Canopy: See the Forest for the Trees

Welcome to Canopy – the actionable analytics and engagement solution for Canvas LMS.

Canopy helps instructors invest their time as wisely as possible by transforming the course activity, grade, and discussion data into an instructor-centric experience. Rather than endlessly scrolling discussions Canopy creates an interactive spreadsheet of student activity with helpful metrics like Discussion Health and Influencer Score to help move the conversation forward.

In a glance you can see which students have replied TO you in a discussion but to whom you haven’t yet replied. Or scan for late posts, see totals (top-level posts vs. replies) and even see discussion word counts for each student calculated automatically.

Need to message all students below a certain course grade? Encourage and appreciate students making online discussions vibrant and welcoming? Quickly scan for late discussion posts?

Take 3 minutes and get a quick sense of the Canopy experience. Then Contact Us to set up your institution’s free 30-day trial.

Escape endless scrolling

Recognize this view of the world?

Canvas discussions are not ideal for instructors who want to find the most impactful ways to contribute and move the conversation forward. How long can discussions get?

Secure, seamless access

Log into Canopy, securely, with your Canvas credentials. Your Canvas admin can configure access to Canopy with just a few clicks.

Your Canvas data – reimagined

Canopy makes it easy to see up to 5 courses side-by-side.

Your list of available courses matches Canvas.

Your world, simplified

Canopy Course Overview gives you a quick feel for activity – for up to 5 courses at a time.

You’ll see some key metrics – like your reply ratio – and total counts of posts and replies.

Where to invest your time?

Canopy makes data actionable. For instance, of the rows in the summary details the number of replies TO you to which you haven’t yet replied.

Hover over the count and you’ll see the detail. Click reply to respond. Your response will post to the Canvas discussion, instantly, as if you typed it there yourself.

Respond – in context

Responding from Canopy means you see a student’s work in context. You see the discussion topic and, if the student was replying to someone else, that original post.

Canopy conveniently fills in the student’s first name in your response – to personalize your response efficiently.

You can even choose to message the student privately, via regular email or Canvas message. Or just type and answer and hit CTRL-ENTER to blast off your reply to the appropriate Canvas discussion. As if you typed it there yourself.

Dig into your leaderboard

You can dig down into one course to see far more detail.

First stop? An overview that shows you, student by student, a snapshot of activity.

You can immediately see any discussion posts to which you haven’t replied – and reply easily. You can sort by any column, export, and check off students to bulk message words of encouragement or reminders.

Zoom around to target engagement

Canopy is an interactive spreadsheet. Hover over any hyperlinked number to see details. And take action.

At left we can see that we have a reply from Susan to which we haven’t yet replied. Just like the overview.

Discussion detail

Of course you can jump straight to the detailed view for any course – to see, discussion by discussion, counts of student posts and replies.

Hover over any number to see that student’s content – and reply.

Grade AND respond to discussions publicly

Canopy’s new discussion workflow feature makes it easy to view student posts in context, grade them AND reply publicly with your comments. Or provide a public comment, posted to the discussion, separately from your assignment feedback.

You can quickly filter to see only students who have answered the post or those you haven’t yet graded.

You’ll see the student in context – their avatar, course grade, and overall discussion activity.

Use Annotate PRO to speed excellent feedback

Of course Canopy works seamlessly with Annotate PRO, our solution for creating, sharing and using libraries of expert feedback to speed feedback and engagement.

This AP library showcases our School Resource Edition solution – a managed content library that makes it easy to share your school’s excellent support services so that every instructor can be an expert.

Here, with one click, the instructor has added details on how to access the university’s writing center.

Pilot Canopy for the 2021-2022 academic year for $995 regardless of your institution’s size. Up to 100 active users can take Canopy for an extended test drive. Your faculty will get value from Canopy within seconds of logging in, we’re confident you’ll be able to make a decision quickly. 

Or license for your entire institution. Pricing is based on your institution’s Full-Time Equivalent enrollment and a 12-month period. We can pro-rate licenses to suit your organization’s financial calendar. Corporate clients should contact us for pricing.

As 11trees develops additional features and capabilities for Canopy pricing may change. Our goal is to keep the core productivity features of Canopy affordable and high value for institutions and teachers.