Instructure Community Weekly Highlights (July 14-20, 2026)

El Rabe

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

Whether you’re heading to Louisville or following along from afar, the InstructureCon Community Hub is your home base before, during, and after InstructureCon 2026. 

Think of it as your digital conference campus, where you can find:

• Light Up the Map: See where attendees are traveling from
• Special Events: Details on Unconference, Hack Night, Game Night, and the Solo Pandas Meet Up
• Sessions & Tips: Session previews, presenter tips, and attendee recommendations
• Prep & Logistics: Packing lists and practical conference advice
• Perks & Extras: The official InstructureCon Spotify playlist and instructions for claiming your digital attendee badge
• Highlights & Support: Community session blogs, event highlights, FAQs, updates, and support resources

Community Content

Featured Content

InstructureCon26 Session Blogs

• Architecture for the Mind
• From Outcomes to Evidence: Turning Canvas Data into Program Insight
• Making Skills Visible: Designing Microcredentials and Digital Badges in Canvas
• Indiana University Expand: Canvas Catalog and Parchment Digital Badges
• Teach More, Click Less: Everyday Time Savers with Canvas
• EdTech Ecosystems that Work: Evidence, Compliance, and Interoperability
• Impact Customer Panel: Shared Experiences
• Ask Your Data: Fast Answers from Canvas using Real Institutional Questions
• Removing Barriers to Dual Enrollment at Scale
• Under the Twin Spires: Run for the Roses Course Makeover
• Lighten the Load for Teachers
• Start Me Up: Launching a Canvas Course Recognition Program

Professional Learning Blog

•  Explore IgniteAI Tools and Features with the On-Demand Training Portal

Upcoming Instructure Live Events (Events)

• Canvas Klatch with Dianna - Monday, July 27, 2026, 5:00 PM – 5:30 PM
• On-Demand Training Portal Implementation Webinar Series for Canvas Admins - Tuesday, July 28, 2026, 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM
• Canvas Klatch with Greg - Wednesday, July 29, 2026, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM
• Prompt Party: Real Prompts. Real Workflows. Live. - Thursday, July 30, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:00 PM
• Canvas Klatch with Greg - Friday, August 7, 2026, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Product Content

Product Blog

The Product Blog newest posts:

• Canvas Roadmap Update: What We Heard and What’s Next
• Canvas Career Roadmap Recap: July 2026
• Scale Consistent Assessment Practices by Linking Canvas Blueprints with Mastery Curriculum Maps
• Grow the Impact of Your Badging Program with a Redesigned Dashboard
• TalentNeuron Labor Market Insights Go Global in Parchment Digital Badges
• Predict learner dropout risk with IgniteAI Ask Your Data

Other Blogs

Canvas LMS Blog newest posts:

• Prompt Party #7: Clean it up. Make it yours.

Mastery Connect Blog newest posts:

• How to Copy or Clone a Curriculum Map in Mastery Connect?

Instructure Roadmap

Check out the Instructure Roadmap for upcoming updates.

Feature Updates

Canvas

Change Log

2026-07-30: See Canvas API and CLI Changes

Canvas 

Deploy Notes

Canvas Deploy Notes (2026-07-29)

Canvas Career

Canvas Career Release Notes (2026-07-17)

Catalog 

Catalog Release Notes (2026-07-28)

Catalog Release Notes (2026-07-20)

Impact 

Impact Release Notes (2026-07-17)

Parchment Award Digital Badges

Parchment Award Digital Badges Release Notes (2026-07-27)

El Rabe

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