Tl;dr: Impact is moving to a continuous delivery release process, which means faster innovation, iteration, and more timely bug fixes for you! Read on for more details…

With the end of the year rapidly approaching, we want to share an update on the highly anticipated AI-powered Discussions and Inbox Translations. As part of our commitment to delivering high-quality, reliable, and scalable features, we will continue ...

Say hello to faster resource management! Canvas Commons now offers Quick Action Buttons, letting you share, download, edit, or delete resources directly from the list view.

We’re excited to announce new features in the Canvas LMS January Release. With the updates to the 2024 release schedule, we remain focused on ensuring that you are fully informed and equipped with the tools you need to succeed and support learners at...

Discover relevant courses with ease! The Recommendations Feature is now in Beta—shape its future with your feedback by Feb 2nd.

New Quizzes can now be shared to Commons. Save time, collaborate effortlessly, and discover or share assessments internally and externally.

We’re excited to announce updates to multiple tables and columns in the Canvas namespace with new enumerated values (enums) that will be available in your CD2/DAP Query API dataset starting January 9th. These changes enrich the dataset with additiona...

As we near the end of 2024 and look back upon the year… I’d like to share a deeper dive about our discovery process, how the R&D team creates new feature solutions.

Canvas Catalog header updates on Jan 6: New H1 'Listings' title on the homepage and 'Browse Listings' shifts from H1 to H2. Check your custom JS/CSS!

Block Editor will be available in Open Beta on December 16, 2024.

A Studio post for everyone out there - Educators, Students, Administrators: watch our 5-min know-how video on your video library improvements coming in January.

Simplifying Learning: Improved Support for New Quizzes TLDR: Quizzes are key to learning, and we’ve made them easier to access and navigate in the Canvas Mobile apps. With improved support for New Quizzes, both learners and instructors can now enjoy ...

Canvas Catalog meets Credentials! Starting Jan 6, showcase Badges & Pathways to elevate learner experience and drive institutional impact.

Hello, New Quizzes users!  We're excited to share some recent improvements, inspired directly by you - our Canvas users! Many of these new features are ready to enjoy now, while some are planned for early 2025. Today's highlights focus on "delighter...

Learn what are some typical questions our users are asking from the AI in Intelligent Insights' Ask Your Data feature.

Discover new Canvas Catalog updates: Multiselect UDFs & Self-paced text removal now live, plus Permission-based Integration Tab in Beta today!

We are excited to announce the release of DAP CLI & Lib 1.3.0, bringing new features, enhanced functionality, and critical updates based on your feedback. This update reinforces our commitment to improving developer tools and addressing the needs of ...

Three new columns to be added to the assignments table: parent_assignment_id, type, has_sub_assignments. These changes will go live on December 9th, 2024. 

We’re excited to introduce a new feature we're working on called Differentiation Tags, and we’d love your input to make it the best it can be!

What's next for Ideas and Themes

We're excited to announce the Canvas Apps page will be going live to open beta on December 16th! This new feature is designed to streamline app integration and management for Canvas root admins. While still in development, this initial release, which...

Ask Your Data introduces exciting updates - a new chart type for single-number KPIs, and the ability to customize Pinboards by re-organizing Pins.

We're excited to announce that ElevateCALPADS 9.0.0 is now available for California school districts, enabling CALPADS validations based on the 2024-25 school year standards.

Discover how our latest enhancements streamline the checkout experience and give institutions greater control over listings presentation. Explore these user-focused updates now in beta, with production launch next week!

The release date for the Discussion Checkpoints feature has been adjusted. Originally planned for November 16, the new release date for production is January 18, 2025. In the meantime, Discussion Checkpoints will still be accessible in the beta envir...

We're excited to announce that a workaround has been implemented for EDQ's IODS data acquisition process that negates the issues caused by invalid daysEmployedSets resources.

Recently announced updates to the Community guides will have a downstream effect on the Impact Support Center. Read on to learn more and know what to expect.

Explore the upgraded Canvas Catalog Category Menu, now in Beta! Enjoy a sleek new design, faster load times, intuitive pagination, and enhanced deletion safeguards. Dive in and share your feedback!

We’re making an important change to the rollout of Discussion Checkpoints based on your feedback. Instead of enabling Checkpoints as a default feature that is on for all users on November 16th, we will now release it as a Feature Option.

Get ready to shape the future of Instructure’s data capabilities! We’re running an Instructure Data Questionnaire to gather your valuable insights for our 2025 roadmap, focusing on cloud adoption and analytics trends. Your feedback will guide our fea...