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Effect of Community Guide Updates on Impact Support Articles
What is changing? This past August, the Community Team announced several updates and improvements to the Community guides via this blog post. Hopefully you’ve started to enjoy the new diverse format, which can now be found in our Impact guides! As part of the guide audit and cleanup by the Community Team, the decision was…
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Announcing the Upgraded Canvas Catalog Category Menu - Now in Beta!
I’m thrilled to introduce the upgraded Canvas Catalog Category Menu, now available in the Beta environment! This release brings a sleek, brand new design alongside multiple enhancements, making category management smoother, faster, and more intuitive. Here’s a look at what’s new: What’s New? Brand New Design: With a…
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Update on Discussion Checkpoints: Changing to a Feature Option
We’re making an important change to the rollout of Discussion Checkpoints based on your feedback. Instead of enabling Checkpoints as a default feature that is on for all users on November 16th, we will now release it as a Feature Option. This means that starting November 16th, Discussion Checkpoints will be available in…
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Stay Ahead with CD2 / DAP: Your Feedback, New Features, and the 4th Upcoming Live Meetup
We are conducting the Instructure Data Questionnaire to inform our 2025 roadmap and understand the cloud adoption trends among our users. Your input will help us tailor features, optimize data services, and plan future enhancements. The questionnaire is anonymous, but there is an option to share your email for follow-up.…
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Impact is Now Integrated with Canvas Credentials LTI!
In collaboration with the Canvas Credentials Team, we are thrilled to announce our latest integration with the Credentials LTI in Canvas (formerly known as Badgr). As a result, Impact Admin can now view and understand the usage and adoption of Credentials (formerly known as Badgr) in Canvas to make better data-informed…
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The Mastery View College Prep Reports are now available in Mastery Connect
The Mastery View College Prep Assessments mirror the format and rigor of the ACT, providing students with valuable practice that boosts their confidence and predicts ACT scores. Featuring detailed diagnostic reports and fast turnaround times, they enable educators to pinpoint strengths, identify learning gaps, and deliver…
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Tips for Effective Prompt Composition with Ask Your Data
Using an AI model like Ask Your Data is a great way to easily access your data and composing your prompts is the key to that. I know sometimes I wish I could just prompt “You know that thing I want to know about” but unfortunately we aren’t quite there yet with AI. Below I have listed my top four tips to get better results…
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Introducing List View in Commons: Compact, Efficient, and User-Driven 💥
We’re excited to introduce the latest enhancement in Commons: the List View. Until now, Commons offered only a card view—an image-focused way to browse resources. However, we’ve heard your feedback loud and clear: many of you crave a cleaner, more compact view that prioritizes information over imagery. With the new List…
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Discussions End of Quarter update - Q3 2024
I’m excited to extend the End of Quarter Update practice - which might be familiar from New Quizzes Updates - to Discussions, ensuring you’re informed about recent improvements in the last 3 months and our upcoming objectives for the upcoming quarter. Q3 Updates Edit Discussions Directly from the Index Page A small, but…
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Discussion Checkpoints: Beta Update and Next Steps
We’re excited to share an update on the progress of Discussion Checkpoints! Before moving the feature into our beta environment, we had the privilege of working with four institutions that tested the functionality. Their feedback has been invaluable in helping us refine the experience and ensure this feature will be…
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Exciting Changes Coming to SpeedGrader: Modernization for a Faster Grading Experience
We’re excited to share that SpeedGrader is getting a significant upgrade! These changes are designed to make your grading process even smoother, faster, and more reliable. What’s New? (Beta Release on October 21st, Full Release in January) Starting on the 21st of October, Canvas institutions will have access to the newly…
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Intelligent Insights - '24 October Release Updates
We're thrilled to announce the latest updates to Intelligent Insights, designed to empower Canvas administrators with even more control over their data. Our October release introduces exciting features across Ask Your Data, Students in Need of Attention, and Course Readiness, giving administrators more ways to analyze and…
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Voice your Thoughts on the Canvas Parent App
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💥 Powerful new capabilities added to LTI Usage! 💥
At InstructureCon this past July when the new LTI Usage Data feature set was launched and in the subsequent It’s an LTI (R)Evolution product blog post, I discussed how we had additional phases planned to continue innovating and providing you with much-needed functionality to better view, analyze, understand, and take…
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Redesigned Catalog Info Page and Salesforce Integration Now Live!
We are excited to announce the release of two significant updates in the production environment: the fully redesigned Catalog Info Page and the new Salesforce Integration. Both of these updates are now available to enhance your Catalog experience. Catalog Info Page Updates: * Complete redesign: The Catalog Info Page has…