Impact Content Release Notes (2025-03-25)

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Content release notes outline the new and updated Out-of-the-Box (OOTB) Impact Content that is displayed inside your Impact Dashboard. This includes OOTB Campaigns, Monitors, Monitor Categories/Reporting Templates, Contexts, and Support Center.

Unless otherwise stated, all content in this release is available in the Production environment on 2025-03-25.

Impact helps institutions improve technology adoption and evaluate the impact of educational technology, while helping faculty and students seamlessly navigate new platforms. Learn more about Impact by Instructure.

• New Content
• Campaigns
• Discussion Checkpoints
• Monitors
• Course Management (Instructors)
• Monitor Categories/Reporting Templates
• Course Management
• Updated Content
• Quarterly Content Maintenance
• Campaigns
• Contexts

New Content

Campaigns

Discussion Checkpoints

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Walkthrough: Adding Checkpoints to a Discussion

The purpose of this Walkthrough is to help instructors add more structure to their courses using Discussion Checkpoints.

Monitors

Course Management (Instructors)

The following new monitor is created for Course Management (Instructors):

• Import content page: Select content for import pop-up: Select content button

Monitor Categories/Reporting Templates

Course Management

The following new monitor category has been added to the Discussions reporting template:

Instructor

>Canvas set-up

>>Course Management

>>>Import Course Content

Monitor Categories: Course Management

Updated Content

Quarterly Content Maintenance

To maintain the accuracy and relevance of the Out-of-the-Box (OOTB) content in your Impact Dashboard amid ongoing Canvas product updates, the Impact Content Team conducts thorough health checks at the end of each Quarter. This process ensures that all OOTB campaigns, monitors, support articles, and reporting templates remain up-to-date and aligned with the latest platform enhancements.

Campaigns

The following campaigns are updated:

• Walkthrough: Copy a course in Canvas (course import tool)
• Contexts are updated due to updates on UI. To use the updated version, please import this template again.
• Walkthrough: Build structured courses using Modules
• Changes to walkthroughs due to updates on the ‘manage assign to’ link:
• Walkthrough: Edit a Discussion
• Walkthrough: Edit an assignment
• Walkthrough: Edit a classic quiz
• Add content to new quiz
• Walkthrough: How do I link a student to my user account as an observer?
• Contexts are updated due to updates on UI. To use the updated version, please import this template again.
• Walkthrough: Bulk Migrate Existing Quizzes as New Quizzes (Course Import Tool)
• Contexts are updated due to updates on UI. To use the updated version, please import this template again.
• Walkthrough: Pairing students and observers
• Contexts are updated due to updates on UI. To use the updated version, please import this template again.
• Walkthrough: Copy course into shell
• Contexts are updated due to updates on UI. To use the updated version, please import this template again.
• Walkthrough: Create an assignment using the Google Assignments LTI 1.3 (Instructor)
• Contexts are updated due to updates on UI. To use the updated version, please import this template again.

Contexts

The following contexts are updated:

• People overview page: Submit button
• Discussions page: Discussion settings button
• Import content page: Overwrite content note
• Import content page: Add to Import Queue button
• Import content page: Add to Import Queue button
• Import content page: Search for a course field
• Import Content page: Select content type menu