During my undergrad years at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, I was a member of a fraternity. People have different connotations for the prototypical "frat guy," but I didn't see myself as one of the privileged, cocky, and boisterous individuals tha...

What a week it was!!! Filled with wonderful ideas, creativity, interesting insights, developments and a real sense of community. Myself,  @h_cooper  and Gareth Kirk from the University of Wolverhampton, England were lucky enough to come along to this...

InstructureCon 0017 saw an exciting line up of Product announcements, with some features ready for release, and others preparing for release in the near future. We thought it might be difficult to remember every exciting announcement, so we created t...

[Group Evaluation LTI: Developing a Better Tool] @kkm11 , Assistant Director of Design, Penn State University[INTEL]When group work is essential, a way for group assessment is a must. This is geared to group members evaluating the performance of othe...

I can't add much to the bits already shared about the Canvas Intelligence Exchange, as I was behind the scenes most of the day. I'll share a bit about that in a minute. I'll second (third? fourth?) the comments of the other organizers: I got to meet ...

Community management is about more than deciding what post goes where, moderating ideas, answering questions, hosting events, or other support-type activities. Community management is about creating a culture and environment where people can grow, co...

They didn't show up.  Short session 1 out of 5.

Last year Kevin Schamel came to Starr Elementary introducing the #RCSNEXTGEN Leadership Cadre for our new LMS Canvas. As much as I love technology, I was very hesitant about applying. The reason had nothing to do with Canvas, but the fear of rejecti...

Hi Fellow Pandas,I'm recapping my InstructureCon 0017 experience via a slideshow to share with my fellow school employees.My main mission with this slideshow is to pitch the value of attending InstructureCon in person to my admin.  While I am certain...

Does anyone know if we'll get a Canvas Live on "The Future of Microsoft in Education" session that was canceled (due to no presenter) during InstructureCon?

Last year I attended my first InstructureCon, and attended the pre-conference workshops.  Having been on the Canvas platform for only a year it was good to get more familiar with how things work.  Coming from a non-edu background it was also a good c...

Adversity can appear for any of us at any moment. The adversities we face do not define us, but the actions we take in the face of adversity do shape us. This week, I was reminded that actions during adversity do not just mold and shape individuals, ...

Thanks to everyone who attended  "The Future of Plagiarism Detection" at InstructureCon 2017. Bill and I felt good about the presentation and hope the audience did as well.For those who asked and those who could not attend, please find our slides her...

 @ackerme1  and I had so much fun, going undercover, and presenting at InstructureCon 0017! We are so grateful for Canvas, our team at erau‌, and everyone who attended our session.Some asked for a copy of our TOP SECRET PPT - so here it is! IC17_Disc...

I've long been curious of the openness of Canvas and how anyone off the street can create an LTI to interact with the LMS. I think we can all agree that this is one of the strengths of Canvas - and one that I wanted to pursue while at InstructureCon ...

I loved attending Deactivated user‌'s session on how Instructure is approaching artificial intelligence and how this can impact education (the official session title was "The Canvas of the Future - Artificial Intelligence & Behavioral Economics).Hila...

Is there an area or form for presenters to provide feedback?

Note: Apologies, but the schedule was removed before I had a chance to note all of the presenter names, so I'll update this with the appropriate @ mentions as soon as the session info is available again. Thanks a TON to all of the presenters for shar...

My first introduction to canvas data‌ and tableau‌ came at the hands of both  @brenden_goetz ‌ and  @alexander_kark1 ‌. These topics have been mentioned around my institution, and they have picked up steam as of late, so I figured what better way to ...

TL;DR - It's gonna be awesome! Contact your CSM for info on getting access to the Beta Version.[An Ace Sees Miss Stimtron - anagram for "Assessment Is Not A Crime"]Deactivated user, Senior Product Manager - Assessments, Instructure[INTEL]The session ...

I am home now, and will share my final thoughts; although, since this is a journey and not a destination, nothing is final.Thursday, July 27:I continued to follow my trend on Thursday and interacted with attendees all day and night, only attending th...

So this year I attended InstructureCon solo.  Not for one minute did I think I would be alone, but honestly I had no idea what to expect.  And look what happened....Over the course of the week I ran into all kinds of people.During the Canvas Intellig...

On day two of instcon‌ I stopped by the Community Booth and chatted with the one and only stefaniesanders‌. Yes, she had me create my own mock-up for a new Community home page (Community Home - Submit your own‌), but this lead to some more in depth c...

TL;DR - Art & Culture app, create authentic assessments[The (Real) World Is Not Enough: Virtual Field Trips & Authentic Assessment in Canvas]shannondunn, Senior Instructional Designer, University of Florida @ahaskell , University of Florida[NEED-TO-K...

To my friends, colleagues, and fellow Canvas lovers having a blast at Keystone:My view is not as pretty as yours this afternoon. I didn't get to game, gamble, hack or karaoke last night. I haven't been kicked out of a building mid-session (although i...

[For Your Eyes Only: Assessing Live Scenarios On The Fly]s0454213, Curriculum and Instructional Design Specialist, Lethbridge College @lorne_deimert , Lethbridge College[INTEL]*Random info - Marilyn Manson was punched in the Denny's in Lethbridge.*Us...

TL;DR - Join the Focus Group, Contact CSM & give feedback. It looks awesome!!New Gradebook: Phase 1Deactivated user, Instructure[NEED-TO-KNOW]The major takeaways from this session were:0.5 behind feature flag now, call CSMChange is hard & is really d...

After a rainy kick off night, I started off Wednesday exploring the P.A.L.S area and had some great discussions with vendors like CIDI Labs. I then ran into  @dhulsey ‌ and had a great discussion covering assessment security, past conferences and ses...