What is Canvas?
Canvas is a learning management system (LMS) that allows teachers to provide instructional support, class calendars, assignments, and resources for students in a safe online environment. For traditional face to face classes, Canvas is an integral part of sharing blended classroom instruction. 

Canvas Background  The Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) was selected by our LMS Committee during the 2018-2019 school year, and will be utlized by students, staff and parents starting with the 2019-2020 school year. All staff will have a presence on Canvas and it will be used in grades 3-12 with students. Canvas has many benefits including clean, user-friendly, content-focused design, an excellent platform for cultivating interconnected, digital teaching and learning opportunities, and frequent feature and tool updates. 

Canvas Use  The District hopes that this resource will provide you with specific information about your student’s curricula, so you have a better understanding of the work that teachers and students are doing. We hope you use this information to communicate to students that the skills and content identified in these courses are important to master.