March 2026 Features & Releases

Canvas Features & Releases March 2026

Use the links below to learn more about topics that interest you or may help with day-to-day tasks.

Upcoming Canvas Changes

1. March 25, 2026
1. Depreciation: Removal of Unauthenticated File Access
   
2. April 18, 2026
   
1. Breaking Changes: Improving Canvas Infrastructure with a Content Delivery Network (CDN)
   

For additional information, visit Instructure Enforcements, Depreciations, and Breaking Changes.

New Features

1. Course
   
1. IgniteAI Image Alt Text Generation in Course Accessibility Checker
2. Grades
   
1. IgniteAI Grading Assistance for SpeedGrader [This feature is currently delayed in production and beta environments and will be included in a future release.]
   
3. New Quizzes
   
1. Survey Results Visibility [Added 02/20/2026]
   
2. Export Survey Responses [Added 02/26/2026]

Other Updates

1. Announcements/Discussions/Inbox
   
1. IgniteAI translations for Discussions, Announcements and Inbox Feature Preview Concluded
   
2. Developer Keys
   
1. Legacy LTI Keys Replaced by Unified Key for Canvas Portfolio
   
3. Discussions
   
1. IgniteAI Insights for Discussions Feature Preview Concluded
   
2. IgniteAI Summaries for Discussions Feature Preview Concluded
   
4. New Quizzes
1. Native Canvas Integration Production Environment Availability
   
5. Platform/Integration
   
1. User-Agent Header Enforcement [This feature is currently delayed in the production environment and will be included in a future release.]
   
6. Rubrics
   
1. IgniteAI Generator for Rubrics Feature Preview Concluded
   
2. Enhanced Rubrics Feature Preview Concluded and Default Status Update

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Canvas Deploy Notes:

March 11, 2026

Updated Features

1. Discussions
   
1. Enhanced Rubrics Support
   
2. People
   
1. Terminate User Sessions
   

Other Updates

1. Permissions
   
1. Grades and Users Permissions Sub-account Notes Removed
   

February 25, 2026

Updated Features

1. SIS Imports API
   
1. Import SIS Data Endpoint [Added 02/26/2026]
   
2. Course Settings
   
1. Cross-listing Updated to InstUI
   
3. Navigation
   
1. Improved Course Navigation Drag-and-Drop
   
   

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