Canvas provides our audience with a professional development learning experience that reflects the way they would be learning in higher education. They can see themselves as successful learners, and perhaps be inspired to continue that learning journey. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Canvas has a lot of tools, options, buttons, menus - it's overwhelming for a new learner, and there's minimal opportunities for admins to "clean up" that experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ease of use and navigation. It is very intuitive and easy for first time users. In addition, the customer support and having access to a CMS for higher level issues comes in handy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While I know it may be challenging to test everything when implementing new features I would hope for them to conduct more quality control settings. We often hold off before enabling new features in Canvas to ensure that all the bugs are out. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Canvas is such an amazing LMS and easy to administrate. The end user experience is by far the best reason to use Canvas. Our students love the ability to quickly navigate and always know how to use their LMS for classes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are very few downsides to Canvas, however as an admin there are definitely some odd things like my inability to remove navigation links by term. I know that it is something you can do via the template, but if the classes are already created there is not much I can do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

User friendly interface for students and teachers, and ease of administration for admins. Instructure listens to community feedback and is continually making improvements. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The discussion boards need improvement. The most complaints we hear are around discussion boards, and the student and teacher experience. There are several discussion LTI's that improve on the experience, but the native experience needs to be improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

When it works, it works pretty good, usually. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

But when it does work, or when I need to make changes, it can be difficult.

When there is SO MANY Canvas hacks, and when there’s changes, I have problems that I have to try to work out with students. And, frankly, I’m using Canvas — and have for over 10 years — but when Canvas fails, I look ineffective to my students. Its ability to support instructors seems to not even be a focus at Instructure. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

This is an extremely easy platform for onboarding new users. As an instructional technologist, I particularly appreciated this during the Covid pandemic when we brought literally hundreds of courses online in a two week period. Canvas' templating and blueprinting features meant that we could maintain a level of quality and consistency under trying conditions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SOme users complain about not being able to add or tailor their courses to very specific needs (this has not been my experience!) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love how much there is to be done once you unlock the skills to utilize HTML5, API and LTI. Often, with homeschool materials and disjointed locations for our students, utilizing online platforms feels like fitting a square peg into a round hole. Canvas allows us to make the hole large enough to fit our needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Customer service is incredibly difficult to utilize and once you have an instance, it often feels like you're on your own unless you decide to come to InstCon. The commodification of every new tool is also exhausting, badgr going away and insights being it's own thing and catalog being separate often makes these tools extremely expensive and out of reach for smaller orgs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The most helpful in using Canvas is that it user-friendly . I am able to create assignments and discussions in few steps . The modules feature allow the students to have one resource page for all their lessons Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I did not find any downside in using Canvas. I believe the LMS is always trying to improve and technical support is available to help with any issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The interface seems less clunky than other LMSs I have used, even though it still offers all of the same tools and features. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are a lot of features that feel like they should be included in the base price, but would require paid customization or pricey add-ons. Two that come to mind are the Analytics Insights and a tool that would perform auto-messaging based on student activity (ex. score below a 70% and you get an auto-email encouraging you to try again.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The help guides. I can find what I am looking for in the help guides. I like the Rich content editor. I like that this is incorporated in everything. Assignments discussions quizzes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes finding the correct help guides is hard and my search suggestions are not returning the guide I am looking for. Sometimes this is frustrating. I am learning to use some ai in my searches now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.