4 Ways to Tackle the Barriers to Remote Learning

Socioeconomic factors clearly impact student success, specifically regarding access to technology, learning resources, and technological devices.

Our Survey Says: Access to Technology and Mental Health Resources Impact Student Engagement

With a deeper understanding of student barriers to success, including access to the internet, technology resources, and mental health concerns, institutions will increase their impact.

Four CIOs, Four Visions, One LMS

This year at Educause, Instructure brought together an off-campus panel of four CIO’s to speak about how their institution is navigating the new normal in higher ed.

The Canvas Way vs. Cheating Forensics

We strongly believe in educational institutions' role and responsibility to use data in context of their unique challenges and situations to improve education and support students.

Online Learning: What Does it Take to Engage with Students Today?

According to students, hands-on instruction and experience-based learning are the most impactful learning strategies, increasing in importance from 2020.

Instructure + Ed-Fi: Transforming Education Through Data Interoperability

Learn how Ed-Fi and Instructure support data interoperability to help districts tackle some of the biggest issues they face, including chronic absenteeism, equity and assessment analytics.

Student and Faculty Engagement is a Critical Factor for Student Success

Student success today requires widespread availability of technology resources, as well as engaging content and instruction from technology-proficient faculty.

Priorities for Student Success are Shifting

The demand for skills-based learning is increasing as student success continues to be defined by career readiness and a more holistic focus on the student.

There is No Achievement Gap at Birth. Dr. Knatokie Ford's InstructureCon Keynote

In her keynote, Dr. Ford shared how her experience as one of the few black women in STEM motivated her to inspire the next generation and how using edtech can foster equitable learning experiences.

Educause 2021: What We Learned and Key Takeaways

Last week we traveled to Philadelphia, PA to attend the premier convening of IT professionals and technology providers across the diverse higher education landscape; the annual Educause conference.

Hey Siri, Directions from Poverty to Wealth? will.i.am's InstructureCon Keynote

In his InstructureCon keynote, will.i.am said every kid needs that “big bang moment” — encouragement and support from a teacher.

An Easier Way to Align Content: The New AB Connect Alignment App is Here

See how the new AB Connect Alignment App makes the content alignment process even simpler and more efficient.

The Top 5 Higher Education Sessions from InstructureCon 2021

Check out the most-loved higher ed sessions from InstructureCon 2021.

The Top 5 K-12 Sessions from InstructureCon 2021

Check out the most-loved K-12 sessions from InstructureCon 2021.

Educause 2021: Let’s Talk about What’s Next for HigherEd

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.

An Intro to Impact for K-12: Deepen Canvas Adoption and Streamline Support

Learn more about Impact, the solution that helps school districts improve the adoption of tools within Canvas and evaluate their effect on student engagement and outcomes.

Virtually Awesome, Together: InstructureCon 2021

Highlights from the best day of the year at Instructure, told with the help of our Instructure community.

Meet Instructure's 2021 Educators of the Year!

Not all heroes wear capes. Meet Instructure’s Educators of the Year.

The Attendees' Complete Guide to InstructureCon Online 2021

If you're one of the 10,000+ people who are attending InstructureCon Online this week, keep this event guide handy and get ready for a day of learning and connecting!

What To Know Before You Go: InstructureCon Online 2021

The online professional learning event educators and edtech users have been waiting for is one week away. Learn what to expect and how to get the most out of your InstructureCon experience.

Google for Education: Learn more at the Google Cloud Government and Education Summit

If you enjoyed the InstructureCon session with Google and Canvas, we hope you’ll join us at the Google Cloud Government and Education Summit on November 3-4. Sign up for this complimentary event!

Schools Need EdTech More Than Ever: 5 Ways the AWS Cloud Empowers K-12 Educators

Discover how the AWS Cloud and its EdTech partners are empowering K-12 educators and administrators during one of the most tumultuous moments in the history of education.

Prepare the Umbrella Before It Rains: 3 Lessons Learned from the Pandemic

The education sector has seen some challenges during this pandemic. Now that institutions have adapted to the situation, here are 3 lessons learned from the pandemic.

Integrating Creativity Into Curriculum — and into Canvas LMS — with Adobe Spark

Learn simple and inspiring ideas for how educators can integrate creativity into any course or subject using Adobe apps.

Turnitin Feedback Studio: A Comprehensive Assessment Tool that Improves Student Writing & Upholds Integrity

Discover the formative feedback features that Turnitin Feedback Studio offers. Understanding the full potential of Feedback Studio will allow you to maximize the outcomes of using the tool.

Looks Really DO Matter: The Importance of Visual Design in Online Courses

Explore some of the reasons visual design matters when it comes to course content, and a way to make good design easy.

Tableau Brings Ready-Made Data Literacy Course to Canvas

Learn about the data literacy curriculum built by Tableau for Canvas—free for academic instructors.

Exam Proctoring at Navarro College

Learn how Navarro College protects exam integrity with Canvas across their institution, including keys to selecting the right solution and best practices that ensure effective faculty use.

5 Ways to Help Students Succeed in Online Courses

Keeping students engaged online is hard, so elevate the discussion capabilities in Canvas. Use social media-like discussions, rich media, chat, and more, to improve student engagement in your course.

