We made the decision to combine Parchment into Instructure because we believe it will accelerate realization of our mission to help turn credentials into opportunities. Whether on the credential issuing side, or the learner mobility side, we believe the Instructure network of Canvas schools and universities worldwide is perfectly aligned with our mission and the services we provide.

The combination of Parchment and the Instructure Learning Platform will provide a verifiable and comprehensive digital passport of achievement records and outcomes for all learners. Together with Parchment’s scaled network of school districts, colleges, and universities, the companies coming together means greater value for existing Parchment members and learners alike, while opening up opportunities with multiple new product categories.

We are committed to the Parchment Award, Parchment Digitary, and Parchment Pathways platforms.  This announcement adds yet another reason to consider working with Parchment.  Our comprehensive credential management platform helps learners, academic institutions, and employers request, verify, and share transcripts and other credentials as well as support course sharing, transfer articulation, and dual enrollment by facilitating the translation of credentials into credits. The powerful network created — millions of learners, over 13K districts, U.S. and non-U.S. higher education institutions, state education agencies, and receivers — has enabled the seamless exchange and transfer of transcripts and other credentials globally.  Parchment is committed to continuing on delivering its core services. If you’d like to learn more about our solutions, fill out the form here.

Yes, and more! Until the acquisition closes we remain two separate companies, and once it closes we will have even more resources to bring to serving our members, worldwide.

We want to hear from you. The voice of our community is crucial to our continued success and partnership. While you are welcome to contact your primary relationship at either organization, we encourage you to use the form below to submit your questions. By using the form you allow us to quickly and accurately answer your questions, as well as better understand the types of questions and feedback we are receiving, which will help inform our communication plan going forward.

Our goal is to make credit transfer more accessible, transparent, efficient, and reliable to increase learner equity, access, and achievement. We see opportunities to innovate in the automation of transcript data consumption at the start of the process, all the way through to algorithmic approaches to recommended course equivalencies based on machine learning. Ultimately we think the biggest leverage point for improving transfer is applying a system-level approach among networks of institutions through a common technology platform, something Parchment has unique experience with in the context of credential exchange.

We want to hear from you. The voice of our community is crucial to our continued success and partnership. While you are welcome to contact your primary relationship at either organization, we encourage you to use the form below to submit your questions. By using the form you allow us to quickly and accurately answer your questions, as well as better understand the types of questions and feedback we are receiving, which will help inform our communication plan going forward.

You can start a conversation with one of Parchment’s team members through the form here. To learn more about Instructure’s solutions, fill out the form here.