AUSTIN, Texas — Watermark, a leading provider of software solutions for higher education, today announced an expanded collaboration with Instructure, the leading learning ecosystem and maker of Canvas LMS. This partnership builds on existing integrations between the two platforms to deliver even greater value to joint customers, helping institutions connect teaching, learning, and assessment data to improve academic quality and student outcomes.
More than 400 institutions already use Watermark and Canvas together to streamline assessment, accreditation, and course evaluations. This deepened partnership reinforces both companies’ shared commitment to providing seamless interoperability, improved implementation guidance, and joint support to ensure institutions can fully leverage both systems.
“This expanded collaboration with Instructure reflects something both teams believe in — giving higher ed the connected tools they need to do their best work,” said Brian Robinson, SVP of Product at Watermark. “By linking teaching, assessment, and continuous improvement processes in more purposeful ways, we’re smoothing the experience for campus leaders, faculty, and students across two mission-critical systems and helping institutions uncover insights that drive better decisions, stronger programs, and real momentum for student success.”
Achieving academic excellence through seamless Canvas LMS integration
Through this partnership, Watermark and Instructure are making it easier for institutions to combine the power of Canvas with Watermark’s Educational Impact Suite (EIS), creating a centralized hub for teaching, learning, and institutional effectiveness. The collaboration ensures clearer setup resources, better joint support, and easier access for Canvas customers looking to enhance their ecosystem with proven Watermark solutions.
How Watermark’s suite enhances your Canvas assessment strategy
- Enhanced course feedback and improvement: Course Evaluations & Surveys integrates directly with Canvas to embed evaluations and notifications where students already are, increasing response rates and enabling faculty to act on feedback faster.
- Streamlined assessment and accreditation: Planning & Self-Study connects with Canvas to pull learning outcomes data from signature assignments into assessment plans, reducing manual work and helping institutions demonstrate achievement.
- Comprehensive student learning data: Student Learning & Licensure syncs and augments Canvas grades with field experience data and ePortfolios to provide a unified view of student progress and program performance.
- Proactive student support: With Student Success & Engagement, advisors can view real-time performance insights from Canvas alongside other indicators to identify opportunities and deliver personalized, timely support to students.
For more information about the partnership, visit www.watermarkinsights.com and www.instructure.com.
About Watermark
Watermark gives higher education institutions the insights they need to improve, evolve, and empower student success. For over 25 years, colleges and universities have used Watermark solutions to capture and analyze student feedback, assess outcomes, demonstrate results to accreditors, showcase faculty accomplishments, and improve student engagement. Watermark’s Educational Impact Suite (EIS) puts data into context so faculty and staff can focus on what really matters: institutional and student success.
About Instructure
Instructure is a global education technology company and the maker of Canvas, the world-leading learning management platform that simplifies teaching and enhances learning for educators and students across K–12, higher education, and beyond. Founded in 2008, Instructure builds industry-leading edtech solutions that empower institutions to connect educators, streamline instruction, and drive meaningful outcomes through intuitive, cloud-based tools while supporting collaboration and innovation across the learning journey.
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