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title: 'Why use Canvas for Assessments with Grav CMS for (Open) Content?'
date: 11/27/2017
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    'twitter:title': 'Why use Canvas for Assessments with Grav CMS for (Open) Content?'
    'twitter:description': 'An summary of the strengths of using the Canvas LMS with the Grav Content Management System.'
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I am excited to be part of [SFU's DEMOfest](http://www.sfu.ca/tlc/programming/special/2017-demofest.html) this year, where I will be presenting and discussing with my fellow educators the advantages of using the Canvas LMS with Grav:

## Canvas Assessment Strengths
* Assignment submissions and rubrics
* Surveys, quizzes, and graded discussion forums
* Multi-course calendar and gradebook  
**_A safe place for student assignments and data, and where most of our students are!_**

## Grav Content Management System Strengths
* Free open source software (FOSS) project
* A modern flat-file (no database) CMS, which supports custom page types and modular content
* The platform-independent format Markdown is supported, and pages remain as individual files
* Fully extensible, with support for HTML, CSS, Twig, JavaScript, Google Fonts, YAML, etc.  
**_For tech-savvy educators a modern and flexible platform under their full control!_**

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## Grav Open Course Hub Project
* Ready-to-run FOSS project, which includes the Grav CMS
* Provides a blog-like homepage, with areas for important reminders and class preparations
* Example schedule, resources and syllabus pages are included, and custom pages can be added
* Provides a ‘chromeless’ mode, perfect for embedding multi-device friendly pages into Canvas
* Ability to easily sync content to a Git (GitLab, GitHub, etc.) repository using the Git Sync Plugin
* Git repository enables student contributions, support for desktop mirroring/editing, and 5R’s of OER
* Edit content with the app of your choice, and easily upload your changes using GitHub Desktop  
**_A ready-to-run package designed to support a blended course, inside or outside of Canvas!_**

### Want to learn more?
**Modern Flat-file Grav CMS**  
Website: [getgrav.org](https://getgrav.org/)

**Example Canvas Course with Grav CMS**  
[canvas.sfu.ca/courses/34140](https://canvas.sfu.ca/courses/34140)   ([paulhibbitts.net/cmpt-363-173](https://paulhibbitts.net/cmpt-363-173))  

**Grav Open Course Hub**  
Demo: [demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-course-hub](http://demo.hibbittsdesign.org/grav-course-hub)  
Docs: [learn.hibbittsdesign.org/coursehub](http://learn.hibbittsdesign.org/coursehub)  
GitHub: [github.com/hibbitts-design](http://github.com/hibbitts-design)  

**Presentation Slides**  
<div class="video-responsive video-responsive-4-3"><iframe src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTszeAJwKZssLD5z3yVGKCLhUwlrlLzbop891WKGbOac4AGg1NDjTIZ8vfqf1qvtOnqISUssrG2DhLM/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" frameborder="0" width="960" height="749" allowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true"></iframe></div>