event, you’ll see real prompts in action from educators who are already putting IgniteAI…
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…
The keynotes and sessions in Spokane may be over, but the conversation is just getting started. Join us for the InstructureCon25 Encore Series—a book club for the Instructure Community that brings the voices of featured speakers into your everyday learning. One book at a time, we’ll read, reflect, and keep the…
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,…
A new episode of EduCast3000 drops June 30 — and this one asks a deceptively simple question: does your AI behave the way a great human tutor would? Ryan Lufkin and Melissa Loble sit down with James Genone, Senior Vice Chancellor for Learning Strategy at Northeastern University, to explore what learning science actually…