Canvas LMS Reviews & Product Details

The Canvas learning management system is incredibly easy to use, with a great user interface to make navigating course material very quick and simple! I personally use the platform for accessing my PeopleCert educational resources. Having all materials in one location helps to keep track of progress. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

As yet, there is no MacOS-compatible app for Canvas which restricts me to tablet and browser access. Hopefully, an app will be released shortly to address this! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that Canvas LMS offers a clean, intuitive interface that’s easy for both instructors and learners to navigate. The course organization tools, rich content editor, and built-in communication features make it simple to design engaging learning experiences. Its mobile app is well-optimized, ensuring students can access materials and participate from anywhere. Integration with third-party tools like Zoom, Google Drive, and plagiarism checkers adds even more flexibility, and the analytics give clear insight into learner progress and engagement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Canvas LMS is powerful, some advanced features have a steeper learning curve for new instructors, and the speed of the interface can slow down when working with large courses or heavy media content. The reporting and analytics, while useful, could be more customizable for deeper insights. Additionally, certain integrations require extra setup steps or technical assistance, which may be challenging for non-technical users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Canvas is a great platform for developing trainings and programs. It's fairly intuitive and provides a simple format for entering content and provides a variety of methods that give the student or participant options to interact. Incorporating content like videos, podcasts, program files is easy and there are a variety of ways that it can be displayed on the page. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are lots of applications that can run in the background when you are using Canvas. One of the challenges is not having administrative rights that are required when you set up a program to run in the background. This limits some of your ability to link badges, surveys and other material unless you have admin access rights. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

1. Canvas is simple to use on all levels, with a clear user interface regarding task fulfillment and making modifications

2. Canvas Commons has been an excellent resource to find a community of practice and find inspiration for instructional design

3. Canvas partners with a variety of external tools that are easy to understand in terms of implementation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

While Canvas includes an outcomes feature to enable learning outcome assessment on a course-by-course basis, any attempt to do program or institution level assessment has to be manually gleaned from each course as there is no overarching tool for this. At the same time, outcomes in the rubrics can be given different levels of mastery, but it is not possible to write about what composes each level of mastery. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like the most about using Canvas is the ability to run my class from start to finish within the system. This includes the ease at which I can incorporate outside tools into the Canvas ecosystem, either through integrations or through student work submissions. I use this regularly in my teaching, both as the textbook and workbook for my students' learning. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

One thing I wish could improve, and I know is being worked in, is the implementation of both feature requests and fixes. I have seen both shared by users for years without a clear directive on whether either might get worked on. One downside is the steeper learning curve to beginners. A lot of options presented up front (partially due to how my district administers Canvas) can be overwhelming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to use. Setting up Courses is easy. I am both an admin and an instructor and love both sides of the product. I have used other LMS setups and Canvas is the easiest to use and build course content so far. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

They implement changes at the start of a semester when all is chaotic and faculty and students have to scramble to adjust. Sometimes we have a choice in when a tool or feature is released and we can plan ahead, and sometimes there is just an "it's on now." That doesn't work well with education.

L1 Canvas Support has significantly decreased in quality over the last few years. As admins, we used to have the ability to bump a ticket directly to L2, and now we have to pay to go through another training in order to get that ability back. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love the ease of use. I am fairly new to the platform (about a year of use so far) and it was incredibly easy to figure out with very minimal training. I love that there are always new and exciting additions coming out, and our CSM (JB) is AMAZING and always so helpful!! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Something I would like to see is a way to have better "set it and forget it" type programs. For example, we have a partnership with the local circuit court and we provide a mandatory training program for all court appointment non-professional/family guardians. We currently use a program called Thinkific because is easier for non-student learners to navigate. We have various modules that consist of video lectures followed by small assessment quizzes.

Additional features that would help: I would love to see a way to force the students to spend 8-hours in the course before being able to complete it. As well as turning off a student's ability to fast forward through videos. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Canvas LMS has transformed the way teachers and students learn. The interface is user-friendly at all levels, and the features offer such a variety of options that anyone, from non-techie to experts in technology can use. I love that with Canvas, students enter their learning environment and can get everything they need, from curriculum to assessments, feedback, badges and more. All within one platform thanks to the platforms seamless integration with educational partners. In addition, the Help feature is excellent, allowing teachers and staff to easily and quickly chat or call tech support. As the Root Admin, I am in continuous communication with the Canvas team to grow in our implementation and provide professional development to my teams. My Canvas portal is open 24/7. Whether you are teaching in person or virtually, Canvas is the perfect learning management system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I see no downsize to using Canvas. However, sometimes the upgrades I want take a little long to get implemented. With that said, I appreciate the care that goes into making sure that when new features are deployed, they have minimal bugs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Most helpful from an administrative perspective is far and away the Blueprint process and functionality. It streamlines content deployment, supports standardization where necessary, and helps us ensures key student experience elements (e.g., due dates) are always up to date. Through my lens as an instructor, what I most appreciate about Canvas and find helpful, is the flexibility - by this, I mean, the ways in which I can work ahead (posting items to be released later, as well as working in real-time). Likewise, the speedgrader environment is helpful, reliable, and makes grading as painless as perhaps grading will ever be. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I'm uncertain if this is accurate, however, what I dislike most is that we're allowed one contact through whom we're able to communicate with instructure. While my designated colleague is brilliant and tuned in to the institution's mission, he's also spread thin and, for that reason, we're often not "up" on current information, nor can we seek solutions directly. Being able to designate secondary and tertiary admins would be a big win. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the flexible interconnected options for course design and the ability to integrate tools to support student learning, accessibility, interaction, and university branding and templates. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some improvements are deployed that have not been fully developed or sufficiently tested by educators in the trenches, resulting in issues that should have been resolved before the improvements go live. For example, New Quizzes should have matched and exceeded the features of Classic Quizzes and supported the migration of question banks to item banks before it was deployed. The new folder view just deployed got rid of one of its best features -- the tree folder view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.