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Since April 2026, institutions have had the option to enable the Customizable Dashboard for Learners feature option, giving students a more useful starting point each time they log in to Canvas. Starting August 15, 2026, this feature will be enabled by default at the account level. Once enabled, individual students can opt…
What we're doing and why. In response to the security incident that affected Canvas in May 2026, Instructure has launched a comprehensive hardening program. The goal is to build a platform engineered for greater resilience against compromise and accelerated detection of anomalous activity. One of the first changes you will…
Notebook arrives in Canvas on July 18, 2026. This new feature gives learners a built-in way to take notes and highlight key ideas inside Canvas, helping institutions provide a more connected learning experience without requiring learners to rely on separate tools. Notebook will be disabled by default, and administrators…
July 6, 2026 - The Discovery Page is now available in Beta and will be released into Production as part of the July 15 deploy. Update: The deprecation of the Legacy Login UI has been postponed. Due to a delay with the Native Discovery Feature, a new deprecation date has not yet been determined. We will announce the updated…
We want to make our non-production environments more secure, sustainable, and better aligned with how your institution actually operates. Earlier this year, this community pushed back when we changed the Beta refresh cadence. That feedback changed our decision. This is your chance to directly influence our design and…
Engineers are currently investigating the issue. Description: The current day color on the mini version of the course Calendar does not meet the +1.4.11 Non-text Contrast+ requirements in both the home page and on the Calendar. The issue is the state indicator color against the white background. The contrast is supposed to…
Engineers are currently investigating the issue. Summary: Using JAWS in a quiz and navigating the unanswered questions when trying to select one it doesn’t correctly jump to the question User Expected Behavior: It should navigate the user to the question
Engineers are currently investigating the issue. Summary: When editing Theme the value “transparent” is no longer able to be applied and results in an error. Any customer that already had this in their branding still works, but will get an error on any subsequent change to their theme even if it’s unrelated. User Expected…
Engineers are currently investigating the issue. Summary: When students try to self enroll as a new user in a course nothing happens when they click the ‘enroll’ button. A 500 error surfaces in the background. Expected Behavior: Students should be able to enroll in self enrollment courses without an account. Steps to…
Feature Update Release Timing: Generally Available March 26, 2026 as a Feature Option. This feature will be enabled by default for all users July 1, 2026 and will be enforced August 15, 2026. Regional Availability: All regions Customer Type: All customers Available with: Canvas Key Takeaway: The New Quizzes Native…
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