Some of our Favorites
Easily create courses and navigate around the system. Clean, simple design.
Modules for easy course and assignment organization.
Superior 24/7 Canvas helpdesk for faculty and students via phone and chat.
Regular low-impact upgrades keep the product fresh without required downtime.
Excellent integration with Kaltura, Youtube, Office 365, Turnitin, etc.
Easy and fast way to grade assignments while providing feedback on learning.
Feature | Description |
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Accessibility | Compliant with Section 508 accessibility standards and the Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) issued by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) |
Analytics | Monitors student engagement, predicts success, and tracks students' learning outcomes and progress by pedagogical goals and desired outcomes |
Announcements | Delivered automatically to the course activity stream of all users based on their notification preferences |
Assignments | Assignment submissions can include web pages, Word docs, video, audio, slide shows, links, and more |
Browser-enabled | Compatible with Apple Safari 4+, Google Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8+, and Mozilla Firefox 3.5+ |
Calendar | Drag-and-drop functionality to schedule and reschedule calendar events, plus automatic event notifications |
Chat | Synchronous text, video, and audio chat provided via integration with Tinychat |
Collaborations | Enable users to collaborate on projects using shared Canvas work spaces and tools such as Google Drive |
Conferences | Integrated, synchronous webinars / video conferencing, whiteboard, and live chat |
Discussions | Provide asynchronous (and near-synchronous) threaded public discussions, subject posting, and replies, which can be graded |
ePortfolios | Students can create public or private ePortfolios to display and reflect on notable coursework ECA - Instructure (11/2014) |
Files repository | Hierarchical file folder creation and organization, zip file import and export, file locking, drag-and-drop file reorganization, file renaming, file deletion, and other standard file management functionality |
Gradebook | Automatically generated and updated based on course assignments and assessments which are linked with the gradebook and the integrated feedback features |
Grades | Assignments and Quizzes can be scored by points, percentages, letter grades, and complete/incomplete |
Integrations | Standards-based, pluggable platform for easy integration with a wide variety of external technologies, systems, tools, and services |
Learning outcomes | Learning outcomes can be aligned to rubrics for institution-wide initiatives such as academic standards and accreditation |
Mobile access | Accessible from browser-enabled mobile devices |
Modules | Can be thematic, focused on a specific topic, content type, or arranged chronologically to provide a course sequence |
Native cloud service | Architected for the cloud |
Pages | Create flexible, customizable course pages with wiki functionality using the Rich Content Editor |
People | Includes the course roster and contact information for students, instructors, and TAs |
Quizzes | Rich-content, multi-featured, and robust assessment and quizzing system for online exams; supports proctoring, question banks, and extensive question types. |
Reports | Can be tailored to show ordered learning outcomes and rubrics that cover multiple courses, departments, or the entire institution |
Rich Content Editor | WYSIWYG and HTML editor used to create discussion topics, comments, and replies; supports video and audio, images, tables, math formulas, and URL links |
Rubrics | Created from sets of instructor-defined criteria to provide a structured, consistent, and prescriptive framework for assessment |
SpeedGraderâ„¢ | Enables instructors to step through a set of assignments and, in conjunction with the associated rubric, quickly and consistently grade each submission in just a few clicks |
Syllabus | Course calendar changes automatically update the course syllabus |
User profile | Includes optional user photo, language preference, time zone, contact methods, registered web services, and other options |
TCUS Canvas support