In a world where learners move from early education to career advancement in increasingly complex ways, the fundamental question persists: Are they ready for what’s next? Especially in an era of AI transformation, readiness—whether for a new grade level, higher education, or the workforce—can be a compass that guides meaningful educational progress.

As the Academic Strategy Team, we’ve spent the past year researching trends, attending conferences and gathering insights with customers and educational leaders across the educational landscape.

In this workshop we’ll share the journey of Northeastern University’s adoption of Canvas Credentials Pathways, highlighting the key factors that prompted our decision.

Artificial Intelligence is transforming how students learn and prepare for their futures. This session explores how two universities launched two AI-driven student engagement series that both leveraged Canvas.

Join us as we soar high to take a birds-eye view of how we redesigned our professional development program (Soaring with Online Learning) for flexibility to meet the needs of all university faculty (even those teaching in-person) by offering courses in Canvas Catalog and awarding stacked micro-credentials through learning pathways in Canvas Credentials.

This session will explore the use of Canvas for Continuing Education Courses, focusing on Canvas Catalog, Credentials, and Outcomes. Learn how to manage one comprehensive Canvas course segmented by grading terms, track outcomes for skills badging, and ensure faculty training for rubric tracking.

Canvas Credentials provides a powerful badging platform, but some critical data points remain inaccessible through traditional APIs and exports. This session will explore how Selenium, a browser automation tool, can be leveraged to extract hidden data and generate meaningful reports that would otherwise be difficult to obtain.

As workforce training and professional certification evolve, continuing educational institutions and career training providers must leverage the right tools to stay ahead. This session will equip you with practical strategies to maximize Canvas, Catalog, and Credentials to enhance continued education, professional training, and certification programs.

This session showcases DeVry's groundbreaking implementation of Praxis AI's human-centered digital twin technology. Unlike traditional reactive AI assistants, DeVry's approach creates context-aware agentic professors that proactively observe student behavior, determine appropriate tactics for each situation, and autonomously engage learners through Canvas.

Change is hard. Rolling out new campus-wide policies doesn’t have to be an uphill battle. This session shares smart, practical strategies for implementing and revising digital badging policies in higher ed with less resistance and confusion.

The California State University (CSU) system has taken a bold step in revolutionizing its professional development programs by integrating Canvas LMS with Canvas Credentials.

In this session, we’ll walk through our process—from identifying critical needs to securing funding, partnering with Georgetown University experts, and executing a marketing strategy that resulted in a fully enrolled inaugural cohort. 

Georgia Tech will share the experience of performing an exhaustive audit of digital credentials usage, suppliers, and platforms, and how a small group of stakeholders recommended an enterprise-scaled platform, Canvas Credentials in just four months

In an era where careers span decades and the job market evolves at an unprecedented pace, the traditional model of education—front-loaded and finite—no longer suffices.

I’ve always believed in scaling technologies that help people advocate for themselves. And it’s not just any tech - it’s edtech. That’s why Instructure’s motto, “doing well while doing good,” resonates so deeply with me. How lucky are we to be part of this mission? In this session, I’ll show you what that looks like in practice, through two powerful examples from Elon University and Florida Gulf Coast University.