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 NU Advance for noncredit offerings and microcredentials systemwide. Canvas is widely utilized by the vast majority of students on all NU 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 NU 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.