We’re looking forward to seeing you at the Instructure New and Next webinar on April 16, 2025 at 3pm ET / 12pm PT.

This post includes linked resources for the recent product releases covered in our Q1 2025 Instructure New & Next webinars, organized by theme. These resources have been created to help you better manage change and understand the impact and benefit o...

Discover the latest updates to Canvas Catalog! This video highlights the redesigned Catalog Info Page and powerful Salesforce integration.  

To better support student users, faculty need the ability to lock the "Expand Threads" as the default view on discussion board forums.

This higher education-focused one-page overview provides a summary of our seamless integration of Khanmigo Teacher Tools directly within Canvas.

This post includes linked resources for the recent product releases covered in our September 2024 Instructure New and Next webinars, organized by theme. We’ll continue to update this post as more resources become available. After the Instructure New ...

Not able to attend InstructureCon? See if your state/area has a CanvasConnect Conference.

Tl;dr – We’re thrilled to share that the  K12 Canvas Users Group is evolving to support your needs and interests better. Starting September 16, 2024, you’ll notice the group will simply be called K12 Users Group, and its focus will broaden beyond Can...

Permissions and Roles... Roles and Permissions. Woes. But hidden and unclear permissions are the worse thing to stumble across. Especially when they don't work the same across tools.

With a gradebook export, instructors are able to get a list of students in a course.  However, I have seen requests from instructors and admins to be able to download the People list as it includes other helpful information like last activity date/ti...

Learn about a new feature to export assignment submission scores with rubric criteria scores and comments with the Canvas LMS Mods (Basic) Chrome extension.

Some detail about the Canvas Collections tool. How it can be used to improve the Canvas modules index page of your course site.

Our Instructure Global Support team has been hard at work preparing for our busiest time of year, or Peak Period, between the first part of August and continuing through the end of September.  We’d like to share a few updates and insights into what y...

Make MORE Memories at InstructureCon 2023  Pre-Con being held Wednesday Morning What’s Included in This Post?• Why You Should Attend• What's Being Offered at Pre-Con This Year• Wednesday Sessions   Pre-Conference workshops offer users a deep dive int...

Did you ever use Blackboard's template variables to embed user or course information into content? Would you like to be able to do something similar in Canvas? Well, it can be done, but not in as straightforward a manner. Keep reading for further exp...

We are excited to see you at Educause this year! Now more than ever, educators and administrators like you are eager for insights on what’s next for higher education. And where that conversation is happening, Instructure will be there.   

Many instructors use Canvas to provide digital copies of their slides, and for students they are a key resource in courses.  It is important every student be able to use those digital files including the visually impaired.  But presentations are more...

We are continually amazed at what the participants in the Canvas Certified Educator program have done to transform teaching and learning with Canvas. Every day, the facilitators and program managers of the Canvas Certified Educator program learn some...

Shareability vs Data Collection  Considerations for Non-Classroom Courses Are you using Canvas for Conferences? Professional Development? As a Resource Hub?  Canvas courses are being leveraged more and more frequently for innovative, non-classroom us...

The University of Maryland, College Park wanted to share their self-paced tutorial with the Canvas Community.

Accessibility is just the work we do.  Here at the University of Minnesota, College of Biological Sciences we are working hard to improve the accessibility of our digital content.  For the next few months we are focusing on closed captioning.  This c...

When the time comes that you are finally letting students submit assignments online rather than turning in papers in the classroom, you may be ready to explore the many other options Assignments have!This article provides an overview the options avai...

These are some of the strategies I use to help maximize time for meaningful student contact. (first mentioned in Saving time teaching online‌ )The goal is to spend your time and creative presence on teaching.  The more you can front-load your courses...

ClicK-12 (free) Webinar series powered by FIU OnlineSimple Ways to Digitize Your ClassroomArticle by Monica SmithThe live virtual workshops are part of the FIU Online Community Learning portfolio, which stems out of FIU’s belief that lifelong learnin...

In creating a course called Intro to Pharmacy Technician, I was privileged to work with the Department Chair who was also the subject matter expert (SME), and the chief instructor. My SME was doubtful this PHAR course could ever be taught online. Fur...

Caution My comments may sound critical of teachers, so I want to clarify that I am a higher ed instructor and this the community I strive to serve. I am also an instructional designer, user testing professional, and an unusually experienced student s...

      Before the pandemic took over, I was fortunate to speak at a conference where I discussed providing feedback to students through technology. In sum, I spoke about how technology can be a win/win for both teacher and student. Students require fe...

El Centro de Desarrollo Docente de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile ha generado una serie de videotutoriales para  para orientar el uso de Canvas a los estudiantes de nuestra universidad. Hemos distribuido las herramientas en diversos módu...

El Centro de Desarrollo Docente de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile ha generado una serie de videotutoriales para el uso técnico y pedagógico de las principales herramientas de Canvas. Hemos distribuido las herramientas en diversos módulos...