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Here’s What Community Members Are Saying
Patricia Flores
Patricia, a high school teacher from the Frisco Independent School District, shares her and her students' favorite Canvas features and shows how she's able to create interactive, engaging courses that give students confidence.
Sky King
As a senior instructional designer at FIU Online, Sky loves the "Message Students Who" feature in Canvas Gradebook. With this unique communication tool, Sky saves time by easily sending messages based on filters.
Jon Yoder
As a coach and teacher, Jon uses Canvas to create baseball pages from Commons, administer quizzes, and more. He shares his insights on the many "unconventional ways" Owen J Roberts High School is using Canvas to make a difference.
The Fastest-Growing Community of Educators
Long story short: This is the fastest-growing, most active online community of educators. They continually learn from each other, find resources and new opportunities to thrive with Canvas, and actively work together to solve today’s educational challenges.