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Discover the Beta Version of the Redesigned Catalog Info Page
We’re excited to announce the Beta launch of our newly redesigned Catalog info page! This is your chance to explore the new features and improvements before they roll out to the production environment. Your insights will help us refine the experience. Please take a few minutes to explore the updates and share your…
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🗳️ You voted, we got to work, and course- and term-based messaging is here (with a bonus)!
Based on the Ideas and Themes voting from October 2023, you all expressed the need for course- and term-based messaging above all else. As discussed this past May 2024, we did a lot of discovery and design work around the best way to address and came up with a V1 and V2 of this functionality. V1 just launched this week and…
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Be Part of the Change: Help Us Redesign the Canvas Catalog Detailed Listing Page
At Instructure, we believe your input is essential to building the best possible experience. Right now, we’re focusing on an exciting project – redesigning the Canvas Catalog Detailed Listing Page. Since this page is a key part of how you explore and engage with content, we want to ensure it aligns with your needs and…
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The Latest on the Known Issue Related to Course Files in Item Banks
Update: 11/13/2024 Great news! The long-term fix has been deployed as of November 12. Over the next few weeks we will continue monitoring this fix to ensure everything is stable. Once we are confident in the stability, we will begin the datafix that will go back to June 2023. We'll keep this blog post updated of the…
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Discussion Checkpoints - Sneak Peek Video
Are you curious about Discussion Checkpoints? I’m here to give you a sneak peek at this highly anticipated release, coming later this year. First, let’s quickly cover what Discussion Checkpoints are and why we’re building them. Also commonly referred to as “multiple discussion due dates,” this feature allows instructors to…
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Exciting updates in H2 2024: What’s new and what’s coming for Catalog?
As I promised in my previous blog post, where I shared my thoughts on the development approach for Canvas Catalog, I’m now excited to reveal the roadmap for H2 2024. Canvas Catalog is undergoing a series of impactful changes, directly shaped by your feedback. These updates are being designed to enhance user experience,…
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DAP CLI 1.2.0 Release – Enhanced Security, Efficiency, and Error Handling
We’re excited to announce the release of DAP CLI 1.2.0, bringing several improvements to enhance your data experience: * Secure Connections: You can now securely connect to MySQL and PostgreSQL, ensuring your data transfers are encrypted. Note: To support this feature, we will be dropping Python 3.9 support in this…
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(Updated) Introducing the Content Report Feature in Commons: Empowering Users and Admins to Maintain
Update: Production release has been delayed and it is TBD at the moment - we want to make sure that this feature goes out to production in a form which is useful for our users. This feature can be tested in beta. Don't hesitate to try it out and provide feedback on it. The Canvas Commons team is committed to creating a…
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Temporary button to uncheck the Disallow Threaded Replies option in all Discussions
Update: The self service button is now available in Beta environment In a previous post, we explained the 'Disallow Threaded Replies' option was inadvertently applied to discussions that were intended to remain threaded. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the update, we are unable to identify which specific discussions…
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🌊 Deep Dive into LTI Usage 🌊
Hopefully if you’re reading this blog post, you’ve already read the previous It’s an LTI (R)Evolution post. (If not, please start there and come back to this one afterward.) In that post, we discussed what was included as part of the launch of the new LTI Usage feature set, as well as what is rolling out soon and in the…
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Instructure New and Next - September 2024
Join us for Instructure New and Next to Stay Informed on What’s New I'm excited to share an upcoming event that reflects our commitment to keeping you informed and at the forefront of our product evolution. We know how much you care about staying up to speed on product updates, so Instructure New and Next will walk you…
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Shifting Gears: How the Canvas Catalog team is evolving the development approach
In the past, Catalog development has been driven by large-scale projects—monumental efforts like the Analytics tab or User defined fields that delivered immense value to our users. These developments were carefully planned and designed to address a wide array of needs in one release, and while they brought significant…
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PowerBI Integration: Your Top Request, Now on the 2024 Catalog Roadmap!
Over the past few weeks, we asked you to vote on which integration you'd like to see next, following our Salesforce integration. After analyzing the results, nearly half of you expressed a strong preference for a PowerBI integration with Catalog. We heard you, and we’re excited to announce that this integration is…
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What is the section sync improvement and how does it work? A real-life example explained.
What is the section setting in Catalog? In Catalog, sections enable you to offer the same Canvas course across multiple terms without the need to create separate courses or listings for each term. For example, you can create one section for the spring term and another for the summer term, all within the same Canvas course…
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Upcoming AWS Upgrade and Potential Service Interruption in Canvas Credentials
Dear Canvas Credentials Community! We want to inform you about an upcoming AWS upgrade scheduled to enhance our system’s performance and security. While we are working to make these improvements as seamless as possible, there may be brief periods of service interference during the upgrade. Upgrade Schedule and Potential…