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Drive adoption with a strong tagging foundation in Impact. Before creating guides in Impact, take a few minutes and learn how to create new Page and Feature Tags within your application. These tags help ensure your guides appear in the right place within your application-and give you valuable insights into how users…
What is the purpose of this Guide? The purpose of this guide is to proactively inform instructors about the release update of June 2026 Message location Canvas Release of June 2026 Canvas Course home Page Community Guides [toggle] https://community.instructure.com/en/discussion/666144/canvas-release-notes-2026-06-20 New…
What is the purpose of this Guide? The purpose of this guide is to proactively inform students about the release update of June 2026 Message location Canvas Release of June 2026 Canvas Course home Page Community Guides [toggle] https://community.instructure.com/en/discussion/666144/canvas-release-notes-2026-06-20 New…
What is the purpose of this Guide? The purpose of this guide is to proactively inform students about the release update of July 2026 Message location Canvas Course home Page Community Guides Courses: Notebook Navigation Links in Account, Course, and User Menus Accurate Assignment Due Dates in Student LTI Launches New Tags:…
What is the purpose of this Guide? The purpose of this guide is to proactively inform instructors about the release update of July 2026 Message location Canvas Course home Page Community Guides Gradebook: Learning Mastery Gradebook Enhancements Navigation Links in Account, Course, and User Menus Enforcement of SpeedGrader…
Release notes outline upcoming customer-impacting changes that are expected to be displayed in production environments. Please note that features considered for future development are not included in the notes. Unless otherwise stated, all features in this release are available in the Production environment as of…
One of the most valuable parts of building Canvas is learning directly from the people who use it every day. Earlier this year, we introduced the Canvas Collaborative Roadmap to create a more transparent, ongoing way for customers to share contributions, vote on roadmap cards, and help shape future investments. In just a…
We’re excited to share where Canvas Career is headed and how customer feedback is shaping our roadmap for the second half of 2026. Over the past two quarters, customers have helped sharpen our priorities as Canvas Career moves from launch into maturity: reducing barriers to learning activation, connecting learners through…
In every school district, maintaining curriculum consistency across classrooms is a foundational challenge. Educators and administrators need reliable, interconnected workflows to ensure that standard-aligned assessments seamlessly reach every student, no matter which section they are in. That’s why we’re excited to…
Dear Parchment Digital Badges Community, Building a successful credential program is about more than issuing badges. Administrators need to understand what happens next: Are learners accepting and sharing their badges? Are credentials reaching audiences beyond the platform? Which issuers and programs are driving the…
Dear Parchment Digital Badges Community, A skill doesn't exist in isolation. The same skill can lead to very different opportunities depending on where you are in the world. Data analysis might be one of the fastest-growing skills in one market, while employers somewhere else are struggling to find cybersecurity talent.…
Identifying students who need extra support is one of the most important responsibilities of an institution, and it's also one of the hardest things to do early. By the time a student is clearly struggling, the window for meaningful intervention has often already closed. That's why we're introducing predictive insights in…
Since April 2026, institutions have had the option to enable the Customizable Dashboard for Learners feature option, giving students a more useful starting point each time they log in to Canvas. Starting August 15, 2026, this feature will be enabled by default at the account level. Once enabled, individual students can opt…
Notebook arrives in Canvas on July 18, 2026. This new feature gives learners a built-in way to take notes and highlight key ideas inside Canvas, helping institutions provide a more connected learning experience without requiring learners to rely on separate tools. Notebook will be disabled by default, and administrators…
We want to give you a little more time to explore. Free access to premium IgniteAI capabilities for U.S.-based institutions now runs through July 31, 2026 (one month beyond the original June 30 deadline). What's still available The following IgniteAI capabilities remain free to use through July 31: Canvas Plus IgniteAI…
Over the last several months, we’ve worked closely with our community to dive deep into the peer review experience in Canvas, a pain point that many have had for a while. We’ve heard loud and clear that while the feature has incredible potential, there were clear opportunities to improve the process. Based on your…