Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to display in beta and/or production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes.
Unless otherwise stated, all features in this release are available in the Beta environment on 2025-06-11 and the Production environment on 2025-06-16.
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Updated Features
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Badges
Refined Badge Creation and Editing Experience
Issuer
Location to Enable Feature | Issuer Badge Management |
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Permissions | Issuer Owner, Issuer Editor |
Affects User Interface | Yes |
Affected Areas | Badge Creation, Badge Edit flows |
Related Ideas | None |
Summary
The badge creation and editing experience in Canvas Credentials is updated to include clearer field organization, helpful text in more intuitive places, improved modal behavior, easier certificate template selection, and a more consistent look and feel across the interface.
Note: These updates do not affect badge awarding logic or metadata requirements—they simply improve consistency and reduce friction in the creation process.
Change Benefit
This update simplifies badge creation and editing with clearer helper text placement, easier template selection, smoother image uploads, and quicker skill tagging. It also brings the interface in line with other Instructure products.
Feature Workflow
Create Badge Page
When editing or creating a badge, the Basic info section is renamed Badge essentials [1]. Achievement types, Skills, Tags and Expiration are grouped in sections [2]. Descriptions display in each section [3] and Section fields display text with Markdown formatting [4].
Badge Certificates
In the Print Certificates tab, template sections display in collapsible sections [1] with template previews [2] and checkbox selection [3] Canceling an image upload returns users to the badge workflow instead of exiting the process. Tab-level error counters are removed for a cleaner, less cluttered interface.
Tags
Tags can be added using comma-separated entry, allowing multiple tags to be entered at once.
Demonstrated Skills
In the Skills section, selected skills are displayed as tags.
Add Skill Tray
When adding a new Flexible Skill or Standard Alignment, a tray displays.
Skills
Descriptions in Skills Tray
All Users
Location to Enable Feature | None |
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Permissions | Inherent to user role |
Affects User Interface | Yes |
Affected Areas | Skills Tray |
Related Ideas | None |
Summary
The badge viewing experience is improved with skill descriptions displayed in the detail tray. When a skill chip is clicked, learners, issuers, and external viewers see a tray with added context about the selected skill.
Note: Skill trays are only available for organisations using the default Talent Neuron Skill Taxonomy.
Change Benefit
This update adds skill descriptions to the badge detail tray, helping issuers confidently select relevant skills, reducing ambiguity, and providing viewers with clearer context. By explaining each skill's meaning and relevance, the update also increases the perceived value and transparency of badges.
Feature Workflow
When reviewing a badge or when viewing a published badge, when users select a skill chip, the skill’s description displays in a tray.
Additional Details
This update applies to both issuer and viewer experiences, making it easier to understand the meaning behind skills attached to a badge.
Other Updates
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Security
TLS 1.3-Only Support
All Users
Location to Enable Feature | None |
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Permissions | Inherent to user |
Affects User Interface | No |
Affected Areas | - Platform Authentication
- Secure API Access
- HTTPS Connections
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Related Ideas | None |
Summary
Support for TLS 1.2 is removed, and all platform connections use TLS 1.3. To support a smooth transition and maintain secure access, here are a few important details about the change:
- This change is applied automatically and requires no action from users.
- Connections will automatically upgrade to TLS 1.3.
- Any attempts to connect using TLS 1.2 will no longer succeed.
- Customers should verify that their systems support TLS 1.3.
- For any compatibility issues, please contact support for assistance.
- This change aligns with industry best practices for secure data transmission.
Change Benefit
This update strengthens platform security by removing weak cipher suites in TLS 1.2, reducing the risk of vulnerabilities identified in penetration testing and ensuring compliance with modern security standards.
