Canvas is Awesome!
September 23, 2015
Canvas is Awesome!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Canvas
Canvas is being used university-wide. The system is our official online learning platform for branding web courses.
- Canvas integrates very well with third party tools and vendors.
- Canvas is cloud-based which allows for updates every 3 weeks without any downtime.
- The content creation tools for users are very easy to use. Most users can create content just like if they were writing an email.
- The system has innovative tools, such as SpeedGrader, which allows grading in a breeze.
- Being cloud-based, there are times that an issue with the cloud will bring down most or all of the system for all clients.
- The company is still young and trying to figure out the best way to communicate with clients, while still having a personal small company feel.
- User support for our online courses has dropped dramatically. The system is more intuitive for students and faculty.
- Canvas has allowed for our online support department to concentrate on creating content and supporting faculty with their coursework instead of being stuck on technical issues.
Blackboard and Desire2Learn offer good products, but are almost too large and not as intuitive to implement, learn, and support. Canvas offers a simpler product that is just as powerful.