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Exporting New Quizzes as a Common Cartridge
Exporting New Quizzes Using Common Cartridge was released to Beta on May 10, 2024 (see release notes). We are looking to release to production environments on June 15, 2024. Workflow to export New Quizzes in a Common Cartridge package To export a Canvas Course, click on Export Course Content from the Settings in Course…
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Sub-account Item Bank Sharing and Outcomes Alignment
The new Item Banks Sub-Account feature allows users to view and share item banks relevant to their current sub-account. This functionality makes lookup more convenient, by limiting the item banks listed to the current subaccount. What happens to item banks when they are shared to sub-accounts? Item banks shared at the…
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Important: Security update within Catalog; action required!
UPDATE II. (June 27th, 2024) Based on the consultations with our Security Team we will keep supporting TLS 1.2 strong ciphers, but we advise to migrate to TLS 1.3 and let your users know about it so they can still access your sites. UPDATE I. (May 8th, 2024) This came out of a recent penetration test from our Security…
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Studio Navigation Update & Picture-in-Picture Support
The New Navigation Experience Unifying the product experience and user interfaces in Canvas has been ongoing for a while now and will slowly be adopted by all Instructure products. Studio is no exception, it is going to benefit a lot from this update in the long term and we are happy to share that it will receive the new…
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Driving Efficiency and Enabling Deeper Insights with AI in Instructure Products
The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education is no longer a distant prospect – it's our present reality. At Instructure, we believe that this technology offers immense potential to revolutionize teaching and learning when it is implemented with thoughtful care and understanding. When used safely, generative AI has…
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New Quizzes End of Quarter Update for Q1 2024
For reference: Link to New Quizzes End of Quarter Update Q4 - 2023 New Quizzes News While the last quarter has allowed us to finish up the Item Analysis work including the CSV download, we’ve also been hard at work on two big features that don’t have a lot of flashy customer-facing changes, both of them bring value by…
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Enhancing User Defined Fields: A Closer Look at Recent Improvements in Canvas Catalog
At our core, we thrive on user feedback. It's the main source of our development process, guiding us toward crafting solutions that truly resonate with our Community. Recently, fueled by insights garnered from discovery calls and the exchange of ideas within our Community, we embarked on a journey to enhance our User…
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Mastering Offline Functionality
Mastering Offline Functionality: Overcoming Connectivity Challenges in Mobile Apps Hi Canvas Mobile Community, Let me share with you what we just recently was working on and what we have considered. In today's world, maintaining constant connectivity isn't assured always. For mo bile applications offering offline…
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Continuing the Canvas Credentials Legacy LTI 1.1 Upgrade Journey
Dear Canvas Credentials Community, We're here with an important update as we progress on our journey towards enhanced credentialing experiences. Building upon our previous communication, we want to reiterate the importance of the ongoing transition from legacy Canvas Credentials LTI 1.1 to its upgraded version. Reiterating…
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Canvas Rubric Redesign: Progress, Challenges, and Next Steps
We know you have all been waiting in anticipation for the all new rubric redesign. First and foremost, we want to express our gratitude to each and every one of you who has shared your thoughts, suggestions, and feedback with us. We're here to share an update on our progress and some adjustments to our timeline. A Complex…
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Provide Feedback on the New Sample College Prep Item Bank!
We're excited to invite you to a limited opportunity to explore our new Sample College Prep Item Bank. Help us fine-tune assessment content that's aligned with ACT reporting categories and designed to boost your students' college readiness. We Value Your Feedback! Your insights are crucial to our process and will help us…
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Welcoming Feedback: Commons is Back in Action!
Dear Educators, We're thrilled to announce that Commons is back and ready to serve you better than ever before! After a period of maintenance mode since 2020, we're gearing up to revamp and improve our platform to provide you with an even more seamless and enriching experience. For those who may be new to Commons, welcome!…
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Studio Automatically Captions Any Uploaded Media From Today!
While not explicitly outlined in our public roadmap, today we implemented a significant accessibility enhancement for Studio. There are a few nuances that I wanted to touch upon here, so that you understand exactly what this automation means for you. Effective immediately, there's no longer a need to manually specify the…
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Releasing Modules to Students and Sections
As you’ve seen in previous blog posts, we’re working on being more transparent about what’s happening behind the scenes as we work to deliver value to you. I’m excited to share an update with where we are on a Q2 roadmap item you all are looking forward to –– the ability to release modules to individuals and sections.…
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Measure Mastery with any Canvas Assignment
Hello! I am Cason Snow, a Product Manager with the Mastery Connect team! We are always looking for ways to make things easier for teachers. I spend my time researching ways to improve the delivery of assessments to students, making it simple for them to demonstrate their learning, and for teachers to interpret the results.…