Resource Roundup from Instructure New & Next | Q2 2025 (HEd)

KevinMeredith · ‎04-08-2025

Thank you for attending the Q2 Instructure New and Next Webinar. This post includes linked resources for the recent product releases covered in our Q2 2025 Instructure New & Next webinars, organized by theme. These resources have been created to help you better manage change and understand the impact and benefit of new releases.

We’ll continue to update this post as more resources become available.

You can access the recordings, Q&A reports, and slides from the webinar at the event's Instructure Live page.

Even if you didn’t join the session, we hope this aggregated list of resources helps you effectively communicate updates to the product experiences across your school or district. The following are themes of our product delivery, organized for your benefit:

Innovating for the Teaching & Learning Experience

Discussion Checkpoints (Canvas LMS)

Blog post: Discussion Checkpoints Update Based On Your Feedback
Release Notes: March 15, 2025

Updates to Canvas Media Player (Canvas LMS and Canvas Studio)

Blog: Updates to Our Media Player
Release Notes: Canvas Release Notes (2025-04-19), Studio Release Notes (2025-04-19)

Updates to whiteboard and diagramming in Canvas (Canvas LMS)

Webinar: Lucid in Canvas Walkthrough - This video highlights the registration, tools, and use cases for utilizing Lucid’s whiteboarding and diagramming functionality in Canvas.
Blog Post: Updates to Whiteboarding and Diagramming in Canvas