
About CANVAS
Canvas’ ability to seamlessly plug into existing technology tools and it’s unparalleled up-time, reliability, and security all ensure a solid foundation for your learning ecosystem. Canvas ease of course design, Speed Grader’s anytime anywhere access, and our powerful Teacher and Student Apps for mobile devices, ensure Canvas gets used deeper than any other LMS.
Learn more about us at https://www.instructure.com/en-au/canvas
Pricing starting from:
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- Free Version
- Free Trial
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Key benefits of CANVAS
Native Mobile Apps
Engage students in learning anytime, anywhere and support 1:1 and other technology initiatives both in and outside the classroom.
SpeedGrader
Grading is a breeze and takes half the time. With SpeedGrader for iPad, even grading on-the-go is easy.
Student View
Teachers can preview assignments and other course elements as students see them.
Selective Release
Defines course, curriculum and certification paths, including pre-test and post-test assessment tracks.
Parent App
Connect parents to students’ courses automatically—giving them the insight to help their students be successful.
Typical Customers
- Freelancers
- Small Businesses (2-50)
- Mid-size Companies (51-500)
- Large enterprises (500 and more)
Deployment
- Cloud-based
- On-premise
Supported Languages
English
Pricing starting from:
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- Free Version
- Free Trial
- Subscription
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Features
Total features of CANVAS: 107
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- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 51–200 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
The most user-friendly management service
Reviewed on 21/12/2021
Now I don't hate using an online tool for managing my courses. After trying other two alternatives...
Now I don't hate using an online tool for managing my courses. After trying other two alternatives for a couple of years each, Canvas is the only one that I don't want to just get rid of. Before, the online management tool was a requirement, now it is a must have.
Pros
I've used a couple of alternatives both as a student and as an educator and this has by far the best user experience. This one helps going straight to what you need to do with it. I like how it doesn't try to add a lot of functionality that no one will ever use. The features it has are great and the way to access them just makes sense. When we changed to Canvas, we all agreed at my institution that it was one of the best decisions we have ever taken.
Cons
I would like to have the option as an admin to disable some features. Take forums as an example, my students use social media for pretty much anything or some other stuff. That fact that forums are there is nice, but if you won't ever use it, I would like to be able to remove it.

- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 10,000+ Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
The best LMS I've used so far (much better than Brightspace/D2L)
Reviewed on 7/4/2021
Overall, Canvas is the best I've used so far (1000x better than buggy/feature-impoverished D2L)....
Overall, Canvas is the best I've used so far (1000x better than buggy/feature-impoverished D2L). It's generally nice to work with, plays well with most other online resources (especially Google Drive which I use a ton for teaching), it's fairly easy to explain to students, and it makes it easy to transfer materials between courses each semester.
Pros
One thing I love is that unlike Brightspace/D2L, Canvas has continued to develop and gain new features as long as I've used it. I also like how easy it is to transfer course materials from one course to another so that classes I teach each semester, or every other semester, can be easily copied over.
Cons
Some of the more advanced/useful features aren't always easy to use, and there isn't great documentation from Canvas. In fact, most of the documentation I've found has been from other university's websites.
- Industry: E-Learning
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Ease of Use
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
canvas
Reviewed on 17/1/2023
overall it’s great and I definitely have told other people about it
overall it’s great and I definitely have told other people about it
Pros
I really like how easy it is to manage everything that I need for classes and especially like the calendar to keep track of my classes
Cons
I didn’t love the layout of everything for example when navigating through the tabs it takes a lot of time to get to certain tabs
- Industry: Education Management
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10
Canvas for Online Learning, Teaching & Assessment: OK but...
Reviewed on 6/2/2021
Best valuable features: Share to Common, Import/export content i.e., transport/transfer files from...
Best valuable features: Share to Common, Import/export content i.e., transport/transfer files from past year or another course. It saves time, not reinventing the wheel.
Assignment Due date is very cruel to learner as 1 second late submission may cause a heavy penalty. Recently due to COVID-19 my learners in UK and International faced difficulties. I suggest to add a feature giving some window instead of a fix hh.mm.ss timestamp.
Pros
Learning & Teaching: Various useful features, e.g., upload/download files, page creation, announcement and discussion and valuable apps containing ubiquitous tools, like MS Team meetings, Panopto, Vimeo, YouTube, Dropbox etc.
Assessment: Huge variety of Quizzes, secured quizzes, quizzes SWOT statistics, lockdown browser, Assignments, anti-Plagiarism tools, Moderation, Marker Allocation, Grades,
Research: Conferences, collaborations, Canvas digital forum support.
Cons
Assessment of students: sorting may not be sync'd with local university database. i.e., downloaded grades and university's marksheet contains names of students starting differently. Imaging if you have 300+ names! this causes sorting issues while assessing online.
Quizzes are great but cannot create duplicate questions, some time academic need this feature. Also because quiz question can be an Essay therefore, this type of assessment must include anti-plagiarism tool (i.e., Turnitin etc), not available in Quizzes but only in Assignments.
Reference Manager and Library tools are not available but can be added, e.g., Talis, StudyNet etc. These features are necessary for cognitive learning and cresting your own Library does help. I need to use either Endnotes or Mendeley as an external app on my desktop or on cloud.
Its good to use integrated Email tool but its not linked to outlook or other email app. I cannot send email to other people outside my module, i.e., cannot do cc to manager, examiner etc but I need to permanently add in the list of people.
Also cannot add images etc in text but can attach files. Also cannot format the text but just plaintext is allowed. You cannot add http link to a text.
- Industry: Retail
- Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
- Used Daily for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
Canvas review
Reviewed on 26/12/2022
Overall my experiences with Canvas has been really good, I’m really happy with both the app and the...
Overall my experiences with Canvas has been really good, I’m really happy with both the app and the web browser.
Pros
What I like most about Canvas is that it’s very user friendly and very easy to use, checking on assignment due dates from my phone is something I do everyday when I’m enrolled in classes.
Cons
Something I don’t like about Canvas is that whenever the app for Canvas is updating it takes a while to update and things don’t load properly.
CANVAS FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for CANVAS.Q. What type of pricing plans does CANVAS offer?
CANVAS offers the following pricing plans:
- Starting from:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Available
To learn more about pricing, please reach out to us directly.
Q. Who are the typical users of CANVAS?
CANVAS has the following typical customers:
11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does CANVAS support?
CANVAS supports the following languages:
English
Q. Does CANVAS support mobile devices?
CANVAS supports the following devices:
Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)
Q. What other apps does CANVAS integrate with?
CANVAS integrates with the following applications:
Adobe Connect, Blackboard Learn, Diigo, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Google Drive, Kaltura Video Platform, McGraw-Hill Connect, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Outlook, Moodle, Skype for Business, Twitter
Q. What level of support does CANVAS offer?
CANVAS offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, Chat
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