When “LMS-integrated” Isn’t Integrated Enough

Set up your course in 15 minutes and 15 clicks—with publisher-provided readings and assessments—without ever leaving Canvas! With Cengage Infuse, getting your course online is easier than ever.

How AWS is Helping Institutions Use Data to Drive Student Outcomes

At AWS, we work with education companies and institutions who are finding innovative ways to use data to catalyze innovation, evaluate how to better serve students, and transform their organizations.

Three Critical Components Every Student Data Archiving Solution Should Offer

And why you should consider an alternative if your current archiving solution doesn’t have it.

Canvas and Canva for Education Transform Learning through Visual Design

The integration of Canvas by Instructure with Canva for Education enables teachers and students to easily create designs on Canva and share them directly via their LMS.

Backing up STEM Content In Google Workspace/Office 365 with MathType/ChemType

Learn how MathType/ChemType can help you back-up your STEM content.

Better Together: Canvas + Microsoft 365 Transform Teaching and Learning

Microsoft 365 and Canvas = better together for remote and hybrid learning. Learn about the new LTIs for classes, meetings, and OneDrive, along with the power of Microsoft Immersive Reader.

Take Your Courses to Market, with Palette

Great learning experiences are delivered with Canvas. What about the rest of the experience? How do learners find, access and pay for Canvas courses online? Take courses to market with Palette.

Promoting Learning Engagement, Enhancement, and Extension with Kami & Canvas

Kami & Canvas help further effective technology integration that is centered on student success. Learn how Kami & Canvas keep students engaged while enhancing and extending their learning experiences.

Canvas + Simple Syllabus: Save Time and Improve Academic Resources

As the resources required to deliver quality education increase so do the demands on admin and faculty. Learn how to reclaim lost time while improving the quality of resources.

Accommodate, Engage, and Empower with ReadSpeaker Text-To-Speech for Canvas Quizzes

ReadSpeaker provides a Canvas integration with a host of accessibility tools to empower ALL learners. Our tools offer flexibility for accommodations AND enhance the online/hybrid learning experience.

Navigating the New and Changing World of Online Proctoring

In a remote testing environment, how do you maintain the level of quality assurance and security? Here are five considerations for an organization choosing an online proctoring provider.

Improving Student Outcomes with the Power of ‘Small Data’

"Small data" is providing faculty with new opportunities to make learning more inclusive, engaging and valuable to today’s students.

The Future is Integrated: How Gaming Can Drive Student Engagement

Student engagement has become an important topic for educators nationwide. How can we get students to complete their work and care more? Classcraft's Canvas integration can foster student engagement.

What’s Happening Inside Your Students’ Brains?

In this article, we question current learning methods, which are often ineffective, and try to give some clues as to how to activate the brain, notably through EdTech and especially with Wooclap.

Student Experience is More Important than Ever. Here Are 3 Tips to Foster an Exceptional Student Experience

Learn three ways your institution can offer students an experience that holistically provides value to their learning, while reviewing ways you can put these practices into action.

Reduce Bias, Protect Student Privacy, and Academic Integrity

Innovative online exam tools for teachers can help you create outstanding educational experiences.

Succeeding on Purpose with eLumen’s Educational Pathway Platform

How can we succeed when siloed? Institutions utilize unique tools to support tasks: curriculum, assessment, catalog, pathway planning. Learn how Palo Alto University uses eLumen to support success.

What’s New with Canvas and Google Workspace for Education

Google’s partnership with Canvas delivers solutions for streamlining everyday tasks like grading and assigning, allowing letting educators work their magic.

Get the Insights You Need with Integrated Course Evaluation & Surveys

Don’t settle for low response rates, clunky tools, or delayed reporting. Integrated course evaluation and surveys are the key to collecting valuable feedback right within Canvas.

BigBlueButton’s Learning Dashboard Monitors Student Performance - You Teach, We’ll Track Results

Social Media is the Worst...and Also the Best

ActiveClass aims to make it easy to leverage and share social media content, connect with classmates, make sense of it with an instructor, and engage in a social-like environment, all inside the LMS.

Miro + Canvas Integration Creates Collaborative Workspace for Educators and Students

Miro + Canvas enables educators and students to interface within Canvas’ LMS using Miro’s online whiteboard tool. This means less time dealing with setup and logins and more time focusing on learning.

Promoting Learning, Protecting Integrity, and Supporting Students with Online Proctoring

Online proctoring helps support students so that they can focus on showing what they’ve learned in an easy-to-use test environment that levels the playing field and helps improve the exam experience.

Curio Partners with Curtin University on Micro-Credentials

Curtin University wanted to create quality stackable micro-credentials for a new global audience. The catch? The team was responding to the pandemic. They partnered with Curio, and the rest is history

Continuing Education by Cambridge: Create an Engaging Online Learner Experience

How can higher education stay relevant for professional learners in the ever changing job-market & online world? Lessons learned from Cambridge University on how they support lifelong learning.

PebblePad and Canvas–Supporting Students in Every Step of Their Unique Learning Journeys

Lennon and McCartney, macaroni and cheese, Woody and Buzz. All wonderful and brilliant in their own right, but even better when working in partnership. Much like the PebblePad and Canvas integration.

