Jessica Griner
Director of Content Marketing
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Jan 26, 2024
In the pursuit of equity and access for all learners, digital accessibility is a key foundation of the modern student experience.
Still, while significant strides in accessibility delivered through technology were made during the pandemic, many students today have little or no access to technology, edtech tools, and reliable Wi-Fi or broadband connections.
In fact, access to technology remains one of the biggest roadblocks for many students, according to our 2023 State of Higher Read More...
Feb 21, 2023
At Instructure, we celebrate education.
In 2020, during the height of Covid and the widespread adoption of online learning, we added what we thought to be a fun, simple feature to help give students a boost. When students would submit an assignment instead of the standard acknowledgement of completion, digital confetti would float across the screen. The confetti received an overwhelming response from students, embracing the confetti celebration of submitting their final assignments or Read More...
Oct 11, 2022
We are excited to see you at Educause this year! Now more than ever, educators and administrators like you are eager for insights on what’s next for higher education. And where that conversation is happening, Instructure will be there.
Leading up to our Educause presence, we released our third year-over-year global study, The State of Student Success & Engagement in Higher Education. Feedback from over 7,500 students, faculty, and administrators in 23 countries help illuminate Read More...
Oct 31, 2022
Last week we traveled to Denver, CO to attend the largest community gathering of technology, academic, industry, and campus leaders advancing higher education through the use of IT; the annual Educause conference.
At the conference, Instructure met with our #Canvasfam and incredible community. We also chatted with higher education professionals and universities to showcase our Intentional Innovation.
During his session, Instructure’s Chief Product Officer Shiren Vijiasingam announced Read More...
Nov 09, 2022
This year at Educause, Instructure brought together an off-campus panel of three IT leaders to discuss how their institution is navigating the great re-think in higher ed. The panelists reflected on best practices their campus have honed and how those translate into a future vision of teaching and learning centered around technology driving student success.
The three leaders who shared their unique perspectives were:
Jona Burton, Team Leader, Educational Technology Management Read More...
Nov 16, 2022
As higher education evolves away from the traditional lecture hall model, tech-enhanced learning has the podium when it comes to meeting students' needs, whether in class or online.
Students and administrators alike feel student success today is driven by academic factors that include:
The quality of faculty (90%)
Engaging content/instruction (90%)
Available technology (88%)
Hands-on instruction (88%)
With continued emphasis from respondents on the quality of faculty Read More...