The Canvas Insider

Can AI Do That?

Old Courses Still in Dashboard

Feb 17

Can AI Do That?

Lost Grades

Feb 13

Coming Soon - AI can "Totally Control" Your Canvas

I was recently doom-scrolling browsing through my LinkedIn feed and encountered a smug post by someone in the Canvas family:

Feb 11

IgniteAI Agent - Meet & Greet

Instructure recently released its IgniteAI Agent for Canvas Admins, and will soon be making it available to teachers of Canvas courses.

Feb 5

17:56

December 2025

Concluding 2025

This isn’t going to be a gosh-this-was-such-a-busy-term missive.

Dec 5, 2025

November 2025

Canvas Theme CSS - Modifying to meet <code> tag accessibility standards

Hello again Canvas Insiders,

Nov 13, 2025

2:27

September 2025

Student Annotation Assignments

Welcome back to the new academic year, Insiders!

Sep 4, 2025

3:33

August 2025

Vibing with Gemini - File Storage Upload Errors in Course

Sometimes teachers in Canvas courses encounter error messages and are unable to upload files into their courses.

Aug 21, 2025

3:36

Vibing with Gemini - Adding Student to Course Behind-the-Scenes

What happens when a Canvas Admin like me wants to help staff with their Academic Honesty course, and visits Google Gemini for some “Vibe Coding” to help…

Aug 20, 2025

5:49

Vibing with Gemini - Cross-listing Courses

What happens when a Canvas Admin like me wants to work smarter instead of harder, and visits with Google Gemini for some “Vibe Coding”?

Aug 19, 2025

6:05

July 2025

Back to Basics - Assignments

After 8+ years as Canvas Admin for Western Washington University, I’ve introduced hundreds of faculty, most with little or no experience with…

Jul 29, 2025

8:34

Back to Basics - Announcements

After 8+ years as Canvas Admin for Western Washington University, I’ve introduced hundreds of faculty, most with little or no experience with…

Jul 8, 2025

6:32