Canvas by Instructure is a world-leading Learning Management System (LMS) designed to create life-changing learning experiences for students and simplify teaching for educators. It is recognized as the #1 LMS in North America and boasts a global community of users and partners.
Key Features:
- Equitable, Accessible Learning: Built with a strong commitment to accessibility standards and inclusive design, Canvas helps institutions meet diverse learner needs.
- Community-Powered Innovation: Continuously evolving through regular feedback from a global community of educators and technologists.
- Flexible, Scalable Integration: Built on open technology in the cloud, it integrates with over 1000 external tools, allowing educators to customize their teaching and learning environments.
- Simple Educator Workflows: Includes tools like SpeedGrader for efficient grading and feedback, Message Students Who... for targeted communication, and a comprehensive Gradebook for tracking learner progress.
- Administrative Efficiencies: Features such as Blueprint courses enable scaling engaging curriculum and pushing updates with a single click, while Customizable feature settings allow for secure, branded, and role-adapted learning spaces.
- Data and Insights: Provides access to Canvas Data for building custom dashboards and advanced queries, and In-app reporting for real-time visibility into course activity and student engagement.
- Free Mobile Apps: Dedicated apps for Students, Teachers, and Parents ensure learning and management can happen on the go, from viewing grades and submitting assignments to providing feedback and monitoring child's education.
Optional Add-ons:
- Canvas Studio: A two-way video platform for seamless video creation, interactive discussions, and engagement analytics.
- Canvas Catalog: An online marketplace to promote, centralize, and brand continuing education and professional learning programs.
Use Cases: Canvas serves a wide range of educational sectors including K-12, Higher Education, and Business and Government, providing solutions for teaching and learning, comprehensive assessment, career readiness, employee development, and more. It supports tens of millions of users globally with high uptime and is available in 33 languages.
