Why You'll Love IgniteAI Agent

Ignite AI Agent is an integrated conversational assistant that automates your complex instructional workflows securely within Canvas LMS. Educators can instantly check off tedious administrative tasks like adjusting multi-assignment deadlines or applying custom HTML to course pages.

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Ignite AI agent is a conversational assistant that can automate complex tasks in a single prompt, all while keeping your data and interactions securely within Canvas. Our early adopters have been using the agent to do all sorts of things that are normally tedious and time consuming. Everything from keeping course modules organized with consistent naming and formatting to adjusting multiple assignment deadlines in one sitting to giving course pages full makeovers with custom HTML. That's what makes the agent so compelling. People aren't using it like a chatbot. They're using it like an assistant that helps them serve students better.

What early adopters are doing with the IgniteAI Agent

Instructors are using the Agent to:

  • organize course modules with consistent naming and formatting
  • change due dates across several assignments in one sitting
  • rebuild course pages with custom HTML

And these are a few examples. The Agent works across more than 500 Canvas APIs, so it can handle course setup, student grouping, announcements and messages, quiz and assignment creation, and the routine updates that pile up over a semester. It only acts when you prompt it; it can do anything you can do in Canvas and checks in along the way, so you stay in control.

 

Why customers love IgniteAI

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

 

Where the IgniteAI Agent fits in Canvas

Here’s what you get from IgniteAI across the Canvas tiers. 

  • Canvas Core gives you the LMS foundation, plus IgniteAI essentials and accessibility tools.
  • Canvas Plus adds engagement and analytics tools, along with IgniteAI grading and feedback help.
  • Canvas Next includes the IgniteAI Agent, Ask Your Data, and Study Tools for learners.

 

Frequently asked questions

What is the IgniteAI Agent? IgniteAI Agent is an assistant inside Canvas. You describe a goal in plain language, and it carries out multi-step tasks across your courses while you stay in control.

What can the IgniteAI Agent do? It works across more than 500 Canvas APIs. Educators use it to organize modules, update assignment due dates in bulk, create quizzes and assignments, manage student groups, draft announcements and messages, and redesign course pages with custom HTML.

Which Canvas tier includes the IgniteAI Agent? The Agent is included in Canvas Next. IgniteAI essentials come with every tier, and IgniteAI teaching and feedback tools come with Canvas Plus.

Do I stay in control of what the Agent does? Yes. The Agent acts only when you prompt it, and it can do anything you're able to do in Canvas. It checks in at key points, so you approve the work rather than hand it over.

 


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