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Presented by James Whalley, Senior Instructional Design Technologist, Cornell University Matthew Jennings, Director of Instructional Technology, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Date & Time: Thursday, July 23 @ 10 :55 a.m. Room: M111 Session Description Looking to recognize outstanding Canvas course…
Identifying students who need extra support is one of the most important responsibilities of an institution, and it's also one of the hardest things to do early. By the time a student is clearly struggling, the window for meaningful intervention has often already closed. That's why we're introducing predictive insights in…
Hello, I have a number of assignments that require students to complete peer reviews. Because my course is self-paced and students are progressing at different rates, I created completed sample submissions using the Test Student account so that students would always have a submission available to review. However, when I go…
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…
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…
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…
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…
I can’t believe it’s been more than 10 years since we launched the very first Instructurecon Game Night! For over a decade (minus a temporary intermission for Covid, of course), Game Night has been one of our absolute favorite traditions. It’s the perfect space where we can kick back, share some massive laughs, forget…
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…
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 Canvas Collaborative Roadmap to explore upcoming work and share feedback. Your input helps guide…
The feature request area has changed, apparently. How do I submit a feature request or idea?
Canvas deploys contain code changes that are intended to fix bugs, improve performance, and prepare for new features. These deploys take place every two weeks and can be tested in the beta environment before the production deploy date indicated in the title of this document. Visit the Canvas Collaborative Roadmap to…
More control over grading and feedback is here! Rubric scores and comments can be released separately or together to give you full control over the timing of both feedback and grades. Try it out in Beta now or in Production. Why we built this Feedback is one of the most powerful tools for student learning, but timing…
It is July and that means it is InstructureCon month! If you’re like me, you’re starting to think about the conference and plan your sessions. There are many great ones to choose from! Every year I get a little overwhelmed when trying to plan my days, so I wanted to share some advice for anyone who might be feeling the…
This year at InstructureCon, exploring the Partner Hall comes with a reward. Introducing Learnerville Loot: the official currency of InstructureCon 2026. Instead of another piece of swag, we're inviting you to experience a little more of Louisville. As you make your way through the partner hall, you'll have the opportunity…
When a user with Designer role tries to enter questions for a quiz, they get Error 403 page as soon as they click Build. The permissions are set correctly as far as I can tell. Any ideas? Thanks.
🖥️ Introduction We’re excited to announce a new lineup of On-Demand Training portal offerings designed to help support users in harnessing the power of artificial intelligence within Canvas! This specialized set of courses is a powerful resource that empowers administrators, instructors, and instructional designers to…
Engineers are currently investigating the issue. Summary: When a course contains at least one graded assignment with anonymous grading enabled and students already have graded submissions, attempting to open a student context card (via the People page or the Grades page) fails; The UI displays a loading spinner, then…
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…
I ran a course accessibility audit, and it kept flagging a color contrast issue that WCAG noted was AA and AAA compliant - #ffffff against #751a1a. Wondering if I was missing something like an <style> or <div> tag, I asked the IgniteAI Agent to verify and it came back with the following response. Sharing with my team, as…
Hoping someone can explain for me. We're using pacing to avoid manually dating regular assignments each quarter, but the dates I see are based on when the course was instantiated, while students see dates based on when they were added to the course by [backend software I don't know anything about, presumably]. If I set…
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.…