{"id":1681,"date":"2019-06-11T15:33:07","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=1681"},"modified":"2025-02-07T12:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:15:21","slug":"canvas-is-easier-to-use-more-dynamic-with-amazing-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2019\/06\/11\/canvas-is-easier-to-use-more-dynamic-with-amazing-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas is \u2018easier to use, more dynamic\u2019\u2014 with amazing apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column1681_06e7f8-9a > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column1681_06e7f8-9a > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1681_06e7f8-9a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1681_06e7f8-9a > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1681_06e7f8-9a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1681_06e7f8-9a > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1681_06e7f8-9a > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1681_06e7f8-9a{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1681_06e7f8-9a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column1681_06e7f8-9a > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1681_06e7f8-9a dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1681_9f6f22-7d, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1681_9f6f22-7d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1681_9f6f22-7d\"]{font-size:1.5rem;line-height:30px;font-weight:500;font-style:italic;font-family:proxima-nova;color:#808080;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1681_9f6f22-7d mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1681_9f6f22-7d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1681_9f6f22-7d\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1681_9f6f22-7d img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1681_9f6f22-7d[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1681_9f6f22-7d\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<p class=\"kt-adv-heading1681_9f6f22-7d wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1681_9f6f22-7d\">Canvas, a new Learning Management System (LMS) that will make the process faster and simpler, will soon hit the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Going live this fall, Canvas is a cloud-based system designed specifically for educational institutions. It will replace Blackboard as the primary LMS, which has been in use at Wilmington University for the last 18 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new LMS offers significant improvements, says Russ Lichterman, director of Educational Technology and Multimedia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s easier to use, more dynamic and there are amazing third-party apps and integrations that are incredibly user-friendly and improve the academic experience,\u201d he says. \u201cCanvas also offers enhanced ADA compliance and performs better on mobile devices.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Developed in 2011, Canvas is designed to better engage users in the teaching and learning processes. WilmU is continuing its partnership with Kaltura, a video platform that allows faculty to easily upload and share videos to a digital classroom, bringing that integration into the Canvas environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students and instructors can comment on videos to create conversations and video assessments, as well as record lecture videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWith more than 100,000 videos already created in Kaltura by the university community, bringing that integration to Canvas is incredibly valuable,\u201d Lichterman says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canvas also allows users to readily respond to discussion boards, review calendars and grade assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt allows instructors to give feedback in a more timely fashion,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At WilmU, having an up-to-date, forward-looking LMS is a priority, Lichterman notes. 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