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Accessibility improvements are coming and bringing along automated captioning to Canvas with it! Through real-time video transcripts, both Canvas and Canvas Studio users will be able to search, follow, and revisit key moments in videos, plus more. We are happy to announce a major upgrade to your video experience which will…
We’re excited to unveil our Canvas Collaborative Roadmap, which summarizes our team’s priorities for improving Canvas in response to your needs. Together, these improvements are designed to reduce friction in the workflows educators rely on most, from course setup and content creation to grading, feedback, and learner…
[info callout] This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 4/29/26. Summary: If Studio improvements are enabled and a teacher has set a Studio Quiz to launch in a new tab, the buttons in the quiz will be unresponsive. Causing students to be unable to take their quiz. Expected Behavior:…
We’ve heard consistent feedback around the need to support meaningful student engagement and accessibility—while also simplifying workflows for both instructors and learners. As part of our broader focus on creating more intuitive and streamlined day-to-day experiences in Canvas, we’re continuing to invest in improvements…
[info callout] This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 4/13/26. Summary: When attempting to take a Studio quiz as a student, the student is unable to start the quiz and an error message stating “You've been logged out due to inactivity. Log in again to continue” appears This…
At the heart of our mission is a commitment to creating tools that are not only powerful but also intuitive and easy to use. We know that sometimes, even when a feature works perfectly from a technical standpoint, the design or flow can still cause frustration. To better address these challenges, we are excited to announce…
[info callout] This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 4/13/26 Summary: Currently, it’s expected that students are able to share studio videos with any Canvas Studio groups they are members of and any instructor, TAs, instructional designers, or admins at their institution…
[info callout] This behavior has been marked as resolved as it will not be fixed. Summary: When a New Quiz uses questions from an item bank that contain embedded Studio media files, and the quiz is imported into another course, students in the destination course are unable to view the media files. Instead, they see an…
Hi all, The Instructure team has made a video overview of Canvas and Studio features that help instructors and course designers to foster a more accessible digital learning environment. We have included the link to the video as well as the embed codes below in the interest of sharing this resource. Thank you for your…
[info callout] This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment. Summary: The picture-in-picture option is no longer available when playing media in the mobile apps. Expected behavior: The picture-in-picture option should be present so that users can listen/watch media on the go. OS and APP…
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