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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,…
As we gear up for InstructureCon 2026, I’m thrilled to share what we’ve been working on behind the scenes for this year's Pre-conference workshops. These sessions are designed to give you hands-on, interactive experience with our products, guided directly by the learning and design experts here at Instructure. Whether you…
After three full days of sessions, keynotes, hallway conversations, product updates, and big ideas, your brain may be buzzing with all the things you want to try, ask, explore, or better understand. That is exactly why the InstructureCon 2026 Unconference, happening Friday, July 24, from 8:30 AM to 1:30 PM EST, is such an…
Hi, Let's say I have a course organized into weekly modules. It's a synchronous, online course, in which students have a week to watch each lecture and take an attendance quiz. To help ensure that students keep up with their attendance quizzes, I use module requirements/prerequisites so that they have to complete the…
Welcome to the Instructure Community Weekly Highlights blog! Every Monday, we will update you with all the goings-on in the Instructure world from the previous week: community updates, product updates, new blogs to read, and everything else you'll need to know will be here! Community Spotlights Going “All-in” on New…
Hi, I just noticed this in a course (image below). Is instructure placing advertisements in courses now?
Why Generic Prompts Fail One of the most common frustrations educators experience with AI is getting results that do not quite meet the request, or are too generic. The reason is not that AI is ineffective; it’s that humans and AI communicate very differently. When humans communicate, we rely on shared experiences, implied…
When using Import Existing Content in Canvas, has anyone else found it difficult to identify the correct source course when multiple courses share the same course code? At our institution, a single course code can have multiple distinct class topics or offerings within the same teaching session. For example, several Canvas…
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.
Tired of just hearing from instructure about New Quizzes? Join me at this session to hear from a Canvas admin who lead our campus' transition to New Quizzes. Presented by: Christopher Casey, Director of Digital Education, University of Michigan-Dearborn Date @ Time: Wednesday, July 22 @ 3 :25pm ET Room: M108 Session…
To our Free-for-Teacher users, The Canvas Free-for-Teacher program is a product offering we have had since the beginning of our company. It is a program intended for individual educators at traditional schools and higher education organizations. We want to apologize for how disruptive the last few weeks have been due to…
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. Visit the Canvas Collaborative Roadmap to explore upcoming work and share feedback. Your input helps guide…
We've added 10 new out-of-the-box (OOTB) Shared Layouts to Impact by Instructure. Each one started life as an Impact Legacy walkthrough or message campaign, and we've redesigned them as multistep guides for both instructor and student workflows: OOTB | Walkthrough: Course Content Check OOTB | Walkthrough: Course Settings…
I was excited to do the AI precon certificate, but one of the three required workshops is already sold out. Is there any way to still get the certificate?
What is the purpose of this Guide? This walkthrough is part of the Build structured courses using Modules campaign and guides instructors through adding content to an existing Classic Quiz shell. Tag location for each step Step 1: Add Content to your Quiz Page: CQ | Individual classic quiz page Anchored to: CQ | Individual…
What is the purpose of this Guide? This walkthrough starts on the Edit New Quiz Page and guides instructors on how to edit and add content to a New Quiz after creating it from the Modules page. Tag location for each step Step 1: Edit new quiz page Page: NQ | Edit new quiz page Next button: Next Step 2: Review the title…
What is the purpose of this Guide? This walkthrough is part of the Build structured courses using Modules campaign and guides instructors through adding content to a discussion. Tag location for each step Step 1: Click the Options menu Page: Individual discussion topic page Anchored to: Individual discussion topic page:…
What is the purpose of this Guide? Help students who are new to Canvas Dashboard orient themselves with the new environment and provide them with the necessary support to get started. Tag location for each step Step 1: Your Dashboard Page: Canvas Dashboard Page Next button: Visit Calendar! with automation to Global…
What is the purpose of this Guide? Help instructors orient themselves with Canvas Courses and provide them with the necessary support to get started in an efficient and effective manner. Tag location for each step Step 1: Your Home Page Page: Course home Page Next button: Access course settings with automation to Settings…
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…
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?
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…
Hi everyone, We are reviewing an assignment solution that allows assessors to use SpeedGrader while observing students in the workplace and assessing them. We have looked at using simple rubrics with "No Submission" assignment types. This meets some requirements, but not all. Is there any way in Canvas to ensure the…
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?
On April 21 and 27, 2026, the student’s submission page appeared empty on my end. Upon checking again on May 5, 2026, a submission is now visible and is dated April 21 at 9:01 AM. Canvas note: Student Viewed Document: May 4 at 10:21 PM. How is this possible? There is only one submission, and it requires a PDF file upload.…
Organizations now face more than 10 significant disruptions a year, and employees' willingness to support change has dropped from 74% to 38%. L&D teams that keep up refuse to wait for stability; they design for the disruption itself. In this session, attendees will learn how humans respond to change, the key elements for…
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. What to expect In this event, you’ll see real prompts in action from educators who are already putting IgniteAI…
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…