Simon Fraser University’s APEX professional development program focuses on a learner-centered process of self-reflection and discovery supported through Canvas ePortfolios that students can draw upon throughout their career. Our presentation describe...

​Mimi Ito is an international expert on how people use mobile technologies and new digital media in their everyday lives. Ito is the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Chair in Digital Media and Learning, part of an initiative that aims to...

​Josh Coates has built a career the way he builds a business—by reimagining the way things can be done (even if it requires doing some major surgery with an acetylene torch).After his start in distributed systems research at the University of Califor...

In order for teachers to embrace their institution's 1:1 or BYOD initiative, an enhancement is needed for 21st century classroom management. As a teacher who has spent several years teaching in a 1:1 environment, I'd like to share how Canvas made a s...

Canvas has recently opened a program in which partners who do instructional design, professional development, and application development can be referred to you and your team to augment those services you can receive through Instructure Professional ...

The EvaluationKIT integration with Canvas opens a whole new era of student feedback for educators. This isn’t the bubble sheet process of old with rigid paper reports. Educators can now access timely and informative feedback summarized in robust repo...

​Just like every singer and actor, we have our very own pre-showtime ritual. But instead of gargling some cayenne marshmallow elixir or doing 27 toe touches, we just present a slew of wicked awesome pre-conference workshops because, hey, we're too ex...

Through various initiatives, the Alamo Colleges have sought to leverage portfolios for performance. This effort included both faculty and students, but not in the way you might imagine. Two parallel initiatives have been pursued, one to assess studen...

Canvas’ robust APIs are like having an easy button for automation. This is a soup to nuts overview of how we automate nearly everything between Canvas and our SIS from term set up, course copy, instructor/student enrollments, attendance, grades, drop...

How do you ensure that credit for online coursework is given to those who actually complete the work? Many websites have sprung up over the years offering to complete entire online courses or assignments on behalf of others for a fee. In the U.S., fi...

What’s out? Textbooks. What’s in? Modular, affordable, digitally-native course content that can be quickly customized by instructors to meet individual course needs. The catch? Switching up core course content can be a chore. Meet Boundless, a next-g...

Come hear the latest updates around exchanging data between your SIS and Canvas.  We will share product plans around uptake for the IMS Learning Information Service standard, including an approach for supporting a wide range of Higher Education and K...

The Canvas team has been hard at work making our customer data available for large scale reporting and analytics through the Hosted Data Service. Institutions and school districts that have been participating in the beta program for Hosted Data will ...

20 POINTSGET TO KNOW US, EARN A BADGE!The success of a Broadway musical isn't solely dependent on those performers on stage, but the magicians behind-the-scenes, too. In other words, your Canvas Community Team is the backstage crew who make your comm...

UTAH FOOD TRUCKS DINNER: @ 5:30 - 8:30 PM @ The ForumFood trucks have gotten more and more popular over the past decade and Utah is no different. We couldn’t wait to show off some of our favorite local trucks, offering a variety of options for vegeta...

​Join us to learn, play, or mercilessly dominate the competition in board games from Blokus to Rummikub, 7 Wonders to Red7, Love Letter to Ultimate Werewolf, and many more!We know that you know what Monopoly is. It's that slow-paced game, where your ...

​Invite your colleagues and new instcon friends to join you by clicking the Share link on the right. If you are on a phone/tablet and don’t see a Share link, hold your device in landscape mode to see the share option. And tweet about it! #instcon​ #h...

​Derek Muller is a science communicator, filmmaker, and television presenter. He is best known for creating Veritasium, a science YouTube channel with over 2.4 million subscribers and 148 million views. Veritasium covers topics ranging from the pyram...

An instructor needed a way to easily view group activity from several courses for a research project. With little API experience, we used Python to generate a group activity report to meet this information need. Come learn about our brave journey and...

​Tuesday, June 16th7:30 - 6:00 PMRegistration @ Grand Summit8:30 - 4:30 PMPre-Conference Workshops(Pre-Registration Required)10:00 - 3:00 PMHack Day @ The Hyatt3:30 - 6:30 PMPartner Showcase @ The Forum5:00 - 6:30 PMDinner @ The Forum6:30 - 7:30 PMKe...

We're helping students stay on the path to graduation by changing how the school day works. We're implementing supplemental courses during summer and throughout the school year to help students catch up, or stay up to ensure on-time graduation.Presen...

Learning takes place in the mind of the learner. How can we design courses to enhance student mastery of content? This presentation discusses recent findings on how the brain learns. Then as a group, we’ll discuss how to apply these findings in the d...

The Marydean Martin Library at Nevada State College has implemented a variety of services in Canvas, including LibGuides, chat widgets, discovery search tools, and more. We will engage the audience in discussing best practices, assessment, and projec...

Student Explorer is an early warning system that uses near real-time data to inform academicadvisors about students at risk of falling further into academic jeopardy. Learn how a team ofUniversity of Michigan developers and researchers used APIs to i...

Coralesce was commissioned by the UK Education & Training Foundation to design a learning technologies self-assessment tool for colleges with an online Canvas course. The tool was piloted in 40 institutions and provided benchmark information on compa...

​Thursday, June 18thPARTNER SHOWCASE - ALL DAY​7:00 - 9:00 AMBreakfast @ The Forum (hot)Breakfast @ Silverado (continental)9:00 - 9:45 AMKeynote @ Sundial Tent10:15 - 10:45 AMBreakout Sessions (listed below)11:00 - 11:30 AMBreakout Sessions (listed b...

Go big, but smart! Discover how to effectively roll out Canvas for 100% of your students, teachers, and parents in one school year. Learn more about implementing professional development for faculty, orientation training for students, and parent supp...

​Wednesday, June 17thPARTNER SHOWCASE - ALL DAY​7:00 - 9:00 AMBreakfast @ The Forum (hot)Breakfast @ Silverado (continental)7:30 - 5:30 PMRegistration @ Grand Summit9:00 - 9:45 AMKeynote @ Sundial Tent10:15 - 10:45 AMBreakout Sessions (listed below)1...

Although Canvas is a great learning environment, there is much scope to customise and extend its capabilities. This session demonstrates the range of customisations and integrations used to extend the capabilities of Canvas at the University of Birmi...

Just as Canvas makes it easier for educators to improve teaching and learning, Bridge makes it easier for enterprises to assess and improve employee sentiment, build knowledge, and align employee and organizational goals. If your university or school...