FEATURES

Some of our Favorites

Interface

Easily create courses and navigate around the system. Clean, simple design.

Flat File Structure

Modules for easy course and assignment organization.

Support

Superior 24/7 Canvas helpdesk for faculty and students via phone and chat.

Maintenance

Regular low-impact upgrades keep the product fresh without required downtime.

Third party Integration

Excellent integration with Kaltura, Youtube, Office 365, Turnitin, etc.

Speedgrader

Easy and fast way to grade assignments while providing feedback on learning.

Full list of Canvas features
Feature Description
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
SpeedGrader™ 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

TESTIMONIALS

Canvas provides our students and faculty with an entirely new level of interconnection and communication. Canvas feels very intuitive.

Marian Stoltz-Loike

Ph.D., Chief Online Education Officer; Vice President, Online Education; Dean, Lander College for Women

Canvas is easy to use and has a simple way to navigate and find what you are looking for. The students appreciate having the calendar feature that tell them when assignments are due and exams scheduled. Overall, it is a clean, neat and user-friendly platform.

Sandra Russo

RN, MS, Chair and Director, Nursing

Canvas is a more contemporary and easier to use version of Blackboard. The interface is intuitive and the WYSIWYG grade book is extremely useful for time-efficient grading processes.

Louise Santiago

Program Coordinator for Educational Leadership, Graduate School of Education, TUC

So far I have been very impressed with Canvas both on the faculty side as well as the student interface. The customer service and cost of the LMS is really the industry standard. I will say having a champion in CEHS (Dr. Micheal Barbour) has really helped our Graduate School of Education and School of Nursing with a smooth transition in the pilot so this was instrumental for us.

Lisa Norton

Dean, College of Education and Health Sciences, TUC

I was initially reluctant to make the switch to Canvas but I have found Canvas to have additional features that I didn't realize I wanted. The speed grader feature facilitates grading essays with a rubric. With this tool, administering formative assessments is much less time consuming and the students get instant feedback. I have found Canvas to be a much more sophisticated learning management tool.

Meredith R. Miller

Professor of Law

I really appreciated how easy it was to import my old Blackboard course to Canvas. I liked that Canvas allows me to choose what I want to upload too. My students appreciate that everything is interactive. They love the modules and how easy it is to see the weekly readings and know exactly where you are and what 's coming next.

Dr. Annecy Baez

Associate Professor; Director of Latino Social Work Initiative and the HRSA Scholarship for Disadvantaged Students, Graduate School of Social Work

In general, students like Canvas as it is very intuitive and easy to use. Students required minimal training and were able to get started right away.

Holly Owens

Instructional Designer, School of Health Sciences

Canvas is intuitive and visually interactive. It is much easier for both students and teachers to use. I was a user of Canvas as a student, both at UCLA and UC Berkeley. Therefore, as a teacher, I had virtually no "learning curve" time required for launching my course on Canvas.

Mahru (Meroe) Elahi

Adjunct Professor, Graduate School of Education, TUC

Canvas is an easy-to-use learning platform designed to carry teaching and learning into the future. Canvas excels at delivering powerful functionality, providing a better user experience in a simple, intuitive way, and implementing the common LMS feature set in a superior way.

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Support

TCUS Canvas support

  For help with how to use Canvas, log in to Canvas and select the Help button from the blue navigation bar on the left of your dashboard. Chat, phone, and email support are available. Select the Faculty or Student support option.

  Canvas Help may be the fastest way to get answers to many questions since they have lightning fast response times, and they can see within a user's account. They are available 24/7.

  The following requests should come through the TouroOne Help Desk: help.touroone@touro.edu

  Add an administrator or support staff as a Canvas user (most faculty should already be in Canvas; students are automatically added to Canvas when they are registered for a course).

  Add TAs, Librarians, student tutors or other roles to a course/CRN or all courses in a department.

  Add Lecturers to a course. "Lecturer" has teacher-like access but is not the primary/official teacher of a course. (Note: to add primary/official instructors to a course in Canvas, you must contact your Registrar's office. The official instructor role in Canvas is called "Teacher".)

  Access for administrators to school level sub accounts.

  To research why something isn't appearing in Canvas as you expect.

  Blackboard administrators have been trained as Canvas administrators. The following requests should go to the local Canvas administrator:

  Cross list course sections.

  Create a manual course (course not coming from Banner) or organization.

  Enroll users in manual courses or organizations.

  To request assistance with migrating content to live Canvas courses.

  Request 3rd party application integrations (tools like Zoom and Box).
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