CANVAS FOR HIGHER & FURTHER ED IT

Futureproof your education technology.

The Instructure Learning Platform ensures next-level digital learning designed for scalability and reliability to meet the evolving goals and needs of your institution. Delivered as a fully SaaS solutions, our platform is designed to support your technology-enhanced learning approach, whether the learning is happening in person, online, or a mix of both.

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

It’s the LMS that gets used.

In fact, Canvas is the #1 LMS in the world. Intuitive, user-centered design makes it easy for teachers and students alike to adopt the LMS to its fullest. The Canvas LMS is an open, extensible, easy-to-use learning ecosystem that facilitates engaging, dynamic learning experiences for a diverse array of educators and students.

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TEACHING & LEARNING NEEDS

We have you covered.

Higher education is evolving, with ever-higher expectations from both educators and students. So it’s essential to enable a digital classroom that goes beyond the physical campus to keep students engaged with learning and support them in achieving their academic goals.

OPEN FOR INNOVATION

Easy to activate. Seamless to integrate.

Canvas LMS is a full-featured and fully supported commercial open-source platform that adapts and grows with your institution. Open APIs and LTI compliance mean faculty can innovate and customise courses using the latest LTI apps and deep integrations with learning tools. Students can count on a seamless learning experience from anywhere. And you get a true partner in times of transition, whether you’re moving courses online, making essential security updates, or integrating product updates.

Open source, open API, open everything

Compliance with the latest LTI standards

99.99% uptime

ACTIONABLE ANALYTICS

Data and insights for better learning.

Whether you’re empowering instructors with real-time course analytics or building robust dashboards to report on the health of individual departments, data is key to the success of your students—and your school. Our platform hands you robust, secure, reliable access to it, and also allows you to combine multiple data sets from systems across your institution to deliver deeper and more powerful insights.

Canvas provides an intuitive and adaptable platform that supports online taught delivery in a refreshingly user centred way, the equally perceptive app has been a particular highlight and facilitates full use of the environment without compromising on functionality.

—Amy Sampson

Learning Technologist, Falmouth University

Robust access to data

Deep, powerful insights

Secure and reliable

Our Products

All part of the Instructure family.

These tools work together to enrich, support, and connect every aspect of teaching and learning.

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Canvas LMS

Course content. Student communication. Participation and grades. Data and insights. All inside Canvas. On both your desktop and mobile device. Ready to support learning anywhere.

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Canvas Studio

It’s the next-generation video learning platform that turns one‑way, passive video into inclusive, engaging, productive classroom discussions.

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Canvas Catalog

Canvas Catalog is a simple, elegant, modern online course catalog to showcase all of your institution's offerings. Think of it as your own custom-branded storefront.

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Canvas Credentials

Create skills-based credential systems that connect your students to career opportunities through secure, portable, and shareable digital credentials.

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