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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…
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Canvas Catalog listings header changes coming January 6th
We’re introducing two key changes to Canvas Catalog headers that will improve accessibility and enhance the structure of your Catalog. These changes may affect any custom JS/CSS code you’ve applied, so please review the details carefully to prepare for this update. What’s changing? New H1 title on the Homepage: A new H1…
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Block Editor Open Beta Announcement
We're excited to announce the new Block Editor will be going live to open beta on December 16th. This new feature is a simplified content creation tool that allows educators to build high quality Canvas pages without needing to leverage HTML. This initial release, though still under active development, will be available in…
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🎬 Discover The New Studio Library Experience! (+Video)
We are happy to announce a fresh new look for your Studio Media Library, launching January 6th, 2025. This release will be packed with improvements and new tools to make managing your videos easier than ever, and it will prepare us to accelerate some of the upcoming enhancements we are working on: The ability to archive…
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Improved mobile support for New Quizzes
Quizzes are a cornerstone of effective learning, providing valuable opportunities for knowledge assessment and skill-building. We’ve heard your feedback and are committed to making quizzes easier and more intuitive to access. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce Improved Support for New Quizzes in our Canvas Mobile apps.…
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Introducing the Canvas Catalog and Credentials Integration: Elevating Learner Engagement and Institu
We’re excited to unveil a game-changing enhancement in the Canvas product ecosystem: the integration of Canvas Catalog with Canvas Credentials, bringing Badges and Pathways to the forefront of the learning experience! Imagine a Catalog that doesn’t just showcase course offerings but also the tangible rewards—like…
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Small Updates, Big Impact: New Quizzes Delighters for Q4 2024
Hello, New Quizzes users! We're excited to share some recent improvements, inspired directly by you - our Canvas users! Many of these new features are ready to enjoy now, while some are planned for early 2025. Today's highlights focus on "delighters" — small-but-mighty features that make building, managing, and taking New…
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Learn how Institutions use LLM to improve Teaching & Learning
✏️This is a guest post written by Brittany Ward, Product Manager of Doowii Inc - partner on delivering Ask Your Data of Intelligent Insights. How are Institutions using AI enabled natural language to Improve Student Outcomes? As part of Intelligent Insights, Ask Your Data simplifies data exploration and analysis within…