Human Focused, Technology Assisted Proctoring: A Guide for Faculty and Students

PSI operates under the principle that proctoring exams remotely is a human-centric process that can be assisted by technology. Learn key point to consider while adopting an online proctoring solution.

4 Ways The Pandemic Changed The Course of Digital Transformation

Learn more about the value of digital transformation and identify pressing challenges in higher education, based on FeedbackFruits’ collaboration with institutions over the last 18 months.

Why Badges? Why Pathways? Why Now?

Badging is easy. Badgr’s powerful integration with Canvas makes building and awarding badges quick and user-friendly. Why should you deploy digital badges along learning pathways and do so now?

Closing the Student Feedback Loop, Increasing Response Rates – within Canvas!

Facilitate instructor reflections to student feedback on the digital campus to increase response rates, gather high quality data and improve practice. Turn-key easy, seamless integrated with Canvas

Assessing Student Learning Amid Disruption

Now in the third school year affected by the pandemic, teachers face a new type of disruption. They need to be able to assess learning, to understand what students know and what they don't know yet.

Recap: Future of Higher Education Collaborative

We brought together higher education thought leaders to discuss the future of education in a post-pandemic world and reflect on lessons learned and the new normal.

Recap: Future of K-12 Education Collaborative

We brought together K-12 thought leaders to discuss the future of education in a post-pandemic world and reflect on lessons learned and how that translates into the future of teaching and learning.

5 Ways to Help Students Stressed by Assessment

Assessments can be stressful for students. How do we shift students' perception of assessments from something negative to a positive part of their learning journey?

Virtual Virginia Expands Instructure Relationship

Dr. Brian Mott, Executive Director of Virtual Virginia, shares their vision and strategy for success for using Canvas to provide a consistent learning experience for students across Virginia.

Address Inequities and Learning Gaps with Integrated Assessment Analytics

When assessment data is combined and correlated with other data points such as grades, attendance, discipline, and program enrollment, educators can derive strategic insights and impact outcomes.

Lärande i Sverige & Canvas: Personalized Learning

Lärande i Sverige has a great plan in place for helping teachers. Learn how it not only provides the best tools but also better support.

#CanvasChat: Maintaining the Connection of the Classroom

Our Canvas Community is full of amazing students, educators, and administrators who support each other in times of triumph and hardship.

#CanvasChat: Using Ed Tech to Support Your Face-to-Face Classroom

Learn how we can support your face-to-face classroom with Education Tech.

Keep on teaching online during the COVID-19 educational disruption

The last few weeks our world has a new master called COVID-19 – a new coronavirus disease, which was detected in China on 31 December 2019.

K16 Solutions: Archiving Student Data Just Got Easier

Jason Simmons, VP of Marketing at K16 Solutions, shares the benefits of a modern archiving solution that integrates with Canvas LMS.

Instructure Support: Getting Ready for Back-to-School 2021

Learn more about the improvements we’ve made to support you this fall.

5 Tips for the Empathetic Classroom

After a universally tumultuous year and a half, empathy is more important than ever as educators recognize the whole student and empower students to succeed on their terms.

3 Ways EdTech Can Make Learning More Accessible

Next-Generation Education Technology Starts Here

Four Ways Canvas Catalog Solves Your Skills-Based Learning Challenges

Check out these 4 solutions for your course marketplace and see how Canvas Catalog can take your skills-based learning initiatives to the next level.

5 Reasons to Use Canvas LMS in the (Physical) Classroom

The ongoing use of technology will play an important role in a seamless back-to-school-transition. As you prepare to head back, here are are five reasons use Canvas to drive in-person learning.

Announcing: The Edtech Collective, Instructure's Partner Ecosystem!

So, what is The Edtech Collective? It's a space where Instructure partners can connect with educators, and educators can find the best tools to build their digital classrooms.

Get Free Instructional Design Coaching & Support With the Panda Pros

Instructure experts at your service!

More Features, Fewer Limitations

Canvas LMS is the true market leader in North America, serving more colleges and universities than any other LMS and ensuring that over 30 million students have access to education, anywhere.

EesySoft Welcomed Into Instructure Family

Today we announced the acquisition of EesySoft (now Impact by Instructure), an edtech adoption platform focused on driving engagement with and usage of edtech tools.

Canvas for Elementary: Supporting Young Learners as They Return to the Classroom

See how the new Canvas for Elementary setting will improve the experience for little learners and keep parents informed every step of the way.

Honoring Juneteenth and Reaffirming our Commitment to a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive World

Instructure celebrates and honors Juneteenth.

Using Canvas For Young Learners

Get helpful tips and actionable strategies to ensure you are making the most of your K-5 Canvas experience for teachers, students, and parents.

Living Authentically & Celebrating Pride Week

Wishing you a happy Pride Week from the Instructure team.

Keeping Accessibility a Top Priority During Times of Rapid Change

We see accessibility the same way we see education: everyone deserves equitable access.

Instructure Named as Finalist for Two 2021 CODiE Awards

We’re thrilled to share that Instructure was included as a finalist in two CODiE Awards categories this year.

2021 Educator of the Year Nominations Are Open!

It's time to recognize those very special educators in the United States who are shaping the next generation of students and positively impacting their lives.

