Instructure Community Weekly Highlights (June 16-22, 2026)

Heather Ahern

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 Spotlights

• The InstructureCon 2026 Unconference: Where the Best Conversations Keep Going!
• Get a Head Start at InstructureCon 2026: Pre-Conference Workshops are Here!
• Six Ways to Grow with the Instructure Community

Community Content

Artificial Intelligence in Education ; AI in Education Blog

• Empowering the Modern Educator: AI in the Classroom
• Prompting is a skill. Here's how educators are building it.

Community

• 2026-06-17 Community Release; Community Blog

InstructureCon 2026 Sessions

• Beyond Proficiency: How Districts Are Using Growth and Readiness Data to Intervene Earlier
• Presenting in Louisville? Write a Session Blog!

Upcoming Instructure Live Events

• Book Club: Meet Every Learner's Needs - Discussion - Tue, June 23, 2026, 12:00 PM MT
• Canvas Klatch with Dianna - Thurs, June 25, 2026, 5:00 PM MT
• EduCast3000 — Good Will Tutoring: Why the Best AI Behaves Like a Great Human Tutor - Tue, June 30, 2026, 12:00 PM MT
• Prompt Party: Real Prompts. Real Workflows. Live. - Tue, June 30, 2026, 8:00 PM MT
• Prepare for Education in the Making - Wed, July 1, 2026, 10:00 AM MT
• Canvas Klatch with Greg - Thurs, July 2, 2026, 3:00 PM MT

Product Content

Product Blog

The Product Blog newest posts:

• Query across your full consortium with IgniteAI Ask Your Data
• Mandatory MFA for admins coming to all Instructure products
• Enhanced Learning Mastery Gradebook for Canvas | Q3 2026 | Feature Overview
• Help us shape the future of Canvas Beta and Test!
• IgniteAI Ask Your Data now reads LTI launches and mobile logs
• Clearer Insights, Actionable Progress: Learning Mastery Gradebook Enhancements
• Catalog data is coming to the upgraded DAP Query API / CD2 API
• Performance and Usability Upgrades for SpeedGrader will be the default experience starting July 18, 2026
• Peer Review, Redesigned: Smarter Allocation, Clearer Deadlines, and Meaningful Grading

 Other Blogs

Canvas LMS Blog newest posts:

• Prompt Party #5: Try It From the Student's Seat

Impact Blog newest posts:

• 10 Impact Walkthroughs and Campaigns, Rebuilt as Canvas Shared Layouts

Parchment Administrator Blog newest posts:

• Multi-factor authentication (MFA) enforcement for all Parchment accounts

 

Instructure Roadmap

Check out the Instructure Roadmap for upcoming updates.

 

Feature Updates

Canvas

Change Log

2026-06-30 See Canvas API and CLI Changes

Release Notes

Canvas Release Notes (2026-07-18)
 

Deploy Notes

Canvas Deploy Notes (2026-07-01)

 

Catalog 

Updated Catalog Release Notes (2025-09-01)

IgniteAI Agent

IgniteAI Agent Release Notes (2026-06-18)

Impact 

Impact Release Notes (2026-06-12)