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Instructure, Inc.
Company typePrivately-held Corporation
IndustryEducation
Learning Management Systems
Founded2008
Headquarters
Salt Lake City, Utah
ProductsCanvas
Websitehttp://www.instructure.com

Instructure is an educational software company based in

Sakai Project
.

History

Instructure was founded in 2008 by two

BYU graduates[1] with initial funding from Mozy founder Josh Coates (currently the CEO) and Epic Ventures.[2]

In December 2010, the Utah Education Network (UEN), which represents a number of Utah colleges and universities, announced that Instructure would be replacing Blackboard as their preferred LMS.[3]

In February 2011 Instructure announced that they were making their flagship product, Canvas, freely available under an

open source software. This move received widespread coverage in the press.[4][5][6][7]

Canvas

Instructure Inc. was created in order to support the continued development of a new learning management system (LMS) originally named Instructure. Once incorporated, the founders changed the name of the software to Canvas. The Utah-based company tested the LMS at several local schools including Utah State University and Brigham Young University before officially launching Canvas.

Canvas was built using

Software as a Service using Amazon Web Services
in the "Cloud". This methodology is intended to provide maximum scalability, security and back-up protection.

Desire2Learn Lawsuit Controversy

In January 2011,

Desire2Learn filed a lawsuit against the Utah Education Network (UEN) consortium after losing a bid for a course management system to Instructure, stating that UEN had "misapplied the evaluation factors set forth in the RFP or erroneously considered factors or criteria not set forth."[8] After some criticism from press and bloggers, Desire2Learn withdrew the suit.[9][10]

See Also

References

  1. ^ Sara Israelsen-Hartley (June 20, 2010). "BYU grads introduce education-savvy software". Deseret News. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  2. ^ "Instructure CrunchBase Profile". CrunchBase. Interserve dba TechCrunch. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
  3. ^ "UEN committee selects Instructure to provide statewide Learning Management System for state colleges and universities". UEN News. Utah Education Network. December 14, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  4. ^ Dan Dzombak (February 2, 2011). "A Fiery New Competitor". The Motley Fool. The Motley Fool, LLC. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  5. ^ "Instructure Launches To Root Blackboard Out Of Universities". January 31, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  6. ^ "Upstart Course-Management Provider Goes Open Source". January 31, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  7. ^ "There are alternatives to Blackboard and Moodle: Instructure Canvas goes open source". February 1, 2011. Retrieved February 22, 2011.
  8. ^ http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/home/51072915-76/utah-contract-instructure-uen.html.csp
  9. ^ http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/irony-alert-desire2learn-critic-of-litigation-sues-over-utah-contract/29118
  10. ^ http://thejournal.com/articles/2011/01/20/desire2learn-backs-away-from-customer-lawsuit.aspx

External links


Category:learning management systems Category:Companies based in Utah Learning management systems

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