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Navigating Together: Canvas Credentials Unveils Unified Experience
Hello Canvas Credentials Community! In the dynamic world of educational technology, ensuring a seamless and unified experience across platforms is essential. At Instructure, we understand the significance of harmonising our products under a cohesive design language to elevate user experience. That's why we're thrilled to…
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Data Access Platform CLI & Client Library is now GA
I am very pleased to announce the general availability of our Data Access Platform (DAP) CLI and Client Library version 1.0.0. The GA release (1.0.0) represents a major rewrite of the previous beta version (0.3.18) and provides: Numerous bug-fixes - thanks to everyone who provided continued feedback Improved robustness…
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New in - Catalog Storefront Theme Editor is out on Beta!
Dear Catalog users, I’m happy to announce that the first iteration of the long awaited in-house customization feature for Catalog has been released to beta yesterday. With the Catalog Storefront Theme Editor admins are now able to customize/brand their Catalog storefront without using custom JS/CSS code. We also expanded…
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Updating jQuery in Canvas
In 2017, Instructure announced that Canvas would be moving away from jQuery. As such, our implementation of jQuery has been stagnant since then. We’ve been moving away a page at a time as we implement our new Instructure UI (instructure.design). Due to security concerns with the legacy version of jQuery implemented in…
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Further Personalize Communication via Impact with the *New* Personalized Link Feature!
Today, we released a new feature inside of Impact that you all have been requesting… the ability to push out personalized links for surveys, etc. to your users via Impact messages! This new feature was released now to meet the seasonal needs of common annual surveys, such as the NSSE Survey, but can be used for many…
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Catalog Analytics Charts Are Back!
Dear Community Members, A year ago when the new Catalog Analytics launched, we removed the chart, which was a part of Catalog's reports page. That page became redundant as it got merged to the new Analytics, however, based on our initial discovery, it didn't seem to have much value for the most of you. Well, it seems like…
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[LearnPlatform Release] Community Library Updates to Support EdTech Discovery, Evaluation, and Imple
It’s our goal to maintain the LearnPlatform Community Library as a comprehensive source-of-truth to help K-12 administrators and educators identify evidence-based tools that will drive positive outcomes in your unique settings. Living up to this expectation requires some regular maintenance, and in the spirit of New Year's…
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Studio Capture is released: Try Our New Lightweight Screen Recorder!
If this is the first time you hear about this then I suggest you head to my September post on Announcing a New Screen Recorder in Studio for a deeper understanding on why we committed ourselves to our own screen capture solution besides Screencast-O-Matic. Furthermore, there is an important detail to take note of: Studio…
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Quarterly Update from New Quizzes - Q4 2023
For reference: Link to New Quizzes End of Quarter Update Q3 - 2023 New Quizzes - a look back on 2023 2023 was an incredible year for moving the functionality forward, most notably the following releases that got us over some major milestones and feature requests: Grade by Question Outcomes Analysis Report Download API for…
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Data Access Platform Query API - Resizing Logic
Hello Canvas Data consumers! The Data & Insights team is continuing to look at how we can improve the experience when using the Data Access Platform (DAP) Query API directly and we'd like to get your input. Today when you query the DAP API there is a post-processing step in the querying layer which kicks in if the result…
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Export Organization Badge List: A Snapshot of Your Badge Ecosystem
Hello Canvas Credentials Administrators! We're excited to introduce a powerful new feature that will take your badge management to the next level. Say hello to the "Export Organization Badge List" feature, a tool designed to provide you with a comprehensive list of all badge classes within your organization, including key…
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Newly Redesigned LTI Tools Page
I am pleased to announce that the LTI Tools page is now redesigned! While the LTI Tools page is not fully finished, this updated design allows you to: quickly and easily view and understand all LTI launch data map/group LTI placements and their launches in a meaningful way both individually and in bulk to improve the…
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Reintroducing Badge Deletion in Canvas Credentials
Hello Canvas Credentials Community! We're thrilled to share a new enhancement that puts the power of efficient badge management directly into your hands. Without further ado, let's dive into the details of our latest feature – the much-requested "Delete Option" for badge classes. Background: In response to your valuable…
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Our Themes for 1H’2024
We are excited to share the Prioritized Themes that Instructure’s Product and Engineering team will be digging into in the first half of 2024. Without further ado, here are our themes: * Automate and Streamline Group Membership* This theme was selected because it is strongly aligned with our desire to support large courses…
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Enhancements and CSV Support for New Quizzes Item Analysis
In September, we introduced the new Quiz and Item Analysis report, focusing on improving its speed. I am delighted to announce that the 24-hour report generation time has now been reduced to an average of under a minute. While the report has seen significant improvement, we acknowledge that some key features are still…