What is Canvas?
Canvas is the 21st Century LMS. Adaptable. Reliable. Customizable. Easy to use. Mobile. Time-saving. And, perhaps most importantly, it gets used. That’s because it’s designed to get out of your way, to let you do your thing. Every last feature, every last interface is crafted to save you time and effort and to make teaching and learning easier.
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87 Likeliness to Recommend
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94 Plan to Renew
83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+88 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Canvas?
Pros
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Respectful
- Fair
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Mobile app builder
White-label website builder
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AI Assistant
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Ease of Implementation
Business Value Created
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Ease of IT Administration
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
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Ease of Customization
Canvas Reviews
John Erriz L.
- Role: Student Academic
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2023
Canvas has a great overview page
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Canvas from other similar products?
The main difference between them is that lean canvas zeroes in on solving a problem. A business model canvas, on the other hand, focuses on the specific product or service that needs to be sold
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
convenient and easy to use
What do you dislike most about this product?
it's good but It's a little bit pricey
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
make the reading list tab accessible, This is a great tool for keeping course readings and resources in one place that is easy for students to find.
Pros
- Fair
- Continually Improving Product
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
Cons
- Inhibits Innovation
- Less Reliable
- Less Performance Enhancing
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Justin H.
- Role: Student Academic
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2023
Well rounded and easy to use
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Canvas from other similar products?
Canvas is a solid LMS for higher education and has earned it's position toward the top of the pack of competitors. It has an active community that consistently seeks to get the most out of the LMS features available, and this has resulted in a relatively responsive platform. Ease of use has been a concern on my campus, and we saw usage of the LMS increase significantly when we made the move to Canvas.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Ease of use for basic LMS usage (classroom management, grades, assessment, etc) has seen many of our faculty not only engage well, but were well positioned to pivot during the pandemic. I also appreciate how seamlessly canvas integrates with third party tools (and offers its own) as opposed to other LMS platforms.
What do you dislike most about this product?
I wish the gradebook and assignment features were more friendly toward alternative grading and ungrading practices. Currently they provide a level of structure that can be inhibiting for instructors looking to grade and assess learning in ways supported by the empirical literature on learning.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Canvas is in my opinion the best all-around LMS for higher education, from blended and traditional learning to fully online programs (both for individual and program level course management). It has an excellent breadth of skills and many faculty will be able to quickly adopt it. Like most LMS's of it's size, it does lack some of the flexibility needed for more innovative approaches to grading, but this likely only limits faculty who are already going to push the limits of the LMS. I highly recommend Canvas.
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Saves Time
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Walter Javier M.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2023
Easy to use and love to manage, but a bit pricey
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Canvas from other similar products?
It is easy to use, easy to implement and integrate. It has a fancy UX and simple ways to get fantastic results. For the students has the features they need avoiding those features that they dont need to see.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Simplicity, Keep it Simple, very simple and complete.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The price is the most difficult thing to assimilate.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Just use the community first.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
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