{"id":64161,"date":"2018-07-21T15:39:16","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T19:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=64161"},"modified":"2018-12-15T17:39:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-15T22:39:49","slug":"canvas-catches-plus-attend-5-keynotes-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/07\/21\/canvas-catches-plus-attend-5-keynotes-for-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas catches, & maybe passes, Blackboard [McKenzie]; plus, attend 5 keynotes for free"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canvas catches, & maybe passes, Blackboard<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>— from by Lindsay McKenzie
\nBlackboard dominated the U.S. learning management system market for 20 years, but new data show its cloud-based competitor edging past it.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Canvas has unseated Blackboard Learn as the leading LMS at U.S. colleges and universities, according to new data from MindWires Consulting.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0a blog post<\/a>\u00a0on [7\/8\/18], Michael Feldstein, partner at MindWires Consulting and co-publisher of the\u00a0e-Literate<\/em>\u00a0blog, wrote that Canvas now has 1,218 installations at U.S. institutions, compared with Blackboard\u2019s 1,216. Although the two-figure difference may seem insignificant — and Blackboard and some of its allies say the data don’t accurately reflect the two companies’ relative reach — most analysts agree that Canvas’s ascent, largely at Blackboard’s expense, is noteworthy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a stunning development for a company that seemed to have established an unbreakable market dominance a decade ago,\u201d wrote Feldstein.<\/p>\n

At its peak in 2006, Blackboard controlled approximately 70\u00a0percent of the U.S. and Canadian market, with its nearest competitors \u201cfar, far behind,\u201d said Feldstein. But slowly Canvas, and others such as Moodle and D2L\u2019s Brightspace, have closed the gap.<\/p>\n

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Also, you might want to know about the upcoming FREE opportunity to\u00a0learn more about Instructure (the maker of Canvas), where Canvas is heading, and some other keynotes re: K-12 and higher education.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Next week, Instructure is hosting a conference that’s focusing on Canvas, and it’s called InstructureCarn.\u00a0You can r<\/span><\/b>egister — for free — to watch the live stream of all 5 keynotes at InstructureCarn<\/span><\/b>, and Instructure will send you an email reminder to tune into the following keynote speakers and sessions:<\/p>\n