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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. Visit the Parchment Collaborative Roadmap to explore upcoming work and share feedback. Your input helps…
Release Timing: Generally Available on October 12 as a Feature Regional Availability: NORAM/LATAM/EMEA/APAC/Global Customer Type: Higher Education/K12 Available with: Parchment Digital Badges We’re excited to introduce IgniteAI Skill Suggestions, a new AI-powered experience in Parchment Digital Badges that helps issuers…
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We just wrapped our October New & Next Showcase, with plenty to recap. If you couldn't join live, or want a second look at the details, this post is for you. Three New & Next Showcases in, and we have to say, we’re thrilled with what we've built. The first two centered on primary updates–first, IgniteAI feature…
TLDR: Notebook expands to mobile apps with offline access, alongside improved search, organized views, bulk delete options, and downloadable exports for web users. Before Notebook, students took notes in external apps. They copied course materials out of Canvas and lost access to those notes when studying offline or on the…
Release Timing: Generally Available on October 27, 2026 as an optional Account Setting Regional Availability: Global Customer Type: Higher Education/Business & Government Available with: Canvas Catalog Key Takeaway: Administrators can enable purchase orders as a checkout option, making it easier for organizations to…
Release Timing: Generally Available November 202026 Regional Availability: Available in all regions Customer Type: All customers Available with: Canvas Core | New Quizzes Key Takeaway: New Quizzes is introducing a series of small but targeted improvements designed to reduce common friction across assessment creation,…
Since we launched Canvas Portfolios last year, four pieces of feedback came through front and center. Bringing an assignment into a portfolio meant syncing it from Canvas: a linked reference, not evidence of its own. The Rich Content Editor held only plain text and files, with no room for a video, a board, or anything…
Dear Parchment Digital Badges Community, Badge creators know what their credentials represent. But finding the right skill within a large taxonomy can still require trying several keywords, comparing similar results, and knowing the terminology used by the taxonomy. A badge may clearly describe a learner’s capabilities…
Business continuity is more than keeping a system online. It is about helping institutions continue teaching, supporting students, and making critical academic decisions even when normal access to technology is interrupted. Earlier this year in response to the security incident, we made the difficult choice to take Canvas…
Ask Your Data users can now take their visual analysis and presentation to the next level with our latest redesign of the tool’s charting experience. You have more chart types to choose from, more control over how your data is presented, and a simpler way to create and refine charts that clearly communicate what your data…
To provide richer visibility and ensure consistent tracking across Canvas activity, we are updating the schema for the Data Access Platform (DAP) / CD2 canvas_logs namespace, specifically for the web_logs table on 7th Oct 2026. This update introduces six new values to the web_application_context_type enumeration to reflect…
District Data Access for Mastery Connect REST API | Q3 2026 | Feature Overview Updated Feature Release Timing: Target general availability week of October 5 as an opt-in capability (off by default) Customer Type: K12 Available with: Mastery Key Takeaway: With district data access for Mastery Connect REST API, technology…
Join us for the next installment of our New & Next Showcase, where we'll give an update on our work to create the future of Canvas. You’ll see the progress we’ve made redesigning top Canvas workflows, and the new, more modern interface surrounding them. We'll also share how our Parchment teams are evolving to support…
As lifelong learning, modular study and micro-credentials continue to grow, universities are increasingly being asked to demonstrate the real-world value of learning. Yet many of the skills students develop—such as teamwork, communication and critical thinking—remain difficult to articulate and verify. Across the UK and…
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…
Where product news meets customer know-how. Join fellow Parchment customers and product experts to hear what’s working at institutions like yours, explore the latest innovations, and discover practical ideas you can put to work. More to learn. More to share. More to discover. Think you know everything that’s possible with…
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…
Across the UK and EMEA, universities are rethinking how learning is delivered. From England’s Lifelong Learning Entitlement (LLE) to the growth of micro-credentials and professional learning across Europe, institutions are expanding beyond traditional degree programmes to support learners throughout their careers. You…
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…
Proving mastery in the age of AI. October 29, 2026 | 9 AM MT / 11 AM ET AI can write the essay and pass the test. So what still counts as proof that a student learned something? That question now lands on assessment strategy, integrity policy, and accreditation evidence — not just on individual courses. Join Instructure…
Most small businesses and mid-market teams don't have a training department. They have someone who got handed a stack of policies and a deadline. This webinar looks at how Canvas Career by Instructure helps those teams build and launch courses fast, without a big content team or a long build process. We'll cover what sets…
Join us for the October Impact User Group Meeting on Thursday, October 29, at 6:00PM ET. We will discuss any recent or upcoming product updates, hear and see examples of best practices from other customers, and have breakout sessions where questions can be answered and discussed among peers. The meeting will be recorded…