Canvas LMS Engineering

Extend Canvas without rebuilding your learning stack.

Build portals, workflows, integrations and custom experiences around Canvas with a specialist EdTech engineering team.

See how we're different
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Canvas capabilities

Six ways we extend Canvas.

__I_code__Canvas API Development

Automate data and workflows around Canvas.

__I_layout__Custom Portals

Build specialized student, staff or partner experiences.

__I_key-round__Authentication

Connect Canvas with enterprise identity systems.

__I_users__CRM Integration

Connect learner and operational data.

__I_plug__Custom LTI Apps

Extend Canvas inside the learning environment.

__I_settings__Managed Infrastructure

Operate and support production Canvas environments.

Why this is different

Rebuild the stack, or extend the one that works?

Most Canvas problems get answered with a platform project. We answer them with engineering around the Canvas you already run — watch the same course go from the Canvas you know to the software KeyStone's engineers build around it.

Dashboard ⋮

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4SIS: export · fix · re-import
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Nobody is told. Nothing happens on its own.

Student Success · built for EMT ProgramCanvas · connected via LTI 1.3 · engineered by KeyStone
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Module 1 · Ride-along96%
Module 2 · Workforce safety71%
Module 3 · JBL Test44%
Module 4 · Interactive lecture12%
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Automations3 running
Week-3 reminder 41 sent today
Advisor escalation 3 opened
Event-driven SIS sync live
__I_book-open__ Canvas stays the system of recordCustom software, engineered by KeyStone around your Canvas — nothing replaced, nothing relearned.

Canvas today: one course card and two lists that say “Nothing for now”.

What staysCanvas, your course data, your integrations and the habits of every instructor and student.
What changesKeyStone engineers purpose-built software around the gaps — a student-success dashboard, LTI apps, SIS sync — each live in weeks.
Canvas proof

The kinds of work we deliver around Canvas.

Real engagements, described by what was built rather than who it was for.

__I_layout__Student portalsUnified destinations over Canvas and surrounding systems.
__I_check-circle__Grade workflowsAutomated grade movement between Canvas and records.
__I_file-text__Document automationLetters, certificates and transcripts generated from course data.
__I_key-round__AuthenticationSSO and identity connected to enterprise directories.
__I_users__CRM integrationLearner and operational data flowing both ways.
__I_life-buoy__Support systemsHelp desks and case tooling wired into Canvas context.
__I_plug__Learning applicationsCustom LTI tools living inside courses.
__I_settings__Managed environmentsProduction Canvas infrastructure operated and supported.

__I_shield-check__Named customer references and case studies are shared on approval — ask for them in your review.

Questions

Before you book.

Do you replace Canvas?

No. Canvas stays your system of record. We build portals, workflows, LTI apps and integrations around it using supported APIs and standards, so Canvas upgrades do not break what we build.

Which Canvas APIs and standards do you use?

The Canvas REST and GraphQL APIs, LTI 1.3 (with Deep Linking, AGS and NRPS), SIS imports, OAuth2 and your identity provider for SSO.

Can you work with our existing Canvas team?

Yes. Most engagements pair our engineers with your Canvas administrators and IT team; we document everything so your team can own it afterwards.

How do engagements start?

With a free Canvas Engineering Review: a senior engineer looks at your Canvas setup and the problem you want solved, and you get a written summary with options and effort ranges within three business days.

Canvas Engineering Review

Bring us the Canvas problem your team cannot solve cleanly.

Which best describes where you are with Canvas?

Free · senior engineer-led · a written summary in three business days.