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Canvas by Instructure

instructure.com · Technology

Ranked 46 of 2,047 companies in the study

47Overall score
  • Visibility45
  • Citations2
  • Sentiment67
  • Site quality93
  • AI readiness36
What this means for Canvas by Instructure

AI assistants name Canvas by Instructure in 53.3% of answers, much more often than the typical company in the technology sector. Its overall score is 47 out of 100, ranking 46th of 2,047 in the study and 13th of 273 in its sector. The website passes 5 of 14 technical checks for readiness for AI tools.

We asked 15 unbranded questions about the technology market: none named Canvas by Instructure. AI assistants named it in 32 of 60 answers (53.3%). The typical technology company is named in 10.0% of answers. By how often it is named, Canvas by Instructure ranks 13 of 273 in its sector.

Named by AI in
53.3%
32 of 60 answers
Share of mentions
33.7%
compared with 5 rivals
AI readiness
5/14
technical checks passed. Typical for its sector: 4
Rank in its sector
13 of 273
by overall score, where the typical technology company scores 36
How Canvas by Instructure compares with all 2,047 companies

Every dot is a company in the study. Hover one to see it; click to open its report.

This companySame sectorEvery other companyNever named

What makes up the score

Five parts, each scored out of 100.

Visibility
45

How often AI assistants name the company

Citations
2

How often AI uses the company's own website as a source

Sentiment
67

How positively AI describes the company

Site quality
93

How well built the website's own pages are

AI readiness
36

How easily AI tools can read and use the website

Visibility is calculated from the answers on this page. How the score is built.

Compared with technology

273 companies in this sector. The line on each bar is the typical company.

Overall score47
Ranks 13 of 273. Typical company: 36
Named in answers53%
Ranks 13 of 273. Typical company: 10%
AI readiness36
Ranks 36 of 273. Typical company: 29
What Gemini actually said

An answer that names the company

“Top edtech solutions for improving student engagement in online courses”

To significantly improve student engagement in online courses, a variety of EdTech solutions offer interactive and dynamic learning experiences. These tools can transform passive learning into active participation, collaboration, and personalized instruction.

Some of the top EdTech solutions for enhancing student engagement in online courses include:

Interactive Learning Platforms & Tools:

Mentimeter allows for real-time feedback and discussions through live polls, quizzes, and word clouds, displaying results instantly.

Nearpod provides interactive lessons with features l …

The AI’s answer as we received it, shortened and not checked for accuracy.

Also named
D2L Brightspace6
Share of mentions

How the mentions in these answers were split between this company and its rivals

Canvas by Instructure
35.6%
Moodle US
28.9%
Google Classroom
27.8%
Schoology Learning (by PowerSchool)
4.4%
D2L Brightspace
3.3%
Blackboard by Anthology
0.0%
Which AI assistants named the company

Answers naming it, out of answers received

Gemini
9/15
OpenAI
9/15
Perplexity
7/15
Claude
7/15
Ready for AI agents

What this website publishes for an AI agent to read, use and buy from, on a scale of six levels.

  1. 0
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. 4
  6. 5

Level 1: Basic web presence. Two of robots.txt, a sitemap and Link headers are in place.

To reach level 2:
  • Content Signals
Show every check, for your technical team
Discoverability
77 of 100
  • robots.txtPassed

    A valid robots.txt with crawl rules at the site root.

    study: 92.0%
  • SitemapPassed

    An XML sitemap listing the pages, ideally referenced from robots.txt.

    study: 86.8%
  • Link headersNot met

    Send Link headers such as rel="api-catalog" or rel="describedby" on the homepage.

    study: 0.3%
  • DNS for AI DiscoveryNot present

    Advertise agent endpoints with SVCB records under _agents.

    study: 5.5%
Content accessibility
50 of 100
  • Markdown negotiationNot met

    Return a markdown version when asked with Accept: text/markdown, for example at the CDN.

    study: 1.9%
  • llms.txtPassed

    An llms.txt that tells language models what the site offers.

    study: 25.1%
Bot access control
32 of 100
  • AI bot rulesPartly met

    Add explicit robots.txt groups for the main AI crawlers.

    study: 93.4%
  • Content SignalsNot met

    Add a Content-Signal line for search, ai-input and ai-train to robots.txt.

    study: 1.4%
  • Web Bot AuthNot present

    Only relevant if you run your own agents or crawlers: publish a signing key directory.

    study: 0.2%
APIs, auth and MCP
0 of 100
  • API CatalogNot met

    List public APIs in a linkset at /.well-known/api-catalog.

    study: 0.3%
  • OAuth discoveryNot met

    Publish OpenID Connect or OAuth server metadata under /.well-known.

    study: 11.8%
  • OAuth Protected ResourceNot met

    Serve protected resource metadata at /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource.

