instructure/canvas-lms
Apr 2025 – Oct 2025
7 Months active
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GraphQLJavaScriptRubyTypeScripttsxYAMLCSSHTML
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API DevelopmentAPI IntegrationBackend DevelopmentDrag and DropFile UploadsFront End Development
Drake Harper
PROFILE
Drake Harper
Drake Harper contributed to the instructure/canvas-lms repository by building and refining core features such as the Widget Dashboard, module management, and analytics widgets. He delivered robust UI/UX improvements, implemented scalable GraphQL APIs with pagination, and optimized backend data loading to reduce N+1 queries. Using technologies like React, TypeScript, and Ruby on Rails, Drake enhanced accessibility, integrated feature flags for controlled rollouts, and improved test reliability. His work addressed both frontend and backend challenges, resulting in faster, more reliable dashboards and modules. The depth of his engineering ensured maintainable code, consistent user experiences, and a strong foundation for future analytics.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
62%Features
Repository Contributions
172Total
Bugs
22
Commits
172
Features
36
Lines of code
46,139
Activity Months7
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Work History
October 2025
13 Commits • 4 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 focused delivery on the Widget Dashboard for Canvas LMS, delivering a UI overhaul, robust data handling, and controlled rollout mechanisms. Key business value: enhanced user engagement and accessibility through a polished, consistent widget dashboard; reliable data presentation via cursor-based pagination and filtering; reduced risk with feature flags and rollout controls; and improved user feedback with a new rotating dashboard tile. Technical achievements include frontend UI refactor, accessibility improvements, GraphQL data shaping, pagination enhancements, and data de-duplication.
13 Commits • 4 Features
Oct 1, 2025October 2025 focused delivery on the Widget Dashboard for Canvas LMS, delivering a UI overhaul, robust data handling, and controlled rollout mechanisms. Key business value: enhanced user engagement and accessibility through a polished, consistent widget dashboard; reliable data presentation via cursor-based pagination and filtering; reduced risk with feature flags and rollout controls; and improved user feedback with a new rotating dashboard tile. Technical achievements include frontend UI refactor, accessibility improvements, GraphQL data shaping, pagination enhancements, and data de-duplication.
October 2025
September 2025
18 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 was focused on delivering a cohesive, mobile-first Widget Dashboard experience, strengthening data loading performance, and hardening core workflows (To-Do, assignments, and announcements). Key work spanned UI/UX enhancements, GraphQL data batching, and backend reliability improvements, resulting in faster, more reliable dashboards and a consistent course-code display across the app.
September 2025
18 Commits • 2 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 was focused on delivering a cohesive, mobile-first Widget Dashboard experience, strengthening data loading performance, and hardening core workflows (To-Do, assignments, and announcements). Key work spanned UI/UX enhancements, GraphQL data batching, and backend reliability improvements, resulting in faster, more reliable dashboards and a consistent course-code display across the app.
August 2025
32 Commits • 12 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 was focused on delivering high-value features, stabilizing the data layer, and laying the groundwork for scalable analytics widgets across Canvas LMS. Key work accelerated admin/student workflows, improved UI consistency, and reduced risk through targeted GraphQL/schema fixes and automated testing improvements. The month culminated in a robust widget framework foundation that supports future analytics and course communications, with pagination enabling scalable data interaction.
32 Commits • 12 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 was focused on delivering high-value features, stabilizing the data layer, and laying the groundwork for scalable analytics widgets across Canvas LMS. Key work accelerated admin/student workflows, improved UI consistency, and reduced risk through targeted GraphQL/schema fixes and automated testing improvements. The month culminated in a robust widget framework foundation that supports future analytics and course communications, with pagination enabling scalable data interaction.
August 2025
July 2025
39 Commits • 8 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 progress summary for instructure/canvas-lms: In July, we delivered focused performance and reliability enhancements across module loading, GraphQL APIs, and UI/UX, while laying groundwork for broader tooling and analytics. The work emphasizes business value: faster module/page loads, scalable data loading as course content expands, and easier integration points for external tooling and widgets. Key areas of delivery: - N+1 query fixes across module loading, addressing data fetches for completion content tags, assignment overrides, module collapse behavior, quiz submissions, discussions, wiki pages, and context progressions. This reduces database load and improves response times on module-rich pages. - External tool integration for module items, including an external tool selector for adding items and placements for the module header kebab menu, enabling seamless integration with third-party tooling. - GraphQL module items pagination to support scalable loading of module content and improve API performance for large courses. - Widget dashboard groundwork, including a feature flag, prepared JS bundle, and UI tabs to enable widget-based insights and analytics. - Module UI/UX and observer/API enhancements to improve reliability and accuracy, such as respecting quantitative data settings, showing to-do dates for ungraded discussions, observer UI updates, and API adjustments for observers. - Additional reliability and stability improvements through test cleanup and targeted fixes (e.g., TypeScript, font weight, wrapping, and discussion checkpoint handling) to reduce flakiness and improve developer confidence. Top business outcomes: - Faster, more scalable module loading and data fetch paths with reduced N+1 risks. - Clearer tooling integration points for instructors and admins to extend course workflows. - Prepared foundation for widget-based analytics and observer-aware module experiences.
