The Release Notes user interface (UI) is our first step in improving communication about default Canvas features, but it’s just the beginning.

Instructure products will not ONLY add and improve features and capabilities in the months and years to come. We will also “prune” capabilities in order to make sure we can best serve an extremely diverse and broad set of needs around the globe.

If you’re reading this, you’re probably subscribed to the entire Canvas TLDR Product Blog. Well, subscriptions as you know them are about to change.

We are expanding the platforms from which one can smoothly upload video to Studio but we also work on something that we’ve owed the community with for a long time now. Let’s see what it is!

Most people understand what the font-size menu does, but bigger isn't always better.

I’m excited to introduce myself to the Canvas Community! My name is Ben Friedman and I’m a new Product Manager at Instructure, working on Outcomes within the Canvas LMS. 

Enrollment Alerts for students who have Withdrawn and are coded as Homeless, Foster Care, or Military-Connected

Want to give feedback on possible new rules/validations for Certify? 

Using MasteryConnect and Canvas just got better! Soon Trackers will be connected to Canvas Courses, making it even easier to access the power of the MasteryConnect directly from your Canvas Course. Now you’ll have more time for teaching, assessing, a...

Hello, I’m excited to introduce myself to all of you! I’m the new product manager for Canvas data and analytics. Learn a little bit more about me, get a sneak peek at Canvas Attendance — an update to New Analytics — and take the opportunity to share ...

The Tracker is the heart and soul of MasteryConnect. And now it’s even better! We are so excited to share our freshly redesigned Tracker with you! 

Let's discuss New Quizzes Public API's foundation: GraphQL or REST? 

2020 taught us a myriad of things in the landscape of education technology. It accelerated a transition we’ve seen coming for a long time with the rapid rise of individuals learning in a remote environment.

As we start to prepare our upcoming work for Q3 I wanted to pause and take a look back on what the team has release thus far. Our goal for the first half of the year was to reduce the amount of overhead in managing common workflows, specifically arou...

For back to school 2021, MasteryConnect has redesigned the Tracker header and made navigation within the Tracker a LOT easier to use. Our team wants teachers to have access to the features that they need on a daily basis and not waste valuable time s...

See what we have planned for back to school '21!

We are excited to be blogging about MasteryConnect with you! Find out what to expect in our posts.

It's quite important nowadays to be effective. That is true in Canvas Mobile apps too. The idea is to have a "start here" list of items that collects the most important, the most popular features to have them always at hand, so we save time by elimin...

There are a lot of different ways to embed content like YouTube videos into Canvas, which is great! Standards and co-existing with the open web is a big part of what makes Canvas, Canvas. Unfortunately, the three most common ways of embedding YouTube...

A long-awaited feature is coming to Studio this year—let us know your opinion!

Have you ever wondered how your state’s standards get from a pdf (or doc or html) on a state Department of Education website into Canvas or MasteryConnect? No? Right, probably not. And that’s how we like it.  

In an effort to deepen the security of SCORM content, we are changing the way Canvas interacts with SCORM by integrating signed launch links.

[2021-06-07 Update] TheDiscussions Redesign project is now available in the beta environment. Please view more details about this project in our Discussions Redesign User Group.

Stop playing Wack the Mole when attempting to create equitable opportunities and closing achievement gaps.

I know everyone is keen to hear what is coming next for Item Banks. We think we’re onto something good, but are still refining the user interaction experience.  New improvements to Item Banks will make it possible for Admins to share Item Banks at th...

It is not easy to describe the honour and excitement I feel now that I’ll be managing a product used by millions everyday. Still, I will try.

As I looked at my calendar this month I was reminded this May 13 (today) marks an anniversary of when LTI support was deployed to Canvas. This year will be 10 years! \o/

Thank you this week and EVERY week.

In the classroom, with a paper copy of a text, students can use highlighters, sticky notes, and all kinds of colorful pens and pencils to help them annotate the text and read for understanding. Active reading while taking online assessments can be mo...

In our newly released feature, Course Templates, find out how they're different from Blueprint Courses and use cases behind each.