{"id":16049,"date":"2025-10-20T13:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T17:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/doit-dev\/?page_id=16049"},"modified":"2026-04-10T11:53:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T15:53:55","slug":"canvas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/doit-dev\/services\/canvas\/","title":{"rendered":"Canvas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66%\">\n<p>Canvas is Hampton University&#8217;s official Learning Management System (LMS), designed to support teaching, learning, and collaboration across campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Canvas?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Canvas is a cloud-based learning management system developed by Instructure. 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