Case Study: Deer Valley Unified School District improves online learning with Instructure Canvas LMS

Deer Valley Unified School District migrates 8 years of content and trains 1,600 teachers with Instructure

The Deer Valley Unified School District, serving over 33,000 students, faced a challenge with its self-hosted legacy LMS. The system required manual updates, lacked robust mobile capabilities, and placed the full burden of user support on the district's own IT staff. As they prepared for a 1:1 device initiative, they needed a new learning management system from Instructure that could support their innovative vision for teaching.

Deer Valley selected Instructure's Canvas LMS for its cloud hosting, automatic updates, and included mobile apps and user support. The implementation involved migrating years of content and training 1,600 teachers. The results included students fully utilizing their 1:1 devices and teachers adopting new blended and flipped teaching methods. The online learning program saw a measurable impact with students passing classes at higher rates, and the district improved its ability to provide extraordinary learning opportunities for every student.

Deer Valley Unified School District