{"id":8432,"date":"2026-01-21T16:28:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/?p=8432"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:46:08","slug":"new-canvas-igniteai-tools-workshops-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/2026\/01\/21\/new-canvas-igniteai-tools-workshops-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"New Canvas IgniteAI Tools Workshops Now Available!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty are invited to attend a new workshop highlighting the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/canvas\/faculty\/igniteai-tools-in-canvas\/\"><strong data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"180\">IgniteAI tools<\/strong><\/a> recently added to Canvas during the week of <strong data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"244\">January 5, 2026<\/strong>. These features are optional and faculty-facing, except for Smart Search, which is available to both faculty and students. The session will provide a guided overview of each IgniteAI feature and demonstrate how to enable them in <strong data-start=\"526\" data-end=\"563\">Settings &gt; Feature Options<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IgniteAI Search: an AI-enhanced course search in Canvas that lets students and instructors find content using natural, \u201cmeaning-based\u201d queries, not just exact keywords.<\/li>\n<li>Ignite AI Translations (for Discussions and Announcements): allows faculty and students to translate Canvas text in place, supporting multilingual participation without leaving Canvas.<\/li>\n<li>IgniteAI Translations (for Canvas Inbox): translates private Canvas Inbox messages in place, available for both faculty and students.<\/li>\n<li>IgniteAI Summaries for Discussions:\u00a0 lets an instructor generate a quick AI-written recap of a discussion thread right inside Canvas.<\/li>\n<li>IgniteAI Insights for Discussions: uses AI to scan individual student replies and flag how relevant and substantive they are compared to the original prompt.<br \/>\nFeature Preview (free through 6\/30\/2026 and may incur additional cost in the future)<\/li>\n<li>IgniteAI Generator for Rubrics: within an Assignment, instructors can generate a draft rubric based on the assignment description, then edit and refine it before publishing. <em>Enhanced Rubrics<\/em> must be enabled to use this feature.<br \/>\nFeature Preview (free through 6\/30\/2026 and may incur additional cost in the future)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This workshop is ideal for faculty who want to explore how AI can streamline course management, improve feedback workflows, and enhance student learning experiences within Canvas.<\/p>\n<span class=\"prpl-button red full-width\"><a href=\"https:\/\/itdsevents.montclair.edu\/calendar\/itds-workshops?cid=15202&amp;t=g&amp;d=0000-00-00&amp;cal=15202&amp;ct=84835&amp;inc=0\">Register Now<\/a><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IgniteAI Tools in Canvas workshops starting January 22!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":437,"featured_media":8431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/437"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8432"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8475,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8432\/revisions\/8475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/itds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}