Instructure Community Weekly Highlights (September 16-22, 2025)

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Welcome to the Instructure Community Weekly Highlights blog! Every Monday, we will update you with all the goings-on in the Instructure world from the previous week: community updates, product updates, new blogs to read, and everything else you'll need to know will be here!

Community Content

Featured Content

• Security Incident Update

Artificial Intelligence in Education

• 5 Questions Every Teacher Should Ask Before Using GenAI
• Assessing with Intention: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at IgniteAI Item Authoring Assistance

EdTEch Collective News

• July 2025 Newsletter
• September 2025 Newsletter
• Simplifying Digital Learning with Seamless Canvas Integration
• AI-Assisted Grading at Scale - Enabled by Canvas LMS
• Accessibility Takes a Village: How Cidi Labs Tools Help Everyone Play a Part
• How Interactive Video in Canvas Delivers Engagement and ROI
• Scaling Active Learning with Canvas and Top Hat: Indiana University’s Story

InstructureCon2025

• Spokane Mixtapes: Replay the Best of InstructureCon25!

K-12 Users

• Three Pillars of Family Engagement in K-12: Strategies with Canvas LMS

Upcoming Instructure Live Events

• LearnPlatform User Group - Steal My Workflow - Tue, Sep 23, 2025 10:00 AM MDT
• This session is a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable insights, troubleshoot challenges, and collaborate with peers to build more efficient and effective edtech management strategies.
• Canvas Klatch with Dianna - Wed, Sep 24, 2025 05:00 PM MDT
• Whether you’re new to Canvas or looking to expand your skills, each Klatch session offers a welcoming space to share ideas, ask questions, and learn from one another.
• Canvas Klatch with Greg - Fri, Sep 26, 2025 12:00 PM MDT
• Whether you’re new to Canvas or looking to expand your skills, each Klatch session offers a welcoming space to share ideas, ask questions, and learn from one another.
• Beyond the Canvas: Jen Walsh - Mon, Sep 29, 2025 04:00 PM MDT
• Beyond the Canvas features honest, down-to-earth conversations with educators and changemakers in the education space. Each episode offers fresh ideas, real stories, and practical strategies to use at your own institution.
• AI in Education: Striking the Right Balance - Wed, Oct 01, 2025 09:00 AM MDT
• As AI becomes a powerful force in education, schools face a key challenge: how to empower students to use this technology responsibly while protecting academic integrity. Join Copyleaks and Instructure for a thought-provoking session that explores how educators can navigate this new landscape. We’ll go beyond simply monitoring for compliance and discuss how to guide students toward ethical, effective AI use in the classroom.

Product Content

Feature User Groups

Assignment Enhancements User Group

• Help Us Decide: Visual Options for the Canvas Assignment Page

Canvas Career

• New Additions to the Data & Insights Dashboard Out Now!

Differentiation Tags

• Upcoming Change for Differentiation Tags

Enhanced Rubrics User Group

• Enhanced Rubrics Phase 3 Is Nearly Complete! 

Product Preview User Groups

Canvas Career

• New Additions to the Data & Insights Dashboard Out Now!

Product Blog

The Product Blog newest posts:

• Introducing Course-Restricted Messaging in Impact!
• Shorter, Smarter, Stronger: Updates to the Mastery College Prep Assessment Match the New ACT
• Help Us Decide: Visual Options for the Canvas Assignment Page

 Other Blogs

Canvas LMS Blog newest posts:

• Beyond the Launch: Why Your Instructure Platform Needs a Strategic Training Plan for Every User

Intelligent Insights Blog newest posts:

• Driving AI-powered, human-led support at scale

 

Instructure Roadmap

Check out the Instructure Roadmap for upcoming updates.

 

Feature Updates

Canvas 

Release Notes

Canvas Release Notes (2025-10-18)

Impact 

Impact Release Notes (2025-09-16)