Praxis AI: AI-Powered Human-First Digital Twins in Canvas
Introduction
We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new partnership course, Praxis AI: AI-Powered Human-First Digital Twins in Canvas, available in the On-Demand Training Portal on June 8, 2026. This exciting new offering is designed to help you leverage the power of human-first AI to enhance both the student and instructor experience.
In collaboration with Instructure, Praxis AI has created an engaging Partnership Training Course that can be accessed from the On-Demand Training Portal. Institutions with Free, Essential, Standard, or Premium access to the On-Demand Training Portal will have access to this course (learn more about available subscription levels). For information on accessing a partnership course in the portal, please see the Partner Project blog post.
Meet Praxis AI and Pria
Praxis AI is a human-first AI company dedicated to amplifying human expertise through Digital Twin technology. Their mission is rooted in the belief that every student deserves personalized, 24/7 mentorship in 100+ languages, and every educator should be free to focus on transformational teaching moments rather than repetitive questions.
Their platform creates AI-powered Human-First Digital Twins of professors and institutional experts that integrate natively into Canvas. The Digital Twin that you will interact with in this course is Clarkey, the Digital Twin of Praxis AI's CEO, David Clarke. He knows everything about Human-First Digital Twins and Praxis AI, so have a conversation with Clarkey to learn more! Digital Twins integrate seamlessly with Canvas via LTI 1.3 and custom theme integration.
Notable Features of Pria by Praxis AI:
- Zero-friction Canvas integration: Automatically syncs all course content, such as assignments, discussions, files, and announcements, without manual uploads.
- AI-powered Digital Twins: Each course receives a personalized AI assistant trained on the professor's specific curriculum, teaching style, and pedagogical approach.
- Sub-2-second response times: Powered by “concentric circles of intelligence” architecture combining pre-trained course knowledge with real-time data enrichment - including state-of-the art Knowledge Graphs.
- Agentic Assistants: Each digital twin comprises an agentic department of Assistants, from real-time health checks to grading support and conversational assessments for socratic learning.
- 24/7 multilingual support: Available in over 100 languages with cultural intelligence for more than 90 nationalities.
- Faculty analytics dashboard: Provides one-click access within Canvas to insights on student query patterns, engagement metrics, and knowledge gaps. This level of transparency provides valuable visibility into how AI is being used by students.
- IP Vault protection: Patented secure architecture that protects institutional intellectual property while enabling advanced AI capabilities.
- 70% student engagement rate: compared to 14% with generic AI chatbots.
What Can Learners Expect From the Course?
This training is designed to familiarize you with Praxis AI's Digital Twins and how they integrate with Canvas.
You will learn how to:
- Get up and running fast: Learn how to get started using Digital Twins within your Canvas courses, including file uploading and configuration.
- Build your Digital Twin: Understand how to personalize your AI assistant's knowledge base, teaching style, and response behavior using natural language instructions.
- Master faculty analytics: Navigate the history dashboard to monitor student queries, identify knowledge gaps, and use AI-suggested interventions to proactively support at-risk students.
- Ensure academic integrity: Learn how Digital Twins utilize citation verification, hallucination prevention, and source attribution features to maintain academic rigor while enhancing learning.
- Scale your expertise: Discover how to deploy Digital Twins at the course, module, and account level so that your best teaching reaches every student, every time.
Even if you are currently using Digital Twins, the course provides advanced workflows that go deeper than standard help guides, covering pedagogy-driven configuration and advanced analytics interpretation. You will see real-world use cases from peer institutions, showing how faculty are using Digital Twins to save over 100 hours per semester and reduce administrative tasks by 60%.
Conclusion
We are excited about the possibilities this partnership brings to enhance personalized learning and streamline instruction in Canvas. We encourage you to explore Praxis AI: AI-Powered Human-First Digital Twins in Canvas and discover how human-first AI can transform your classroom.
If you have already started using Pria or take the course, please share your thoughts and ideas in the comments below! We would love to hear about your experience.
