Instructure Community Weekly Highlights (September 5-11, 2023)

[HeatherAhern]

Welcome to the Instructure Community Weekly Highlights blog! Every Monday, we will update you with all the goings-on in the Instructure world from the previous week: community updates, product updates, new blogs to read, and everything else you'll need to know will be here!

Community Updates

Canvas Community Updates

Community Users Interest Group 

• New Getting Started Resources

Upcoming Instructure Live Events and Other Events

• Canvas Klatch - September 13 Wed, Sep 13, 2023 1:00 PM MT
• This is an office hour, so whoever attends directs the conversation.
• WEBINAR: Back to School Tools for Enhancing your LMS- Wed, Sep 13, 2023 11:00 AM MT
• A new webinar made just for Canvas admins. This month you can connect with teams from three companies who have great solutions made just for Canvas:
• Octopus BI
• SoaringEd
• Atomic Jolt
• Back to School Leadership Webinar- Fri, Sep 15, 2023, 12:00 PM MT

Product Updates

Canvas Feature User Groups

New Analytics User Group

Next release: 2023-09-13

• New Analytics: Release Change Log

Product Blog

The Product Blog newest posts:

• Admin Analytics and New Analytics feature options will default ON in December
• Offline Support in Canvas Mobile apps
• Enhancing Collaboration: Re-introducing the New Canvas LMS Discussions Redesign

Upcoming Canvas Changes 

2023-09-16

• Feature Enforcement: ResourceLink.id substitution parameter supplies a resource link’s ‘resource_link_uuid’ instead of the ‘resource_id.'

For more information, see the Upcoming Canvas Changes page

Feature Updates

Canvas 

Screencasts

2023-09-16 Release

Screencasts have been published for the following features:

• Release Screencast: 2023-09-16 Gradebook Point Based Grading Scheme
• Release Screencast: 2023-09-16 Pages Editing Page Title Updates URL’s
• Release Screencast: 2023-09-16 Permissions Admin Analytics Account Role Permission
• Release Screencast: 2023-09-16 New Quizzes Improved Item Analysis Report 
• Release Screencast: 2023-09-16 New Quizzes Share Item Bank with Course Checkbox Update

Please see most current release date in the Screencast page.

Impact 

Impact Release Notes (2023-09-06)

See Impact Release Notes page for additional information.

Mastery Item Bank

Mastery Item Bank Release Notes (2023-08-28)

See Mastery Item Bank Release page for additional information.

Studio 

Studio Release Notes (2023-09-11)

See Studio Release Notes page for additional information.

Canvas Mobile

Canvas Student

Canvas Student Mobile Release Notes (iOS 6.23)

For more information, see the Canvas Mobile Release Notes Page.

Canvas Teacher

Canvas Teacher Mobile Release Notes (iOS 1.23)

For more information, see the Canvas Mobile Release Notes Page.

Canvas Parent 

Canvas Parent Mobile Release Notes (iOS 3.9)

For more information, see the Canvas Mobile Release Notes Page.