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Canvas by Instructure is a cloud-native learning management system used by K-12 schools, colleges, and corporations for course delivery and learning management.

Pricing

Custom institutional pricing

Founded

2011

Team size

1,001-5,000 employees

Headquarters

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Integrates with

1000+ External Tools

About Canvas LMS

Canvas is a cloud-native LMS used by thousands of schools, universities, and companies worldwide. It provides course authoring, assignment management, grading, communication, and analytics in an intuitive interface.

The platform supports multimedia content, SpeedGrader for efficient grading, discussion boards, quizzes, and learning outcomes tracking. Canvas Studio enables video-based learning with in-video quizzes.

Canvas integrates via LTI with hundreds of educational tools and content providers. Canvas Data and Canvas Data 2 provide access to learning analytics for institutional research and decision-making.

Canvas has grown to become the most used LMS in US higher education, valued for its modern interface, reliability, and open API ecosystem.

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SLA uptime target: 99.9%

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