Instructure (Canvas) Live Events
Educators looking to upgrade your digital classroom, there’s one thing we all need to succeed: a reliable network of peers. Instructure is excited to invite you to Instructure Live —your central hub for real-time collaboration, interactive webinars, and open discussions within the Instructure Community. This isn’t just a series of static presentations. It is an active ecosystem designed […]
Beginning of Semester Reminders – Fall 2026
Greetings Faculty and Staff, Welcome back! To ensure a smooth start to the upcoming semester, please review the following important reminders. For questions, email [email protected]. Canvas Login Log in to Canvas using the Canvas Login Portal page at http://go.vcu.edu/canvas. Course Creation and Enrollment Provisioning The Ellucian Intelligent Learning Platform (ILP) integrates our Ellucian SIS (Banner) […]
VoiceThread Training – August 2026
Join VoiceThread for their free workshops! If you are new to VoiceThread or just want some new ideas, this interactive and hands-on explorations is just what you need. All sessions are led by VoiceThread’s instructional designer and online educator, George Haines, who will share his expertise to help you get the most from VoiceThread. New VoiceThread Features: Fall 2026 […]
Canvas Feature Updates – May 2026
New Quizzes – Default Font Setting Production Environment Availability: 5/6/2026 An Edit default font toggle is available in New Quizzes settings, allowing instructors to set a default font and font size that automatically applies to all Rich Content Editors within the quiz. Automatically applies global styling to quiz content, ensuring a consistent look and reducing […]
Canvas Feature Updates – April 2026
Admin Tools – Sub-Account Grade Change Search- Admin Production Environment Availability: 4/8/2026 In the Admin Tools Logging tab, sub-account admins can search Grade Change Activity by Course, Grader, Student, or Assignment ID for grade changes within courses in their sub-account. Previously, this functionality was only available to root account admins. Change Benefit New Quizzes – […]
Canvas Feature Updates – March 2026
Discussions – Enhanced Rubrics Support Production Environment Availability: 3/11/2026 When Enhanced Rubrics is enabled, rubrics in Discussions use the enhanced experience instead of the classic rubrics. This update makes grading consistent across Canvas. Course – IgniteAI Image Alt Text Generation in Course Accessibility Checker Production Environment Availability: 3/21/2026 AI-powered remediations in the Accessibility Checker support […]
End of Semester Reminders – Spring 2026
Greetings VCU Faculty, We hope your Spring semester has gone well. As you wrap up your course and transition into the summer, please review the items below to help guide your end‑of‑term preparations. Fall 2026 Course Shells Available Now Course shells for the Fall 2026 semester are officially available in Canvas for all instructors. As […]
Canvas Feature Updates – February 2026
Course Settings – Cross-listing Updated to InstUI Production Environment Availability: 2/25/2026 The Cross-list modal is updated to use React and InstUI. Functionality remains unchanged, but there are minor visual updates to improve consistency. These cosmetic changes, such as field styling or borders, do not affect how the modal works. This update gives the Cross-list form […]
Canvas Feature Updates – January 2026
Blueprint Courses – Direct Link to Courses Production Environment Availability: 1/14/2026 In the Blueprint Associations modal, a direct link to associated courses is added. This update allows users to navigate directly to the associated courses. Click the desired course link to access the course directly. SpeedGrader – Performance and Usability Upgrades for SpeedGrader Feature Preview […]
Reminder: Hard Deletes and Upcoming Course Shells
Hard Deletes: This is a reminder that VCU Learning Management Systems will begin permanently deleting Canvas Courses that are 5 or more years old on June 1, 2026 to remain in compliance with the data retention policies of The Library of Virginia. For more information, visit the Records Management Policy & Canvas Usage at VCU […]