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Get ready for a fully accessible LearnPlatform At Instructure, we're committed to providing a seamless and inclusive experience for all educators. We're excited to announce a significant update coming to LearnPlatform, redesigned from the ground up to meet modern Web Content Accessibility Guidelines WCAG 2.2 A/AA…
Welcome to the Instructure Community Weekly Highlights blog! Every Monday, we will update you with all the goings-on in the Instructure world from the previous week: community updates, product updates, new blogs to read, and everything else you'll need to know will be here! Community Content Featured Content Accessibility…
The problem we’re solving We know that some AI tasks cannot be done in offline mode and users prefer to not expose their data, just keep it on their device. We are experimenting to improve work efficiency without compromising user data via email summarization, personal reminder timing optimized from past behavior, feedback…
In our instance, we've disabled the legacy media upload tool in favor of the Canvas Studio tool. What we'd like to have is for the icon to show up without having to use the "plug" dropdown icon (see image). We'd like the Canvas Studio icon to show up on its own in the top level menu. Any ideas on how this is done? See…
I'm looking at a course where the instructor went hog-wild and invited almost all of the students with all of the alternate email addresses they could find for them. This leaves me with a roster with most of the students added 2, or sometimes 3 times (with different emails), most of them in "Pending" status. The instructor…
The Call for Proposals for InstructureCon 2026 in Louisville is wide open, but the clock is ticking! Have a great idea for a session but aren't quite sure it's "ready" yet? Don't let a great story go untold. Share your concept here and get real-time feedback from the community to help you polish your pitch and hit that…
Related roadmap opportunity To be announced! The problem we’re solving We know that managing a Portfolio can be tedious because of limited media support, the inability to change evidence types once they have been created, and a lack of real-time updates. We’ve developed a new way to capture diverse evidence and automate…
Got an idea for an InstructureCon presentation but not sure you want to go it alone? Just want that proposal boost that comes from having multiple perspectives? Post your "ISO" (In Search Of) here to find your presentation partner! Please include: Title and Topic: Whether fully developed or still a work in progress, what…
The problem we’re solving We know that staying aware of deadlines and avoiding missing tasks without manually scanning multiple courses can create friction, because a lack of a unified information center (dashboard) forces you into unnecessary navigation. We’ve developed a customisable dashboard to surface a consolidated…
The problem we’re solving We know that designing a comprehensive Portfolio can be tedious because of the effort required to write clear, aligned instructions for every requirement. We’ve developed a new way to scaffold and refine Portfolio structures using AI that aims to reduce instructional design time and increase…
Hello, I am a member of the Canvas LMS user support staff at my institution. I am looking for advice on long-term data retention for completed courses. In Blackboard, there is an "Archive" feature that creates a single package containing the entire course content along with all student records, including grades and their…
So, we have encountered a few assignments where the Speedgrader presents the teacher with the "Empty Course" page, even though the course is not empty. I have discovered two New Quizzes in the same course where this has occurred, despite multiple students being assigned (at Module level, which passes the permission down to…
First Feature Suggestion: Display Last Date of Attendance when using Canvas Attendance Tool One of the required pieces of information I must collect is the last date of attendance when a student violates my attendance policy. This date is federally required for institutions to determine a student’s withdrawal date under 34…
Two of my favorite things: Instructurecon and boardgames. When I was a kid, my cousins from New Hampshire came down to Massachusetts for Thanksgiving and would stay over at my parents’ house with us for the long weekend to hang out with me and my brother. We’d stay up all night eating leftovers and playing board games.…
I have created a couple of interactive elements in Notebook LM and want to upload them to my Canvas page… The only options for exporting from Notebook are CSV and JSON… Does anyone know of a way to integrate the JSON files into Canvas pages?
In our CD2 Assignments table, we're noticing a weird discrepancy: - ran a query in 2/2025 and saw 50 assignments in one class from 2018 - ran the query in 2/2026 and there were fewer (only 40 assignments) We looked at the Assignments table, specifically at the ts field. On 10/1/25, 100% of the records in that table (6.5…
With the new SpeedGrader UI, we are seeing student names appear in the page title even when the “Hide student names” setting is enabled. When using Classic Quizzes, there is no option within the quiz settings to enable anonymous grading, so we rely on instructors using the hide student names setting in SpeedGrader to…
Speedgrader chaning file name when being downloaded. Speedgrader: When downloading a submitted assignment, the file name is being changed to an unrecognizable name — (Student's actual name was part of the file name — changed for privacy.) Ideas???
We are all familiar with the standard Course Calendar, where assignment due dates are automatically added. However, at my institution, we structure our assignments as Challenges that develop over a period of time, rather than just a single deadline. Currently, the calendar only highlights the "end point." It would be a…
I tried using the "Hide rubric score total from students" setting in a test rubric attached to an assignment and went through the process of submitting the assignment as a student, then grading it as the teacher to see what the student would see. When I looked at what the student sees I was surprised to find that I could…
The current placement of the "Submit" button creates a "slip" in user behavior where habit-clicking "Next" leads to an accidental final submission. I think Canvas could easily fix this by: Moving the Submit button away from the navigation buttons (maybe above the question instead of below it) and/or Adding a "Confirm…
I have a screenshot below from an earlier version of Canvas that has the criterion points WITHIN A RATING written from high to low (eg. 10 to >8.49pts). When I create rubrics in the current version of Canvas (see below) it displays the points within a rating from low to high (eg. 8.5 to 10pts), which is less logical. Was…
UDOIT Advantage says it recently had errors that first added special file permissions, then removed all special file permissions from pages it fixed. Could someone please check my understanding of this error and/or share how you're handling it? Details - may be a fairly narrow problem? It appears to me that they're talking…
Hi everyone! I would love to hear your suggestions and best‑practice tips on implementing copyright settings. https://embed.app.guidde.com/playbooks/8eYgHHmwTXKMLxDW4LqEDX
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…
Compliance Countdown: Data Privacy & The DOJ Accessibility DeadlineWith the April deadline for DOJ accessibility compliance fast approaching, now is the time to ensure your ecosystem is secure and inclusive. This crucial session focuses on the complete lifecycle of vendor vetting, data privacy, and accessibility…
Join us for a deep dive into why New Quizzes is the stable, future of assessment for your institution. We will explore how achieving feature parity with Classic Quizzes—plus 25 exclusive new features—allows for a seamless transition. Discover the tools and features within Canvas designed to support you in managing the…
Join us as we explore ways for skills-based learning can not only elevate your learners' but also institution's ROIs and name-brand recognition. You will have the opportunity to hear customer success stories and see a demo skills-based learning in action in Canvas LMS and Canvas Career from Product Specialist, Kevin Sun.…
Join Instructure and Watermark Insights for a Live Webinar: Driving 70%+ Response Rates: Why 400+ Canvas Institutions Trust Watermark March 12, 2026 | 9 AM MT / 11 AM ET Higher course evaluation response rates start here. Join University of Michigan–Dearborn and Watermark to learn how 400+ Canvas institutions streamline…
The Instructure Community Developers Group is gathering to meet some fellow developers of Canvas customizations and external tool integrations. Discuss projects you're working on, success stories of past projects, and things you may be struggling with. Request to join the Instructure Community Developers Google Group to…
