Introduction
The Meshed Platform Student Management Systems can be integrated with Canvas.
Canvas is a web-based learning management system, or LMS. It is used by learning institutions, educators, and students to access and manage online course learning materials and communicate about skill development and learning achievement.
Benefits of an LMS include:
- Improved compliance through provision of full transparency for auditors
- Reducing the cost of training staff, administration, and student services
- Centralised creation and management of learning content
- Ease of tracking and monitoring of training and learner performance
- Ability to quickly expand teaching resources to match demand variations
The integrated interchange of data between the Meshed Platform and Canvas eliminates the need to double handle data providing benefits associated with improved efficiency and accuracy.
Overview
The data interchange between Canvas and the Meshed Platform covers the following:
- Creation of Canvas user accounts for Students from the Meshed Platform
- Synchronisation of Meshed Platform Student password changes to Canvas Student account
- Synchronisation of Meshed Platform Student data changes to Canvas Student account
- Enrolment of Students to Canvas Sections in when Students are enrolled in Batches (classes) in the Meshed Platform.
- Meshed Platform data that is sent (pushed) to Canvas:
- Meshed Platform Semesters to Canvas Terms
- Meshed Platform Subjects to Canvas Courses (including Blueprint Courses)
- Meshed Platform Batches (Classes) to Canvas Sections
- Meshed Platform Results Grade to Canvas Grading Scheme
- Meshed Platform Assessment Tasks to Canvas Assignments
- Canvas data that is retrieved (pulled) by the Meshed Platform:
- Canvas Assignment Marks to Meshed Platform Assessment Task Results
High Level Integration Diagram
The Meshed Group has developed the Canvas integration automation engine which can be run at desired intervals of time (daily, every 12 hours, every 2 hours, etc) to exchange data between two systems. Some data is exchanged between the two systems in real time.
Configuration Synchronisation
Results Grading Scheme
The Meshed Platform Result Grade is sent (pushed) to the Canvas Grading Scheme and set the Canvas Courses to match.
In the Meshed Platform navigate to Admin > Configuration and Setup > Results Grade
In Canvas navigate to Admin > Grading
After each Canvas Course is created the Canvas Grading Scheme needs to be configured.
In Canvas navigate to Course > Settings
Semester
The Meshed Platform Semesters are sent (pushed) to the Canvas Terms when they are added.
In the Meshed Platform navigate to Admin > Configuration and Setup > Manage Calendar > Manage Semester
In Canvas navigate to Admin > Terms
