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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…
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Dyslexia-friendly font: Offering more accessibility options to our users
Hi, I'm Ed Schiebel, guest blog poster and Senior Software Engineer with Instructure, where I spend my days working on Canvas. Here at Instructure we periodically have a Hackweek, where engineers get to work on features we don't have time to tinker with during the normal course of business. Sometimes hackweek ideas come…
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A Simpler, More Accessible Canvas Files Experience Is Here
We’re excited to share that a redesigned Canvas Files page became available on July 19, bringing a more intuitive, accessible, and consistent experience to file management across Canvas. Why the Change? The previous Files pages used in both course and user Files presented challenges, especially in meeting accessibility…
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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…