Canvas Intelligent Insights is a web-based analytics product for institutions monitoring student progress and evaluating courses and educational technology. It provides self-service analytics intended to support course effectiveness, student retention, and graduation rates. Account administrators can use Ask Your Data to pose natural-language questions through an AI-powered query tool. Course Readiness lets administrators define criteria for assessing readiness and effectiveness, while Students in Need of Attention monitors institution-defined indicators to identify learners who may need additional support. Users can visualize data, customize dashboards, share selected insights, and receive SQL queries. Listed capabilities also include Accessibility Insights, Accessibility Analytics, predictive analytics, and learner risk scoring. The product integrates with Canvas and is accessed through the Canvas Analytics Hub. It reports on LTI tool usage, though Instructure later said that reporting would become part of core Canvas. Instructure describes Intelligent Insights as a legacy add-on: advanced analytics are now available in Canvas Plus and Canvas Next, and AI-powered Insights are available in Canvas Next. Pricing is on request.
Who it is for
Intelligent Insights is intended for institutions seeking to monitor student progress, evaluate courses, and make data-informed teaching and learning decisions. Its current legacy status is important for institutions considering it alongside Canvas Plus or Canvas Next.
What is good
- Natural-language questions through Ask Your Data
- Custom criteria for course readiness
- Monitors institution-defined student indicators
- Customizable dashboards and curated insight sharing
What to know first
- Described as a legacy add-on
- Pricing is available on request
- LTI usage reporting is becoming part of core Canvas
Verdict
Intelligent Insights combines analytics, course-readiness criteria, and student monitoring for Canvas institutions. Its legacy-add-on status means prospective users should note where the listed analytics and AI features are now available.
Canvas Intelligent Insights plans and pricing
All plansCompared on learning analytics software
- Custom dashboards
- Yes
- Predictive analytics
- Yes
- Learner risk scoring
- Yes
- LTI support
- Yes
