Overview

September 20

From almost day one, edtech company Instructure has leveraged the cloud from Amazon Web Services (AWS) on its way to becoming the biggest learning management system (LMS) provider in the country.

After successfully scaling up its main platform Canvas, Instructure faced the new hurdle of integrating various acquisitions and growing into different business lines. Collaborating with AWS, the company overcame these challenges and established a burgeoning ecosystem in the cloud.

Now Instructure is building the Instructure Learning Platform, a set of integrated teaching and learning solutions centered on open technology. The platform will allow Instructure’s ecosystem of over 700 partners to reach more customers and innovate faster—creating deeper, more meaningful integrations for all customers.

Join Government Technology on September 20 at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern to hear the details about Instructure’s fascinating success story and vision. During this 30-minute webinar, you’ll learn how AWS can help your company achieve platform maturity and maximize its potential in the edtech space.

Speakers

Zach Pendleton

Chief Architect, Instructure

Currently the Chief Architect at Instructure, makers of Canvas, Zach Pendleton has spent over a decade working at the intersection of technology, education, and people. Focused now on how technology informs and empowers pedagogy, Zach leads Instructure’s advance development team and is tasked with applying new technology to solve education’s most pressing problems.

Sean McSpaden — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Education

Sean McSpaden is an executive level information technology professional with over 30 years of experience in the private, non-profit, and public sectors. His background includes the start-up and management of several small businesses and he has served on the Board of Directors or in Executive Director positions for several 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Sean’s public service experience includes progressively responsible positions as an IT analyst, and in statewide coordination, management and leadership positions within the Executive and Legislative branches of Oregon state government. From June 2008 to September 2013, served as the state of Oregon’s Deputy State Chief Information Officer.

Webinar

The Story of Instructure: How AWS Cloud Enabled the Instructure Learning Platform