Canvas Pilot

Good morning!

We are looking for a group of staff that may be interested in piloting the Canvas LMS over the course of next year.  Canvas is a learning management system (LMS) that brings together many of the online tools that teachers and students are using while at the same time providing a greater level of control for teachers setting up an online learning environment.  In addition to the instructional tools Canvas offers, it also contains a built in gradebook and attendance feature that will speak to Tyler.

At this point, we are hoping teachers will pilot the tool and be willing to share their thoughts on its usefulness and viability as a product utilized in Kaneland after putting it through the paces. 

If you are interested in learning a bit more about Canvas before signing up or would like to sign up to be a pilot user, please email Mike or Sarah with any questions or to volunteer.  We are hoping to establish some informational meetings internally and with representatives from Canvas as soon as we have a viable group.  There we would talk about expectations and the Canvas program more in-depth (and you can always say thanks but no thanks even after attending one of those meetings).

For those of you unsure, please also know that along with our true pilot users, we will also be able to open up the system to any Kaneland teacher next year for experimentation at any time.  So, while we need some folks to get in and get their hands dirty, you'll also have a chance to dabble with the tool as you see fit if you aren't ready to jump in at a true pilot level.