An Intro to MasteryView Assessments: Accelerate Learning with Better Assessment

MasteryView Assessments are prebuilt, reliable formative assessments designed to give educators an instant view into student mastery, so they can more effectively assess and address learning needs.

Student Engagement. To the Power of Mastery Paths.

In this escape room, the only way out is mastery.

Rethinking Assessment: Key Considerations for the Future

VP of K12 Strategy, Trenton Goble, shares three key considerations for schools and districts as they prepare for the future of assessment.

4 Ways Teachers Can Use Assessment Data to Inform Instruction

Data-driven assessment is only valuable when the data is actionable. Here are four ways teachers can leverage assessment data in their classroom.

Key Considerations: Supporting Non-Traditional Students With Skills-Based Programs

Three considerations to help you strengthen your approach to competency-based education.

6 Strategies for Inspiring Virtual Learning With Canvas

Increase student engagement and improve your course-building skills with these six Canvas tips.

Bringing Remote Learning Wins Back to the Classroom – What Educators Had to Say

Looking back on the remote learning period of the pandemic, what did schools learn and how can that position educators for a more successful future?

How to Use Modules to Build Courses in Canvas

Adding content to a Canvas course and wondering where to start? Modules! This is an essential tool in organizing and “chunking" content.

Intentionality Is Key to Student Success—and the Reason Behind TutorMe’s Integration With Canvas

In a time of distance learning, integration with TutorMe brings online tutoring services right into your Canvas LMS.

Daly Dispatch: February 2021 Edition

Hello Canvas Family, and welcome to the Daly Dispatch, my monthly update on all things Canvas.

Rethinking Accountability: Where We’ve Been & Where We’re Going

When state assessments were canceled in 2020 educators were forced to ask the question: Is there a better way to gauge what students know throughout the year?

Voices of Instructure: Accessibility is Part of Who We Are

Every day, our teams at Instructure strive to keep accessibility at the forefront of every customer interaction.

Immersive Reader in Canvas: Improve Reading Comprehension for All Students

Immersive Reader is now freely available within Canvas. You'll find it in Canvas Pages, ready to help you make reading and writing more accessible for students of all abilities.

Consistency Is Key: How to Help Students Stay Engaged in Online Discussions

In an online or blended classroom, online discussion forums are spaces where students can put learning into context—by asking questions, exploring new ideas, and challenging assumptions.

Customer Commitments for 2021

Here are some of the changes and improvements Canvas customers will see this year.

Our Foundation of Privacy

The ways we are keeping your data safe.

Voices of Instructure: Does Your Workplace Meet Basic Wheelchair Accessibility Standards?

6 questions to ask to better ensure basic accessibility standards are being met.

Hiring for Diversity in Engineering

When I was growing up in the Bay Area, only a few kids had access to computers to learn to program. I was one of those fortunate kids. And when I looked around the room of the computer club in my...

Commemorating Global Accessibility Awareness Day

Let's celebrate a day where we're reminded of the importance of keeping accessibility at the forefront of all the educational experiences we create.

Key Considerations for Assessments in the New Year

The postponement of summative assessments will continue to impact the K–12 assessment landscape in 2021, making formative and frequent checks for understanding an educators’ main line of sight...

Voices of Instructure: The Quieter Parts of Quality Accessibility

A member of our Accessibility team expresses his passion for making sure that our tools genuinely work for everyone.

Voices of Instructure: Accessibility Advances Inclusion

See why compliance ensures accessibility, and accessibility advances inclusion.

3 Anchoring Canvas Principles for Virtual Elementary Teachers

As I enter my fifth year coaching elementary teachers, I see on a daily basis what it’s like for educators to expose our youngest learners to the world of learning. A task, to be sure, that...

Certica + Instructure: Elevating K–12 Assessments & Learning Analytics

Join us in welcoming Certica Solutions to the Instructure family. As a longtime partner of Instructure and an industry leader in K–12 assessments, item banks,...

CASE Benchmarks Earn Tier 1 Rating by LDOE

CASE Assessments receive Louisiana’s top rating by meeting state criteria for superior quality.

Daly Dispatch: December 2020 Edition

Hello Canvas Family, and welcome to the Daly Dispatch, my monthly update on all things Canvas. Instructure + Certica Solutions: Elevating K–12 Assessments, Item Banks, and Learning...

Canvas Catalog 101

So, What Is Canvas Catalog? Essentially, Canvas Catalog is a customizable storefront for your organization's course and program offerings. But it's not just a storefront. Catalog lets you go...

An Education Proposal to the Biden-Harris Administration

December 16, 2020 Dear Linda Darling-Hammond, On behalf of our organizations and the millions of students we serve, we want to congratulate President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris....

Certica to Join Canvas, the Platform Built for Teaching and Learning

This morning we announced that Instructure has entered into an agreement to acquire Certica Solutions, an industry leader in K–12 assessments, item banks, and learning analytics. With this...

Voices of Instructure: The Importance of Empathy

Empathy for those with accessibility requirements to anyone who may need an extra touch in the software helps us all build better software that truly makes an impact.

