*'Gets commendation from Education ministry


By Ikhili Ebalu, Benin City



 Management of Edo University Iyamho, Edo State is living up to  her commitment to graduate students in line with the University’s academic calendar irrespective of the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic by continuing academic activities online on her CANVAS Learning Management System (LMS).

Even as the Covid-19 pandemic shut doewn  lingers  across the Country the University has since commenced her 2nd semester  2019/2020 academic session.

The feat has since earned the school commendations from the  Minister of State, Ministry of Education, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba who lauded the institution for the effective use of Learning Management System 

The Minister expressed the Ministry’s joy that while tertiary institutions across the Country were shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, lecturers from Edo University Iyamho are using the CANVAS Learning Management System from their various homes and offices via CANVAS video conferencing facility to deliver quality education to students of the University

The feat , the Minister noted ‘allows the students to access a comprehensive collection of course materials, ranging from course lecture notes, presentation slides- textbooks, pictures, charts and illustrative diagrams, video links, video and audio materials and  all these materials have enhanced the students’ learning while at home´

The CANVAS Learning Management System is a digital learning platform where both staff and students can interact same way they do in their conventional classrooms.  It provides a computerized learning platform which enables students perform interactive academic activities online. 

Staff and students have access to the CANVAS Learning Management System either on their Laptops or using their android phones with their login details from anywhere in the world.

The CANVAS Learning Management System has capacity to accommodate 100 video conferencing /lectures.

Edo University Iyamho is the first University in the West African Sub Region to acquire this Ivy League Learning Management System which is in use by 70% of the best universities in the world today.

Acquired in the first semester of the 2018/2019 academic session and launched in January, 2019 by the Hon. Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who was represented by Prof (Mrs.) Ifeoma Isiugbo-Abanihe

The CANVAS Learning Management System has been in use in the University for more than a year, with both lecturers and students enrolled fully on the platform.

Recall that the Executive Governor of Edo State, His Excellency Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki recently commended the University for the Brilliant Performance recorded in the October/November 2019 programme accreditation by the National Universities Commission.