CANVAS

Anna Johnson
 Intuitiveness
◦ Pros ◦ Cons
◦ The CANVAS Learning Management ◦ Switching to student view is not always
System is easy to use because of the visible in the course
way it is laid out. A class can be
created very quickly. Lessons can be
added in minutes by dragging and
dropping information into file folders.
◦ It is very easy to navigate to
assignments and quizzes.

◦ The layout is easy for students to

maneuver as well.
 Functionality
Pros Cons
◦ CANVAS has the ability ty to serve as a
repository for teacher files and instructional
resources. It very easily integrates with other
tools. Design, organization and navigation is
very easy and pleasing to the eye.
◦ Canvas does integrate with a wide variety of
mobile devices. Students can use any
computer or mobile device with a Web-
standard browser.
◦ Courses are capable of co-authoring so
teachers have the ability to collaborate on a
course.
◦ Supports access to wide range of district
adopted digital resources
 Communication Tools
Pros

◦ Parents/guardians can view student

account just by signing up as an
observer.
 Standards and Assessment
Pros

◦ Teachers can see student usage. They

can see the items that the student is on
and what they have viewed and how
long they have actually been on the
platform.

◦ Teachers are able to organize and

manage students into a variety of
groupings based on interest or even
needs. Groups can be made with
students in different grades.
 Standards and Assessment
Pros Cons

◦ CANVAS supports differentiated

learning opportunities by allowing
students to be grouped in multiple
ways. Teachers also are able to
provide feedback when necessary.
◦ Teachers are able to access data
through the use of the Aware manager
 Pros
◦ The following standards are available in CANVAS:
◦ Common Core Standards
Language Arts, Math and Science.
NGSS standards
State Specific Standards
Language Arts, Math, Science and Social studies
ISTE Standards
The CANVAS Administrator is responsible for
importing the standards as needed.

◦ There is countless assessiblity to resources

 Functionality
Pros Cons

◦ CANVAS can be used with students ◦ Course content can not be translated
with special needs. It has screen into other languages.
reading software .
◦ Group management: CANVAS has the
ability to manage student/staff users by
groups such as by responsibility, job
title, department, etc
◦ Reliability and customer support (24
hour helpline for faculty staff and users)
 Functionality
Pros Cons

◦ Students can create an ePortfolio

through the user account settings.
◦ CANVAS has the ability to support
◦ No option to copy a thread
discussion forums including threaded
as well as streamed options ◦ No anonymous posting available
 Communication Tools
Pros Cons

◦ Calendar feed is available through

outlook.
◦ The calendar can contain all
assignments including future and past
events within the past thirty days.
 Standards and Assessment
Pros Cons

◦ CANVAS has the ability to do web ◦ There is not an abundance of questions

conferencing. Facilitators can turn this
◦ Partial credit is not available
option off if they would like.
◦ Assessments are labeled either as a
◦ Administrators have the ability to
quiz or as a survey. This can be
access and manage data
confusing to students when it is a
◦ There are two different types of quizzes summative assessment.
available in CANVAS. They are quizzes
and surveys. Assessments can be built
using the question bank.
 Cost and Sustainability
◦ Cost and sustainability
◦ Cost and sustainability is based on size, training support and local factors. There is a
one time implementation fee and an annual subscription fee that is based on users.

◦ According to PC magazine Canvas is the best educational learning management

system available.
 Server Requirements
◦ Operating Systems

◦ Windows 7 or newer
◦ Mac OSX 10.6 and newer
◦ Linux – chrome OS

◦ Mobile Operating System

◦ iOS 7 and newer
◦ Android 4.2 and newer
 Server Requirements
◦ Computer Speed and Processor
◦ Use a computer 5 years old or newer when possible

◦ 1GB of RAM
◦ 2GHz processor