During the 2015 General Session, the Legislature appropriated for Fiscal Year 2016, $612,600 from all sources for Course Management Systems. This is a 0.3 percent increase from Fiscal Year 2015 revised estimated amounts from all sources. The total includes $612,600 from the General/Education Funds, an increase of 0.3 percent from revised Fiscal Year 2015 estimates.
UEN provides a state-wide consortium license for Canvas, a course management system used by eight USHE institutions, the Utah College of Applied Technology (UCAT), and some K-12 districts and schools in Utah. Course Management Systems (CMS) are Internet applications that allow students and faculty to complete most course tasks online from any location and at any time. Students connect via the Internet to each other, their instructors, learning activities, shared research materials, library resources, and some textbooks. Integration with campus administrative systems provides automated enrollment and grade reporting. UEN licenses Canvas from Instructure, a Utah-based company.
The following table shows budget data for the CMS program.
COBI contains unaudited data as presented to the Legislature by state agencies at the time of publication. For audited financial data see the State of Utah's Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports.