Mitch BensonInstructureSince the last time the roadmap was discussed (last year):
- Minutes of downtime
- 17 releases
- Dozens of user group engagements
- 160+ major features
- Hundreds of days spent with users
- 300+ accessibility issues resolved
- Thousands of community submissions
- 1500+ defects remedied
It’s great to see a slide that outlines the SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) for Canvas. After the SDLC slide, there are a number of trends that Instructure takes into consideration, including
- Learning is unbound by time and place
- Individualized and differentiated
- Social
- More open & transparent
- And more!
“Technology shouldn’t exacerbate learning.”
Achievement driven
- Master courses
- Quizzes
- Outcomes
- Data and live events
- Gradebook
Master courses is something that I’m most interested in and can’t wait until they’re released. I’m also hoping that the master courses are not stored in the Admin > Courses section. I’ve found that with tons of courses, that list gets long and cumbersome.
Individually relevant and engaging experiences
- Mastery paths
- Mobile app suite
- Quizzes
- Outcomes
So I think that the mastery paths is a great idea, but I’m curious as to how instructors are going to use them. I understand the purpose, but wonder if the paths will add additional work for the instructors to create remedial/extra assignments.
Connectedness everywhere
- Office 365
- Google Apps for Education
- Integration and interoperability
- LTI tools
I’ve given my thoughts on a lot of these different topics, so I’m going to skip my commentary here.To see where Instructure is with the topics discussed above, here is an image of the roadmap:https://twitter.com/surely_you_jest/status/756242549300350976
Overall
I think that, based on the content and audience turnout, this session should have been a keynote. There is so much great stuff here that Instructure is working on that it’s hard to prioritize from a consumer perspective. I’m glad that they’ve done the prioritization for us!
Matthew Evins 