Instructure Community Weekly Highlights (August 5-11, 2025)

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Welcome to the Instructure Community Weekly Highlights blog! Every Monday, we will update you with all the goings-on in the Instructure world from the previous week: community updates, product updates, new blogs to read, and everything else you'll need to know will be here!

Community Content

Featured Content

• Book Club: The InstructureCon25 Encore Series

InstructureCast Blog

• Episode 30: A Beautiful Prompt: How Utah is Trailblazing AI in K-12 Education

Upcoming Instructure Live Events

• Canvas Klatch- Wed, Aug 13, 2025 11:00 AM MDT
• The Canvas Klatch started as a collaborative online office hour for the Online Network of Educators, but all Community Members are welcome!
• Mastery Connect NEW Portal Open House- Wed, Aug 13, 2025 02:00 PM MDT
• Have you heard the exciting news? The Mastery Connect Online PD has a NEW Premium offering that includes the updated Mastery Connect Course AND live training webinars! Want to learn more about how this service can support leaders and teachers?
• Beyond the Mist: Stories, Insights, and Sighting from InstCon25- Thu, Aug 14, 2025 10:00 AM MDT
• At InstructureCon, we learned about new approaches of AI and accessibility and learned how people from around the world work to support teaching and learning. Join us at this Instructure Live event to continue processing what you learned and share how the magic of the Pacific Northwest has begun to inform your practice.
• Beyond the Canvas: Jai Bishop- Sun, Aug 17, 2025 08:00 PM MDT
• Jai is shaping more engaging, student-centred learning through game-based strategies and thoughtful use of gamification. By designing lessons that spark curiosity and lead to real ‘aha’ moments, he’s making learning more meaningful, both online and in the classroom.
• Canvas Klatch- Mon, Aug 18, 2025 10:00 AM MDT
• The Canvas Klatch started as a collaborative online office hour for the Online Network of Educators, but all Community Members are welcome!
• Introducing IgniteAI, built for the way you teach-Thu, Aug 21, 2025 06:00 AM MDT
• Instructure’s Chief Academic Officer, Melissa Loble, will showcase how the new AI features coming to Canvas help educators save time, lead with insight, and support inclusive learning. This live session is designed especially for our customers in Europe.

Product Content

Feature User Groups

Differentiation Tags

• Differentiation Tags Update: Refinements

Product Blog

The Product Blog newest posts:

• Empowering Educators: Key Takeaways from the Canvas LMS Customer Discovery Session at InstructureCon
• Master the Back to School Rush: 3 Tips for Managing Media in Studio as an Admin
• Canvas Studio Will Soon Offer a Secure, Distraction Free YouTube Experience for Educators and Studen...
• Unlock Student Engagement with the New Catalog x Impact Integration

 Other Blogs

Mastery Connect Blog newest posts:

• 📝 Tips for Admins to have a Successful School Year Start
• 📝 Tips about Assessments and Trackers to have a Successful School Year Start
• 📝 Tips for Teachers to have a Successful School Year Start

Instructure Roadmap

Check out the Instructure Roadmap for upcoming updates.

Feature Updates

Catalog 

Catalog Release Notes (2025-08-04) 

Impact 

Impact Release Notes (2025-08-05) 

Elevate Data Quality 

Elevate Data Quality Release Notes (2025-08-11) 

Intelligent Insights 

Intelligent Insights Release Notes (2025-08-18) 

Intelligent Insights Deploy Notes (July 2025) 

LearnPlatform 

LearnPlatform Release Notes (2025-07-31)