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One connected lifecycle for your Canvas data

Move courses into Canvas, keep an independently governed copy of live LMS data, and preserve historical content without losing access when you need it.

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  1. 1MoveBring courses and content into your LMS.
  2. 2ProtectKeep an independent, governed copy of live data.
  3. 3PreserveArchive history and restore content when needed.
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K16 Solutions partners with Instructure to help institutions migrate, protect, and preserve Canvas data—so course content and student records stay accessible, compliant, and ready to restore.

One Connected Lifecycle

Move, protect, and preserve your Canvas data

K16 supports the full life of your LMS data—from the courses you bring in, to the activity you need today, to the records you must retain for tomorrow.

Move

Migrate to Canvas

Move courses into Canvas at institutional scale while preserving course structure, quizzes, settings, files, and related content so courses arrive ready to teach.

  • Preserves course structure, modules, assignments, and content mapping
  • Migrates quizzes, question banks, rubrics, and gradebook data
  • Handles large-scale institutional migrations with automated validation
Explore Scaffold Migration
Protect

Own an Independent LMS Backup

Continuously capture Canvas course content, student activity, events, and digital file assets in a secure warehouse that remains available during an LMS outage and outside native API limits.

  • Read-only API connection to Canvas with no course-level changes
  • Independent data warehouse outside Canvas API limits
  • Searchable course and student-level data for reporting and continuity
Explore LMS Backup
Preserve

Archive & Restore Canvas Data

Retain Canvas course content and student data in a searchable, LMS-like archive, support compliance and accreditation needs, and restore individual course content to Canvas when needed.

  • Searchable LMS-like archive for courses, submissions, and records
  • Push-button restore of individual content back into Canvas
  • Supports compliance, accreditation, and long-term data retention
Explore Canvas Archiving

Dive Deeper

How K16 works with Canvas

Move

Migrate courses into Canvas at scale

K16's Scaffold Migration moves full courses, programs, and institutional content into Canvas while preserving the structure, assessments, and media your faculty need. Courses land ready to teach, with mappings validated and clean.

  • Preserves modules, assignments, quizzes, rubrics, and gradebook data
  • Automated validation and exception reporting at institutional scale
  • Works alongside your team or as a fully managed service
Explore Scaffold Migration
LMS migration data flow diagram

Protect

Own an independent Canvas data warehouse

DataX creates a secure, read-only copy of your Canvas data in a warehouse you control. When Canvas APIs throttle or the LMS is unavailable, you still have searchable access to course and student-level information.

  • Read-only API connection with no disruption to Canvas users
  • Course, enrollment, submission, and activity data in one place
  • Reporting and analytics outside Canvas native limits
Explore LMS Backup
Click to play: Own an independent Canvas data warehouse

Preserve

Archive and restore Canvas content on demand

Scaffold Archiving for Canvas retains courses, submissions, and student records in a searchable, LMS-like archive. When you need content back, restore it directly into Canvas with push-button simplicity.

  • Long-term retention for compliance and accreditation
  • Searchable archive that feels like Canvas
  • Restore individual courses, files, or records back into Canvas
Explore Canvas Archiving
Click to play: Archive and restore Canvas content on demand

How It Works

How the Canvas integration works

A secure, read-only connection to Canvas keeps your data flowing into the Scaffold Platform without disrupting teaching or learning.

Connect

K16 establishes a secure, read-only API connection to your Canvas environment. No plugins or course-level changes are required.

Capture

Course content, student activity, submissions, files, and gradebook data are extracted and stored in K16's independent, governed data warehouse.

Access & Restore

Search, report, and restore individual Canvas courses, content, or records directly back into Canvas—on demand and on your timeline.

490+Institutions served
1.2MCourses migrated
9.3MCourses archived
14Countries

Customer Proof

Trusted by Canvas institutions

When Canvas went down, we quickly realized the value of having independent access to our data through DataX. We weren't relying solely on standard APIs or limited reporting outputs; we had real visibility into the actual course and student-level data we needed.
Sean HauzeChief Operating Officer of ITSan Diego State University
By utilizing Canvas Archiving features, we can efficiently manage our course content and focus on delivering accessible and engaging learning materials to our students.
Matthew GunkelChief Information OfficerUC Riverside

Case Studies

How institutions use K16 with Canvas

University of California, Riverside

UC Riverside used K16's Canvas integration to manage course content at scale and deliver more accessible learning materials to students.

Read the UC Riverside story

Built for Compliance, Ready for Everything Else

Discover how institutions use K16 to preserve Canvas data for compliance, accreditation, and long-term institutional readiness.

Read the compliance story
We are excited to expand our migration service offerings and launch an enhanced migration experience for our customers through our new partnership with K16 Solutions.
Melissa LobleSVP of Customer Success & Partnerships, InstructureRead the partnership announcement

FAQ

Common questions about Canvas

What Canvas data can K16 migrate or archive?
K16 can migrate and archive courses, course structure, quizzes, assignments, rubrics, gradebook data, student submissions, discussions, files, and related content into and out of Canvas.
How does the Canvas API integration work?
K16 uses a secure, read-only API connection to Canvas. Data is extracted on a schedule that fits your institution, with built-in handling for Canvas API limits and rate throttling.
Is the backup independent of Canvas?
Yes. K16 stores a governed copy of your Canvas data in its own secure data warehouse, so it remains accessible even during Canvas outages or API disruptions.
Can archived Canvas courses be restored?
Yes. Individual course content, files, and records can be restored directly back into Canvas from the Scaffold Archiving interface with push-button simplicity.
Does K16 support Canvas migrations at scale?
Yes. K16 has migrated over 1.2 million courses across 14 countries, including large-scale Canvas migrations that preserve course structure and content integrity.

Put your Canvas data to work across its full lifecycle

See how K16 can help your institution migrate content, maintain independent access, and preserve historical LMS data.