Under the direction of Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. David Jackson - who serves as Chair and Executive Sponsor for this project - and with input from each campus Chief Academic Officer, the University of Nebraska has elected to move to a single instance of Canvas rather than remaining in separate, campus-specific instances.
About Canvas
Since 2017/18, the University of Nebraska has utilized five separate instances of Canvas Learning Management System (LMS): one per campus for for-credit coursework (Kearney, Lincoln, Omaha and the Medical Center) plus a separate instance to house for noncredit offerings and microcredentials systemwide. Canvas is widely utilized by the vast majority of students on all ֱ campuses in courses of all modalities, as it is more and more common for key course activities to occur within Canvas regardless of a course being face-to-face, hybrid, or fully online. Many faculty and students primarily use Canvas via the app for smartphones or tablets, in addition to regularly using the web-based access via an internet browser. A Spring 2024 ֱ ITS user satisfaction survey that was sent to all faculty, staff, and students on the Kearney, Lincoln, and Omaha campuses found that 95% of respondents regularly use Canvas, 97% are satisfied with Canvas, and that the most helpful features include announcements, gradebook, and assignments.