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Canvas is a powerful platform for managing coursework, and students can benefit greatly by using its features effectively. Staying organized is essential, so keeping track of assignments, modules, and grades helps you plan your time efficiently. Watching tutorial videos and exploring interactive assignments allows you to…
Release Timing: Generally Available on April 18, 2026 as a Feature Option Regional Availability: Globally Supported Customer Type: All Customers Available with: Canvas Key Takeaway: IgniteAI Grading Assistance for SpeedGrader provides transparent, criteria-based support for grading text-based submissions, helping…
Release Timing: Generally Available on March 21, 2026 as a Feature Option, disabled by default. Regional Availability: Globally Available Customer Type: All Customers Available with: Canvas Key Takeaway: IgniteAI Summaries for Discussions give instructors instant, AI-generated overviews of discussion activity, helping them…
Release Timing: Generally Available on March 21 as a Feature Option. Enforcement planned for December 19, 2026. Regional Availability: Globally Supported Customer Type: All Customers Available with: Canvas Key Takeaway: Enhanced Rubrics allows educators to spend less time on the administrative tasks of rubric creation and…
Canvas Design: A Creative Conundrum One of the biggest challenges to building a course in Canvas is knowing where to get started. You open up the course shell, and before you is a blank course welcoming you with four words: “Create a new Module.” Ah, yes, a classic case of the Canvas course writer’s block – punctuated with…
For many institutions, the shift to a new learning management system is treated as a milestone: the migration is complete, training is delivered, and the platform is live. But for institutions implementing Canvas, this moment is not the end of adoption - it’s the beginning of a longer, evolving process. As institutions…
Winter weather woes can be cumbersome in the education world. Cancellations and delays mean reworked lesson plans (multiple times), adjusted schedules, and a multitude of other headaches. The advent of eLearning Days alleviated some of the stress caused by canceled classes, and we have the option of asynchronous days.…
As Xander Moffatt recently shared in Improving Canvas Infrastructure with a Content Delivery Network (CDN), we are putting AWS CloudFront in front of Canvas in order to improve speed and reliability. During continued testing, we discovered an additional change that affects API response headers, and we want to make sure…
At Instructure, trust is foundational to how we partner with institutions. Even when issues affect only a small portion of our community, we believe it’s important to communicate openly and responsibly. Transparency is essential to maintaining confidence in the systems educators rely on every day. What Happened A…
In a previous entry to this series, we introduced you to the Canvas Course Spotlight program, which offers Cornell students the chance to highlight and recognize design elements of Canvas courses that have positively impacted their learning experience. We also discussed the general patterns among the recognitions we…