Get ready for two powerhouse keynotes at InstructureCon 2025! Katie Novak, Ed.D will bust the myths around Universal Design for Learning and show how UDL helps every student—and educator—thrive. Then, futurist Dr. Michelle R. Weise will explore how education must evolve to support lifelong learners in a rapidly changing world.

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.

How do you meet the diverse needs of all your learners? With the transformative potential of modern classrooms, how do you use technology in purposeful ways to get you to the core of what learning is about - connection, interaction and relationships?

‘EdTech Management’ isn’t often thought of as required infrastructure in K-12 organizations–but with the average district utilizing 2,500+ unique edtech tools during the 2022-23 school year it’s becoming a critical consideration for budgeting and student success.

This training will cover a range of powerful tools and strategies to create an inclusive and adaptive learning environment. This presentation will discuss key elements of Course Design, Assignment Types, and tools that help teachers differentiate instruction within their course. Popular tools we’ll highlight include: Immersive Reader, Mastery Paths, Canvas Studio, New Quizzes, and more!

This presentation demonstrates the integration and application of Khanmigo Teacher Tools within the Canvas Learning Management System for higher education. Khanmigo, an AI-powered teaching assistant developed by Khan Academy, offers 23 tools designed to enhance instructional efficiency and effectiveness. The session showcases seven key features: discussion prompt creation, exit ticket generation, lesson hook development, text chunking, content leveling, relevance enhancement, and real-world context generation.

This session will explore strategies for fostering student agency, designing personalized learning pathways, and implementing mastery-based learning using Canvas tools.

This session will explore how to leverage Canvas's features to create inclusive learning experiences that cater to diverse learners through the power of the new Universal Design for Learning (UDL) 3.0 guidelines while also complying with the latest accessibility standards. This session will examine the action plan that one district followed to translate UDL principles into actionable goals to harness Canvas as a powerful tool for accessible learning.

This session will explore how CVTC implements Ed Tech Academy, measures its impact on student success rates, and empowers faculty to present their course transformations during professional development events. Join us to discover strategies for implementing a similar initiative at your institution.

In this interactive, fast-paced session, attendees will engage in a unique "speed dating" format designed to promote peer collaboration and idea exchange about the Canvas learning management system.

This session explores how a small liberal arts institution has successfully repurposed Canvas for faculty onboarding, professional development, syllabus archiving, student organizations, and institutional assessment—all without additional costs.

Learn how AI capabilities, accessibility-first design, and more are reshaping what's possible in educational technology. We'll explore real examples of how these platform innovations are solving today's teaching and learning challenges while building the foundation for tomorrow's educational experiences.

This workshop provides practical tools and ideas for teachers, instructional designers, curriculum developers, and administrators to create more effective and efficient learning for all students, regardless of ability.

What does it truly mean to design accessible learning experiences—and how can we move beyond compliance to create inclusive, engaging content for every learner? Join as Katie Novak, internationally recognized expert in Universal Design for Learning (UDL) and inclusive practices and Jody Sailor, Sr. Director of Academic Strategy and Innovation at Instructure, sit down for an in-depth conversation about what it takes to build courses that are accessible by design.

Roadside Attraction: We will be presenting a whirlwind tour of Spokane Colleges' Online Student Success Coaching platform in Canvas.

The purpose of digital accessibility is to ensure that digital products, tools, and content—such as websites, mobile apps, documents, and multimedia—are usable and inclusive for everyone, regardless of their abilities or disabilities.

Accessibility isn't a feature. It’s a foundation. In this cross-functional panel, employees from across Instructure will share how accessibility is deeply embedded in our products, services, and culture. 

In the rapidly evolving landscape of educational technology, the integration and evaluation of third-party learning tools have become increasingly complex, especially with the advent of artificial intelligence.