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It has come to my attention that instructors only have the choice to allow students to edit AND delete posts in the discussion. It would be beneficial to make this 2 settings so that an instructor can allow students to edit their posts without the ability to delete them.
My team and I have been tracking how permissions are revoked over the course of 3-4 days. We started in the Beta Environment and today we moved to Production hoping that the process was quicker then non-production environments. I regret to inform you that revoking a permission IS NOT quicker in Production contrary to what…
How can I bulk enable blueprints and then link them to existing sections?
I have been looking in all the user guide and trying to figure out what setting or steps are necessary in order to turn a course that has been designed into our account template. When I try to select the check box for "use this as account template" it is greyed out and not something I can check. We are in the beginning of…
Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to display in beta and/or production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. New to release notes? Visit Understanding Release Notes for a guide on how to read and use this document.…
I LOVE Canvas, I really do! In spite of that, I have one major frustration that creates trouble for me on a very regular basis! The majority of our courses are year long so they have 2 learning periods. We want our teachers to unpublish all modules and assignments from the first learning period after the first semester…
Hi, My school uses Canvas LMS for students to submit assignments, view course content, etc.; we then use Populi for student records. We also utilize the Canvas-to-Populi grade sync feature. If we set up a Canvas course so that students can self-enroll, is there a way for their enrollment to automatically sync to the Populi…
Hello, I work with student onboarding and regularly encounter students whose names have unique spellings and pronunciations. LinkedIn has a feature that allows users to record the pronunciation of their names, and I believe a similar feature in Canvas would be valuable for instructors, advisors, and student support staff.…
We are about to launch an AI Literacy module that will be required for all first-year students and we want to make it available to any faculty member to incorporate into their course. We are trying to figure out a way that, if a student has this assigned to them by multiple instructors, the student only needs to complete…
Hi, I just noticed this in a course (image below). Is instructure placing advertisements in courses now?
I am trying to create an ordering question and keep getting an error. The error message I get is "An unexpected error occurred while loading this page. Please try returning to the home page." All other question types are working fine.
I have a student with an extension beyond the end of the semester. How do I re-open Canvas Gradebook to enter his assignments and have Canvas compute his final grade?
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Over the last several months, we’ve worked closely with our community to dive deep into the peer review experience in Canvas, a pain point that many have had for a while. We’ve heard loud and clear that while the feature has incredible potential, there were clear opportunities to improve the process. Based on your…
Since January 2026, institutions have had the opportunity to enable the Performance and Usability Upgrades for SpeedGrader feature option and experience a faster, more responsive grading workflow. As previously announced, this feature will become the default SpeedGrader experience on July 18, 2026. Action required for…
Last November we announced a backend upgrade to the DAP Query API / CD2 API that brought higher data fidelity and a more reliable replication pipeline. Catalog data is the last namespace still served from the previous infrastructure. We're now moving it onto the same upgraded backend that every other namespace already runs…
For educators, tracking student progress isn't just about final grades—it's about understanding exactly which skills and standards a student has mastered. That is where the Learning Mastery Gradebook (LMGB) comes in, offering a dedicated view to monitor outcome-based learning. Today, we are excited to announce the general…
Admins that wanted to understand tool adoption and mobile usage questions used to need to run separate exports and develop separate analyses. They don't anymore. IgniteAI Ask Your Data now reads both LTI launch data and mobile log data, so the same conversational interface can answer questions about LTI launches and mobile…
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…
Release Timing: Generally Available and enforced beginning July 18, 2026 Regional Availability: Global Customer Type: Higher Education and K12 Available with: Canvas Core (all Canvas users) Key Takeaway: The enhanced Learning Mastery Gradebook gives instructors clearer, more actionable insight into learner outcome…
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…
Consortium admins have always had to bounce between member instances to piece together a system-wide view. We streamlined that. IgniteAI Ask Your Data now answers questions across every Canvas instance in a consortium from a single query, with the right access controls already in place. What's new Root-account admins on…
We’re excited to share that some of our most popular IgniteAI features are coming soon for Canvas customers in Canada, giving institutions more ways to bring secure, in-context AI into everyday teaching and learning workflows. Beginning in June, Canadian customers will be able to access two premium IgniteAI features in…
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 new episode of EduCast3000 drops June 30 — and this one asks a deceptively simple question: does your AI behave the way a great human tutor would? Ryan Lufkin and Melissa Loble sit down with James Genone, Senior Vice Chancellor for Learning Strategy at Northeastern University, to explore what learning science actually…
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…
📅 InstructureCon 2026 | July 21-24 Before you head to Derby City for this year’s InstructureCon, join us for a 30-minute Instructure Live session designed to help you make the most of your experience. Led by Instructure’s Community Coaches—a group of long-time customers and seasoned InstructureCon attendees—this session is…
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…
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…