Canvas vs. Infor Learning Management (LMS)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Canvas
Score 8.1 out of 10
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Instructure is an educational software company based in Sandy, Utah. It is the developer of the Canvas learning management system, which is a comprehensive software package that competes with such systems as Blackboard Learning System, SumTotal and Saba.N/A
Infor Learning Management (LMS)
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Infor Learning Management (formerly Certpoint) is Infor's e-learning software product. Features include certificaton and compliance, reporting, social collaboration and community learning, content management and creation, virtual classroom, multi-language, and mobile access. Infor acquired Certpoint in 2013.N/A
Pricing
CanvasInfor Learning Management (LMS)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CanvasInfor Learning Management (LMS)
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsMust contact vendor for pricing information.
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Community Pulse
CanvasInfor Learning Management (LMS)
Features
CanvasInfor Learning Management (LMS)
Learning Management
Comparison of Learning Management features of Product A and Product B
Canvas
9.8
Ratings
18% above category average
Infor Learning Management (LMS)
6.6
Ratings
21% below category average
Course authoring9.90 Ratings6.40 Ratings
Course catalog or library9.80 Ratings6.30 Ratings
Player/Portal9.80 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Learning content9.80 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Mobile friendly9.90 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Progress tracking & certifications9.80 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Assignments9.90 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Compliance management9.80 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Learning administration9.80 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Learning reporting & analytics9.80 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Social learning9.80 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Gamification9.50 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Single Sign On (SSO) Enabled Learning9.80 Ratings6.70 Ratings
User Ratings
CanvasInfor Learning Management (LMS)
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
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7.7
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Likelihood to Renew
9.3
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8.0
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Usability
10.0
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Support Rating
9.0
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9.0
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In-Person Training
10.0
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Online Training
8.0
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Implementation Rating
8.5
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Product Scalability
8.0
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User Testimonials
CanvasInfor Learning Management (LMS)
Likelihood to Recommend
If you have a school you can let teachers easily create new deadlines which [automatically] get shown in the calendar. Teachers can also [temporarily] hide deadlines [until] they've given the explanation about the tasks. [Besides] that the teacher can also choose what should be uploaded, should it be a link, file, pdf, link,...
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Suitable for multi-departmental or corporate groups. The ability to collaborate and track the progress is a useful feature. This is not the best option for a company that wants to develop high-quality instructional content or a user guide that customers can swiftly read and learn on their own. Big Data and Data Analysis are less supported on this cloud platform.
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Pros
  • Learning management - Even as the educational landscape rapidly shifts due to current events, Canvas is a great LMS for providing a consistent learning environment for students.
  • Mobile accessibility - Students can access their courses on Canvas from a variety of devices, including their smartphones.
  • Rich content - Instructors have the ability to create dynamic and engaging content for their courses.
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  • It enables enhanced collaboration. Users can actively contribute knowledge through the various platforms using ILM.
  • Content Creation is quite simplified, and can be used to create quality content. Learners can quickly go through this quality content provided by the author and can enrich themselves.
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Cons
  • Their integration with Big Blue Button was a bust for distance learning. Would be great to see them collaborate with Zoom or Google Meets.
  • Their "feature request" process is slow and cumbersome at times because it relies on user "up votes" to get ideas addressed by the developers.
  • They seem to have a lot of turn-over with their staff. We get a new Customer Success Manager far more frequently than with other vendors.
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  • Single Sign on never worked.
  • Our company was on the bleeding edge and tried to use Infor Learning Management shortly after Infor purchased the company. The software was not yet integrated into the Infor platform.
  • Project managers weren't sure of the answers to some implementation questions.
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Likelihood to Renew
Several factors contribute to my "10" rating. First, our university just made an enormous switch to Canvas, after we were with Blackboard for almost a decade. So garnering buy-in was critical, and not something we took lightly. After nearly 18 months (start to finish) of training faculty, educating stakeholders, and migrating courses, I am not looking to make a change again anytime soon. But I am happy with the result and the product overall and that is also demonstrated in my rating.
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I am giving 8 instead of 10 because we need to implement some new features in the system and this is a long process to accomplish. If it was easier and shorter, I would give a 10. Also, lately we are facing some technical issues which impacted some users experience, but Certpoint is working hard to catch up on this.
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Usability
The functions in Canvas are well integrated and consistent across the application, and mostly intuitive. Overall navigation and setup is streamlined through integrated features and navigation. The feedback we've gotten from our program participants is that it is easy to learn to use. It also integrates well with third party software like Google Docs and Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing software
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Support Rating
I do not personally use Canvas support since we have a central office that helps us. However, our central office always has the answers we need and are always able to solve our issues - so I would assume that get great support from the Canvas team on their end. They also offer great training, which uses materials directly from Canvas
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The support for Infor Learning Management was quite prompt and were able to resolve the issues within the SLA
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In-Person Training
The training sessions were broken down into several days as well as different levels depending upon the knowledge of the user
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Online Training
The online tutorials and videos are very clear and addressed the issues/questions that I had about using the system.
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Implementation Rating
Once you purchase and sign the contract there is nothing to install or hardware to buy. You can almost immediately start using it and have courses up and going within weeks. We signed in December and had pilot courses online ready to go for the start of school in January
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Alternatives Considered
Canvas is in the experience way better than Google Classroom. Canvas has a
more robust agenda system that also allows adding in new personal
deadlines. [Assignments] can be submitted past [the] deadline (if allowed),
this isn't allowed by Google [Classroom], If you're too late you can't
submit anything anymore. In Classroom [assignments], presentations/theory, and [announcements] are all put in 1 feed instead which gets confusing way
faster.
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Both Litmus and Infor offer on demand training in both pre recorded and virtual environments. We appreciated Infor's dedication to content we didn't have to generate which we felt Litmus had lacked. The reporting features coming from Infor also seemed a bit more robust as well
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Return on Investment
  • Teachers have consolidated their content onto one platform which has decreased reliance of students on so much support staff assistance to access content.
  • Canvas has helped make technology transitions more seamless for the school community.
  • Once teachers have set up their page, Canvas really takes care of it all- they have much more time to focus on content creation and synthesis rather than the actual learning management system.
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  • This helped in creating and enabling a lot of on-demand online training, which benefited the employees a lot.
  • It had good ROI in terms of the regulator compliance tracking for all the employees. This was quite cost-effective as compared to the earlier process.
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