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Resource Roundup from Instructure New & Next | October 2025 (K-12)
This post summarizes the product updates covered in our Instructure New & Next webinars held on October 15 for our K-12 customers in North America. The webinar covered both features that are available now and features that are coming very soon. This time we organized the updates more clearly by product, based on your…
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Three Pillars of Family Engagement in K-12: Strategies with Canvas LMS
The number one thing parents say drives student success? Relationships. According to our State of Teaching & Learning in K-12 Education study, 91% of parents indicated “a student’s relationship with teachers” as a top factor for their child’s success. Families want to know that when their kids are at school, they're with…
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Gradebook sorting options
A teacher of ours requested the ability to sort a gradebook by section. She likes to filter to all sections, but wishes she could sort the resulting list by section (All of period 1 students, then all of period 2 below that, etc.). Unfortunately, that option doesn't exist. Could it be added?
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How K12 Educators Can Foster Distraction-Free Classrooms
In today’s classrooms, our students are navigating a whirlwind of digital notifications, social pressures, and competing demands. That’s why distraction-free learning environments are so powerful! They give students the space to focus, connect, and build the habits that fuel long-term academic success. Creating these…
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Resource Roundup from Instructure New & Next | Q3 2025 (K12)
Thank you for joining us for New and Next – whether in-person at Instructurecon or virtually. This post includes linked resources for the recent product releases covered in our Q3 2025 Instructure New & Next updates, organized by theme. These resources have been created to help you better manage change and understand the…
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The Big 50!
A celebration of sort. Not my birthday (that's way past) but my 50th post on the Canvas Community. I thought I would treat it like a birthday and give a list of the gifts I would like Canvas to get for me going forward.... a list of the things I would love to see in place in the learning platform I have used for 10 years.…
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High School Art Teacher Groups
Greetings, I am looking for a high school art teacher group to brainstorm ideas like creating an art gallery virtual tour with student worksheet in Canvas. I emailed the Houston Center for Photography about accessing their virtual tours for my students (grades 9-12). Their online form for virtual tour request no longer…
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Creating a Vibe Coded Interaction with Canva - Connect 4
Last week I was asked if I could make a 5 minute video presentation on how I created an interactive learning tool on Canva. Well, its not 5 minutes but about 8 and a half - sorry! In the video I go through how I made a Connect 4 style game for my GCSE (Grade 9/10) Physics class on Energy types. The video includes the…
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Flipping Treasure Hunts
The Idea I am teaching Gravitational Fields to Year 12 Physics. It is our last double lesson of the year, we've finished the topic and I wanted to make a treasure hunt with them as a fun way of reviewing the topic. One aspect of Gravitation Fields topic that is challenging (for everyone concerned) is the idea that…
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Canvas Connections
I am mindful that many quiz based activities we already use are variations of multiple choice type quizzes so, trying to be a different, I asked staff to think about games they had played (perhaps as kids) that came out of a box instead of a screen. We had a few suggestions: * Finding pairs with playing cards * Lotto *…
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One Size Fits Each - Is Vibe Coding the digital technology Nirvana (for educators)?
Many, many years ago, a learning advisor from Canvas told me that when talking digital technology with staff why not begin by asking this question, "What would you like to do better in your classroom but are limited by resources, time, technology or support?" Addressing the issues arising is key if you are going to ensure…
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Building a testing calendar
We're piloting Canvas with a small group of teachers, and one of the key questions that we're focused on these next couple of weeks is thinking through how we build our "Major Commitments" or testing calendar. I've seen lots of solutions to this over the years -- a blotter calendar in the faculty workroom that you scrawl…
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Hot Off the PL&S Press
At PL&S, we are committed to providing you with the latest tools, insights, and training opportunities to ensure your success. Our new quarterly PL&S Newsletter is here, and it’s packed with valuable updates that you won’t want to miss. What's Inside? * Exciting New Training Offerings * Special Events for Canvas and…
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Canva Code and Canvas - Quite possibly the best thing I've seen since I saw Canvas!
So first things first, if you are a school and have not signed up to Canva and registered for the Canva for Education Schools package then you MUST! As a school, you get all the premium tools for free. You can also direct students to join your Canva instance with their school email. You can appoint multiple administrators…
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Quizzes in Minutes! From Word to Canvas Quiz with a little help from AI and a lot from the "Docx to
If you have not yet tried it, I would heartily recommend @thienhb astonishing Effortless Quiz creation tool - Effortless Quiz Creation: Free Tool by Lawrence S.... - Instructure Community - 629368 It really "does exactly what it says on the tin" (Ref: Ronseal circa 1994) and makes the creation of Canva quizzes from a Word…