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The Community blog provides updates and stories from the Community Team and Community Members. Share your Community story with us!

No matter how you participate in the Instructure Community, we’re happy to have you here! Whether you’re a brand-new member or a long-time contributor, personalizing your profile is a great first step in making your experience more enjoyable and enga...

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We have updated the Instructure Live Events and Webinars page with a brand new feed. The new feed features an updated design to match the look and feel of the rest of the Instructure Community. The feed also provides simplified filtering with tabs fo...

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Nominations now open! Honor educators who have demonstrated exceptional dedication, innovation, and impact in education.

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We have updated Group Hub feeds for a few specific groups and updated several components on the Known Issues page.

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The Community Team organizes and maintains over 4,200 guides. It also moderates product-specific question forums, many user and special interest groups, blogs, Instructure Live, and Canvas Network.  While we often don’t pause to shine a spotlight on ...

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As we step into 2025 with excitement and optimism, we want to reflect on the journey we shared throughout 2024. The Instructure Community is a place where collaboration flourishes, stories are shared, and continuous innovation in teaching and learnin...

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I thought it might be fun to share some Community "Tips & Tricks" with all of you based on my own experiences using the Community site over the past several years.  Some of these you might already be familiar with, but in other cases, you might be sa...

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We have updated the Canvas LMS Release Notes Page to provide better sorting for Releases and Deploys. Releases and Deploys each display in their own tab on the page and are divided into their own sections in the Release Archives sidebar. We have also...

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As the Instructure Community continues to grow and evolve, understanding what you value and need in the Community is essential. The 2024 Community Health Survey is an opportunity for you to share your experiences, ideas, and feedback to help us creat...

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We provided a feedback opportunity for you to share how your institution is addressing key issues like media literacy and misinformation, screen time reduction, student mental health, and more. Participation was low, but the findings and insights thu...

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Our review of your insights reveals a strong alignment with our goals for improvement, particularly in leveraging automation to enhance your Support experience. We’re excited to implement initiatives that focus on optimizing automation to streamline ...

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The Office of Academic Strategy, the Instructure Community Team, and the Instructure Events Team are excited to announce a special read-along event featuring Cultures of Growth by Mary C. Murphy. The Book Club course, offered through Canvas Network, ...

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To better help you and your fellow Community members find relevant and current content, we used feedback from our 2023 Health Survey and 2024 InstructureCon survey to develop a biannual archival process which will begin on Tuesday, September 3, 2024....

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We’re thrilled to share some exciting updates about our user guides and the enhancements we're bringing to improve your experience. Here’s what you need to know:

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Let’s boost the percentage of Community members who have subscribed to the Instructure Community Weekly Highlights Blog! After signing into your Community account, visit the Weekly Highlights Blog and verify that you’re subscribed to the page. We’ll ...

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As technologies continue to evolve and shape our futures, it’s crucial that both students and faculty are equipped with the necessary enablement to navigate these changes effectively. Whether it’s supporting students’ mental health and overall well-b...

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Today is the start of Instructure's next chapter. This morning, we announced that we have entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by investment funds managed by KKR, a leading global investment firm.

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At Instructure, we’re committed to understanding the diverse experiences of educators, from K-12 and higher education institutions to professional learning organizations, nonprofits, and government agencies.  We’d love to hear your thoughts on curren...

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The Instructure Community is excited to introduce Community Pros, a new series of meetups exclusively for Instructure Community members! These sessions are designed to foster learning, collaboration, and networking in an informal and customer-led env...

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Today’s update focuses on our Canvas User Role Group pages and our product question forums.

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We’re introducing a new way to subscribe and stay up-to-date with the latest posts from the Product Blog and only see the topics you care about: label subscriptions. With label subscriptions, you can easily manage which products or topics you get upd...

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We reached out to get your views  on Open Educational Resources (OER), your experience with their usability, and what you feel is essential to its future. As a token of our appreciation for everyone’s time and contribution, we are sharing this prelim...

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To All Our Amazing Teachers, Instructors, and Educators Across the Globe, Happy Teacher Appreciation Week to you!

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Are you curious about the future of humanity and the role technology plays in shaping it? Do you want to explore the possibilities and challenges that lie ahead with others? Join us in our upcoming book club as we explore the thought-provoking insigh...

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We would love to get your views on Open Educational Resources (OER), your experience with their usability, and what you feel is essential to its future. 

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We're adding new Instructure Live reminders, a redesigned home page for unauthenticated users, updates to our blog pages, and a new all guides page.

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Today’s a big day for the Instructure Community! We’re acknowledging a significant milestone for Instructure’s Community Coaches program.

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Canvas Release Notes will be published two days after updates are added to the Beta environment.

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We’ve updated the Canvas LMS Question Forum user interface to provide easier access to answered and unanswered questions, upgraded the question feeds to match the new design throughout the Community, and made browsing and answering questions easier. ...

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We refreshed and updated the Canvas LMS Release Notes pages with a clean design, added functionality, and easier back-end management. We also created a new Release Notes Archives page to let users easily browse and search older release notes. For now...

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