I hate Canvas. I would rather run a course on GitHub. But our university forces it on us. And now this.

crazygringo 10 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Do you remember how Canvas was a gigantic improvement over Blackboard?

And GitHub doesn't provide a way to record grades that remain private per student last I checked, much less sync them to the university, or 99% of other things Canvas does.

I don't love Canvas, but it's far, far preferable to a world without it.

	▲	poopmonster 10 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		It is really convenient and stays out of the way. As much as I'm enjoying the mess, I am forced to appreciate its value.
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	▲	bombcar 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> remain private per student last I checked last I checked it appears grades remain private per planet or so ...

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bombcar 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

How does Canvas compare to things like Moodle?

Or is it an entirely different class of beast?

	▲	wmoxam 8 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I've written a bunch of LMS integrations so I've had the opportunity to use all of the major LMSs. Basically, all LMS systems are rather user unfriendly and complicated with a ton of customization options hidden under layers of sub-menus/configuration settings. At their core they provide a grade book, student management tools, and some basic CMS type functionality for posting class messages/coursework/etc. They've all adopted a standard for interacting with external tools (LTI). Canvas generally is the 'easiest' to use, and the 'cleanest' looking one although D2L Brightspace is pretty good too. Moodle out of the box is pretty confusing and ugly, but I've seen some heavily customized instances that look a lot better. Blackboard is the worst of the bunch IMO.
	▲	frollogaston 9 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Wow, I last used Moodle in 7th grade, 2008. It seemed like a similar thing.