Canvas Makes Learning Effective
Canvas is used to offer online and hybrid courses for students. It is used across the whole organization.
Canvas LMS
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Canvas LMS
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Canvas LMS
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What is Canvas LMS?
Instructure is an educational software company based in Sandy, Utah. It is the developer of the Canvas learning management system, which is a comprehensive software package that competes with such systems as Blackboard Learning System, SumTotal and Saba.
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2022
Most Loved
2022
Popular Features
View all 13 features- Assignments (41)8.787%
- Course authoring (41)8.181%
- Course catalog or library (38)7.575%
- Mobile friendly (40)5.656%
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Arizona Western College (Education Management, 201-500 employees)Video Reviews
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What is Canvas LMS?
Instructure is an educational software company based in Sandy, Utah. It is the developer of the Canvas learning management system, which is a comprehensive software package that competes with such systems as Blackboard Learning System, SumTotal and Saba.
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What is Canvas LMS?
Canvas LMS is a widely used learning management system by colleges and universities in North America. It delivers dynamic, engaging learning experiences, and boasts 99.99% uptime to ensure instant connection between students and educators.
Canvas LMS Features
Learning Management Features
- Supported: Course authoring
- Supported: Course catalog or library
- Supported: Player/Portal
- Supported: Learning content
- Supported: Mobile friendly
- Supported: Progress tracking & certifications
- Supported: Assignments
- Supported: Compliance management
- Supported: Learning administration
- Supported: Learning reporting & analytics
- Supported: eLearning
- Supported: Assessments
- Supported: Live online learning
- Supported: In-person learning
- Supported: Micro-learning
- Supported: Video learning
- Supported: eCommerce
- Supported: SCORM-compliant
- Supported: Social learning
- Supported: Gamification
- Supported: GDPR Compliant Learning
- Supported: Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning
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Canvas LMS Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
| Supported Countries | Global |
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Instructure is an educational software company based in Sandy, Utah. It is the developer of the Canvas learning management system, which is a comprehensive software package that competes with such systems as Blackboard Learning System, SumTotal and Saba.
Blackboard Learn by Anthology, Infor Learning Management, and Edmodo are common alternatives for Canvas LMS.
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The most common users of Canvas LMS are from Mid-sized Companies (51-1,000 employees).
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May 02, 2022
Canvas Makes Learning Effective
- Cost-effective LMS will eventually lower cost for students and increase enrollment.
- A stable LMS with less technical issues will lower cost of technology and increase ROI,
January 07, 2022
Helpful Platform for Students
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- We were able to keep better track of their assignments as a result of it.
- [It] reduced overall costs of maintaining [a] private repository of data.
December 02, 2021
Canvas: A students evaluation
- Easy communications between teachers/students[.]
- A good way to see deadlines[.]
- It has an option to plan meetings (which also shows in the calendar).
December 02, 2021
Canvas, a great way to help teachers plan there tasks
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Planning became way easier[.]
- There are hard and soft deadlines which makes it nicer when you need to choose what deadline to finish first[.]
- Canvas made the online [exams] easier to setup[.]
November 05, 2021
Great LMS
- Keeps teachers and parents informed about grades
- Helps students stay on track
August 24, 2021
Dated Look, Not user friendly to set up
Score 1 out of 10
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Verified User
- It has caused me to lose sleep
- It has caused multiple colleagues to experience similar stress.
- It has lowered productivity among teachers
July 29, 2021
Canvas is a teacher's best friend.
- It has increased discussions in online classes
- Sped up the grading process
- Helped with course creation
June 30, 2021
Great tool to manage classes
- It increases our professors' productivities
- It helped students to better track their assignments.
- It improved interaction between professors and students.
- In our implementation, it generated positive impacts in terms of fluidity in the communication between teachers and students, which facilitates the sharing of information in real time, favoring and enhancing constant learning.
- However, from time to time the platform is saturated presenting errors that have a direct impact on school performance, which triggers painful inconveniences that hinder its main mission.
- Saves time managing the corporate training
- Makes it easier to manage all the courses and training that needs to happen
- Its a little expensive
April 22, 2021
The all-in-one Learning Management System that DELIVERS.
- Teachers have consolidated their content onto one platform which has decreased reliance of students on so much support staff assistance to access content.
- Canvas has helped make technology transitions more seamless for the school community.
- Once teachers have set up their page, Canvas really takes care of it all- they have much more time to focus on content creation and synthesis rather than the actual learning management system.
- Canvas has helped us provide a more robust online component to our courses.
- Canvas has helped us better adapt to a rapidly changing educational landscape.
- Canvas has reduced the time that we have to spend training faculty on how to use our learning management system.
March 13, 2021
Canvas - A full palette of online education tools!
- As a user, I cannot really speak to this.
March 10, 2021
Canvas is a good value for money
- Understanding student engagement
- Unified academic portal for students
- Integration with video conferencing
March 08, 2021
Canvas: The LMS for Everyone
- It's streamlined electronic grading and student communication.
- Their use of LTIs has enabled greater use of third-party tools we purchase/use because they are integrated into Canvas.
- It replaced several disparate tools (e.g. gradebook, messaging system) and rolled them into one solution.
March 08, 2021
A consistent and powerful platform
- It could help students to succeed better in their studies and graduate on time.
- It can make and streamline academic processes online.
- The built-in analytics help in making decisions on course and organizational levels.
March 06, 2021
Canvas LMS - Intuitive and Powerful
- Hard to estimate during a pandemic, but Canvas equipped a rapid move online with all coursework, which is an incredible feat given the diversity of faculty experience teaching in digital modalities.
- Although Canvas may be somewhat more expensive than other LMS's, the adaptability and quality of the entire 'ecosystem' (not to mention integrating with our current systems) has made it a powerful investment in overall quality of education.
- Canvas' approach to mobile and willingness to integrate with third parties has positioned us well for innovation moving forward, providing excellent return on investment and return on mission.
August 12, 2020
The perfect LMS out there
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
- Easy management of course structure.
- Reduced overall costs of maintaining private repository of data.
- Accessible from anywhere and anytime.
- Canvas has had a positive impact on our ability to engage distance learning students. We can share videos and content that feel more personal, so they aren't always looking at text on a screen. This allows them to feel connected to our community, even when they aren't on campus.
- We are able to engage graduate students and assistants in the teaching process through the permissions tool. This allows these students to learn as teachers, and access what is appropriate. We've used this as internship credit and even some paid positions. This cuts down on Professor workload and time management needs.
- Our Distance Learning Staff are able to cover this material much easier than our last platform. Professors and students alike are having an easier time navigating Canvas, so support for oversight is less.
April 22, 2020
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- Positive impact on recruiting students
- Positive impact on retention
- Positive impact on employee satisfaction
April 22, 2020
Canvas could be better
- Communication between students
- Grade tracker
- Assignment tracker
- Discussion Board
March 20, 2020
Canvas is great for new online learners
- Creating a seamless environment for online learning.
- Easy to use if you're new to online courses.
- Allows for remote connection.
February 20, 2020
Paint Your Ideal Class with "Canvas"
- It has allowed for students to have remote access to materials, improving the amount they learn.
- I has helped students to receive better grades by being reminded of when their assignments are due.
February 18, 2020
Canvas
- High cost
- Frees up teacher time
October 29, 2019
Canvas is a pretty good LMS.
- Can't comment on ROI specifically, but I think I'm able to teach online more efficiently with Canvas than I did with previous LMSs. Part of that is probably due to my time spent teaching online in general.