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Canvas

Composite Score

8.6 /10

CX Score

8.9 /10

290 Reviews Write a Review

What is Canvas?

Canvas is the 21st Century LMS. Adaptable. Reliable. Customizable. Easy to use. Mobile. Time-saving. And, perhaps most importantly, it gets used. That’s because it’s designed to get out of your way, to let you do your thing. Every last feature, every last interface is crafted to save you time and effort and to make teaching and learning easier.

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Awards & Recognition

Canvas won the following awards in the Education Learning Management category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

9 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Product Impact

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2023

5 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2023

Product Impact

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

5 Top Rated Capabilities

6 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

2021

1 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2021

Canvas Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Canvas?

2% Negative

5% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Mobile app builder

White-label website builder

Online Learning

Course Management

Content Management

AI Assistant

Assessments and Quizzes

Content Creation

Gradebook

Instructor Led Training

Analytics and Reporting

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Canvas Reviews

Michelle p.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2021

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Ray B.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2021

Easy to Remember

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Canvas from other similar products?

It’s ease of use.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It means I am facilitating learning!

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes it is difficult to use.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Be patient and watch as many training videos as possible or attend workshops.

Pros

Trustworthy
Unique Features
Effective Service
Fair

Cons

Vendor's Interest First
Less Generous

Elizabeth F.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2021

Very intuitive

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Canvas from other similar products?

Ease of use, larger number of features

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Intuitive design

What do you dislike most about this product?

Students have difficulty viewing teacher annotations/comments on assignment submissions

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Easy-to-use interface, reliable support

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Trustworthy

Cons

Less Performance Enhancing
Less Productive
Commodity Features

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

Canvas Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

94 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Canvas?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Mobile app builder Enable learning on-the-go with the mobile app builder. Customize your mobile app like a pro with a simple click-and-edit visual builder–no coding required.

White-label website builder Build a website for your academy that perfectly represents your brand. Connect your custom domain, choose from 50+ website templates, and customize your website

Online Learning Includes course exercises, discussion boards, and evaluations.

Course Management Includes course descriptions, course requirements, and materials.

Content Management Includes collaboration, check-in/check-out, and version control.

AI Assistant Use AI to quickly generate your courses, resources, and learning assessments. Easily rewrite content, generate feedback for students

Assessments and Quizzes Includes time and attempt limits, question banks, block progression, and certificates.

Content Creation Provides tools for creating content to be used and shared on the platform.

Gradebook Includes an individual's marks, progress, and overall appraisal.

Instructor Led Training Includes content and training materials in a virtual or a physical setting.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Canvas Reviews

Michelle p.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ray B.

Easy to Remember

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Elizabeth F.

Very intuitive

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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