In this spotlight edition, a creative prompt transforms outcome levels into decaying average scores -- offering a smarter, time-aware view of student progress and how learning unfolds over time.

From AI that supports classroom creativity and efficiency, to new ways of connecting skills to real-world opportunities, everything we’re building is designed to serve all sides of the learning journey. With reliable, scalable technology working in t...

We’re excited to share that Ask Your Data just got even more powerful — you can now query, analyze, and surface insights from weblogs directly within the product!

Now teachers can identify and reach out to students who might be struggling.

Canvas users may now choose to use a dyslexia friendly font.

A cleaner, more accessible, and easier-to-use Files page launched in Canvas on July 19! With improved navigation, bulk file actions, better accessibility, and a modern design, managing course and user files just got simpler. Prefer the classic view? ...

We're excited to announce major enhancements to LearnPlatform, designed to streamline your product vetting processes, improve data collection, and make your administrative tasks significantly easier. These updates focus on forms and workflows!

A big leap forward for Canvas Credentials Pathways: Issuers can now define Manual Experiences as step requirements - empowering you to recognize learning that happens outside the screen. Leadership seminars, fieldwork, hackathons - real-world learnin...

We’re upgrading our AWS Aurora MySQL engine to improve system performance, reliability, and long-term compatibility. This post outlines what you need to know ahead of time.

In today’s crowded edtech landscape, integration quality matters. Educators and administrators are under pressure to deliver seamless digital learning experiences without compromising on usability, data privacy, or security. That’s why we’re proud to...

This new spotlight series highlights real prompts from Ask Your Data users -- shared to spark ideas, inspire new use cases, and grow a community of data-driven educators.

Last week, we hosted a K-12 Assessment Product Discovery Session (CDS) in San Antonio, bringing together curriculum and assessment leaders from districts across the country. This in-person event provided a valuable opportunity for participants to eng...

Today, I’ll update you on some major progress on one of these projects: the Global Identity Service. And offer details of what you can expect over the next 12-28 months.  

During a recent Customer Discovery Session in Budapest, educators from Europe and Africa shared powerful insights on collaboration, mobile teaching, accessibility, and more. Their voices are already influencing how we evolve Canvas to better sup...

Run secure, exclusive campaigns with precision. Catalog now supports one-time-use promo codes and advanced usage limits to give you full control over who redeems your promotions.

A long request is now available: Canvas New Quizzes support to localized numeric formatting, allowing institutions to configure decimal and thousand separators based on regional conventions.

We’re excited to release the data access platform (DAP) command line interface (CLI) referred to as DAP CLI 2.0.  For developers and data engineers that access data from Canvas Data, this is a major version update that introduces new functionality, i...

At Instructure, we’re committed to ensuring that every tool we offer empowers users to work more efficiently, intuitively, and inclusively. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce the Redesigned Impact Inline Editor, built from the ground up to enhance...

At Instructure, accessibility isn’t just a feature, it’s a foundation. We are proud to announce that Impact has officially received its fully compliant VPAT, marking a significant milestone in our commitment to making digital learning environments ac...

You can now use dynamic variables to automatically personalize your communications to teachers and students.

A look at how Intelligent Insights is evolving to support all types of data users -- making it easier to turn education data into meaningful action.

Now that Differentiation Tags is available in Feature Preview in production as of June 21, 2025 , you may be asking yourself: What’s the difference between Sections, Groups, and Differentiation Tags? How do I know when to use each one?

Discover how the new Canvas Apps experience streamlines app discovery, management, and monitoring, saving administrators valuable time. This enhanced experience provides critical data for informed investment in tools educators and learners truly use,...

Starting June, LTI usage reporting will become a built-in part of the core Canvas experience. 

Discussion Checkpoints are now available in Group Discussions! As we conclude the Discussion Redesign initiative, we invite you to share your feedback in a brief survey.

We’re exploring ways to improve the Learning Mastery Gradebook (LMGB) in Canvas—and we’d love your input.

We’re exploring ways to improve the Peer Review experience in Canvas and we need your input!

As part of our ongoing journey to meet and exceed accessibility standards, we’re excited to share details about recently released and upcoming improvements that align with WCAG 2.1 Level AA and Section 508 compliance. Over the past several months, we...

We’re refining the badge creation and edit flow to reduce friction, fix minor issues, and align more closely with other Instructure products—making it easier for you to create meaningful badges with clarity and confidence. Here’s what to expect.

We're excited to announce the upcoming release of a new column, non_collaborative, in the Canvas Data 2 (CD2) Query API's groups and group_categories tables at 2025-06-12. This column helps clearly distinguish between standard collaborative groups an...