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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 Parchment Collaborative Roadmap to explore upcoming work and share feedback. Your input helps…
Release Timing: Generally Available on October 12 as a Feature Regional Availability: NORAM/LATAM/EMEA/APAC/Global Customer Type: Higher Education/K12 Available with: Parchment Digital Badges We’re excited to introduce IgniteAI Skill Suggestions, a new AI-powered experience in Parchment Digital Badges that helps issuers…
Since we launched Canvas Portfolios last year, four pieces of feedback came through front and center. Bringing an assignment into a portfolio meant syncing it from Canvas: a linked reference, not evidence of its own. The Rich Content Editor held only plain text and files, with no room for a video, a board, or anything…
Dear Parchment Digital Badges Community, Badge creators know what their credentials represent. But finding the right skill within a large taxonomy can still require trying several keywords, comparing similar results, and knowing the terminology used by the taxonomy. A badge may clearly describe a learner’s capabilities…
Business continuity is more than keeping a system online. It is about helping institutions continue teaching, supporting students, and making critical academic decisions even when normal access to technology is interrupted. Earlier this year in response to the security incident, we made the difficult choice to take Canvas…
Ask Your Data users can now take their visual analysis and presentation to the next level with our latest redesign of the tool’s charting experience. You have more chart types to choose from, more control over how your data is presented, and a simpler way to create and refine charts that clearly communicate what your data…
To provide richer visibility and ensure consistent tracking across Canvas activity, we are updating the schema for the Data Access Platform (DAP) / CD2 canvas_logs namespace, specifically for the web_logs table on 7th Oct 2026. This update introduces six new values to the web_application_context_type enumeration to reflect…
District Data Access for Mastery Connect REST API | Q3 2026 | Feature Overview Updated Feature Release Timing: Target general availability week of October 5 as an opt-in capability (off by default) Customer Type: K12 Available with: Mastery Key Takeaway: With district data access for Mastery Connect REST API, technology…
A new school year means new students, new goals, and a new opportunity to turn assessment data into meaningful action.In our recent From Data to Action: A Guide to MPA Benchmark Reports and Best Practices webinar, the Mastery team walked through updates to Mastery Predictive Assessments (MPAs), new and enhanced reporting…
We're excited to announce new Collaborative Programs in Parchment Course Sharing! Now, groups of institutions can efficiently create shared academic programs that expand opportunity beyond what a single institution can provide alone. What's new Collaborative Programs lets groups of institutions, whether from a state…
Assessment results are most valuable when they do more than show where students stand – they should help educators understand what comes next. That’s why, this September, we’re enhancing the Mastery College Prep Assessments to make results easier to interpret, act on, and use at scale. Updates to scaling, scoring, and…
TL;DR Instructure is evolving Canvas API integrations to strengthen platform security, scalability, and sustainability while preserving an open ecosystem. Upcoming Canvas Apps enhancements will give institutions a simpler, more transparent way to install and manage API-based integrations, while Partners will adopt…
Across the UK and EMEA, universities are rethinking how learning is delivered. From England’s Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) to the growth of micro-credentials and professional learning across Europe, institutions are expanding beyond traditional degree programmes to support learners throughout their careers. You…
Free for Teacher only offered Classic Quizzes, so New Quizzes in Canvas Lite is new territory for a lot of you. Drop in for this Ask a Coach session, hosted by our Community Coaches! Bring your questions about building your first quiz, question types, moving existing quiz content over, and anything else that feels…
The Instructure Community Developers Group is gathering to meet some fellow developers of Canvas customizations and external tool integrations. Discuss projects you're working on, success stories of past projects, and things you may be struggling with. Request to join the Instructure Community Developers Google Group to…
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…
Instructure has updated its quizzing tool by enhancing questions, making settings more sophisticated, and easing the application of accessibility options. New Quizzes is a separate tool and not yet scheduled for enforcement, so it is a perfect time to learn about the ease of migration from classic quizzes and explore this…
The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference connects the best thinkers in higher education technology. This is THE event where professionals and technology providers from around the world gather to network, share ideas, grow professionally, and discover solutions to today’s challenges. It’s the largest gathering of your peers…people…
You've already built great content. In 30 minutes, we'll show you what Catalog is, where it fits alongside your Canvas courses, and how to start turning that content into paid offerings.
Open office hours for finding your way around New to the Community, or just want to get more out of it? Drop in for Community Compass, an open office hour where you can ask anything about the Instructure Community. Bring your questions about notifications, profile settings, finding the right group, or connecting with other…