The major players in the LMS market include:
Canvas
Moodle
D2L Brightspace
Blackboard Learn
Google Classroom
Talent LMS
Schoolology
Why Canvas?
Continues to be a popular and well regarded learning software
2023 winner of the LMS Solution of the Year at the Edtech Breakthrough awards.
A finalist for Higher Education Solution at the Edtech Digest awards.
Instructure, the company behind Canvas, has grown significantly and used that growth to improve its products and community.
Check out Listedtech's highlights of Canvas' ongoing progress compared to other competitors.
Canvas LMS is the choice of the world’s best colleges and universities, including being used by the top 10 institutions in the US.
Canvas Top Features for Investment
Over the past 10 years Canvas has consistently grown, with the LMS being used by more than one third of higher education institutions
Many institutions have switched from multiple LMS to Canvas for a one stop shop
Have not lost a major education LMS partner in 8+ years
Well designed interface for both instructors and students allowing for the use of their different technological systems
Options that enable it to interoperate with open source applications such as Google Docs.
This allows for collaboration among users
Strengths and Weaknesses for Investment
Used by many prestigious institutions
Continued growth in enrolment
Continued advancements and investments in new technology
Cost
Cloud based data and privacy concerns