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Mastery Connect Back to School - Save Time While Ensuring High-Quality Assessments with the Power of
This blog post is part of the Mastery Connect back to school series, where we highlight the feature enhancements and updates to prepare you to maximize your upcoming school year. Other blogs in this series include: Mastery Connect Back to School - Consistent Standards Alignment from Day 1, At Scale! Mastery Connect Back to…
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Mastery Connect Back to School - Streamline Assessment Content Management
This blog post is part of the Mastery Connect back to school series, where we highlight the feature enhancements and updates to prepare you to maximize your upcoming school year. Other blogs in this series include: Mastery Connect Back to School - Consistent Standards Alignment from Day 1, At Scale! Also check out our Back…
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Strengthening the Foundation for Mastery View Predictive Assessment Reporting
We’re enhancing the scaling, scoring, and reporting model for Mastery Predictive Assessments to strengthen our alignment with the latest research-based practices and further lay the groundwork for even more powerful reporting capabilities in the future. This school year’s updates will feel seamless for educators who have…
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Canvas Catalog Now Fully WCAG 2.2 AA Accessible
Canvas Catalog has reached full compliance with WCAG 2.2 at Level AA, the highest accessibility standard available. It is a direct response to the need for equal access in education and a critical step toward more inclusive learning environments. This update comes as part of Instructure’s commitment to building more…
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Mastery Connect Back to School - Consistent Standards Alignment from Day 1, At Scale!
This blog post is part of the Mastery Connect back to school series, where we highlight the feature enhancements and updates to prepare you to maximize your upcoming school year. Also check out our Back to School Tips & Tricks: Teachers: Tips for a Successful School Year Start Assessments and Trackers: Tips for a…
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A Smoother Way to Connect Canvas Credentials (soon to be Parchment Digital Badges) with LTI 1.3 Dyna
Dear Canvas Credentials Community, We're always looking for ways to reduce setup friction and make your experience managing integrations as smooth as possible. That's why we're introducing a simpler, faster, and more reliable way to connect Canvas Credentials (soon to be Parchment Digital Badges) to Canvas LMS: Dynamic…
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Unlock Student Engagement with the New Catalog x Impact Integration
At Instructure, we understand that student success starts with engagement. That is why we are introducing the new integration between Canvas Catalog and Impact. This update gives institutions the ability to track real-time student activity and send helpful messages at key moments throughout the learning journey. The…
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Canvas Studio Will Soon Offer a Secure, Distraction Free YouTube Experience for Educators and Studen
What’s changing? At Instructure, we believe educational technology should amplify teaching, not add complexity. That is why we are excited to announce a new integration between Canvas Studio and YouTube’s Player for Education. This offers educators a unique, distraction free, education focused video experience built for…
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Master the Back to School Rush: 3 Tips for Managing Media in Studio as an Admin
First and foremost, I’m truly grateful to have met so many of you at my first InstructureCon. It was an incredible experience! I loved all the chats, from hack night to hallway conversations, and came back with a long list of ideas I’m still sorting through... Now, let’s dive into something a bit stressful, but also super…
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Empowering Educators: Key Takeaways from the Canvas LMS Customer Discovery Session at InstructureCon
Last week approximately 2,000 Canvas LMS users traveled to beautiful Spokane, WA for our annual InstructureCon event. During the week, we were granted an opportunity to sit down with several of our K12 and Higher Education users for a Customer Discovery Session (CDS). The CDS was split into two aligned but distinct tracks:…
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The First Step Toward Smarter Engagement in Canvas Catalog
Keep Students on Track with the New Deadline Nudging Feature in Canvas Catalog Managing online courses often comes with a familiar struggle: students missing deadlines and administrators spending hours sending out reminders. With Canvas Catalog's new Deadline Nudging feature, that changes. This update introduces smart,…
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Prompt Spotlight Series: Decaying Averages and Deeper Outcome Insights
Welcome back to the Prompt Spotlight Series, where we highlight real prompts from Ask Your Data users -- ones that stand out for being especially creative, useful, or just plain interesting. These prompts often tackle complex questions or open up new ways of looking at Canvas data. We’re sharing them to spark ideas,…
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Product announcements from InstructureCon 2025
At Instructure, we believe the best learning experiences are built for a lifetime, and that both learners and creators of learning deserve tools that help them thrive at every step. That belief was front and center at InstructureCon 2025 in Spokane, where thousands of educators, technologists, and innovators came together…
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Ask Your Data Now Includes Weblogs
We’re excited to share that Ask Your Data just got even more powerful — you can now query, analyze, and surface insights from weblogs directly within the product! Your Canvas Usage, Unlocked If you’ve ever wanted quick, accessible insights into how your Canvas instance is being used – without digging through mountains of…
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New in Intelligent Insights: Students in Need of Attention at the Course Level
Identifying and reaching out to students who might be struggling, especially in large classes, can be a time-consuming and often reactive process for teachers. We're thrilled to announce a powerful new enhancement within Intelligent Insights designed to directly address this challenge: Students in Need of Attention at the…