FY2024 Impact Report

Learning Management System: Canvas is a cloud-based LMS used to deliver online, MSVCC, and hybrid courses and supplement traditional instruction. Canvas Usage • Contracted FTE: 61,263 • Distinct users (13 months): 163,530 • Average monthly courses: 9,735 • Feature usage: 90% interactive tools, 92% content delivery Figure 3 Distinct Canvas Users by College

Canvas Users by College (FY2024)

Coahoma Community College Copiah-Lincoln Community College East Central Community College East Mississippi Community College Hinds Community College Holmes Community College Itawamba Community College Jones College Meridian Community College Mississippi Community College Board Mississippi Delta Community College Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Northeast Mississippi Community College Northwest Mississippi Community College Pearl River Community College Southwest Mississippi Community College

4,307

12,359

15,748

6,982

22,744

4,917

2,575

6,128

13,392

12,993

13,537

22,977

8,464

5,723

7,078

3,606

0

5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000

Source: Instructure (2025), FY 2024 Distinct Canvas Users by College [Data file].

Instructional Design Tools: CidiLabs improves instructional design and content management within Canvas. • DesignPlus: Enables rapid and visually engaging course design. • TidyUp: Helps organize and remove unused files/pages to optimize course management. • ReadyGo: Uses Canvas API data to streamline term preparations. Virtual Library: Mississippi Electronic Libraries Online (MELO) is a virtual library platform that connects students and faculty to a range of scholarly databases, including EBSCOHost, ProQuest, InfoBase, and SpringShare.

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