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Canvas[edit]
In 2015, the company launched the open source project Badgr with partner edX.[33] Badgr has since been integrated into Instructure's Canvas LMS[34] and Microsoft's Virtual Academy,[35] and by early 2018 had grown to serve nearly 10,000 organizations around the world.[2]
Canvas was built using Ruby on Rails as the web application framework backed by a PostgreSQL database. It incorporates JQuery, HTML5, and CSS3 to provide a modern user interface. OAuth is used to provide limited access to a user's information on certain social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to allow for collaboration between sites. Canvas operates as a software as a service using Amazon Web Services in the "Cloud".
In 2011, Canvas launched their iOS app, and in 2013, their Android app, enabling mobile access to the Canvas learning platform.[19] The apps were eventually split into Canvas Student and Canvas Teacher, separating features for students and instructors. In 2016, Canvas launched Canvas Parent, their mobile app for parents, for both iOS and Android, allowing parents of K–12 students stay informed on their children's assignments, grades and overall schooling.[20]
Canvas K-12[edit]
In February 2012, Instructure launched Canvas K-12, an LMS platform designed for the specific needs of elementary and secondary schools.[21] The LMS enrolls parents with their students to provide greater visibility into their children's learning experience and provides actionable analytics to teachers and administrators.
Canvas Network[edit]
In November 2012, Instructure entered the massive open online course MOOC market by launching Canvas Network.[22] Instructure's approach to MOOC has been to facilitate experimentation with pedagogy and new ways to use multimedia environments to change cognition and enhance the learning process. One example is "Gender Through Comic Books," a MOOC taught by Ball State University's Christina Blanch on Canvas Network that used lessons from pop culture to explore evolving social norms and other anthropological ideals.[23]
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