Canvas is a web-based learning management system (LMS) used by learning institutions, educators, and students to access and manage online course learning materials and communicate about skill development and learning achievement. Canvas is the worlds #1 LMS Learning Management System for schools, colleges, and universities. It is built to make teaching and learning easier for everyone, from the littlest learners to college faculty to business leaders. Canvas includes a variety of customizable course creation and management tools, course and user analytics and statistics, and internal communication tools. Canvas is used by universities and colleges all over the world to create online courses, to replace some of the normal time spent in the traditional classroom (“hybrid” or “blended”) or to supplement traditional classes (“web-enhanced”). Canvas provides the tools to support online learning in a variety of ways, ranging from structured learning pathways to dynamic, interactive virtual classrooms. Some of the key features of Canvas include:

• Customizable course creation and management tools
• Course and user analytics and statistics
• Internal communication tools
• Discussion boards for asynchronous discussions
• Chat rooms for live discussions
• Centralized email (Canvas Conversations)
• A way to submit assignments and take exams
• Canvas App Center, where admins, designers, and instructors can enable a variety of External Apps (LTI Tools) and services

Canvas is used to monitor grades, manage active enrollments and assignment submissions, share course documents, facilitate message correspondence between students and instructors, and contain course and institutional syllabus information for all to access. Canvas secures all correspondence between students and teachers, maintains the privacy of each students grades, and is eco-friendly.