Better Learning Experience with Canvas LMS

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When your LMS gets in the way, teaching and learning suffer

Grading, building courses, keeping up with students: that work has to happen no matter what platform you're on. The real question is whether your LMS helps you do that work or gets in the way. With too many legacy platforms, faculty lose time to workarounds, IT fields tickets for problems that shouldn't exist, and students hit a different setup in every course. That time should go to students, not to fighting the software.

Here are the pain points institutions raise most often with a legacy LMS:

Navigation that takes too many clicks to do simple things
Faculty time lost to managing the tool instead of teaching with it
IT creates workarounds and one-off fixes across departments
Course experiences that change depending on who set them up
Accessibility handled as a last-minute add-on instead of a step in course design

Canvas makes everyday work easier for faculty, students, and IT.

Because Canvas is easy to learn and easy to teach with, instructors adopt it faster and lean on support less. Grading, feedback, content updates, and student communication take fewer steps, giving faculty more of their week back for the work that matters. And switching doesn't mean going it alone. A dedicated migration team works alongside yours from day one, so your faculty keep the courses they have already built.

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Here's what changes when you switch to Canvas.

Grade faster, give clearer feedback
Get student insights when they matter
Connect to the tools you already use
Teach and learn from anywhere
Count on it during crunch time

SpeedGrader, rubrics, side-by-side submission views, and moderated grading keep instructors focused on feedback instead of clicking through menus.

Visual dashboards and features like Ask Your Data surface who is falling behind early, so you can see who needs help at a glance.

Open LTI standards and direct SIS integration link Canvas to Zoom, Google, Microsoft Teams, and publisher content, so faculty and IT manage fewer disconnected systems. IgniteAI is built in, so AI doesn't add another tool, login, or vendor to manage.

Dedicated Student and Teacher apps, with offline access, let people keep a course moving.

Predictable performance during peak periods, transparent uptime, and releases timed to the academic calendar mean no surprise changes in the middle of a term.

A clear win for everyone who depends on it

Academic and administrative leadership

Canvas gives leadership more than a place to host courses. A consistent experience across programs and clearer visibility into engagement help leaders support students now and plan for where the institution is headed.

Faculty

Faculty adopt Canvas faster because it is easier to navigate and easier to teach with. Everyday tasks take less effort, which leaves more attention for instruction and student interaction.

Technical leadership

IT teams cut complexity with a strong integration ecosystem and and a platform built to grow with the institution.

How Canvas compares on what matters most

What institutions need	Why it matters	Canvas	Legacy LMS experience
Easy-to-use interface	Faster adoption, fewer support tickets	Clean, intuitive navigation designed with faculty	Can feel complex, adding to training and support needs
Faculty grading	Saves time, improves feedback quality	SpeedGrader, rubrics, side-by-side views, moderated grading	Grading and feedback can feel inefficient and click-heavy
Consistent course experience	Better experience across programs	Consistent design options and simpler setup across courses	Experience varies by instructor setup
Insights and engagement	Identify risk earlier, support students sooner	Visual dashboards, real-time visibility, action straight from the data	Insights take more effort to surface and act on
Integrations	Keeps your stack connected	Hundreds of LTI integrations with common higher ed tools, plus SIS	Integrations can feel fragmented depending on setup
Mobile experience	Teach and learn anywhere	Strong Student and Teacher apps with offline access	Mobile can be less consistent across environments
Accessibility	Reach every student by default	Accessibility built into course design	Often handled ad-hoc
Community and peer support	Faster problem-solving, shared practices	Large, active Canvas Community	Peer support is less central to daily adoption
Native AI tools	Adopt AI without new overhead	IgniteAI is built into Canvas, with no extra tool or vendor to add	AI often comes as a separate, third-party integration

Institutions like yours have already made the move

Switching platforms is a major decision, and institutions want proof it pays off. These stories show what changed after the move to Canvas: simpler everyday work, better visibility, and a platform teams want to use.

OSU moving from Brightspace to Canvas

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Case Studies

A Future-ready Platform for Future-looking Champlain College

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Case Studies

A Better Digital Foundation for the Future at Simon Fraser University

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Case Studies

A Campus Designed Around Student Voices at Northern Arizona University

It's going to help faculty teach in the way they want to teach. And it's going to help students learn and be successful in their classes.

Christine Ormsbee

Associate Provost and Director, OSU Institute for Teaching and Learning Excellence

You won't be starting from scratch

Moving platforms is a serious decision, and you shouldn't have to do it by yourself. Our team has guided hundreds of institutions through the move to Canvas, so faculty keep the courses they have already built instead of rebuilding from memory. Here's what comes with the switch:

Migration support from day one: A dedicated team moves your courses, content, and data at a pace that fits your academic calendar.
Faculty training and onboarding: Hands-on training and resources that get instructors comfortable quickly.
Support that doesn't quit: 24/7 help plus the Canvas Community, so your team always has somewhere to turn.
Adoption that holds: Faculty and student satisfaction stays high after the move.

Behind the platform is the largest community in edtech

Choosing Canvas also means joining an active community of 2 million educators, instructional designers, and technologists. It is where teams trade ideas, solve problems faster, and learn from peers who have already been through a switch like yours.

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Ready to see what Canvas could look like at your institution?

If you’re evaluating a change, we can help you assess fit, answer your migration questions, and show how Canvas supports your programs and your goals.