Chapter 15

Ten Canvas Facts and Figures

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Finding camaraderie in the Canvas Community

Bullet Checking out Canvas’s scope in the United States and worldwide

Bullet Discovering why Canvas is the number one choice for higher ed

Bullet Learning why the Canvas mascot is a panda

If you are new to the Canvas LMS ecosystem, welcome! Canvas is an exciting place, filled with equally exciting facts and figures. In this chapter, you discover some interesting nuggets of knowledge about Canvas LMS.

The Canvas Community Is Huge

The Canvas Community is an online forum where active Canvas LMS users share ideas on how to use Canvas (see Figure 15-1). It provides a wealth of information, such as product user guides, roadmaps of upcoming additions to all the Instructure products, and upvoting of ideas that users like you think would improve Canvas. It should be your first stop on your journey to mastering the LMS.

Currently the Canvas Community has 1,413,783 members and holds over 395,905 posts at the time of this writing. That means not only is this group a massive force in creating guides and troubleshooting ...

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