5 K–12 Success Stories You Need to Read

Heroic. That’s how we’d describe the education community’s response to the ongoing disruptions to teaching and learning. But despite the challenges educators have faced, we’ve seen their grit,...

The Top 5 Higher Ed Sessions From CanvasCon Online

10 Ways to Make Online Learning More Engaging If anyone knows how to make online learning more engaging for higher ed students, it's Dr. Sean Nufer, Director of Teaching and Learning for the TCS...

Daly Dispatch: November 2020 Edition

Hello Canvas Family, and welcome to the Daly Dispatch, my monthly update on all things Canvas. Canvas + MasteryConnect: Making Assessments More Accessible Through all of the ups and downs this...

Safeguard Partners With Canvas to Provide Classrooms With Free Hygiene Education and Products

With the rise of COVID-19 cases, handwashing is more important than ever, as it’s one of the first defenses against germs and bacteria. The CDC has advised that handwashing and proper hand hygiene...

Voices of Instructure: Can You Affordance This?

How the combined efforts of a designer, development team, and thoughtful product owner should come into play to create a truly usable and delightful experience.

Thank You, Teachers.

To all the teachers out there: Thank you for keeping the learning going, even when it seemed impossible. Thank you for being a champion to students and parents everywhere by bringing consistency...

Access and Equity. To the Power of Canvas.

It all comes down to The Fundamental Five. Of course, computers and internet access are essential for basic access to education right now. But how do we create equitable and even amazing learning...

You. To the Power of Stephenie Jordan’s Grading Hacks.

Sometimes there's no substitute for step-by-step instructions. Stephenie Jordan has been using Canvas for quite some time now. Lucky for us, this seasoned math teacher, instructional coach,...

An Intro to MasteryConnect, Instructure's AMS

What Is MasteryConnect? MasteryConnect is an assessment management system and curriculum platform designed to show learning in an intuitive, visual way. It's built on four cornerstones: formative...

Palo Alto College - To the Power of Portfolium

Making learning more visible—and students more powerful. Palo Alto College (PAC) in San Antonio has long known the benefits of the ePortfolio. Back in 2011, professor Suzel Molina championed this...

Mobile Learning. To the Power of Canvas.

Making sure learning really can happen anywhere. The instructional technology team at Lord Fairfax Community College (LFCC) in Virginia spent much of 2019 transitioning the school’s 4,000 courses...

The Evolving Role of Our Customer Success Managers

As the Chief Customer Experience Officer at Instructure, customer success is near and dear to my heart. If you've been part of the #CanvasFam for more than a few years, you've likely noticed that...

The Top 5 K–12 Sessions From CanvasCon Online

Our annual customer-led conference for educators and edtech users drew over 20,000 attendees. Here are some of their most-loved K–12 sessions. The K–12 Keynote In his keynote address, Trenton...

Professional Learning to Support Educators Using Canvas

Webster University’s School of Education faculty have developed a virtual Professional Learning Series to help teachers and administrators use the Canvas Learning Management system to facilitate...

The Impact of COVID-19 on Student Success in Higher Education

After an abrupt transition to online learning during the spring of this year, it soon became clear that getting back to "normal" wouldn’t be happening any time soon, and the seemingly temporary...

Instructure Earns IMS TrustEd Apps Seal

As a privacy advocate, it is my personal mission to help Instructure hold itself to the highest privacy standards. It's with this mission in mind that I'm proud to announce Instructure’s newest...

3 Tips to Drive Deeper Engagement Across Diverse Student Populations

The gains made in the United States over the past 20 years in access to education for first-generation and minority students are potentially at risk, according to information from the Hechinger...

proHelp Delivers Behavior Analytics for Canvas

proHelp Analytics identifies roadblocks in the efficient use of Canvas LMS, such as where students struggle most, whether enough help is available, and whether the LMS requires clearer directions....

Wooclap Launches Canvas Integration

Wooclap, the interactive tool that turns smartphones from distractions into engagement-boosters, is thrilled to integrate with Canvas, one of the world’s most popular learning management...

Top Takeaways: What 5 Experts Learned at CanvasCon Online

CanvasCon 2020 may be over, but we are still riding the high of bringing 30,000 educators together to network, connect, and learn. Although this year’s event was full of new faces, there were also...

How UC Berkeley Used Canvas Data to Build an Online Advising Tool

As you well know, we're big fans of open, extensible learning at Instructure. I'm excited to share that one of our earliest adopters of Canvas, the University of California, Berkeley, has won the...

Daly Dispatch: October 2020 Edition

Hello Canvas family, and welcome to my first “Daly Dispatch”! Each month I’ll be compiling an update to give you a look at what’s going on behind the scenes: from product updates, to Canvas...

Online Learning: Best Practices for Intentional Design

According to a recent Institute of International Education, Inc. report, over 90% of higher education institutions in the U.S. are taking a new and different approach to learning this semester,...

The Power of Problems/Opportunities: Sal Khan's CanvasCon Keynote

The yin to Levar Burton's lofty, anthemic yang, Sal Khan approached his keynote address with a feet-on-the-ground, matter-of-fact look at the state of edtech in the world today, beginning with his...

Become a Canvas Certified Educator

The swift adoption of technology in classrooms and on campuses across the globe has undoubtedly enabled teachers and students to keep the learning going. But the very presence of technology does...

