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Forms and Workflows - New features that drive efficiencies in your vetting process
We're excited to announce major enhancements to LearnPlatform, designed to streamline your product vetting processes, improve data collection, and make your administrative tasks significantly easier. These updates focus on forms and workflows! Let's start first with a few improvements to forms. Streamlining Data Collection…
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Canvas Credentials Pathways Just Got Smarter: Introducing Manual Experiences
Dear Canvas Credentials Community! Badges have long been central to Canvas Credentials. But how do we recognize learning that doesn’t neatly fit into a digital badge? A student leads a community project. An employee presents at a conference. A learner completes a reflective essay after a semester-long leadership course.…
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Upcoming AWS Aurora Migration - Impact on Canvas Credentials
Dear Canvas Credentials Community, To maintain a secure and scalable platform, weâre upgrading the Aurora MySQL engine to newer versions (3.05, 3.06, and 3.07). This upgrade is essential for keeping our infrastructure in line with Amazonâs latest supported versions and ensuring smooth operation for the future. Whatâs…
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Spotlighting Our Canvas Certified Integration Program– And Our First Certified Partners
In today’s crowded edtech landscape, integration quality matters. Educators and administrators are under pressure to deliver seamless digital learning experiences without compromising on usability, data privacy, or security. That’s why we’re proud to spotlight our Canvas Certified Integration Program: Our initiative that…
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Prompt Spotlight Series: Finding Users by Role and Module Context
Welcome to the first edition of the Prompt Spotlight Series, where we feature prompts by real Ask Your Data users – prompts we think are worth exploring. These questions have caught our attention for a variety of reasons: they’re frequently asked, especially timely, or offer a fresh way to look at Canvas data. We share…
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Key Takeaways from the K-12 Assessment Customer Discovery Session in San Antonio
Mastery Connect + Canvas Quizzes Last week, we hosted a K-12 Assessment Product Discovery Session (CDS) in San Antonio, bringing together curriculum and assessment leaders from districts across the country. This in-person event provided a valuable opportunity for participants to engage directly with our product, research,…
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The Future of Instructure Technology with Global Identity Service
As we approach InstructureCon 2025, I am reflecting upon the progress we’ve made since last year when we promised to modernize the Instructure platform to ensure that we can innovate faster and deliver the capabilities you need to keep pace with the changing landscape of education. The pace of change in the education…
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Educator Voices in Action: Insights from Our Budapest Customer Discovery Session
We recently had the privilege of hosting a group of inspiring educators from across Europe and Africa for a Customer Discovery Session in our Budapest office. This day of collaboration and conversation gave us rich insights into the everyday experiences of teachers using Canvas, and revealed exciting opportunities for us…
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Unlocking Exclusive Campaign Potential with One-Time-Use Promo Codes in Catalog
We’re excited to announce a new capability in Canvas Catalog that brings greater control and flexibility to your promotional campaigns. With this update, Catalog admins can now create true one-time-use promotional codes, enabling secure, targeted, and high-impact outreach without the risk or manual overhead. Why This…
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Supporting Global Assessments: Enhanced Flexibility in Numeric Formatting
As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the learning experience in Canvas for users worldwide, we’re excited to announce a new feature on New Quizzes, available as of July 2nd, that addresses regional conventions for thousand and decimal separators. This update addresses a critical need for flexibility in how decimal…
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Announcing DAP CLI 2.0 – New Features, Better Usability, and a New Foundation
Weâre excited to release the data access platform (DAP) command line interface (CLI) referred to as DAP CLI 2.0. For developers and data engineers that access data from Canvas Data, this is a major version update that introduces new functionality, improves usability, and lays the groundwork for better support and…
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Say “Hello” to the Redesigned Impact Inline Editor!
At Instructure, we’re committed to ensuring that every tool we offer empowers users to work more efficiently, intuitively, and inclusively. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce the Redesigned Impact Inline Editor, built from the ground up to enhance usability and accessibility for Impact Admins. The Problem We Set Out to…
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Impact Achieves Fully Conformant VPAT!
At Instructure, accessibility isn’t just a feature, it’s a foundation. We are proud to announce that Impact has officially received its fully compliant VPAT, marking a significant milestone in our commitment to making digital learning environments accessible for all. What Is a VPAT and Why It Matters A VPAT (Voluntary…
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New in Intelligent Insights: Add Powerful Context with Dynamic Messages
Communicating with the right people at the right time is crucial. But sending messages in bulk often means sacrificing the personal touch and specific context that drive action. Generic messages can be easily overlooked, and personalizing each one individually is a time-consuming, manual process. We're excited to announce…
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Intelligent Insights: Bringing Clarity to Education Data
Great decisions start with clear insights. Thatâs why we built Intelligent Insights â a product designed to help you navigate your education data with confidence, whether youâre on the front lines of teaching and learning, behind the scenes supporting the infrastructure or driving strategy across your entire…