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Title IV Financial Aid Compliance: How Intelligent Insights Can Help
Higher education institutions that participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs must comply with a complex set of regulations. These regulations are designed to protect students and ensure that they receive the financial aid they need to succeed in college. Course Readiness and Students In Need of Attention, two…
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Update on the Modernized SpeedGrader Release
At Canvas, we are committed to delivering tools that meet the highest standards of quality and usability while addressing the needs of our community. With that in mind, we want to provide an update on the release timeline for the modernized SpeedGrader. We’ve received valuable feedback from our users during testing, and we…
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Peer Review in Canvas: Let's Talk About It!
Hey Canvas Community! We're diving deep into the world of Peer Review within Canvas and we need your help! We know many of you already use this awesome feature to foster collaboration and feedback in your courses. But to make it even better, we need your input! What is Peer Review? Just in case you're new to this, the Peer…
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DAP CLI 1.3.1 Released – Fix for PostgreSQL Sync Issue
We’re releasing DAP CLI version 1.3.1 today to address an issue that affected PostgreSQL users following our recent DAP Query API update. Yesterday, we introduced multiple new enum values across several tables in the DAP Query API, which unfortunately revealed an unforeseen bug when running the syncdb command in DAP CLI.…
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Bringing Badges and Pathways to the Forefront of the Learning Experience in Your Catalog
Canvas Credentials and Catalog Integration is Here! We’re excited to share that the wait is over—our highly anticipated integration between Canvas Credentials and Canvas Catalog is officially live! This feature bridges the gap between learning and achievement, creating a seamless experience for learners, educators, and…
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Canvas Catalog: 2024 in Review – Driving Change with Innovation and Feedback
As 2024 draws to a close, it’s time to reflect on a remarkable year of progress, innovation, and user-centered development for Canvas Catalog. Each improvement we’ve made has been guided by your feedback, ensuring the product continues to meet your evolving needs. This year has been one of our most ambitious yet, with…
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Streamline Assessment in the New Year with Mastery's End-of-Year Enhancements
As the end of the year approaches and a well-deserved break is on the horizon we wanted to offer educators a couple of parting gifts in Mastery to simplify their lives and make the new year even smoother in 2025. We’re thrilled to announce two new features designed to streamline your assessment workflows and save you…
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Evolving Our Impact Release Process and Embracing Continuous Delivery!
At Impact, we’ve been committed to delivering the best possible experience to our users. Over the years, our traditional release schedule has helped us ship meaningful updates and improvements. However, as technology evolves and expectations grow, we see an opportunity to enhance how we deliver value to you. That’s why…
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An Update on AI-Powered Translations in Canvas
With the end of the year rapidly approaching, we want to share an update on the highly anticipated AI-powered Discussions and Inbox Translations. As part of our commitment to delivering high-quality, reliable, and scalable features, we will continue to keep this feature in beta testing until critical areas of improvements…
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Introducing Quick Action Buttons in Canvas Commons List View
We’re excited to introduce a new beta feature in Canvas Commons designed to make resource management more efficient: Quick Action Buttons. Whether you’re an educator looking to share or download materials, or a content owner managing your resources, these new tools will streamline your workflow. What’s New? Quick Action…
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2025-01-18 Release Updates
We’re excited to announce new features in the Canvas LMS January Release. With the updates to the 2024 release schedule, we remain focused on ensuring that you are fully informed and equipped with the tools you need to succeed and support learners at your institution. As of today, here’s what will be coming to production…
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Introducing the Recommendations Feature in Beta for Canvas Catalog
I'm thrilled to announce the Recommendations Feature is now available in Beta! Shaped by insights from several user interviews, this first version introduces course recommendations exclusively on the Homepage (storefront), helping learners explore relevant courses while giving admins powerful tools to guide their…
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Collaborating to Empower Educators: Canvas New Quizzes Now Supports Canvas Commons
In collaboration with the Canvas Commons Team, we are thrilled to announce an exciting new integration that brings New Quizzes to Canvas Commons! This enhancement empowers educators to more seamlessly share quizzes, opening new opportunities for collaboration and time savings when curating content. With New Quizzes…
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New Enum Values in (CD2) DAP Query API
We’re excited to announce updates to multiple tables and columns in the Canvas namespace with new enumerated values (enums) that will be available in your CD2/DAP Query API dataset starting January 9th. These changes enrich the dataset with additional context and expand the range of supported use cases. If you’re a DAP CLI…
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Product Discovery at Instructure
As we near the end of 2024 and look back upon the year… I’d like to share a deeper dive about our discovery process, how the R&D team creates new feature solutions. Here is a bit of background: In the world of product development, there are two inconvenient truths (according to renowned product leader and author Marty…