Instructure Community Weekly Highlights (June 30 - July 6, 2026)

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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 Spotlights

• A Champion’s #InstructureCon2026 Packing List
• Solo But Not Alone: Meet the Other #SoloPandas
• What happens when you find your people at InstructureCon
• Prompt Party #6: Where should I spend my 30 minutes?

Community Content

Featured Content 

Artificial Intelligence in Education ; AI in Education Blog

• Creating AI-Resilient Assessments: Strategies for Your Learning Environment

InstructureCon 2026 Sessions

• From Tool Fatigue to Tech Transparency: Auditing and Managing Your District’s Digital Ecosystem
• Mastering the Schedule: How to Plan Your Perfect InstructureCon
• First Out the Gate: Fast track course design with Canvas Course Wizard
• Create Seamless Pathways to Workforce Readiness with Canvas and Parchment Digital Badges
• Teach the Course You Want: A Practical Canvas Workflow for Sustainable Course Design
• Mastery Connect for Administrators: Leveraging Assessment Data for Real Instructional Change
• Stronger & Clearer: Using Knowledge Mobility to Deepen Discussion in the Age of AI
• Engaging K-12 Learners with Interactive Video in Canvas Studio
• Ready, Set, Prompt: Work Smarter with IgniteAI in Canvas
• Gamifying Biology: Bringing Life to Life in Canvas!
• The Accessibility Sprint: Proactive Design for Every Canvas User

Upcoming Instructure Live Events (Events)

• Prepare for Education in the Making -  Mon, July 6, 2026, 4:00 PM MT
• Canvas Klatch with Greg - Wed, July 8, 2026, 11:00 AM MT
• The Workforce Pell Ready Institution: Building the Infrastructure to Enroll, Train, and Employ Adult Learners - Tue, July 14, 2026, 11:00 AM MT
• Canvas Klatch with Greg - Tue, July 14, 2026, 12:00 PM MT
• EduCast3000 — I, Agent: What Happens to Edtech When the User Isn't Human -  Wed, July 14, 2026, 12:00 PM MT
• Prompt Party: Real Prompts. Real Workflows. Live. - Tue, July 14, 2026, 8:00 PM MT
• Canvas Klatch with Dianna - Wed, July 15, 2026, 6:00 PM MT

Product Content

Product Blog

The Product Blog newest posts:

• Good news: We're extending free IgniteAI access for U.S. institutions through July 31

Other Blogs

Canvas LMS Blog newest posts:

• Enhancements for Peer Review | Q2 2026 | Feature Overview
• Prompt Party #6: Where should I spend my 30 minutes?

Instructure Roadmap

Check out the Instructure Roadmap for upcoming updates.

Feature Updates

Canvas

Change Log

2026-07-03 See API and CLI Change Log

2026-07-03 See Canvas Platform Breaking Changes

Deploy Notes

Canvas Deploy Notes (2026-07-15)

Catalog 

Catalog Release Notes (2026-07-06)

Elevate Standards Alignment 

Elevate Standards Alignment Release Notes (June 2026)

Intelligent Insights 

Intelligent Insights Deploy Notes (2026-June)

Mastery Connect 

Mastery Connect Release Notes (2026-07-01)

Parchment Award Digital Badges

Parchment Award Digital Badges Release Notes (2026-07-13)

Canvas Mobile

Canvas 

Canvas App Release Notes (iOS 8.11)

Canvas App Release Notes (Android 8.9)

Canvas Teacher

Canvas Teacher Release Notes (Android 2.8)

Canvas Parent 

Canvas Parent Release Notes (Android 4.13)

For more information, see the Canvas Mobile Release Notes Page.

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