![]() Ted: I'd never gone all in on a learning management system - ever, until I hit Canvas. The subject line says "I heart Canvas, and it was a more fabulous experience than even imagined it would be." Catheryn: Canvas is the next generation of learning management systems. I enjoyed it so much that I emailed our sales rep. My students did the best they've ever done in that class. Santa Fe College, located in Gainesville, Florida offers both Associate and Bachelors degrees and won the 2015 Aspen Prize for Educational Excellence. Stephanie: I hadn't realized just how wonderful Canvas was until I used it in the class. The exciting thing about it is that it just works. Roxanne Cnudde: The first time I logged into Canvas, I had high hopes because I heard so many great things about it from my colleagues. We need to look now at a different kind of interface. Catheryn Cheal: The older systems have come to an end. Quite frankly, it’s very ideological, in terms of having very few options in terms of teaching. Ted: There's a philosophy behind those other learning management systems that is very antiquated. Students in these programs pursue a bachelor’s and master’s degree simultaneously. ![]() Sometimes they may also satisfy the requirements for a credential. I think, in the end, that's what made the decision easy for us. Spartan Accelerated Graduate Education (SAGE) Programs programs are combined bachelor’s and master’s programs at SJSU (per University Policy F19-1 ). We had a chance here in the Silicon Valley really to be innovative and forward-looking. Jeremy Kemp: We looked at really what our students were interested in doing. Stephanie: It was clear that Canvas was just so far superior, so innovative and that it was designed by people who understood what it was like to teach online. Canvas Quick Guide for Students This quick guide will provide a brief overview for students on how to set up basic settings and customize notification emails. It's like can't we have something nice for a change? Can't we get the nice elements for a change? Come on. It's simple, instead of old and crappy, which is usually what we get. You have to check it out." I went and checked it out. She was just like "This is incredibly awesome. They said, "Oh, Canvas, definitely should check it out." Ted: Then Stephanie went there and just freaked out. I contacted a few people I know who had been teaching online for some time. Then there was this thing called Canvas that I'd never heard of. ![]() Stephanie Coopman: We really didn't have a very strong online presence, not even just online classes, but the adoption rate was really very low. Part of the process of choosing canvas was really the beginning of trying to remedy that. Ted Coopman: The technology on campus has always been incredibly fragmented. ![]()
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