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Get ready for a fully accessible LearnPlatform
Get ready for a fully accessible LearnPlatform At Instructure, we're committed to providing a seamless and inclusive experience for all educators. We're excited to announce a significant update coming to LearnPlatform, redesigned from the ground up to meet modern Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.2 A/AA…
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Apply to partner with us to help shape Mastery Predictive Assessments
At Instructure, we believe the strongest assessment and reporting solutions are built in partnership with the educators and leaders who use them every day. That’s why we’re excited to announce that applications are now open for two collaborative opportunities supporting Mastery Predictive Assessments. We invite district…
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Legacy Portfolio Tools Sunset Date Extended for EMEA-based customers
We are sharing an important update regarding the sunset of our legacy Portfolio products in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region. Over the past few months, we have received valuable feedback from various institutions across EMEA regarding the original timeline for both legacy Portfolio (Portfolium/Folio and…
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Action may be needed: Update to the unified Portfolio key
We're writing to share an important update regarding our new Portfolio developer key system. This change is designed to streamline your integration and ensure a more stable and unified experience going forward. We are announcing the deprecation of the old, region-specific Portfolio LTI keys. This deprecation is scheduled…
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New Tables and Schema Updates in CD2 Canvas & Canvas Logs
Important Update! Due to technical reasons in our backend, we need to schedule earlier for March 9 the submissions table schema update to prevent data loss. —-We're excited to announce several enhancements to the Canvas Data 2 (CD2) / DAP Query API across the canvas and canvas_logs namespaces. These updates expand the…
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Shaping the Future of Course Sharing: Recap from our 2/18 Salt Lake City Customer Discovery Session
On February 18th, Instructure hosted a dedicated Customer Discovery Session (CDS) in Salt Lake City, bringing together a diverse group of large U.S. Community College system leaders and administrators. The collaboration between these leaders and the Instructure team set out with the intention to solve some of the most…
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Seamless Grading and Future Flexibility: Document Processing For Third Party Integrations
What’s Changing? As part of our commitment to implementing the latest LTI 1.3 standards from 1EdTech, we are introducing the new Document Processor for 3rd party integrations powered by the LTI 1.3 Asset Processor specification. This feature allows third-party tools to asynchronously process documents submitted through…
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Simplifying App Access: Introducing Canvas Apps Availability & Exceptions
The Need We've heard you—installing and managing LTI 1.3 tools has been a challenge. Getting an app running should not take a full page of technical instructions spanning across at least 3 web pages. As we’ve built out Canvas Apps, we knew that this was a core issue we needed to resolve. Our initial steps with the Discover…
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Smarter Listing Duplication in Canvas Catalog with Optional Certificate Copying
We’re excited to announce an enhancement to the listing creation workflow in Canvas Catalog. Based on feedback from admins managing multiple listings, we've improved the way you duplicate existing configurations. This update makes the process faster, more consistent, and easier to manage. What’s New? We’ve renamed the…
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Updated Canvas Deploy Schedule
To allow additional time for final validation, we have elected to move the February 11, 2026 Production deployment to the following week. Please see the following changes below for details. Our Production deployment scheduled for February 11, 2026 has been delayed to the following week and will now occur on February 18,…
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New Canvas Login UI: Prepare for Legacy Login UI Deprecation on June 30, 2026
Summary This is a reminder of an important update regarding the Canvas Login UI. To enhance security, accessibility, and user experience, we are deprecating the legacy Login UI and automatically migrating all institutions to the New Canvas Login UI who don’t opt-in ahead of the deprecation date. This post covers the key…
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What’s Next for Canvas Portfolio: H1 Plans and Legacy Updates
Since Canvas Portfolio reached General Availability (GA), we’ve heard a lot of valuable feedback from current users and the wider Instructure community. We appreciate your enthusiasm and interest in what’s coming next, and want to highlight upcoming improvements based on this feedback. Changes Coming in Q1 Enrollment Sync…
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Canvas Catalog Now Delivers Seamless Access to Every Course in a Program
When students enroll in a program, they expect to start learning right away. But in Catalog, that first step has not always been smooth. Instead of seeing all their courses in Canvas, students had to manually launch each one before it appeared on their dashboard. That extra step often caused confusion. Students wondered if…
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Canvas on iOS 26: Experience "Liquid Glass"
Canvas on iOS 26: Experience "Liquid Glass" We’re excited to unveil a fresh look for the Canvas mobile apps on iOS 26! This update embraces Apple’s new Liquid Glass design system, bringing a more modern, fluid, and immersive feel to our Learner, Educator, and Parent experiences. What’s Changing? The core of this redesign…
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Canvas Portfolios: Now in the Palm of Your Hand!
Canvas Portfolios: Now in the Palm of Your Hand! Following our recent announcement of Canvas Portfolios in Canvas, we’re thrilled to bring this powerful tool directly to your mobile devices. Whether you’re a student showcasing your latest project or a teacher reviewing student growth, you can now access Portfolios…