https://news.elearninginside.com/why-colleges-and-universities-are-adopting-canvas/ Life is but a canvas awaiting brush. Or some such crap.
I use it at HCC. It is ok, I liked Blackboard better. In Blackboard, you can adjust the final grade ( numerical wise), in Canvas, you cannot.
The Virginia Community College System, which has used Blackboard since the early 2000's, will be switching to Canvas this summer. We have it to use now if we want, and I'll be teaching with it in the spring.