4 Canvas Features that will Leave You Charmed Are you searching for the pot of gold at the end of the Canvas rainbow?  Look no further, because we’ve got the lucky charms you need to make your Canvas experience magical! Enjoy and please leave a comm...

In this post, you will find the error codes the SAML debugger returns and the resolution to solve them. 

5 Golden Rings Giveaway: Course Stickers Course Sticker Freebie Who doesn't love course stickers? Add a little sparkle to your course with our course sticker freebie. Enjoy and please leave a comment with your thoughts!

5 Golden Rings Giveaway: Wrapping Up The Year Ready to Recap 2022? Let's kickoff Day 4 of our giveaway with a... Enjoy and please leave a comment with your thoughts!

5 Golden Rings Giveaway: New Year's Resolution Ready to win some swag? It's Day 3 of our 5 Golden Rings Giveaway and we are so excited to hear about your Canvas goals for the New Year. Sharing will enter you in a drawing to win an awesome prize! Enjo...

5 Golden Rings Giveaway: This or That? Ready to win some swag? We are so excited to bring to the community a "This or That" game and a chance to win some swag! Enjoy and please leave a comment with your thoughts!

5 Golden Rings Giveaway: Caption This! Ready to win some swag? Let’s start this holiday party with a fun picture-captioning activity that enters you in a drawing for some awesome Instructure swag! Enjoy and please leave a comment with your thoughts!

Learning Services' 5 Golden Rings Giveaway Do you love giveaways and learning something new? You do not want to miss our 5 Golden Rings Giveaway! Not only will you have a chance to win actual prizes but you will also love the assortment of jewels we ...

A blog post from a Technical CSM about the common trust questions I see!

Create an interesting widget on your Canvas pages to expand/collapse content using very simple code.  

Maintaining Engagement Through the Mid-Semester Slump How can I use instructor presence to keep students engaged? Student engagement is a key component of good instructional design and, like many elements of instructional design, it is more difficult...

I get asked often how we use our custom SIS Imports rostering and why we choose to take that path. After writing nearly the same summary over and over again, and then emailing it to the requester during the last several years, I thought I’d write it ...

When we were young and dumb, we just created a sub-account structure that mimicked what we had in our SIS. Geez, what a mistake! If you are new, spend time thinking/planning your account structure.

At Beaverton School District we've been syncing Parent/Observer accounts from our SIS for several years. Many times, we've been asked how to do this, so I thought I'd go ahead and document it here. I'm also eager to hear from the community your thoug...

ID Horror Stories: Put Poor Design to Rest Do you need a spellbook on good course design? When looking at the cauldron of instructional design, it all boils down to cognitive load. Put poor design to rest and reanimate your courses with a few simple ...

We are so excited to better understand your holistic experience with all of the key Customer Experience teams at Instructure.

Best Practices for Formative and Summative Assessments in Canvas How can I add my formative and summative assessments into Canvas?   Formative and summative assessments are integral steps in the process of learning, but how can you bring them to life...

Hi all,We had 2 instructors call today panicked that they couldn't start their Zooms from Canvas. I did some digging and found that on certain computers when enhanced tracking protection is on in Firefox, Canvas can't make the connection to zoom and ...

Ready, Set, Launch! Are you wondering what’s coming to the RMT suite?   The Instructional Design team has been working hard to launch our ten newest Ready-Made Templates! We think you’ll love them! Check out this post to learn more about what each te...

The internet is full of web typography, and our Canvas pages are no exception. Albeit fairly limited, we do have options to customize and optimize our fonts and typography through the Rich Content Editor and with simply HTML in the HTML editor. Let'...

Turn the Page on Your Canvas Course Wondering how to close out your Canvas course?   The ID team shares tips and best practices for wrapping up a semester or academic year in Canvas. Read more to find out what you can do to make the transition from s...

With a little bit of CSS, you can create some interesting border effects for the pictures on your Canvas pages and assignments.  Check out how to adjust your color, styling, and thickness to create fun custom borders.

Teacher Appreciation ID Giveaway Ready for some Canvas FREEBIES?? Instructure’s Instructional Design Team has created some punny stickers for your course. We hope you’ll stick with us (get it?!) and check out this blog post! Enjoy and please leave a ...

2022 Learning Services Teacher Appreciation Giveaway Are you ready to be appreciated? Happy Teacher Appreciation Week from Instructure! The Learning Services team would love to shower you with gifts of gratitude. Check out what’s in store this week! ...

The Dos and Don’ts of Icon Maker Interested in learning more about how to best integrate icons from the new Icon Maker in your Canvas Course?   The Instructional Design Team at Canvas has compiled best practices in using Canvas’s new Icon Maker. Read...

Add a button in SpeedGrader to assign maximum points to all criteria that do not already have points.