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University governance focus and student use of AI are sometimes horses of a different color (so to speak). You'll have the unique chance to hear straight from the horses' mouths with specific student stories and administrative priorities as they've evolved. We'll illustrate how the cart is sometimes in front of the horse…
How IgniteAI in Canvas Is Transforming Faculty Workflows and Student Engagement Presented by: Dr. Humberto Ariza, Speaker, Bay Path University Thu, Jul 23 @ 4 :20–5:00 PM EDT (40 min) Room: M108 Session Description Bay Path University was among the early adopters of IgniteAI inside Canvas. In this session, I share how I…
Teaching 90% Faster with AI How IgniteAI in Canvas Is Transforming Faculty Workflows and Student Engagement Presented by Humberto Ariza, Speaker, Bay Path University Thu, Jul 23 @ 4 :20–5:00 PM EDT (40 min) Room: M108 Session Description Bay Path University was among the early adopters of IgniteAI inside Canvas. In this…
In May, we opened a short, secure window to log in to Free-for-Teacher and export your course content. We’re doing that one final time to give more of you access to the content you need. Another window to access your content. We're opening Free-for-Teacher again, in the same secure, limited way, from 12 am ET on July 28…
Good morning, In trying to access my free instructor's account last night, I came to learn for the first time that Canvas has discontinued the program. I also have several years of work stored in that account that includes five different course preps! I entrust Canvas to store it there as my course preps change frequently…
Presented by Nissa Anderson, Product Owner – Learning and Teaching; Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland Date @ Time : Thursday, July 23 @2.30 pm Room: M107 Session Description As generative AI rapidly evolves, higher education institutions face the challenge of scaling these tools safely without compromising…
I am building a Copilot agent to support faculty queries. My agent is connecting to Canvas (the Beta site) API via an MCP connection in Microsoft Azure. How do I instruct the agent on Canvas API pagination? Can I just tell the agent to keep looping or do I have to ask for MCP modifications? Any experience from the…
Presented by Kate Kodet, Curriculum & Analytics, Fusion Education Group Date @ Time : Thursday, July 23 @ 2 :30 EDT Room: M111 Session Description Carpenters build things, using their training and experience to select just the right tool from their toolkit and use it safely and expertly. Teachers are just the same –…
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…
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…
Hi, Can someone from the Canvas team please support me in exporting my course content? There was no email sent or a clear post on the relevant Free-for-Teacher version page to have known about the open window period. This is causing quite the conundrum for my team and me. I would greatly appreciate some assistance.…
As a longtime Free for Teacher user, I fully understand and support the need for decisive action following a security incident. I also work in higher education and recognize that protecting user data must be the top priority. That said, many educators are still waiting for clear communication regarding the status of our…
Hi, I'm a former Free-for-Teacher user and I need help recovering my content. My account hosted my organization's entire professional training program — many hours of material that we actively depend on. Unfortunately, I was not able to export my courses during the May 28–29 restoration window, and Canvas Support has told…
How do I export content if I missed the May Window?
Hoping there will be another opportunity for us to access our courses to download or move?
To our Free-for-Teacher users, The Canvas Free-for-Teacher program is a product offering we have had since the beginning of our company. It is a program intended for individual educators at traditional schools and higher education organizations. We want to apologize for how disruptive the last few weeks have been due to…
Hi, I can't get this working right. I've created outcomes where the calculation method is to meet mastery twice. I've aligned them to several assignments. The grade book displays mastery as met when it's only been achieved on one of the assignments. It's not showing positive or negative for the other assignments. (I've…
Hi All, I am an LMS admin at my institution (higher ed college, ~12k enrollment), which is new to Canvas, transitioning from Blackbaord Learn. As part of our contract we chose to purchase Intelligent Insights, hoping it would solve a variety of reporting needs. However, as my post title implies, we are finding that…
At a technical level, if a user exists in two separate Canvas instances, is this a problem a Canvas Trust can address? If so, how? Can you add a trust(ed) login to an existing user account? Most of the (very limited) documentation I've found seems to focus on Trusts operating with enrollments, not users, but it does seem…
Since the DAP updates posted on June 30 (here), our Canvas Data 2 integration with Microsoft SQL Server has not been completing properly. I followed the post's indication that only a dap snapshot —namespace canvas —table [tablenames] command would be needed, but that hasn't resolve the issue. Specifically, when performing…
Is it possible to have viewing a page or satisfying the requirements of a module be part of the course pacing?
Yesterday, after much trial and error…I concluded the new quizzes matching choice options do not work as I expected, and have used with other LMS. I thought that I could provide students a matching choice quiz with multiple attempts that would report incorrectly answered matches on the first attempt, and display the…
At Intelvio, we're not just delivering training; we're preparing career-focused learners with workforce-ready skills, and we make sure the platforms behind that training are ready to support them. So when we came across Canvas Career, we knew right away we wanted to try it, test it, and see how it could support our…
I have seen documentation that says you must recopy your iCal link and resubscribe when you are enrolled in new classes, does this mean my iCal feed link changes each time, or do i just need to re-fetch the .ics file?
We use course pacing to manage due dates, because we run ~20 something courses each quarter and manually setting due dates would be a nightmare. Several courses have two core topics. We want to allow students to choose which of these they will pursue first. Is there any way to configure multiple course paces with different…
Creating beautiful, professional-looking components for your Canvas by Instructure courses is that easy. With Canvas Designer, you can build banners, cards, accordions, alerts, tabs, and more in just seconds—with no HTML or CSS knowledge required.…
Join us for an interactive session where Alabama Community College System shares how they successfully prepared for the Workforce Pell Grant ahead of the federal rule taking effect. During this webinar, we break down the four essential pillars of Workforce Pell readiness: Enrollment Content Credentialing Data Register What…
The Canvas Klatch is an online office hour open to all members of the Instructure Community. It started as an office hour for the courses I teach for CVC@ONE: Introduction to Teaching with Canvas Advanced Techniques with Canvas Online Teaching and Design Equity & Culturally Responsive Online Teaching Humanizing Online…
A new episode of EduCast3000 drops July 14, and this one asks a question edtech hasn't had to answer before: what happens to interoperability when the user isn't human? Ryan Lufkin and Melissa Loble sit down with Mike Mast, Principal Group Program Manager for Microsoft Education and a 1EdTech board member, and Zach…
We want to ensure you don’t miss the next Prompt Party - a live, interactive session designed to help you explore IgniteAI Agent in a way that actually clicks. This isn’t a webinar. This is a working session. What to expect In this event, you’ll see real prompts in action from educators who are already putting IgniteAI…
Whether you’re new to Canvas or looking to expand your skills, each Klatch session offers a welcoming space to share ideas, ask questions, and learn from one another. As a K12 Canvas Admin and Technology Instructional Specialist, I am passionate about helping teachers simplify their workflow, make the most of their time,…
A walkthrough session for institutions impacted by the security incident on how to access and read the user and provisioning data pertaining to their organization that was affected by this incident. This includes an overview of what’s included in the file packet, how to retrieve it and where to go for further support.…