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|Name=Canvas Learning Management System
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|Name=Canvas
|Short description=Educational courseware
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|Short description=Educational courseware/learning management system
|Full description=Canvas is a new, free software learning management system by Instructure Inc. It is released under the AGPLv3 license for use by anyone interested in learning more about or using learning management systems. This free software needs work for it to attract use by schools; Instructure offers a compelling proprietary re-licensing of Canvas.
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|Full description=Canvas is a feature-rich learning management system.
|Homepage URL=https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/wiki
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|message=This page describes the free/libre program Canvas which you can install in your own computers. There are also online services which operate by running Canvas, but we don't recommend that way of using software. The user community can check whether to trust running a free program. There is no basis for trusting a service run by a company or by strangers. You can read more about this issue here:[https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Category:Services]
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|Homepage URL=http://instructure.github.io/
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|Version download=https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/archive/stable.zip
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|User level=beginner
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|Is High Priority Project=No
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|VCS checkout command=git clone https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms
 
|Computer languages=Ruby, JavaScript
 
|Computer languages=Ruby, JavaScript
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
 
|Related projects=Moodle
 
|Related projects=Moodle
 
|Keywords=education, LMS, school, web, CMS, publishing
 
|Keywords=education, LMS, school, web, CMS, publishing
|Submitted by=c107
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|Version identifier=Latest
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|Last review by=Bendikker
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|Last review date=2018/03/29
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|Submitted by=Bendikker
 
|Submitted date=2014/09/12
 
|Submitted date=2014/09/12
|Status=
 
 
|Is GNU=No
 
|Is GNU=No
 
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|License=AGPLv3 with exception
 
|License=AGPLv3 with exception
 
|License copyright=Canvas is Copyright (C) 2011 Instructure, Inc.
 
|License copyright=Canvas is Copyright (C) 2011 Instructure, Inc.
|License note=Most schools buy Canvas from its copyright holder, Instructure, under a proprietary license.
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|License verified by=donaldr3
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|License verified date=2017-09-01
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|License note=[https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/stable/COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT], [https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/stable/LICENSE LICENSE]
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Most schools buy Canvas from its copyright holder, Instructure, under a proprietary license.
 
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|Education=adult, elementary, online, secondary
 
|Education=adult, elementary, online, secondary
 
|Interface=web
 
|Interface=web
|Internet-application=server, web-browser
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|Internet-application=server
 
|Programming-language=ruby, javascript
 
|Programming-language=ruby, javascript
 
|Protocol=http
 
|Protocol=http
 
|Runs-on=BSD, OS X
 
|Runs-on=BSD, OS X
|Use=education, email, web-authoring
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|Use=education, library, web-authoring
|Version-control=git
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|Video=viewing
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{{EntryGNU
|Works-with=addresses, audio, email, html, images, text, video
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|Is GNU=No
|Works-with-format=mp3, pdf
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{{Resource
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|Resource audience=Python (Ref)
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|Resource URL=https://pypi.org/project/canvas
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|Resource audience=Ruby (Ref)
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|Resource URL=https://rubygems.org/gems/canvas
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|Is High Priority Project=No
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|Decommissioned or Obsolete=No
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|Accepts cryptocurrency donations=No
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|Test entry=No
 
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Latest revision as of 15:19, 6 July 2021


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Canvas

http://instructure.github.io/
Educational courseware/learning management system

Canvas is a feature-rich learning management system.


This page describes the free/libre program Canvas which you can install in your own computers. There are also online services which operate by running Canvas, but we don't recommend that way of using software. The user community can check whether to trust running a free program. There is no basis for trusting a service run by a company or by strangers. You can read more about this issue here:[1]





Licensing

License

Verified by

Verified on

Notes

Verified by

donaldr3

Verified on

1 September 2017

Notes

COPYRIGHT, LICENSE Most schools buy Canvas from its copyright holder, Instructure, under a proprietary license.




Leaders and contributors

Resources and communication

AudienceResource typeURI
Ruby (Ref)https://rubygems.org/gems/canvas
Python (Ref)https://pypi.org/project/canvas


Software prerequisites




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