Case Study: University of North Carolina at Charlotte improves LMS reliability and efficiency with Instructure Canvas

University of North Carolina at Charlotte saves instructors 5 hours a week with Instructure

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte faced significant challenges with its previous Moodle LMS, including frequent system downtime, slow response times, and a cumbersome update process that created technical problems for students and faculty. Seeking a more reliable and flexible cloud-based solution to support its diverse instructional mission, the university turned to the vendor Instructure to implement its Canvas LMS.

Instructure provided a customized, integrated Canvas solution that was quickly deployed, featuring seamless SIS integration and 24/7 support. The results included major gains in efficiency, reliability, and adoption. Measurable impacts included instructors saving an average of five hours per week per course using the SpeedGrader tool, and satisfaction surveys showed a majority of faculty and students preferred the new system. The switch to Canvas freed IT staff to focus on other projects and allowed the university to achieve its institutional goals.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte