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Smarter Studying: Canvas Notebook expands to mobile and web
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…
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Purchase Order Payments in Canvas Catalog | Q4 2026 | Feature Overview
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 payment method, making it easier for organizations to…
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Usability Improvements for New Quizzes | Q4 2026 | Feature Overview
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,…
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Canvas Portfolio grows with the work, and the class.
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…
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AI-Powered Skill Suggestions Make Skill Alignment Faster in Parchment Digital Badges
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…
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Building Greater Business Continuity into Canvas
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…
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A redesigned charting experience in IgniteAI Ask Your Data
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…
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Upcoming DAP/CD2 Schema Update: New Context Types in Canvas Web Logs
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…
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District Data Access for Mastery Connect REST API | Q4 2026 | Feature Overview
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…
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From Data to Action: Recap of the Mastery Predictive Assessments Back-to-School Webinar
A new school year means new students, new goals, and a new opportunity to turn assessment data into meaningful action.In our recent From Data to Action: A Guide to MPA Benchmark Reports and Best Practices webinar, the Mastery team walked through updates to Mastery Predictive Assessments (MPAs), new and enhanced reporting…
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Introducing Collaborative Programs in Parchment Course Sharing
We're excited to announce new Collaborative Programs in Parchment Course Sharing! Now, groups of institutions can efficiently create shared academic programs that expand opportunity beyond what a single institution can provide alone. What's new Collaborative Programs lets groups of institutions, whether from a state…
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New This September: More Actionable Mastery College Prep Results
Assessment results are most valuable when they do more than show where students stand – they should help educators understand what comes next. That’s why, this September, we’re enhancing the Mastery College Prep Assessments to make results easier to interpret, act on, and use at scale. Updates to scaling, scoring, and…
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Strengthening the Future of the Canvas Open Ecosystem: An Update on API Integrations
TL;DR Instructure is evolving Canvas API integrations to strengthen platform security, scalability, and sustainability while preserving an open ecosystem. Upcoming Canvas Apps enhancements will give institutions a simpler, more transparent way to install and manage API-based integrations, while Partners will adopt…
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A Stable Start to the School Year for Canvas.
We know back-to-school is one of the busiest times of year for your team. You're welcoming students and instructors back, building out courses, and getting a new term off the ground, all while counting on the technology behind it to stay steady. Because this matters to you, it matters to us. So here's what we're doing to…
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From Skills Data to Market Intelligence in Parchment Digital Badges
Parchment Digital Badges Community, Knowing that a skill is in demand is useful.But it is rarely enough. Imagine a learner exploring a skill like critical thinking, data analysis, or cybersecurity. They may be able to see that employers are hiring for it, which companies mention it, and where related jobs are available.…