They have not succeeded in forcing me, yet. But it's sad how many computing faculty apparently can't operate the basic online infrastructure needed to support their courses. Not that universities make it easy for us.

And of course the other serious concern I have with Canvas is that they are likely using all the materials faculty upload to train their AI replacements. Many of my colleagues engage in dark humor about this but I haven't noticed much action.

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JumpCrisscross 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> they are likely using all the materials faculty upload to train their AI replacements

Instructure (Canvas's developer) partnered with OpenAI last year [1], about a year after KKR and Dragoneer (PE firms) acquired it [2].

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/rayravaglia/2025/07/23/instruct...

[2] https://www.pehub.com/kkr-and-dragoneer-complete-4-8bn-take-...

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FloorEgg 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm sure the engineers at instructure are not capable of building systems that can do that. You give them too much credit.

	▲	hunter2_ 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		If they're at the level you say, they just might install some AI gizmo like the Vercel employee was accused of, but really let it run amok with write permissions.

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lucas_v 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

instructure/canvas-lms is open-source -- is there anything preventing universities from hosting it themselves?

	▲	dotancohen 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Money, skill, liability. That calculus is about to shift.