Inspire Future App Developers with Apple’s Remote Learning Offerings on Canvas Commons 

In July, we shared news that Apple introduced a free online professional learning course for Develop in Swift, available on the Canvas Learning Management System. If you haven’t already checked it...

The Power of Storytelling in LeVar Burton's CanvasCon Keynote

"I believe that literacy is the birthright of every single one of us." With his opening statement, LeVar instantly captured the hearts, minds, and undivided attention of everyone at CanvasCon...

What Is a Learning Management System?

What’s a learning management system, anyway? It’s an LMS, of course! What’s an LMS? In the simplest terms, it’s software made to support teaching and learning. It provides a built-in framework...

Once Upon a Time, We Took CanvasCon Online...

A story about our biggest virtual event yet told with the help of our Canvas community. Educators opening their laptops on October 15, 2020 in preparation for the first CanvasCon Online emulated...

Blending Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning in the Virtual Classroom

“Blended learning” has often been used to describe learning experiences that engage students in a mix of both in-class and online learning. But with the shift to online learning this year in...

Amplify Your Virtual Classroom With AWS Educate 

With the global shift to remote learning, the need for flexible and comprehensive tools that work with Canvas is more important than ever. AWS Educate, Amazon’s global initiative to provide...

CanvasCon 2020: Canvas and Microsoft Teams Improve Learning Experiences for Educators & Students

To say that 2020 has been an extraordinary time for learning may be a bit cliché, but it’s also the truth. My colleagues and I at Microsoft hear stories every day of teachers and schools working...

Single Sign-On (SSO) Into Canvas With miniOrange

With miniOrange single sign-on (SSO), you can quickly increase the security of your information and resources within Canvas, without worrying about initial setup time, remembering multiple...

Congratulations to the Canvas 2020 Student Scholarship Winners!

Throughout all of the changes and challenges this year, we continue to be amazed by students’ ability to adapt, connect, overcome, and prosper. It’s inspiring to see how educators and students...

Introducing: The Canvas Educators of the Year!

Each year we award six educators, (three in K–12 and three in higher education) with the title “Canvas Educator of the Year.” This year’s award recognizes outstanding educators in the United...

Community & CanvasCon With Beth Crook

As we gear up for the most exciting week of the year—CanvasCon Online Week (queue the confetti)—we connected with a longtime customer, Canvas Community advocate, and four-time...

The Attendees' Complete Guide to CanvasCon Online

If you're one of the 30,000+ people who registered for CanvasCon Online, you may want to keep this event guide handy! CanvasCon Website Visit www.canvascon.com for information about the...

Plagiarism Isn't Just a Similarity Score: Why It’s Worth Clicking on the Plagiarism Report 

Plagiarism reports, which are available for every submitted paper in Canvas, have become so commonplace that instructors seem to rely solely on the percentage they see against every student paper...

Quality of Faculty Matters

What is a leading contributor to student academic success in higher education institutions? It may not surprise you to know that it’s the quality of the faculty. Proven through John Hattie’s...

MasteryConnect Feature Release: Making Assessments More Accessible 

If this year’s turbulent back-to-school season has taught us all anything, it’s that teaching and learning will continue to change—and technology will play a large role in instructional continuity...

Building a New Campus Community Through Engaging Online Courses

“The fall experience on campus will be some combination of a monastery and a minimum-security prison.” – Robert Kelchen, Associate Professor of Higher Education, Seton Hall University Campuses...

Keeping Track of the Rapidly Changing Expectations of LMS Users With EesySoft

Do you remember the first time you logged into an online class? The thrilling excitement of typing in your student ID and the amazement of seeing your course online? It was new, and as a result...

What to Expect in CanvasCon Online's Live Breakout Sessions 

CanvasCon Online is almost upon us! We're getting excited for all the professional learning, connections, and reconnections, and we hope you are too. We have a stellar lineup of breakout sessions,...

5 Ways to Gamify Your Canvas Course in 5 Minutes (or Less)

It's never been more important to recognize a lifelong learning journey. Whether learning occurs in the classroom, on a job site, or online, recognizing traditional and non-traditional educational...

4 Ways to Think Beyond the Lecture

The recent shift toward a more holistic focus on the student includes paying attention to mental well-being as well as student academic success and career readiness. And according to Inside...

5 Things to Know About Google Assignments

In August, we launched Google Assignments, an add-on application for your school’s learning management system, to general availability as a core service for all G Suite for Education schools....

Institution Insights: Navigating the Newfound Meaning of Student Success

“If you had asked me pre-COVID what student success would look like, I would have had a laundry list—here's our course objectives, here's our department objectives, here's the university...

Canvas Basics Courses for Students & Teachers Now Available in Commons

The increased use of technology in K–12 education has placed both teachers and students on a learning curve as they interact with new tools and platforms in the learning process. With teachers...

Dive Deep & Elevate Learning With These CanvasCon Online Keynotes

You're probably pretty stoked to hear from LeVar Burton and Sal Khan at CanvasCon Online. But the inspiration and insights won't stop there. Our in-house speakers are guaranteed to keep the...

