Impact Content Release Notes (2025-08-26)

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Content release notes outline the new and updated Out-of-the-Box (OOTB) Impact Content that is displayed inside your Impact Dashboard. This includes OOTB Campaigns, Monitors, Monitor Categories/Reporting Templates, Contexts, and Support Center.

Unless otherwise stated, all content in this release is available in the Production environment on 2025-08-26.

Impact helps institutions improve technology adoption and evaluate the impact of educational technology, while helping faculty and students seamlessly navigate new platforms. Learn more about Impact by Instructure.

Table of Contents

• New Content
• Campaigns
• Walkthrough: Use a Dyslexia Friendly Font
• Campaign: The Benefits of Accessibility
• Monitors and Contexts
• Dyslexic Font
• SpeedGrader
• Monitor Categories/Reporting Templates
• Dyslexic Font
• Support
• Research Opportunities
• Updated Content
• Support
• Updated Support Articles
• Context
• Updated Contexts
• Walkthroughs
• Updated Walkthroughs

New Content

Campaigns

Walkthrough: Use a Dyslexia Friendly Font

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Walkthrough: Use a Dyslexia Friendly Font

This walkthrough shows all users how to enable the Dyslexia Friendly Font to help improve readability for users with dyslexia and support a more inclusive learning experience.

Campaign: The Benefits of Accessibility

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The Benefits of Accessibility

The purpose of the campaign is to inform instructors about the importance of accessibility in the classroom.

Monitors and Contexts

Dyslexic Font

The following monitors and contexts are created for Dyslexic Font:

• Dyslexic font toggle

SpeedGrader

The following monitors and contexts are created for SpeedGrader:

• SpeedGrader page: comment area

Monitor Categories/Reporting Templates

Dyslexic Font

Dyslexic Font monitors are added to the following categories:

Instructor

> Canvas set-up

>> Profile settings

>>> Use Dyslexic font toggle

Instructor>Use Dyslexic Font Toggle

Student

> Canvas set-up

>> Profile settings

>>> Use Dyslexic font toggle

Student>Use Dyslexic Font Toggle

Observer

> Account

>> Use Dyslexic font toggle

Observer>Use Dyslexic Font Toggle

Support

Research Opportunities

The following support articles are added to the Research Opportunities support category:

• We want to understand your experience with Canvas LMS!
• Share Your Experience Using Connected Apps in Canvas!

Updated Content

Support

Updated Support Articles

The following support articles are updated:

• How do I edit a group set in a course? renamed to How do I edit or delete a group set in a course?
• How do I view the resource pins associated with a standard in a tracker? deleted as resource pins are deprecated on Mastery Connect

Context

Updated Contexts

The following contexts are updated within campaigns:

• Walkthrough: Cross-listing a section
• Course settings page: Sections tab is updated to match UI changes. As a result, placement of Walkthrough step Open Course Sections of the Walkthrough: Cross-listing a section into a course is updated.
• Walkthrough: Managing course features
• Context Course settings page: feature options tab is updated to match UI changes. As a result, placement of Walkthrough step Feature Options of the Walkthrough: Managing course features
• The context of the Step Feature Management is replaced with the Course settings page context due to UI updates.

• Walkthrough: Hide course navigation links
• The context of the Step Navigation tab is replaced with the Course settings page context due to UI updates.
• Walkthrough: Submit a Google Assignments LTI 1.3 file as an assignment submission (Students)
• The context of the step Google Assignments LTI 1.3! is replaced with the Google Drive (LTI 1.3) submission link context due to UI updates.
• Walkthrough: Create a Studio Quiz
• The context of the steps Create Studio Video Quizzes & Enrich your Course!
•  is replaced with the Studio Collection page context due to UI updates.
• Walkthrough: How to create a Document Based Assessment
  • The context of the step Ready to proceed! is replaced with the Studio Collection page context due to UI updates.

Walkthroughs

Updated Walkthroughs

The following content is updated within walkthroughs:

• Walkthrough: Mastery Connect Trackers overview
• Content in View your Tracker's Content step is updated to match the deprecation of resource pins