What makes a “good teacher” in the eyes of first-year undergraduates? This session dives into a fascinating case study viewed through the lens of the TPACK model. Discover how students’ perceptions challenged traditional ideas and added unexpected dimensions to the model. Join us to explore why these findings matter more than ever and how they can inform teaching practices.

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.

Discover how the University of Michigan’s U-M GPT Maizey transforms teaching and learning by seamlessly integrating with Instructure’s Canvas. Designed for educators, Maizey leverages Canvas’s LTI 1.3 framework to embed powerful AI-driven tools directly into course environments. With Maizey, instructors can create dynamic learning experiences by indexing course materials, lecture captures, and external resources like Google Drive, all accessible through Canvas.

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 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.

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.

We will share implementation journey so far, our successes and challenges, how it has already proven a valuable tool, and how we see it as a vital asset in our future quality assurance, by leveraging data and AI and thus supporting staff and students and fostering culture of continuous improvement. This holistic approach ensures that we can provide high-quality education and meet accreditation standards effectively.

Leveraging Canvas Data 2.0, the University of Florida's Information Technology has developed a tool that brings together Canvas data, institutional data, and student feedback as a plugin accessible from the instructor's Canvas page.

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

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

Taking the first steps down the path to a new Learning Management System (LMS) is a significant endeavor. This session reveals our institution's meticulous process of transitioning from a favored LMS to Canvas. Through detailed surveys, focus groups, and an extensive market analysis, we navigated community culture and positive reviews of our long-time LMS to make an informed decision on whether or not to adopt Canvas. 

In 2023, Harvey Mudd College (HMC) embarked on a journey to transition from Sakai to Canvas, aiming not only to enhance the digital teaching and learning experience but also to navigate the distinct challenges of aligning with the broader Claremont Colleges consortium while preserving the institution’s rigorous, collaborative academic environment. This session will tell the story of this transition—the motivations, challenges, and the valuable lessons learned along the way. 

Join us to learn how the University of Utah is leveraging the power of Canvas data and EAB's innovative tools to enhance student success.

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.

Join experts from Instructure, Penn State and 1EdTech Consortium as we discuss best practices for getting the most out of your Canvas integrations, including tool installation, management and app vetting.

This session is designed for educators and instructional designers who want to unlock advanced video editing features to create dynamic and interactive multimedia learning experiences. Participants will learn basic to advanced principles of how to record and edit videos, as well as how to create custom and interesting video thumbnails, cut and trim recordings, add annotations, and access advanced editing tools within Canvas Studio. 

Discover the transformative potential of Google for Education’s partnership with Instructure and learn how it can enhance your courses. This presentation demonstrates how Google’s AI tools, when integrated with the Canvas LMS, improve EdTech teaching and learning at a large public university.

This session will demystify Intelligent Insights’ "Ask your Data" feature, offering attendees a practical guide to prompt engineering, equipping you with the skills necessary to find the information needed.

Discover how Parchment empowers institutions, consortia, and state systems to support more efficient pathways to completion, while optimizing efficiencies and improving the learner experience. See for yourself how Parchment helps simplify and streamline transcript processing, course sharing, dual enrollment, credit transfer, and recruiting.

Using Lambda, S3, Glue, and Athena, we built a dynamic, scalable system that collects, stores, and queries Canvas Data 2 (CD2) on demand without the hefty price tag of traditional databases. Following a year of operational deployment, this approach has proven its merit. We've slashed costs, boosted flexibility, and future-proofed our data strategy.

When students get real-time guidance and instructors gain transparency into the writing process, everyone wins.

At the University of Birmingham, UK, we have partnered with Canvas as our VLE provision since 2013. As our usage has evolved it has become the central platform for our ecosystem, with additional tools incorporated for assessment in STEM, lecture capture, search, and collaboration.

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.

Wondering how to make real progress on accessibility in your institution’s Canvas courses, especially in light of legislative requirements for digital accessibility? Learn how Northwestern University facilitated a 75% drop in accessibility errors per course in just 18 months.

This session will explore the integration of Khanmigo for Teachers, an AI-powered learning assistant, with Canvas. 

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

This presentation explores how generative AI can provide personalized professional development for university faculty. By analyzing course transcripts, LMS documents, and curriculum maps, AI personalizes faculty feedback by identifying specific teaching strategies the instructor has employed, linking them to educational theories and course objectives.

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.

In a world where yesterday’s leadership playbooks are already outdated, how do we as leaders stay ahead of relentless change? In this energizing and highly practical session, Martin will equip you with a leadership toolkit designed for turbulent times. Building on his acclaimed 'Toolkit for Turbulence,' Martin will challenge you to recalibrate your leadership mindset, embrace disruption as a force multiplier, and apply adaptive capabilities to drive advantage, even when the path ahead is anything but clear.