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1) Who is Canopy for?

Canopy users include: classroom teachers, schools, professional development leaders, school districts, youth development organizations, non-profits, and corporations.

The only unifying characteristic is that Canopy users care about creating meaningful learning experiences that are easy to navigate for learners.

2) What’s the difference between Canopy & Google Classroom?

Canopy is a popular way to complement & enhance a Google Classroom. 

Do you ever have students ask where to find a particular file or assignment in Google Classroom? In Canopy, you can organize that same exact content into a single page. 

You can then supplement with discussion threads and 10+ other engagement tools not available in Google Classroom.

All resources and assignments for the entire year are in the same place and students can easily use visual progress bars to know where to find incomplete work.

Canopy Ed is an official Google for Education Partner.

3) How do students (learners) access my courses?

Directions to learners to join generally look like this:

1) Go to canopy.canopyed.com
2) Click 'Login with Google' (preferred) OR create an account
3) Enter this Course Code: 'FeatureDemo'
(you can find your course code at the top of the course's curriculum page)

It is also possible to bulk upload learners or provide a public enroll link for general access.To learn more about these alternative ways to invite learners please refer to our knowledge base article here.  

Note: once you upgrade, your learners will need to go to the new custom canopy you create. All of the work from the free trial site will be transferred.
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4) Can I add my own branding or connect Canopy to my own website? 

Yes. When you upgrade you will receive your own Canopy domain (ex. myorg.canopyed.com).

You can then customize Canopy with your own logo, colors, etc… 

You also have the option to ink Canopy to your own website (ex. myorg.com OR courses.myorg.com.

Both of these customization options are available with the Bronze plan. The first step to upgrading is to activate your free trial before upgrading.

5) How do I upgrade? 

First you need to activate a free trial. 

Once you have your free trial, log into your account at canopy.canopyed.com and go to the ‘Plan & Billing’ page in the Admin portal. 

From here you can upgrade your account and set up your custom Canopy.

6) Will the courses from my Free Trial transfer to my upgraded account?

Yes. All of the work and learner data will transfer to your new account. 

Note: the login page will be changed to your custom url (myorg.canopyed.com).

7) Can Canopy be used to create a library of courses or micro-learnings?

Yes. Canopy's 'Course Catalog' can be used to create a library of trainings or micro-learning modules.

'Enroll Collections' can also be used to organize related courses into pathways for learners.  

8) Can Canopy integrate with my organization's SSO and other database systems?

Yes. Canopy can be customized to integrate with your SSO systems and other databases.

These types of integrations elevate the partnership with Canopy to an enterprise level. To learn more about what this entails please set up a demo/consultation using this link.

Canopy Enterprise partners include International Baccalaureate, the Louisiana Department of Education, and others.

Is Canopy Right for You?

PD Leaders
Teachers
School Networks
Curriculum Providers
Consultants
Non-Profits
Homeschool Families

Professional Development

Professional Development leaders use Canopy in 3 primary ways:

  • To create self-paced PD opportunities with certificates attached
  • As pre-work for a 'flipped PD' model so that teachers can spend in-person time focused on applying the content to their own context
  • To create private communities where facilitators can share and customize PD sessions

Most importantly, Canopy's one-tab organization and variety of multimedia features make it easier to create engaging PD experiences that lead to deeper understanding.

Over 90% of educators who experience PD in Canopy say they prefer it to other platforms they have used

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Teachers

Canopy combines an LMS with a suite of multimedia engagement features making it easier for teachers to:

  • Design engaging learning experiences
  • Track student progress
  • Grade, message, and provide feedback
  • Share lessons and units with colleagues

Because Canopy organizes all resources and assignments for an entire course into a single tab, teachers spend less time helping students navigate technology.

Over 90% of teachers describe Canopy as 'much more intuitive' than other platforms they have used

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Networks of Schools

Canopy partners with districts, charter networks, departments of education, and other education organizations to:

  • Create custom admin dashboards that allow leaders to track metrics by student, classroom, school, or region
  • Set up private communities for instructional leaders to disseminate curriculum across the entire network
  • Provide ongoing training and support

Of course, adopting Canopy also saves time and stress for students, teachers, and families as well as administrators.

Canopy works in close collaboration to develop custom solutions for network partners

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Curriculum Providers

Curriculum providers use Canopy like a 'Shopify for digital curriculum'. Before Shopify, brick and mortar stores wanted to sell online, but it was difficult to create their own ecommerce platform. Shopify solved this problem.

Canopy does the same thing for curriculum companies that have mostly focused on PDFs or video content. With Canopy, these organizations can transform their existing resources into a fully realized curriculum - complete with multiple tools for student engagement, built in progress tracking, Google Classroom integrations, etc - and then sell it to schools and districts. (Individual creators use Canopy more as an Etsy)

Join our growing cohort of curriculum organizations transitioning to Canopy: CanopyEd@CanopyEd.com

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Education Consultants

Education consultants use Canopy to strengthen their relationships with clients in 3 primary ways:

  • To offer self-paced PD trainings with asynchronous feedback and a custom certificate
  • As pre-work for in-person sessions so participants are primed for the sessions and the consultants arrive with a more nuanced understanding of the local context
  • To add a local leader as a co-teacher on a training module so that there is transparency with progress and other analytics

Most importantly, Canopy's one-tab organization system and variety of multimedia features make it easier to create engaging trainings that lead to deeper understanding.

67% of educators say Canopy is 'Much Better' for trainings compared to other platforms they have used (25% say 'Better')

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Non-Profits

Non-profit organizations use Canopy in 3 primary ways:

  • To strengthen and organize internal training for new and existing staff
  • To organize information and trainings for external partners
  • To act as a curriculum publisher and sell training materials to partners

Canopy offers non-profits an ideal way to organize their knowledge and amplify their expertise.

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Homeschool Families

Homeschool families use Canopy in 3 primary ways:

  • To stay organized by keeping all of their learning materials in a single tab
  • To create private communities to share/sell projects, activities, and entire curriculums with other families in their network
  • To partner as co-teachers on a shared course so that their children can engage in discussions with each other

It turns out that the features designed to help teachers stay organized, collaborate with each other, and share quality digital curriculum with a wider audience are also ideal to support homeschool families as well.

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