Instructure Community Weekly Highlights (July 28 - August 3, 2026)

Katie Metz

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

• Level Up With Our New Free AI Literacy Course
  • In June, the Learning Services Team launched the Purposeful AI in Learning blog series to build toward something bigger: a free professional development course for educators. That course, Fundamentals of AI Literacy, is now live in the On-Demand Training Portal at no cost to any Canvas by Instructure institution. Learners who complete it earn a digital badge and come away knowing how to apply core AI concepts, navigate governance and ethics, design AI-resilient assessments, and set clear student guidelines. Catch the full announcement, plus links to every post in the lead-up series.

Community Content

Featured Content

Community

• Beyond the Platform: How Business Schools Built a Community of Practice Through Canvas

Upcoming Instructure Live Events

• Canvas Klatch with Greg - Friday, August 7, 2026, 11:00 AM MDT
• Canvas Klatch with Greg - Tuesday, August 11, 2026, 11:00 AM MDT
• LearnPlatform: Staff Rollout & Navigating the New Interface - Thursday, August 13, 2026, 10:00 AM MDT
• Instructure Community Developers Group - August 2026 Meetup - Thursday, August 13, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT
• Canvas Klatch with Greg - Monday, August 17, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT
• Canvas Klatch with Dianna - Tuesday, August 18, 2026, 5:00 PM MDT
• Hoosier Hospitality - Wednesday, August 19, 2026, 1:00 PM MDT
• Community Compass - Thursday, August 20, 2026, 1:30 PM MDT

Product Content

Other Blogs

Canvas LMS Blog newest posts:

• Prompt Party #8: Nobody had tested it. Emily tried it anyway.

Intelligent Insights Blog newest posts:

• Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI) Analytics in Intelligent Insights, Canvas Plus and Canvas Next | Q2 2026

LearnPlatform Blog newest posts:

• LearnPlatform administrator guide: district staff rollout kit

 

Instructure Roadmap

Check out the Instructure Roadmap for upcoming updates.

Canvas 

Deploy Notes

Canvas Deploy Notes (2026-08-12)

 

Updated Notes

Canvas Release Notes (2026-07-18)

• Delayed
  • Assignments: Accurate assignment due dates in student LTI launches

Canvas Release Notes (2026-08-15)

• Added
  • Assignment: Accurate assignment due dates in student LTI launches

Intelligent Insights 

Intelligent Insights Deploy Notes (2026-July) 

Mastery Item Bank

Mastery Item Bank Release Notes (2026-July)

Parchment Award Digital Badges

Parchment Award Digital Badges Release Notes (2026-08-17) 

Katie Metz

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