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What is Canvas Network?

Canvas Network offers open, online courses taught by educators everywhere. Powered by the Canvas LMS and Canvas Catalog, Canvas Network provides a place and platform where teachers, students, and institutions worldwide can connect and chart their own course for personal growth, professional development, and academic inquiry. Since its launch in 2013, Canvas Network has offered more than 400 open, online courses designed and delivered by over 150 educational institutions and organizations throughout the world. Canvas Network is developed and supported by Instructure, the technology company that makes smart software that makes people smarter. Learn (or teach) more at www.Canvas.Net.

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Canvas Network is an index of open online courses from Ivy Leagues to community colleges. Anyone can sign up to take a course for free.


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Year Founded
2008
HQ Location
Salt Lake City, Utah
Twitter
@Instructure
12,239 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
2,038 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NYSE: INST
Description

Instructure is an educational technology company that specializes in cloud-based learning management systems (LMS). Known for its flagship product, Canvas, Instructure provides tools and solutions designed to enhance teaching and learning experiences in K-12 and higher education institutions. The platform offers features such as course management, collaboration tools, and analytics to help educators and students engage effectively. Instructure is committed to improving educational outcomes through innovative technology and user-friendly interfaces. For more information, visit their website at https://www.instructure.com.


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Jeremy V.
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Jeremy V.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Canvas"
Simple to integrate. Works well with some many other system
Eric G.
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5.0 out of 5
"An LMS that wants you to succeed and excel in its use."
The Canvas Network allows you to create a personal Canvas space outside of a school account. They also provide webinars from different schools and ...
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4.5 out of 5
"Useful Learning Management System"
The user interface and the features available in Canvas make the creation of new course websites easy.
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Jeremy V.
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What do you like best about Canvas Network?

Simple to integrate. Works well with some many other system Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canvas Network?

Things stay in the beta forever. Once they are out it's good. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canvas Network solving and how is that benefiting you?

Delivery of instruction to a variety of students. Simple to integrate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Eric G.
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What do you like best about Canvas Network?

The Canvas Network allows you to create a personal Canvas space outside of a school account. They also provide webinars from different schools and professional organizations detailing how to use Canvas in different settings effectively. Most LMS's have the capabilities, but through the Canvas Network, you can begin with beginner courses and advance to specialized courses that cover items such as data metrics and student voice. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canvas Network?

I'm not too fond that I can utilize newer options in my personal account through the Canvas Network compared to my institutional account, which is slow to adopt the more recent features (for good reason, i.e. FERPA). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canvas Network solving and how is that benefiting you?

As I am currently up for promotion, I duplicated my institutional courses as artifacts for my reviewers through my personal account. Though some things did not fully transfer due to content that came from University subscriptions, my reviewers enjoyed the fact that they could directly interface with the content rather than just read about it. I also use the Canvas Network regularly in order to continue with my personal development as an educator. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Canvas Network?

The user interface and the features available in Canvas make the creation of new course websites easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canvas Network?

Transferring data and files from one course to another or creating a copy of a website can be problematic as users enrolled in the new course may not be able to access the files hosted on a previous course due to permissions issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canvas Network solving and how is that benefiting you?

It ensures that there is a dedicated space with information about courses, assignments, readings, and other aspects of a class for students. It also allows for communication and collaborative work between members of the class. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Canvas Network?

Very simple interface. It’s customizeable Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canvas Network?

Home page gets crowded if many classes.. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Canvas Network:

Utilize and differentiate between 'Pages', 'Modules', and 'Files' subheaders, as these are frequently convoluted for students. Perhaps it would be possible to get rid of some of these headers as they have significant overlap. Additionally, remove courses automatically from home page after a course has finished to remove clutter from the homepage. Download mobile app version of Canvas and turn on alerts to stay up to date with courses and assignments and announcements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canvas Network solving and how is that benefiting you?

Scheduling class work and assignments Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Canvas Network?

Interface is very organized, well designed and clear. Easy customizable with different color choices, a variety of sizing, layouts, and fonts. Also integrated fairly well with mobile app platforms and email notifications. There are many tabs with information for the different pages, so users can organize the information under a page very effectively. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canvas Network?

App can feel a but clunky at times, especially when it comes to loading new pages. Some of the options that are available on desktop aren't available on the mobile app which is definitely a downfall that can be and should be fixed. For submissions, some fonts or word page number can be affected, which can be impacted if an assignment has a hard page limit. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Canvas Network:

Consider what functionalities and features you want, how important customizability it is to you Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canvas Network solving and how is that benefiting you?

Using Canvas to coordinate different classroom activities, assignment, group projects, new discussion posts, and to see which people are in a specific class. Have been very useful as a singular platform to keep track of everything. Use the Canvas network to submit assignments, chat with other students given the discussion and chat features, view professor posting and articles, respond to discussions and give feedback. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Canvas Network?

Canvas Network is a great asset to my teaching tools. Very easy and user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canvas Network?

I currently have no dislikes with Canvas. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Canvas Network:

I think Canvas Network takes a load off educators with its simplicity. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canvas Network solving and how is that benefiting you?

Canvas helped me simplify my classroom management. It's an all in one learning management system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Canvas Network?

it is an easy to use and effective platform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canvas Network?

Sometimes you receive too many notifications from Canvas to your email Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Canvas Network:

If you are looking for an easy to use platform in teaching Canvas is the perfect site for you! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canvas Network solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am able to grade my students and see their progress on the course. I can also view the assignments and modules for my own courses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ian M.
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eLearning Manager
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What do you like best about Canvas Network?

It is very simple to use and the support from Canvas is great. hey help you all the way and provide good guidance and checklist to achieve the best outcomes. They have excellent course website to promote your free courses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canvas Network?

The course has to be delivered using their style sheets which can be a little limiting if you require a different looking course. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Canvas Network:

Give it a try it is great Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canvas Network solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have created and run free courses on this site which has generated new customers joining our paid for offerings. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Natasha O.
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Libraries
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What do you like best about Canvas Network?

Canvas is a Learning Management System/Software where educators can host their online courses. There are Canvas sites for k-12 and colleges, and there is a free site where educators can host free courses. There really is nothing I can say to complain about Canvas Network. The company does great job keeping the software up-to-date and allowing users a system that involves them in the development of new features for the site. Canvas allows you to do everything from create outcomes and objectives for your course, to setting up assignments and assessments to measure against those goals. Canvas makes grading easy, and again, aligning your grades to your learning objectives is easy. You can create quizzes and assignments right on the site, or upload them from a computer. There is a great communication system set up for teachers and students to discuss assignments grades or anything else. You really have all of the things a teacher would need in the classroom right on the Canvas Network and site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canvas Network?

There is nothing that I dislike. There are always features that need improvement or something that would make more sense if added to one page as oppose to another, or other examples like that. However, all of those things can be addressed directly to Canvas on the Canvas community page. There other community members can decide if the issue needs a fix, if enough say so, Canvas will start the process to change the feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canvas Network solving and how is that benefiting you?

publishing and authoring online courses to a platform that is open to the public. Our university was using the Canvas platform, but we wanted to offer inline courses to professionals outside of our university network, so the Canvas network's free canvas website allows us to offer classes off=campus for free. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stephanie R.
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Coordinator of Career Services
Higher Education
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What do you like best about Canvas Network?

The ease of accessibility is great for users, both young and old! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Canvas Network?

Not as much variety as I'd like to see. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Canvas Network solving and how is that benefiting you?

I think we could utilize this for training purposes for our staff. Instead of constantly creating our own training, we can identify canvas courses that could be used. This would cut out the extra work on management and provide an engaging way for staff to train. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.