Over the past few years, our Product teams have been constantly innovating. We’ve put together an engrossing scroll-through trip down memory lane to showcase improvements to Canvas from 2021 through 2023.

The ability to duplicate item banks in New Quizzes was released to production environments on November 18. With this functionality, it is possible to duplicate an entire item bank so that any future edits would not affect the original item bank.

Mark your calendars! We’ve made a few changes to our Canvas deploy schedule.

The Rubrics functionality within Canvas LMS has been a conversation close to our hearts, stirred by your valuable insights. Delighted to announce that we are currently making progress on a transformative endeavor, reimagining the rubric experience.  

We have designed and implemented an entirely new enrollment workflow called “Temporary Enrollment Pairing”. We recognize that Canvas is the hub of teaching and learning, and giving easier access to the learning environment for temporary instruction h...

Exciting news alert! Credentials just got a boost – Group end dates can now stretch up to 6 years! But wait, there's more in the pipeline. Click to uncover the details and stay at the forefront of Credentials!

We are excited to introduce a new feature in the Discussions Redesign - Edit History.

In the November 8th Canvas deploy, Admin Analytics will release a new navigation.

We've been working tirelessly to enhance the Canvas experience, and we're delighted to announce that a long-anticipated Discussions Redesign will be enforced on July 20, 2024!

Shape Our Future Together!  Take our Catalog/Canvas Course Flow User Experience Survey and make your voice heard. Your insights can lead to an even better cross-product experience. Your feedback matters!

15 Themes - 9 for Canvas and 6 for Impact - are officially in “Open for Voting” to the Community from today, October 16th to November 15th, 2023. For more details on contributing during this phase of the Ideas & Themes process, please consult the How...

Q3 Achievements In Q3, we saw several big features released to production environments: Build on Last AttemptNew Quiz Content Export by QTINew Quizzes in Outcome Alignment SummaryItem AnalysisItem Bank EnhancementsItem Bank Search Results in a Table ...

The ability to export New Quizzes content as a QTI file was released in Production Environments on September 16. This functionality specifically covers exporting individual quiz content in the form of a QTI file and importing that content into a new...

The Build on last attempt setting in New Quizzes makes it possible for students to take additional attempts on a quiz, only re-attempting those questions they answered incorrectly. By eliminating the opportunity for a student to get an already correc...

With New Quizzes migration during course copy/import (formerly Bulk Migration) now available in production environments and the feature option turned on, question banks that have questions included in a Classic Quiz will be migrated into a New Quiz. ...

We’re updating our Decaying Average calculation to Weighted Average and adding a new calculation method in its place that reflects the traditionally accepted formula for the proficiency calculation known as Decaying Average.

TLDR: The Admin Analytics and New Analytics feature options will default ON in the December 16 Canvas release.

We're thrilled to unveil the next evolution of Canvas’s Discussion feature, representing a significant step forward in our ongoing mission to empower educators and students with seamless communication and collaboration tools.

For Canvas and Apple customers in the United States, iWork files (.pages, .numbers, and .key) can be uploaded via Canvas apps on iOS or the web and they will now preview in Canvas’s DocViewer. This feature enhancement is live as of August 30, 2023. 

As mentioned earlier, our team has been working on faster access to the Quiz and Item Analysis. We are pleased to announce that this new functionality is now available in the beta environment, followed by the production release a month later, on Sept...

Feedback from our users plays a critical role in the development of our Canvas Products.

The New Quizzes Migration through Course Copy/Import, previously referred to as the “Bulk Migration Tool”, will be available in production environments as of the August 19 release.

We are thrilled to share with you the Beta launch of our new product: The Emerging AI Marketplace! The marketplace is set to redefine the way you experience Instructure, and we can't wait to share the exciting details with you.

In the Q1 quarterly update post, I mentioned our ongoing efforts to enhance the speed of Item Analysis generation. I am now pleased to provide more comprehensive information on this development.

Today, we’re excited to announce that Google Assignments LTI 1.3 now integrates with Collaborations in Canvas, the last feature needed to reach parity with the legacy Google Apps LTI integration. Collaborations in Canvas enables teachers and students...

Here's the latest update on New Quizzes! Q2 Achievements Grade By Question in SpeedGraderSpeedGrader Access in more locationsCreate and Share Item BanksZero Point New Quizzes Q3 Ongoing and New Work Quiz Export by QTISupport for Sub-accountsAnonymous...

Test release schedule is moving to the Monday following our production release at 3:00 pm MT with our July release cycle. 

Enhanced Gradebook Filters becomes the default Canvas experience on August 19th. 

In our continuous efforts to improve Canvas for instructors and learners, we are excited to announce the upcoming release of Deep Linking Assignment Edit in alignment with the 1EdTech specification.

The latest on Bulk Migration and Course Copy when migrating to New Quizzes.