Future of free version

[SvenHochstrate]

I am a new CANVAS free to teacher user. So far I have been using a similar LMS free version by Schoology.com and over the years I have invested a lot of time into it. Unfortunately Schoology will terminate the free version on Oct 1, 2023 and all material will be deleted.

I would be really happy to continue working with CANVAS instead but I am a bit worried, that this could happen to me again, that the free service will be stopped after having invested a lot of time to create coureses and quizzes.

Are there any predictions if CANVAS free for teachers will remain free in the foreseeable future?

I am very much looking forward to your answers.

Kind regards,

Sven Hochstrate

[vcarmer]

This is a really good question.  I have no answer for you however.  I will say that I am consistently working on my school district to purchase Canvas for all our Middle Schools and High School.

[ericwhitmer]

I agree that is a good question, I'm not sure if there is a similar solution that you are looking for with Moodle, since that is an open source LMS. You might find something there as well.

[KevinMeredith · Accepted solution]

Hi Sven, 

On behalf of Instructure, we have no plans to discontinue access to Canvas Free-for-Teacher. We firmly believe in providing a space for educators and students around the world to teach and learn. Not only are there no plans to do so, but we are working on improving the experience for all. For example, we have recently refreshed Free-for-Teacher Users Hub here in the Community here for a better experience for educators to share ideas and get assistance on their Canvas questions. We're also hoping to have some exciting new features available for our FFT users later this month. Stay tuned! Anyway, hope this helps. 

Kevin

[NoahBoswell]

I'm happy to hear there are no plans of discontinuing free for teacher access, and that you guys are continuing to add features for us that use your software to improve the learning experience for our students worldwide. I have been wondering the exact same thing, so I'm also glad to know I don't need to worry about this anymore.

Thanks!

[SvenHochstrate]

Hi Kevin,

thank you very much for your reply. This gives me confidence and I will continue developing courses in CANVAS. I really like the concept of the system and my students enjoy working with it too. Thank you very much for providing this free version of CANVAS.