Canvas® by Roya is a platform that provides customizable, adaptable, and reliable digital marketing services designed specifically to increase engagement with your online content. It is a cloud-based system; hence, all user data is saved in a secure location. Canvas allows you to create highly engaging digital content and track its use in real-time; other functions include call tracking, campaign tracking, lead and content management, and much more.

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What Users Love About the App

“Canvas is a great online platform for learning management systems and nowadays is used by multiple Universities that provide online learning courses/classes. I am a user of the Canvas mobile app, and I find it very useful in terms of basic layout, user-friendliness, and ease of use. It is a great tool for professors and students to keep in touch outside of the class, make announcements and notifications, and post assignments and grades. The tool allows you to create message boards, post videos, and documents, easy communication between students and teachers for work submission and feedback. Students can see their course completion status and various modules available in an easy-to-use interface. Videos content streaming works fine, and you would not find any lag. Course content is organized structurally and easy to navigate and access.”

“Canvas is very user-friendly. I have students who are your typical college-age students and non-traditional students who are not as computer literate. Canvas is very intuitive, and there are also many online resources hosted through Canvas when you need support. They are very simple to follow and helpful. As an instructor, I also really love the functionality for students to peer review in Canvas. It can be not easy to get students involved in an online course, but this is a fun way to do so, and it works well. It can all be done automatically, so once it’s set up, it is all easier from there.”

“This software makes course management easy. I have used Canvas for academic course offerings as a college professor and training modules within a professional position. Canvas allows you to easily organize content upload files, videos, and links to external content. It’s easy to create quizzes and exams, and many custom options are available. It’s easy to set due dates and track who is logging in and how long they spend on the material. You can also conduct discussions and peer reviews. Due dates are easy to set, and the gradebook is easy to utilize.”

“Canvas has a variety of features which aid in teaching, grading, and attendance. The ability to create test questions is very intuitive, not to mention it will grade objective questions for you! This saved me hours of grading on tests. For papers, you can restrict the file types that are submitted, which reduces the headache of trying to open various file types that may not be compatible with your word processor.”

“I used this program while completing my doctoral degree. It was easy to use and enabled me to use it from any location such as school and home. It was easy to take assignments and assessments via this software. This software was very user-friendly, even for someone not skilled in technology.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“I love the ability to gamify learning modules for students or integrate self-paced learning. This is missing with Canvas. The ability to set completion settings or award badges add another element to the platform that is missing.”

“There is a bit of a learning curve for some of the more advanced features, but that is to be expected for any software. I wish that the program worked more like the review function for MS Word for grading papers. It is not as intuitive and, in my experience, did not allow for as much editing as I would have liked.”

“It can be hard to create things that are visually appealing if you aren’t a course designer with code knowledge. Setting up a course or training module takes considerable time (but that is expected). You have to use the product for a while to truly understand the functionality and how to make it work best for you.”

“Integration with third-party software can be improved. The discussion board section can be improved as it is difficult to differentiate between the original post and the response. Some user interfaces can be improved to give them a more creative look and feel. Analytical capabilities can be added.”

“I wish there was an option to upload student work for them. I like using Canvas to keep track of everything, but sometimes students will have difficulty accessing their Canvas, so they end up emailing me their assignment. I wish I could then upload it to Canvas for them, so it’s all in one place.”