    study: 10.3%
  • auth.mdNot met

    Publish an auth.md describing how agents sign in.

    study: 0.0%
  • MCP Server CardNot met

    Offer an MCP server and publish its server card under /.well-known.

    study: 0.2%
  • A2A Agent CardNot met

    Publish an agent card at /.well-known/agent-card.json.

    study: 0.1%
  • Agent SkillsNot met

    Publish a skills index with the main tasks agents can do.

    study: 0.2%
  • WebMCPCould not check

    Register key actions such as search or cart as WebMCP tools.

    study: 33.7%
  • ARD manifestNot met

    Publish an ai-catalog.json listing every agent interface.

    study: 0.1%

Score 36 of 100 · 97% of checks could run · checked on October 5, 2026 · www.instructure.com · 2,047 companies scanned

See how every company did, and how this was measured.

The checks behind the AI readiness score

5 of 14 passed. This list is for your technical team. The percentage is how many companies in the study pass each check.

These 14 checks ran during the audit and are what the AI readiness part of the overall score counts. The scan above ran later and is stricter on Link headers and Markdown, so a check can pass here and not there.

Show the 14 checks
Discoverability
  • Passedrobots.txt publishedstudy: 85.0%
  • PassedXML sitemapstudy: 73.2%
  • PassedHTTP Link headers (RFC 8288)study: 29.0%
Content Accessibility
  • Not metMarkdown content negotiationstudy: 8.3%
  • Passedllms.txt publishedstudy: 21.7%
  • PassedToken budget (page weight)study: 95.2%
Bot Access Control
  • Not metExplicit AI bot rulesstudy: 13.0%
API / Auth / MCP
  • Not metAPI Catalog (.well-known/api-catalog)study: 0.2%
  • Not metOAuth Authorization Server discoverystudy: 10.1%
  • Not metOAuth Protected Resource discoverystudy: 9.3%
  • Not metMCP Server Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metA2A Agent Cardstudy: 0.0%
  • Not metWebMCP toolsstudy: 4.2%
  • Not metAgent Skills declaredstudy: 0.0%
What AI crawlers may read (robots.txt)

This website sets no rules for any AI crawler by name, like 84% of the websites whose rules we could read. Every AI crawler follows its general rules.

Training AI
  • GPTBotpartly
  • ClaudeBotpartly
  • Anthropic-AIpartly
  • Google-Extendedpartly
  • Applebot-Extendedpartly
  • Meta-ExternalAgentpartly
  • FacebookBotpartly
  • Bytespiderpartly
  • CCBotpartly
  • Diffbotpartly
  • Omgilibotpartly
AI search
  • OAI-SearchBotpartly
  • Claude-SearchBotpartly
  • PerplexityBotpartly
  • Applebotpartly
  • Amazonbotpartly
  • YouBotpartly
Answering questions
  • ChatGPT-Userpartly
  • Claude-Userpartly
  • Perplexity-Userpartly
  • DuckAssistBotpartly
  • MistralAI-Userpartly

Read from the website’s own rules file (robots.txt). An asterisk marks a crawler the file names. The rest follow its general rules. “Partly” means only some pages are blocked.

Websites the AI used as sources

How many times each website was listed as a source in these answers

docebo.com
12
360learning.com
11
elearningindustry.com
11
teachfloor.com
11
community.instructure.com
10
ispring.com
8
instructure.com (its own website)
7
learnworlds.com
7
vibe.us
7
proprofstraining.com
6

In the study as Large private companies. One of the most visited websites in the United States (Similarweb, August 2026). The learning platform made by Instructure.

Every question, and where the company came up (11 of 15)
QuestionOpenAIClaudePerplexityGemini
  • Top edtech solutions for improving student engagement in online courses
  • Learning management systems vs. virtual classroom platforms: key differences
  • Is investing in an LMS worth it for a small college?
  • Do edtech solutions really improve business training outcomes?
  • Pros and cons of cloud-based LMS versus self-hosted solutions for schools
  • Typical pricing tiers for K–12 learning management systems in the US
  • Ways to use an LMS for professional development in businesses
  • What are the most user-friendly learning management systems for higher education institutions?
  • Course authoring systems versus learning management systems: which is better for curriculum design?
  • How can I troubleshoot login issues with institutional learning platforms?
  • Best digital learning tools for K–12 schools to support remote teaching
  • Why aren't assignments showing up in my LMS dashboard?
  • How can digital learning platforms support hybrid teaching models?
  • What are some alternatives to traditional learning management systems for classroom collaboration?
  • How much does it cost to implement an edtech platform for a mid-sized university?
named the companyanswered without naming itdid not answer

Columns, left to right: OpenAI, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini. The AI assistants often disagree. Across the study, on 40% of the questions where a company is named, only one of the four names it.

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