instructure/canvas-lms
Apr 2025 – Sep 2025
6 Months active
Languages Used
HTMLJSXJavaScriptRubySCSSTypeScriptYAMLCSS
Technical Skills
AccessibilityBack-end DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentCSSFeature FlaggingFont Integration
Ed Schiebel
PROFILE
Ed Schiebel
Evan Schiebel contributed to the instructure/canvas-lms repository by delivering a series of accessibility, UX, and performance improvements across module management and course settings. Over six months, Evan implemented features such as persistent module expansion, dyslexia-friendly font support, and comprehensive keyboard navigation, using technologies like React, TypeScript, and Ruby on Rails. His work included refactoring UI components for consistency, integrating feature flags for safer rollouts, and enhancing ARIA labeling for screen readers. By addressing both front-end and back-end challenges, Evan improved navigation, reduced user errors, and increased test reliability, demonstrating a thoughtful approach to maintainability and inclusive design.
Overall Statistics
Feature vs Bugs
69%Features
Repository Contributions
66Total
Bugs
10
Commits
66
Features
22
Lines of code
15,052
Activity Months6
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Work History
September 2025
2 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for instructure/canvas-lms focusing on stability and UX improvements in the Module experience. Delivered fixes and enhancements with clear business value: reduced error surface for student module displays and improved navigation when adding module items, contributing to smoother user workflows and lower support overhead.
2 Commits • 1 Features
Sep 1, 2025September 2025 monthly summary for instructure/canvas-lms focusing on stability and UX improvements in the Module experience. Delivered fixes and enhancements with clear business value: reduced error surface for student module displays and improved navigation when adding module items, contributing to smoother user workflows and lower support overhead.
September 2025
August 2025
11 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 highlights a focus on accessibility-driven delivery and test reliability improvements for instructure/canvas-lms. Key outcomes include the introduction of a new LTI variable to communicate user dyslexia font preference, a follow-up commit renaming the parameter for correct spelling, and broad enhancements to module navigation and accessibility; RTL and dyslexia-friendly font variants were added; and test isolation cleansed flaky tests via localStorage resets and cleanup of error handling hooks.
August 2025
11 Commits • 3 Features
Aug 1, 2025August 2025 highlights a focus on accessibility-driven delivery and test reliability improvements for instructure/canvas-lms. Key outcomes include the introduction of a new LTI variable to communicate user dyslexia font preference, a follow-up commit renaming the parameter for correct spelling, and broad enhancements to module navigation and accessibility; RTL and dyslexia-friendly font variants were added; and test isolation cleansed flaky tests via localStorage resets and cleanup of error handling hooks.
July 2025
12 Commits • 4 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for instructure/canvas-lms: Delivered core feature improvements and critical fixes across module management, blueprint content, and UI, driving reliability, usability, and accessibility. Achievements include fixing due-date rendering, shipping comprehensive UI refinements, centralizing completion logic, enhancing blueprint UX, and enabling dyslexic font option, contributing to faster student/teacher workflows and reduced support overhead.
12 Commits • 4 Features
Jul 1, 2025July 2025 monthly summary for instructure/canvas-lms: Delivered core feature improvements and critical fixes across module management, blueprint content, and UI, driving reliability, usability, and accessibility. Achievements include fixing due-date rendering, shipping comprehensive UI refinements, centralizing completion logic, enhancing blueprint UX, and enabling dyslexic font option, contributing to faster student/teacher workflows and reduced support overhead.
July 2025
June 2025
13 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025: Delivered major accessibility and UX improvements for the Modules page in instructure/canvas-lms, plus dyslexia-friendly font support. Implemented ARIA labeling, keyboard navigation enhancements, and screen-reader friendly alerts; updated heading semantics; improved lazy-loading notifications; and added mobile-safe OpenDyslexic font support. Fixed several accessibility/UX bugs to reduce confusion and improve navigation for all users. These efforts enhance inclusivity, meet accessibility expectations, and deliver measurable business value by expanding usable access to course content.
June 2025
13 Commits • 2 Features
Jun 1, 2025June 2025: Delivered major accessibility and UX improvements for the Modules page in instructure/canvas-lms, plus dyslexia-friendly font support. Implemented ARIA labeling, keyboard navigation enhancements, and screen-reader friendly alerts; updated heading semantics; improved lazy-loading notifications; and added mobile-safe OpenDyslexic font support. Fixed several accessibility/UX bugs to reduce confusion and improve navigation for all users. These efforts enhance inclusivity, meet accessibility expectations, and deliver measurable business value by expanding usable access to course content.
May 2025
22 Commits • 9 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for instructure/canvas-lms: Delivered accessibility, performance, and modernization improvements across module management and frontend rendering. Key outcomes include dyslexic-friendly font support, React 18 modernization, and UX enhancements for module item listings, coupled with targeted performance optimizations and stability fixes. The work reduces time-to-action for instructors, speeds navigation in large courses, and improves reliability with safer feature rollouts and robust tests.
22 Commits • 9 Features
May 1, 2025May 2025 monthly summary for instructure/canvas-lms: Delivered accessibility, performance, and modernization improvements across module management and frontend rendering. Key outcomes include dyslexic-friendly font support, React 18 modernization, and UX enhancements for module item listings, coupled with targeted performance optimizations and stability fixes. The work reduces time-to-action for instructors, speeds navigation in large courses, and improves reliability with safer feature rollouts and robust tests.
May 2025
April 2025
6 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for instructure/canvas-lms: Delivered key UX enhancements, accessibility improvements, and UI polish across modules and course settings. Features shipped include auto-expanding the first module with persisted state, Show All / Show Less controls with pagination-friendly loading, and OpenDyslexic font support via a feature flag. UI fixes were applied to course settings to align participation options, quantitative data options, and date inputs for visual consistency. These changes reduce navigation friction, improve accessibility, and standardize form layouts, contributing to faster onboarding, fewer user errors, and lower support overhead. Technical work included front-end state persistence, pagination UX refactor, feature-flag integration, and CSS layout fixes across critical UI surfaces.
April 2025
6 Commits • 3 Features
Apr 1, 2025April 2025 monthly summary for instructure/canvas-lms: Delivered key UX enhancements, accessibility improvements, and UI polish across modules and course settings. Features shipped include auto-expanding the first module with persisted state, Show All / Show Less controls with pagination-friendly loading, and OpenDyslexic font support via a feature flag. UI fixes were applied to course settings to align participation options, quantitative data options, and date inputs for visual consistency. These changes reduce navigation friction, improve accessibility, and standardize form layouts, contributing to faster onboarding, fewer user errors, and lower support overhead. Technical work included front-end state persistence, pagination UX refactor, feature-flag integration, and CSS layout fixes across critical UI surfaces.
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Quality Metrics
Correctness94.0%
Maintainability89.2%
Architecture86.2%
Performance87.2%
AI Usage20.0%
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CSSERBErbGraphQLHTMLJSXJavaScriptMarkdownRubySCSS
Technical Skills
API DevelopmentAPI IntegrationAccessibilityBack End DevelopmentBack-end DevelopmentBackend DevelopmentCSSComponent DesignComponent DevelopmentComponent RefactoringConfiguration ManagementDOM ManipulationDate FormattingDocumentationEvent Handling
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