Canvas Badges/Credentials Release Notes (2025-05-19)

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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.

Unless otherwise stated, all features in this release are available in the Beta environment on 2025-05-12 and the Production environment on 2025-05-19.

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Table of Contents

• New Features
• Enrollments
• Automatic Filtering of Inactive and Pending Users
• Pathways
• Enhanced Step Placement in Pathway Builder
• Updated Features
• User Interface
• Modernized Interface
• Menus
• Removal of Option Menu Icons

New Features

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Enrollments

Automatic Filtering of Inactive and Pending Users

Issuer

Location to Enable Feature	None
Permissions	Inherent to user role
Affects User Interface	No
Affected Areas	Group Member List, Leaderboards
Related Ideas	[Credentials/Badges] Do not pull through inactive students into Canvas Credentials roster

Summary

Canvas Credentials automatically filters out inactive and pending users from key views and permission settings.

Notes:

•  Inactive and pending users will no longer:
• Appear in group member lists
• Be shown on leaderboards
• Retain group-based privileges on the standalone site
• Changes align with enrollment status (active, inactive, deleted, concluded) shown in the Canvas People page.

Change Benefit

This update improves consistency with Canvas LMS, enhances clarity for instructors and learners, and strengthens access control for standalone features by showing only active users.

Pathways

Enhanced Step Placement in Pathway Builder

Issuer

Feature Availability	Not available in the beta environment
Location to Enable Feature	None
Permissions	Inherent to user role
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Pathway Builder
Related Ideas	None

Summary

Issuers can add steps both above and below an existing step in the Pathway builder. Previously, new steps could only be added as prerequisites.

Change Benefit

This update offers more flexibility when designing and adjusting learning pathways.

Feature Workflow

Pathway Builder Add Steps

The Pathway builder supports adding steps above or below any existing step.

Updated Features

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User Interface

Modernized Interface

All Users

Feature Availability	Not available in the beta environment
Location to Enable Feature	None
Permissions	Inherent to user role
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Various areas in the user interface
Related Ideas	None

Summary

The user interface is updated to better match the InstUI design and colors and buttons reflect an organization's solar schemes.

Interface updates include:

• Typography
• Colors
• Buttons & Links

Change Benefit

This update delivers a seamless experience when moving between older and newer pages by reducing visual friction, improving usability, and reinforcing product identity with consistent, familiar design elements.

Feature Workflow

Create Issuer Button

Buttons and links automatically adjust to reflect an organization’s color scheme and style settings.

Menus

Removal of Option Menu Icons

Admin Issuer

Feature Availability	Not available in the beta environment
Location to Enable Feature	None
Permissions	Inherent to user role
Affects User Interface	Yes
Affected Areas	Option Menus
Related Ideas	None

Summary

Option Menu icons are removed.

Change Benefit

This update simplifies the user interface and better aligns with Instructure’s design.

Feature Workflow

Options Menu

In the Options menu, icons are removed.