Career Readiness: The Foundation of Student Success Today

Higher education leaders have traditionally defined success as a combination of year-over-year retention and steady graduation rates as they strive to address the ongoing challenges of declining...

Seamless & Affordable Textbook Access, Right in Your Canvas Course

No matter where your students are this fall—on campus or online—Cengage provides seamless and affordable access to course materials and eTextbooks, right in their Canvas course.  Introducing...

Accessibility: A Cornerstone of Equity in Education

The recent changes in education have presented several challenges and one big question for educators: How do we reach every learner?  The rapid transition to online learning forced educators to...

7 Tips for Delivering Online Proctored Exams in STEM Courses

STEM courses offer unique challenges when it comes to online assessments: Equations can be difficult to replicate in a virtual environment, and exams are often high-stakes tests. How do you ensure...

Session Spotlight: How Our LTI App Store Made the COVID Online Transition a Snap

Every course is different, so in many cases, instructors are the best at deciding whether an edtech tool is a good fit for their class. We've found that if we provide faculty enough information on...

Making Online Proctored Exams Stress-Free for Students

In today’s world, with an ongoing global pandemic and everything being digitized, educational institutions have implemented online proctoring in order to assess their students. This dynamic change...

Introducing: The State of Student Success and Engagement

As an education-focused company, we work to ensure institutions, educators, and students have the tools and support they need to be successful. However, against the backdrop of 2020, the...

Google Assignments & Canvas: A Simpler Way to Distribute, Analyze, and Grade Student Work

Have you heard the big news? Canvas LMS is now the only learning management system that has the Google Assignments integration. Not to toot our own horn, but we're pretty excited about how this...

Get the Latest and Greatest Canvas Updates

As part of our mission to support educators and students around the world, we want to keep you informed about what’s going on in the Canvas world. Behind the scenes, we're working diligently to...

Our 5 Guiding Privacy Principles

We live in a data-driven world. From the internet to the various social media channels many of us use daily, we are sharing our personal lives online more than ever before. The increase in access...

MDLman & Canvas: The Secret to Successful Data Migration

The modern LMS is a sophisticated tool that can help you inspire, engage, and develop students or staff. However, inaccurate data limits LMS performance, reporting, and end-user engagement....

Lazy Texts: What Students Need—Now More Than Ever

Welcome to the future of e-planning! Lazy Texts is a user-friendly, customizable text reminder service that's going to make school less complicated and stressful for students. (We know this...

The Learning Must Go On: 3 Popular Back-to-School Plans

The 2020 back-to-school season is in full swing, and not only does it look completely different than last year's, but it looks completely different from school to school, district to district, and...

What I Learned at the Virtual Leadership Series 

In preparation for the new school year I attended the Back-to-School Virtual Leadership Series presented by the Center for Leadership and Learning at Instructure—a professional development...

Top 5 Canvas Support Tips & Tricks

While you’ve been preparing for the back-to-school season—however it looks for you this year—we’ve been rounding up our best resources and raising our commitment to global support to ensure you...

Bringing History Back To Life: The March on Washington

Today marks the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington—when a quarter-million people came together to draw attention to the continued challenges and inequalities faced by Black...

Dropbox & Canvas: Keeping Students and Faculty Connected

In a continued effort to keep educators and students connected, we’ve expanded our partnership with Dropbox to make sharing files and managing course content easier than ever. We kicked off our...

Session Spotlight: Find Out How Your Instructors Are *Really* Using Canvas

Having course materials and class technologies collected in one place makes life easier for both instructors and students. Canvas is the perfect hub for delivering resources to our students. In my...

AWS Educate & Canvas: The Academic Gateway for Cloud-Based Careers

In my role at AWS Educate, I work with our educator community globally, and support them with teaching cloud computing skills and remote instruction. Supporting educators as education continues to...

The Online Learning Glossary: Distance, Blended, Remote, and Hybrid Learning

Online learning, a term that once simply defined the relationship between a student and digital curricula has since expanded into multiple modalities of instruction. The recent pandemic brought an...

Tips and Tools to Build Engagement in Remote Teaching

Distance learning has shifted from being a nice-to-have to a need-to-have, propelling us to ask: What does it mean to be a remote teacher?  Transitioning the in-person educational experience to...

Session Spotlight: I'm a Google Girl in a Canvas World

Teachers are often fearful of new technology because they believe it's a "do-over" rather than a continuation. “What new thing around the corner will undo all of my previous work?” As...

Structure Online Discussions for Better Engagement 

Multiple Due Dates Encourage Thoughtful Responses This fall will be a challenging one for students and instructors who will be coming together in new and virtual classroom environments to go...

Lean on the New & Improved Canvas Community for Back-to-School Planning

It’s hard to believe that in just six short years the Canvas Community has grown from 5,600 users to over ONE MILLION today. It’s inspiring to see the collaboration, dedication, and care each and...

Session Spotlight: 10 Ways to Make Online Learning More Engaging

If you ask a dozen people to define “student engagement,” it’s likely you'll produce a dozen different definitions, with varying degrees of overlap. In practice, however, it means creating course...

Raising Our Commitment to Global Support

Canvas family, Many of you are in the thick of returning to school, and we wish you the very best. Rest assured, our Support Team is working diligently to respond to all the customer requests in...

