IgniteAI

Bring all your AI tools together in one experience.

AI can be transformative for educators and pupils—if it supports your teaching style. IgniteAI connects powerful AI tools directly to your daily teaching and learning spaces, offering full control and transparency over their use.

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Before we talk features…

Our non-negotiables

IgniteAI is built to help institutions move forward with AI confidently, not reactively. As AI rapidly evolves, we stay grounded in a few core principles that ensure every innovation supports real educational outcomes, not just experimentation.

Secure, transparent AI you can trust

With growing concerns around data privacy, compliance, and risk, institutions need clarity and control over how AI is used. IgniteAI is built with transparency at its core, offering AI Nutrition Facts that clearly outline models, data handling, and privacy standards. Institutions stay in control with opt-in features and assurance that their data is never used to train models without consent.

Adoption that works in practice

AI only delivers value when people know how and when to use it. IgniteAI meets educators where they already work, embedding AI directly into Canvas workflows with consistent experiences and clear guidance. This reduces tool overload, builds AI literacy, and helps institutions move from experimentation to scalable adoption.

Real impact on teaching and learning

AI should do more than save time, it should improve outcomes. IgniteAI focuses on high-value use cases like content creation, accessibility, grading, and insights, all grounded in course context. The result is more empowered educators, more effective institutions, and more supported learners, without sacrificing quality or control.

Real use cases. Real impact.

Create content
Support learners
Draft feedback
Analyse data and insights
Accelerate course workflows

Generate quizzes, assignments, and aligned materials instantly from your course content.

Break down barriers with real-time translation, accessibility support, and multi-lingual search.

Speed up grading with AI-assisted rubrics, feedback, and discussion insights while staying in control.

Ask questions and uncover trends to make faster, data-informed decisions.

Handle tedious tasks like updates, organization, and communication with AI-powered assistance.

IgniteAI Agent doesn’t just suggest or brainstorm. It takes action.

Close the gap between "What if?" and "Done."

IgniteAI has the potential to enhance, not replace, educators. By handling mundane tasks, it helps my team focus on high-impact teaching. This is the future of education—leveraging AI to foster deeper learning and ensure student success in an evolving world.

Robert Rundquist

Administrator at Chaffey College

As testers of IgniteAI, we've been incredibly impressed with its potential to transform the learning experience… What truly sets Instructure apart as a partner is the opportunity to collaborate directly with their research and development team to help shape the future of the product.

Robert Romano

IT associate director at Florida International University (FIU)

For us, the power of IgniteAI and the Agent isn’t theoretical; we’re using it right now to build modules, design pages, clean up accessibility, and speed up content creation. And we’re excited to keep testing and pushing the boundaries, because the potential is enormous.

Brandon Mitchell

Director of Instructional Design and Technology at Hinds Community College