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Meet Tamas: Our New Discussions Product Manager
Hello Community Members, I’m Tamas Balogh, the new Product Manager for Discussions. Some of you might remember me from when I was the Technical Product Manager for New Quizzes. I left Instructure in March, but I'm excited to announce that I’m back! This time, I'll be overseeing Discussions, Announcements, Inbox, and…
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New Quizzes End of Quarter Update for Q2 2024
For reference: Link to New Quizzes End of Quarter Update Q1 - 2023 New Quizzes News In the past quarter, we've been hard at work bringing valuable updates to New Quizzes that enhance its functonality and usability. One of the key updates is the ability to export New Quizzes as Common Cartridge files. Additionally, we've…
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The Mastery View Predictive Assessment Multi-State Validity Report
The Mastery View Predictive Assessments (MVPA) are rigorous benchmarks that measure students’ academic progress and predict summative outcomes. For districts to effectively use these assessments to make instructional decisions, they must align with state summative assessments and accurately predict students’ scores.…
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Updates to the Assign To Interface
Tl;dr: We heard your feedback—the extra step to set due dates is too much. Within the next month, the edit pages for assignments, quizzes, and discussions will revert to their previous design, while preserving the new features for selective module release and quick due date edits from the index pages. Many of you have been…
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Everything You Need to Know About Our LTI Optimizations: Updates, Releases, and Efficiencies
Instructure is committed to enhancing the management and use of LTI (Learning Tool Interoperability) apps within Canvas to be as efficient and impactful as possible. We are also dedicated to providing our partners with outstanding integrated experiences in several ways. Keep reading to learn about our newest LTI releases,…
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Exciting Opportunity: Join the Beta Testing for Catalog’s New Salesforce Integration!
Dear Community, I am thrilled to announce a brand-new feature coming to Catalog at Instructure: Salesforce Integration! This integration aims to streamline your workflows, enhance data synchronization, and provide a seamless experience between Catalog and Salesforce. Why Join the Beta Testing? * Exclusive First Look: Be…
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Exciting Updates and Upcoming Events for DAP CLI Users
We've made important updates to our DAP CLI documentation, including new resource links, detailed explanations on queries, and guidance on datasets and namespaces. Coming soon, the DAP CLI will support secure connections to MySQL and PostgreSQL, better error handling for parquet files, and optimized memory usage. Join us…
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Mastery Connect’s new & accessible Mastery Level color palette
Within Mastery Connect and at Instructure, we're passionate about creating accessible products for all users. This aligns with the growing legal landscape, as accessibility compliance is becoming increasingly required by the US Department of Justice and Department of Education, as well as legislation and legal frameworks…
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Enhancing User Experience: Feedback on Canvas Catalog Category Menu Redesign
We're excited to invite you to participate in a special survey that will help us improve the Canvas Catalog Category menu. As a valued user, your insights are crucial to us. We understand that the current version of the Category menu has not met your expectations, and we've been working diligently to create more…
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For Tool Providers: LTI 1.1 to LTI 1.3 Migration Best Practices
At InstructureCon we heard from several of you that migrating from LTI 1.1 to 1.3 has been a challenge. We wanted to ease this as much as possible for both tool developers as well as users of their tools, so we have created this best practices guide. This post does not represent any changes to Canvas services (though we…
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New Feature: Default Placeholder Thumbnails for Commons Content
Dear Commons Community, We are excited to announce a small but fantastic new feature in Canvas Commons that will make sharing content easier and more efficient: default placeholder thumbnail images! This update is designed to simplify the process of selecting and sharing content on Commons by removing the previously…
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Product updates shared at InstructureCon 2024
We just wrapped our 14th InstructureCon last week in Las Vegas! Our team gathered with nearly 3,000 customers and partners from across the globe for over 260 inspiring sessions. The temperature outside soared to over 115 degrees, but inside, the atmosphere was even hotter with enthusiasm. We’ll publish more of the content…
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Say Hello to Máté: Our New Catalog Product Manager
Hello there 👋 My name is Máté, the brand new Product Manager of Catalog. After dedicating the past 9 years to the IT side of the hospitality industry, I’ve decided to embark on an exciting new journey. My passion for creating products that people love has led me to join Instructure as the Product Manager of Catalog as of…
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Update on your Portfolium Outcomes Assessment Grade Exchange LTI experience
At Instructure, we are dedicated to keeping our tools secure and compliant with the latest web standards and policies. In line with these efforts, we are making an important update to the Portfolium Outcomes Assessment Grade Exchange LTI. In early 2024, Google began phasing out third-party cookies globally. This change…
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Shaping the Future of Learning: Insights from our Pre-Conference Discovery Session
As we ascended on Las Vegas, Nevada for InstructureCon 2024, the excitement in the air was palpable. This year’s event truly was a melting pot (literally, with a 118* F average temperature this week) of innovation, collaboration, and discovery. Ahead of the official start of the conference, the Canvas LMS product and…