As Duke begins to make the switch to Canvas as its learning management system, faculty and students have had varying experiences with the platform. While he uses Canvas features more for his lecture class — his seminars primarily involve offline discussions — Carnes says that Canvas has proven useful and accommodating for both his classes. This makes it challenging to identify who has been registered on the Canvas site, especially in large classes like Astrachan’s computer science lecture course, which enrolls more than 350 students.