July 2025
39 Commits • 8 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 progress summary for instructure/canvas-lms: In July, we delivered focused performance and reliability enhancements across module loading, GraphQL APIs, and UI/UX, while laying groundwork for broader tooling and analytics. The work emphasizes business value: faster module/page loads, scalable data loading as course content expands, and easier integration points for external tooling and widgets. Key areas of delivery: - N+1 query fixes across module loading, addressing data fetches for completion content tags, assignment overrides, module collapse behavior, quiz submissions, discussions, wiki pages, and context progressions. This reduces database load and improves response times on module-rich pages. - External tool integration for module items, including an external tool selector for adding items and placements for the module header kebab menu, enabling seamless integration with third-party tooling. - GraphQL module items pagination to support scalable loading of module content and improve API performance for large courses. - Widget dashboard groundwork, including a feature flag, prepared JS bundle, and UI tabs to enable widget-based insights and analytics. - Module UI/UX and observer/API enhancements to improve reliability and accuracy, such as respecting quantitative data settings, showing to-do dates for ungraded discussions, observer UI updates, and API adjustments for observers. - Additional reliability and stability improvements through test cleanup and targeted fixes (e.g., TypeScript, font weight, wrapping, and discussion checkpoint handling) to reduce flakiness and improve developer confidence. Top business outcomes: - Faster, more scalable module loading and data fetch paths with reduced N+1 risks. - Clearer tooling integration points for instructors and admins to extend course workflows. - Prepared foundation for widget-based analytics and observer-aware module experiences.
June 2025
19 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for instructure/canvas-lms: Focused on delivering a more accessible, data-rich, and performant Modules experience, along with GraphQL-driven data improvements for reporting. Key work spans UI/UX and accessibility enhancements for modules, GraphQL data surface for discussions/quizzes, and targeted performance reductions in logging to improve telemetry and stability.
19 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025 monthly summary for instructure/canvas-lms: Focused on delivering a more accessible, data-rich, and performant Modules experience, along with GraphQL-driven data improvements for reporting. Key work spans UI/UX and accessibility enhancements for modules, GraphQL data surface for discussions/quizzes, and targeted performance reductions in logging to improve telemetry and stability.
June 2025
May 2025
43 Commits • 6 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for the Canvas LMS team: Delivered a cohesive set of module-related improvements that enhance student progress visibility, editing reliability, and the overall learning experience. The work blends GraphQL platform improvements, module progression modeling, a comprehensive student-facing UI, and a major modules rewrite with stats integration, all behind a controlled feature-flag rollout.
May 2025
43 Commits • 6 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for the Canvas LMS team: Delivered a cohesive set of module-related improvements that enhance student progress visibility, editing reliability, and the overall learning experience. The work blends GraphQL platform improvements, module progression modeling, a comprehensive student-facing UI, and a major modules rewrite with stats integration, all behind a controlled feature-flag rollout.
April 2025
8 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 Highlights for instructure/canvas-lms: Delivered GraphQL-enabled Course Folders and File Uploads, stabilized masquerade behavior, tightened type safety in Context Modules V2, and shipped UX/performance improvements for Module Management with robust permission checks, reflecting strong business value and technical execution.
8 Commits • 2 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 Highlights for instructure/canvas-lms: Delivered GraphQL-enabled Course Folders and File Uploads, stabilized masquerade behavior, tightened type safety in Context Modules V2, and shipped UX/performance improvements for Module Management with robust permission checks, reflecting strong business value and technical execution.
April 2025
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Quality Metrics
Correctness93.8%
Maintainability90.0%
Architecture87.2%
Performance87.0%
AI Usage24.4%
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Programming Languages
CSSGraphQLHTMLJavaScriptRubySQLTypeScriptYAMLgraphqltsx
Technical Skills
API DevelopmentAPI IntegrationAccessibilityBackend DevelopmentCSSCSS GridCode OptimizationCode RefactoringCommand Line InterfaceComponent ArchitectureComponent DesignComponent DevelopmentComponent MemoizationComponent RefactoringComponent Styling
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