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

When we looked at potential areas of improvement for our R&D (research and development) teams to tackle in 2021, project planning and commitments were high on the list. Our previous planning proc...

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 ✨ ). Th...

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...

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.