Canvas Partners with Notebowl to Offer Social Learning for Millions
By: Andrew Chaifetz
Tags: Lms, Education, Social Media

Seamless Integration Puts Social Learning Inside of the Canvas LMS

We are pumped. Really, really pumped…

Today at the Online Teaching Conference in Anaheim, CA we announced that we’re partnering with Canvas! Now, millions of students and teachers across the world are now able to experience Notebowl directly within the Canvas learning management system (LMS).

Through a seamless integration, Canvas users can access Notebowl at any time by pressing the “Notebowl button” and utilizing the bulletin and discussion boards directly inside of Canvas. With Notebowl, teachers and students experience simplified, social and interactive features for discussion boards, classrooms and communities.

Communicate like you mean it directly inside of Canvas powered by Notebowl

Lousy discussion forums, no more! You now have a simple and easy way to collaborate with students and faculty while also administering discussion boards directly inside of Canvas.

“We are pleased to partner with Notebowl and integrate their social learning platform for teachers and students using Canvas,” said Melissa Loble, Vice President of Platform and Partnerships at Instructure. “Notebowl’s social learning approach to collaboration in classrooms and communities is a valuable addition to the Canvas experience. The platform’s ability to foster teacher-to-student and student-to-student engagement can enhance student retention and overall success. Now teachers, students and administrators alike can use Notebowl’s best tools directly inside of Canvas.”

Quick Facts About Canvas:

Canvas is a modern learning management system (LMS) founded in 2008

It’s used by more than 2,000 universities, school districts and institutions across the world.

The folks at Canvas are forward-thinkers, love EdTech and value collaboration — clearly!

Notebowl Features Coming to Canvas

Notebowl is bringing several social learning features to millions of students and teachers using Canvas, including:

Social News Feed: This new integration brings a news feed style to classrooms and communities, which allows users to post, comment and interact organically.

Discussion Boards: Users can create and utilize social discussion boards as assignments, that teachers can easily grade with analytics.

Notifications: Personalized notifications are accessible from the homepage and throughout the environment.

Communities: Students and teachers now have the ability to create, discover and collaborate with groups, clubs and organizations.

Real-time: Assignments, content and grades sync in real-time.

Single sign-on: When users are logged into Canvas, they’re also logged into Notebowl

Grading discussions just got a whole lot easier in Canvas!

This is a new generation of students who have grown up with tech. It should be just as easy for them to access an app from an LMS as it is to jump on Facebook or Snapchat from their phone. Today’s teachers and students demand simplified classroom experiences. It’s a new communication game — It’s mobile. It’s fast. It’s social.

It’s awesome to have a partner like Canvas.