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đź“Ł On-Demand Training Portal Quarterly News & Updates (Q1 - 2026)
It is hard to believe that we have already wrapped up the first quarter of 2026! The On-Demand Training team has been busy developing new resources to help you stay ahead of product updates and maximize your use of the Instructure ecosystem. This quarter, we focused on launching specialized courses for online program…
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Pinboards Provide More Flexible Access, Reuse and Customization
Pinboards have quickly become one of the most popular ways teams share and consume insights in Intelligent Insights’ Ask Your Data. They allow institutions to curate key analytics, highlight important metrics, and make insights accessible across teams. Based on your feedback, we’re introducing several enhancements that…
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What’s New in New Quizzes: The Updates You’ve Been Asking For
What’s New in New Quizzes: The Updates You’ve Been Asking ForAt Canvas, our roadmap is shaped by the voices of our educators and administrators. Over the past two years, we’ve been listening closely to your feedback, and we know that achieving full functional parity between Classic and New Quizzes has been a top request.…
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Exciting News! Introducing the New Quizzes Data Namespace in CD2/DAP Query API
We are thrilled to announce a major expansion of the Canvas Data 2 (CD2) / DAP Query API datasets: the dedicated availability of data for New Quizzes (NQ)! This release is a direct result of our ongoing commitment to enhance data extensibility and transparency for our community. The new new_quizzes namespace is officially…
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Unified Cart Experience in Canvas Catalog: Last Call for Beta Feedback
Managing enrollments at scale should feel as intuitive as modern e-commerce. With this update, Canvas Catalog introduces the Unified Cart Experience, replacing the legacy bulk purchase workflow with a more flexible and streamlined purchasing model. The Unified Cart Experience has been available in the Beta environment…
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Parchment Learner Dashboard Release Notes (3/28/2026)
Feature Area Parchment Learner Dashboard Affected User Roles Feature Availability All Parchment.com users, including learners and third party orderers. Permissions Learner role which is obtained on login/account creation from parchment.com Affected Areas The entire learner experience within parchment.com which includes…
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On-Demand Training Portal Quarterly News & Updates (Q4 - 2025)
Introduction With 2025 now complete, the On Demand Team is thrilled to announce the exciting updates and new offerings introduced in Quarter 4! Our Quarter 4 work included several product enhancements, a new IgniteAI course, and many other exciting developments that we are eager to highlight. About Our Services If you’re…
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Meet Canvas Career!
Meet Canvas Career: Skills-aligned learning that scales, proves impact, and earns trust Learning has never been more accessible. AI-assisted content and low-cost options are everywhere, which means even high-quality programs start to look interchangeable. Learners expect learning to be quick, easy to complete, relevant,…
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Join Our On-Demand Training Portal Implementation Webinar Series for Canvas Admins
We’re excited to introduce a new quarterly Implementation Webinar series designed to support Canvas Administrators during setup, rollout, and early adoption. These sessions are built to help you better understand admin functionality, available training resources, and how to get the most value from your On-Demand Training…
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Resource Roundup from Instructure New & Next | October 2025 (K-12)
This post summarizes the product updates covered in our Instructure New & Next webinars held on October 15 for our K-12 customers in North America. The webinar covered both features that are available now and features that are coming very soon. This time we organized the updates more clearly by product, based on your…
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Video Caption Generation and Interactive Rolling Transcripts for Canvas | Feature Overview
Release Timing: Generally Available on April 18, 2026 as a Feature Option Regional Availability: Globally Supported Customer Type: All Customers Available with: Canvas Key Takeaway: Canvas users can now request generated captions for videos created in Canvas’ Rich Content Editor (RCE). Searchable and navigable transcripts…
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Course Accessibility Checker | Feature Overview
Release Timing: Generally Available on February 25, 2026 as a Feature Option Regional Availability: Globally Supported Customer Type: All Customers Available with: Canvas Key Takeaway: The Course Accessibility Checker is a course-level tool that enables instructors to identify, remediate, and validate accessibility issues…
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How is "NA" a permissible value in the "criterion_use_range" field?
I recently received a data dump of ALL rubric data from our Canvas instance so that I could analyse how our rubrics are being set up. One field I was interested to investigate was the ratio of rubrics using point vs using ranges. This field seems to be captured by "criterion_use_range" and contains values TRUE (i.e. is…
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New Canvas Login UI: Prepare for Legacy Login UI Deprecation on June 30, 2026
Summary [info callout] Mar 26, 2026 - The Native Discovery Page feature is now available in Canvas Beta. Please refer to this guide for how to configure and enable the feature while it is still under development. The Native Discovery Page is an optional feature and does not impact existing Discovery URL configurations…
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Way to grade without a student submission?
Hi all, I'm at a medical school and we grade students on how well they can perform a doctor's visit. This activity is graded by faculty watching in real time with a checklist of required elements. Is there anyway in Canvas to have an assignment with the checklist that the faculty completes?
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New Quizzes QTI Import Not Working
We have enabled the automatic migration of Classic to New Quizzes. When we import QTI files, though, they always fail to load as New Quizzes. If we disabled New Quiz Migration, it works. Why does it only work for Classic Quizzes? Are there any guaranteed tools that will generate QTI files that will import correctly as New…
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The Strategic Move to New Quizzes: What We Covered in Session 1
We recently kicked off the first session in our four-part webinar series focused on the transition to New Quizzes. It was energizing to see so many Canvas administrators, instructional designers, and edtech leaders join us to talk about the future of assessment. During the session, we explored where New Quizzes stands…
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Canvas Parent Release Notes (Android 4.11)
Canvas Android app version updates are distributed in a phased rollout, which distributes the update to all users over time. The features in these notes may not immediately be available as an update in the Play Store. The Canvas Android Parent app requires Android 8.0 or later. Canvas Parent Updates (Android) Scan physical…
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Canvas Teacher Release Notes (Android 2.6)
Canvas Android app version updates are distributed in a phased rollout, which distributes the update to all users over time. The features in these notes may not immediately be available as an update in the Play Store. The Canvas Android Teacher app requires Android 8.0 or later. Canvas Teacher Updates (Android) Scan…
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Canvas App Release Notes (Android 8.7)
Canvas Android app version updates are distributed in a phased rollout, which distributes the update to all users over time. The features in these notes may not immediately be available as an update in the Play Store. The Canvas Android app requires Android 8.0 or later. Canvas App Updates (Android) Customizable Dashboard…