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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.

Teaching Activities That Impact Student Achievement

Can you imagine reading a digital book without a progress bar telling you the percentage of a book you read? That could be confusing to readers, who want to know where they are, how much they...

Global Higher Education Study Identifies 6 Trends Important to Student Success

Take a look at six key trends identified as most important to learners and educators today.

LMS Migration 101: How K-12 Schools Can Get Started

Learn how to choose the right LMS, avoid common pitfalls, and plan a seamless transition.

Blackboard to Canvas: An interface for NKU

*Editor's note: This article originally appeared in The Northerner, the student news organization of Northern Kentucky University. It is republished with permission. As Blackboard’s three-year...

InstructureCon 2022: Top Three K-12 Sessions

Relive the journey at InstructureCon 22 by checking out the top three sessions from this years' event.

Online Course Design - Keep It Super Simple

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler." -- Albert Einstein If you’ve ever watched a Scooby Doo cartoon, you’ll know that the gang often attempts to catch the bad guy...

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...

Partnering to Address Absenteeism: 5 Ways to Support Your District

Support your district's efforts to combat absenteeism with these five Canvas LMS & Mastery Connect strategies.

New LearnPlatform by Instructure Report Shows K-12 Districts Are More Selective About Edtech Tools as They Face Budget Crisis

The EdTech Top 40 report highlights districts’ push for fewer, more effective tools; Instructure responds with Canvas Apps to provide frictionless app integration SALT LAKE CITY — June 30, 2025 — LearnPlatform by Instructure today published its eighth EdTech Top 40...

What Modern Learners Expect From Online Training in 2026

Today’s learners expect online training to be flexible, personalized, and engaging—Canvas helps you deliver on all fronts.

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...

Discussion Hero: An Update on Gamified Discussions at Northwestern University

Discussion Hero, a gamified discussion board that makes discussions more engaging, is now available as open-source code.

Increasing Family Engagement: 10 Effective Strategies

Encourage family engagement and collaboration with these ten effective strategies.

Online Learning Consortium: Transforming Professional Development with Canvas

The Online Learning Consortium (OLC) will showcase an engaging, fully-transformed professional development workshop offered in Canvas through the support of a partnership with Instructure.