Canvas Resource Roundup: 5 Best Practices

As summer comes to a close, we’re gearing up for an eventful start to the new school year. Whether you're going back with a distance, blended, or hybrid learning model, we've gathered our very...

Take Your Classroom to the Cloud With AWS Educate

With an increasing demand for cloud-skilled employees and an expanding digital workforce, AWS Educate has partnered with Canvas to create an academic gateway for the next generation of IT and...

Google + Canvas = Better Together

The Key to Active Online Learning

Instructors can offer students a far richer and more active learning experience by having them learn from each other. Instructors often find this easiest to do in the classroom, but it can also be...

Addressing the High Stakes in Higher Education

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to create challenges across education as schools explore ways to evolve the learning experience and keep students engaged outside the physical classroom. These...

A Letter to Our Customers About Global Support

I started my career in customer service and contact centers in August of 2000. I'm a passionate learner, and my lessons, though welcome, came hard and fast. Twenty years later, one lesson that...

A Letter to Our Customers

Hello Canvas Family! What an incredible start to my journey at Instructure. I’m just a few weeks into my new role and I’m drinking from the firehose. Thanks to the many of you who’ve welcomed me...

Back to School With Better-Than-Ever MasteryConnect Features

Back-to-school season is almost here, and although it looks a little different this year, the learning must go on. Whether learning happens in person, remotely, or as a hybrid of both, one thing...

How to Maximize Live Interaction Between Students & Teachers

Teachers, students, and principals all across the globe have heard the same message over the past six months: School is being closed, and we aren't sure when they'll reopen.  So now what? Your...

5 Key Considerations for AMS Evaluation

Over the last few months, I’ve spent a lot of time connecting with educators nationwide about the challenges they've faced this year and the inequities that were recently uncovered in K–12...

Hybrid Learning Expands With Webex Education Connector in Learning Management Systems

The fall semester is being shaped as we speak. In today’s education climate, educators, students, and families have shifted to hybrid and distance learning. This summer is a time of uncertainty...

The CanvasCon Online 2020 Agenda Is Live!

The full agenda for CanvasCon Online 2020, happening October 15th, is now live. In addition to keynote speakers LeVar Burton and Sal Khan, you can choose from over 55 peer- and expert-led breakout...

Canvas to Deliver Free Online Training Course for Apple Develop in Swift Coding Curriculum

To support educators in teaching Swift, Apple’s powerful and intuitive open-source programming language, a new Develop in Swift Professional Learning course from Apple is now available on the...

Face the Future With Wisdom From Sal Khan

With questions remaining about when and how schools will reopen in the fall, a lot of us are feeling uncertain about the upcoming school year.  That's one of the reasons we're looking forward...

Leadership & Learning: Build an Effective Instructional Continuity Plan

I’ve been in education for a long time, and what I’ve always loved about my profession is that no two years, schools, or districts are the same. I think it’s safe to say that this year was no...

Connect to Virtual Student Services in Canvas

With more college students learning online, more students need virtual campus services. But providing the online support students expect—for everything from academic advising to financial...

LeVar Burton at CanvasCon Online 2020!

CanvasCon Online—a free, global, one-day event for educators and edtech enthusiasts—is happening on October 15, 2020, and we have some super cool, truly inspirational speakers lined up. You don't...

Adaptive Learning Designs in LMSs with Web-Conferencing for Better Results

“The pace of change right now is the absolute slowest it will be for the rest of your life. Fasten your seatbelts. It’s going to be a fascinating ride.”  This is how Pat Gelsinger, CEO of...

3 MasteryConnect Tips for Back-to-School Planning

This year has been nothing short of a wild ride, especially for educators and students. The COVID-19 disruption caused us to rethink how we can best support students in order to keep learning...

Leadership & Learning: Rethink K-12 Education

It’s safe to say if you’re an edu leader, you’ve learned a lot over the last few months. With the unexpected shift to remote learning, many of us, myself included, were forced out of our comfort...

Choosing The Right LMS: What Leaders Need to Know

“The feedback we are getting from our parents after this experience is: We need one LMS. We need one solution. We need people to use it the same way. Now we have felt it, we have lived it, and we...

2020 “Note to Self” Student Scholarship Contest Is Now Open!

At Canvas, we don’t just support students with amazing software. We also support them with scholarships! Last year, the three awesome winners of our student scholarship video contest walked away...

Education Now: Let’s Talk Distance Learning

It goes without saying that education today is changing. Summer has arrived and educators, administrators, and students alike wonder: what will learning look like this fall? In an uncertain...

Celebrating Juneteenth and Raising our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging

Canvas Family: The last few weeks of protests and unrest clearly demonstrate that there is much work to be done to address racism, discrimination, and inequity. In response to this, we have taken...

Welcoming our New CEO Steve Daly to the Canvas Family

Canvas Family: Today, I am reaching out to share news about the newest member of our leadership team, my new boss: Steve Daly, Instructure’s new CEO.  Steve will be joining us on July 1, and...

Laying out a Canvas product roadmap as we continue through COVID-19

In a world struggling to cope with the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s difficult to overstate the extraordinary commitment we’re witnessing as educators and students across the globe...