Project Update - November 5

This week Jody and I talk about parent support updates, collapsing headers on scroll, and putting a bow on this awesome focus group. When this group closes on November 23rd, you'll still be able tag ...

Project Update - October 8

This week Jody and I talk about how we calculate missing, adding a search to the grades page, and a delay in the parent release (now happening by the production deploy on October 27th, planning on me...

Project Update - October 1

This week Jody and I talk (starting at 1:50) about updates to observer grades coming soon, and remind you to get registered for InstructureCon next week if haven't yet!   Note: There fo...

Project Update - September 10

This week Jody and I talk about support for additional videoconferencing tools in the schedule, bug fixes, and a couple of other features getting some polish.  

Project Update - September 7

I completely forgot to post the update we recorded last Friday, so here it is on Tuesday! We'll get back on track this Friday. Last week Jody and I talked about a whole slew of updates that went to...

Project Update - August 27

This week Jody and I talk about some updates we're making to subject notification preferences and homeroom syncing. We also mention groups and a couple other odds and ends.  

Project Update - August 20

This week Jody and I talk about a new shortcut for joining Zoom meetings from the schedule (now in progress), then we talk a little bit about peak season, and then we answer a couple of que...

Quarterly Planning at Instructure

...oadmaps based on what teams say they can accomplish, and then we share those roadmaps, and then you make plans based on them. The shift that we’ve made for now is to publicly drop the illusion of s...

Project Update - August 6

This week Jody and I talk (starting at 4:25) about: Support for one user with multiple roles in one course/subject (in prod now) Homeroom/subject announcement navigation (in development now) ...

Project Update - July 30

This week Jody and I demo subject banners and homeroom announcement navigation.  

Project Update - July 23

This week Jody and I talk about bug fixes before fall start, subject nicknames and banner images, and then we plug @christopher_gil's upcoming virtual chat on C4E.  

Project Update - July 16

This week Jody and I talk about a few things hitting production next Wednesday (important dates 😍, teacher to do list 🤗, and hiding grades on dashboard if all subject grades are hidden ✨). Then we ...

Project Update - June 25

This week Jody and I talk about a few things. We're going to come up with a better solution for banner images. Right now the banner is 25% of the browser height up to a max of 400px, the image re...

Project Update - June 18

This week Jody and I talk about a hotfix that stops removing students without active C4E enrollments from C4E sub-accounts (and a plan to bring that back coming soon), and a couple of other reminders...

Project Update - June 11

This week Jody and I talk about: 🚀  Canvas for Elementary being generally available as of June 9! 🚀 Syncing subject enrollments with homerooms available in production on June 23 (in...

Project Update - June 3

This week Jody and I talk about Important Dates, video conferencing, and trying to keep views simple in Canvas for Elementary.

Project Update - May 28

This week Jeff joins Jody and I to demo subject tab management and important items, then we discuss this week's bug bash and how thankful we are for this group's feedback.

Project Update - May 21

This week Jody and I talk about polish, release notes, and we reference last week's update for stuff that will be in production next Wednesday, May 26.

Project Update - May 13

This week the clapperboard snap is compressed by Zoom, and Jody and I talk about a bunch of new Canvas for Elementary stuff rolling to beta next Monday, May 17, and to production on May 26. Ne...

Project Update - May 7

This week Jody and I talk about the purpose of homerooms, and how we'll officially release Canvas for Elementary next month, and then we answer some recent questions from the focus group.