Why Should We Consider an Upgrade to Canvas?

Implementation Guide

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The benefits to deciding to opt-in to the state-wide common course management (CCMS) system are many. Some of the immediate ones are:

• Your college will be part of a community of educators designing the future of the CCMS as it goes forward
• The CCMS will be integrated among the services available across the system-wide initiatives including resources being piloted now (Online Tutoring and Student Readiness Modules) in the OEI.
• Professional development opportunities for using Canvas will be provided through the initiative at no cost to your college
• Course migration support will be provided.
• If your college is hosting your current CMS, your college will no longer have costs associated with a self-hosting infrastructure
• Upgrades will be completed on a system-wide basis
• Additional resources will be integrated over time
• Significant cost reduction of the cost of the CMS as it will be subsidized by initiative funds
• The RFP/Procurement process has been thoroughly conducted thus saving your college time in the adoption process

“Canvas really makes my life better; it allows me to do the things I have always wanted to do but never had the tools and the time savings to do them.”-Ted Coopman, San José State Univerisity

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More Testimonials...

Our migration was a wonderful experience.  We had scheduled a lengthy project plan that started in January 2011 and took us through March 2013.   We actually ended up on a quicker time table because Canvas was the obvious choice. We had such a good experience with the migration and everything went so smoothly that we finished migration almost a year ahead of schedule. We have always had amazing service. Canvas/Instructure has actually ruined us for other SaaS companies because the service has been amazing. The service is thorough and quick every time we have a question or issue.

—Renee Carney
Director of eLearning
& Educational Partnerships
Lower Columbia College

We have had such a smooth transition. I want to shout it from the rooftops.

—Mary Johnson
Learning Technology Specialist
Brenau University

Many thanks to the Canvas team for helping make the transition as painless as possible. I really appreciate the clean look and the ease of course building in Canvas which makes it easy for students to grasp with minimal assistance.

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I really like the flexibility and naturalness of Canvas. It seems very intuitive.

I feel like Canvas is to our previous LMS as the iPhone is to an old rotary phone.

—Brenda Frieden, Pittsburg State University

It makes sense! A complete LMS solution… sans complexity.

In Canvas, you can deploy with ease and expect faculty to have more time to focus on content than the tool to deliver them.

—August Alfonso, Del Mar College