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Over the last several months, we’ve worked closely with our community to dive deep into the peer review experience in Canvas, a pain point that many have had for a while. We’ve heard loud and clear that while the feature has incredible potential, there were clear opportunities to improve the process. Based on your…
Since January 2026, institutions have had the opportunity to enable the Performance and Usability Upgrades for SpeedGrader feature option and experience a faster, more responsive grading workflow. As previously announced, this feature will become the default SpeedGrader experience on July 18, 2026. Action required for…
Last November we announced a backend upgrade to the DAP Query API / CD2 API that brought higher data fidelity and a more reliable replication pipeline. Catalog data is the last namespace still served from the previous infrastructure. We're now moving it onto the same upgraded backend that every other namespace already runs…
For educators, tracking student progress isn't just about final grades—it's about understanding exactly which skills and standards a student has mastered. That is where the Learning Mastery Gradebook (LMGB) comes in, offering a dedicated view to monitor outcome-based learning. Today, we are excited to announce the general…
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…
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…
Release Timing: Generally Available and enforced beginning July 18, 2026 Regional Availability: Global Customer Type: Higher Education and K12 Available with: Canvas Core (all Canvas users) Key Takeaway: The enhanced Learning Mastery Gradebook gives instructors clearer, more actionable insight into learner outcome…
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…
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…
We’re excited to share that some of our most popular IgniteAI features are coming soon for Canvas customers in Canada, giving institutions more ways to bring secure, in-context AI into everyday teaching and learning workflows. Beginning in June, Canadian customers will be able to access two premium IgniteAI features in…