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June 11-13, 2013
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So Close We Can Almost Taste the 80s (Blog)InstructureCon 2013: Build Your Own Awesome is less than a week away. If you’re attending, we hope you’re as excited as we are. We can hardly stand the anticipation. This year’s conference is going to blow the others out of the water.Read more »
Panopto and Instructure Expand Integration between Lecture Capture and Learning Management Systems (Press Release) SEATTLE and SALT LAKE CITY, June 11, 2013 – Video platform provider Panopto today announced a unique, expanded integration with Canvas, an easy-to-use learning management system (LMS) by Instructure, enabling educators and students one-click access to Panopto-recorded video lectures inside Canvas and enabling IT administrators one-click integration of all courses and lectures.Read more »
Our $30mil Kessel Run (Blog)This week we announced a round of investment led by Bessemer Venture Partners and our current investors, including EPIC Ventures. Bessemer is one of the top venture funds in the world. They manage over $4 billion in capital invested in over 130 countries around the world and, last year, they had the second most tech IPOs out of all venture firms. Obviously, we’re very happy to be riding with them.Read more »
Instructure Secures $30 Million in Series D Funding (Press Release) Salt Lake City — June 5, 2013 — Instructure today announced it has raised $30 million in Series D funding, which brings Instructure’s lifetime funding total to $50 million. Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) led the round with participation from existing investors. The funds will be used to accelerate adoption of Canvas, Instructure’s popular learning management system (LMS), used by colleges, universities, K-12 school districts and the company’s expanding role in the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) movement. Instructure’s current list of investors include EPIC Ventures, OpenView Venture Partners and Tomorrow Ventures.Read more »
Stacking Canvas Up Against Other LMSs (Blog)Every couple of years Pillsbury holds a bakeoff competition where they give someone a million bucks for a really tasty recipe. Turns out, a lot of educational institutions do something similar when picking a new LMS. Call it what you will—a bake off, a comparison, a taste test, a cage fight, whatever. The concept is universal: stack the LMSs up against each other and see which one comes out on top. At the end of the day, the winner is the LMS an institution feels will work best for them. Read more »