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The Community blog provides updates and stories from the Community Team and Community Members. Share your Community story with us!

To kick off our giveaways this week, I want to start by acknowledging the work educators do every day to make learning engaging and positive. As a former educator myself, I truly appreciate your dedication and recognize how invaluable you are! Today’...

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As part of this very important week, I want to celebrate YOU. Each and everyone one of you is guiding lives, driving positive social change, and shaping our world’s future through the incredibly important work you do. I love listening to your stories...

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I’m excited to share that Instructure is celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week May 8-12th, 2023!  While our celebration aligns with the end of the school year in North America and Europe, we're ready to thank all educators who make a difference every...

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Canvas LMS introduced a fun and simple feature in 2020 - confetti for students’ on-time assignment submissions. Little did we know that this seemingly small addition would make a significant impact on students and educators alike.

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As the Themes & Ideas Process launches across all four of Instructure’s product families and as we respond to some feedback we received, the Community Team wanted to share that we made some adjustments to our Ranks and Roles. 

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We’ve been hard at work giving a few areas in the Community a new coat of paint, making them easier to use, and we’re excited to finally show them off.

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The journey of life-long learning is filled with small moments that add up to make a big impact. These are your moments...your moments of joy, your moments of reflection, and, importantly, your moments of accomplishment. We want to celebrate with you...

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As many of you may already know, Instructure was founded nearly 15 years ago with 10 passionate customer experience members dedicated to delivering a transformative customer experience for all.  It was a huge honor when we learned that our Customer S...

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During the month of February, one that is filled with thoughts of appreciation, kindness, and love, Instructure is celebrating some of the changemakers that inspire learners every day. Teachers and educators inspire students to dive deeper into quest...

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As we look to 2023 with great anticipation, we can’t help but note all of the wonderful activities that occurred in the Instructure Community throughout 2022. Community is about coming together, collaborating, and celebrating ongoing improvements in ...

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The Community Team has updated some features and displays within the Known Issues pages to make it easier to navigate and understand the statuses of all identified issues across all Instructure Products.

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As mentioned in You’re Invited: Languages of Appreciation Book Club, this is your formal invitation to join us

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Have you ever stood in front of a crowded room to receive a service year pin or a regularly scheduled award? How did that experience make you feel?

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Along with our new chief product officer, Shiren Vijiasingam, I have spent a lot of time talking to our customers about New Quizzes. I love hearing how educators are using new tools that we’re developing, especially when it comes to quizzing and asse...

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Tl:dr; The Instructure Community's mission is to provide information that empowers users to successfully navigate Instructure products and to connect with other Instructure product users. We'd love to 'check-in' and make sure we're achieving these go...

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To better help you and your fellow Community members find relevant and current content, our first archive in the Question Forums will take place in the coming weeks. The Community Team initially planned this to occur on Wednesday, August 10, but we d...

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To better guide Community members, all idea conversations will use a new submission form beginning Monday, August 8.

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I am excited to announce the return of Panda Pros, a program to help you ramp up for the new school year.

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Badgr to become “Canvas Badges” tool, with new “Canvas Credentials” (formerly Badgr Pro!) offering more advanced functionality as paid service.

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On Wednesday March 29th, a researcher disclosed a Critical Day 0 vulnerability that impacts Spring MVC and Spring WebFlux applications running on JDK 9+.

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We’ve been working under the hood of our community platform to figure out a better way to collect feedback from you, our awesome Community members.

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The Community team hosts a series of short Instructure Live events to help everyone get the most out of the time you're able to explore all of the spaces and groups in the Community! 

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TL;DR: The MasteryConnect guides are getting a facelift! The existing guides will receive a polish and you’ll get some new guides to fill in the existing gaps. You can learn more about how we plan to accomplish this project and watch for the overhaul...

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2021 is nearly over and we've been reflecting on all the amazing questions, ideas, replies, blog posts, events, and more that you, our wonderful Instructure Community members, have created and participated in. We want to celebrate your amazing contri...

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On December 9th, a Critical Day 0 vulnerability was disclosed by Apache that affects Apache Log4j2 (CVE-2021-44228). There were many applications across the Internet that were impacted.  As a member of the Instructure family we want to update you on ...

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We've made some exciting changes to the Canvas Video Guides page and the Ideas space!

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Instead of taking the traditional approach of ‘badging for bragging rights’ (where you get a badge for doing something ‘right’ and glowing about it to all your peeps), we are flipping the model and “bragging by badging right” (glowing about you to al...

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[UPDATE: As of 1 September 2021, the Panda Pros program has concluded. Thank you!]  As Chief Customer Experience Officer, my focus is on ensuring our customers are successful and having a good experience with our tools and teams. Today, I am excited ...

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Top Navigation menu of the Community will be under construction June 24, 2021 from 9:30am to 4:30pm MDT. Read on for more information or tips for finding Community content.

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June 19th, or Juneteenth, is an important day in American history. That day in 1865 commemorated the ending of slavery across the United States. While significant steps forward have been made, this day is also a reminder that we must always be doing ...

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