Orah vs Canvas LMS
Orah + Canvas LMS = ✅

The best Attendance software addition to Canvas LMS

Orah focuses on attendance, well-being, and communication specifically for independent schools, while Canvas LMS is a learning management system (LMS) used in a variety of educational settings, from K-12 to higher education and professional development. Canvas LMS focuses on learning and engagement and offers a wide range of tools for content creation and delivery, while Orah is more focused on student safety and administrative functions.

Trusted by 500+ independent schools
"I think of [our SIS] as our filing cabinet—a system where you're shuffling through papers and a million different links trying to find information. Orah is our daily platform, where attendance is taken, pastoral notes are tracked, and everything is easy to navigate. The communication between the two is almost instantaneous—there’s no delay like we’ve experienced with other programs. Our SIS houses all the information, but Orah gives us the insights, graphs, and real-time data we actually need to understand attendance better."
- Sarah Steele, Dean of Students & Head of House, Ridley College

Trusted by 500+ Independent Schools

Why schools choose Orah over Canvas LMS
Why schools choose Orah + Canvas LMS

Orah streamlines attendance processes

Save administrative time and improve record accuracy. At USN, Orah helped increase their roll call completion rate to 98%, saving Assistant Head of School, Nicole Jules, 15-20 hours per month.

Fulfill duty of care responsibilities

Orah's real-time student location tracking features drastically improves school safety. Paired with Clipboard for extracurriculars, it's the perfect combo.

Simplify daily tasks for staff and improve communication with families

With features like mobile attendance, automated attendance notifications, and a robust absence & leave requests system.

"It was pretty seamless…within three or four weeks, we pretty much had everybody taking it [attendance] in Orah."

- Nicole Jules, Assistant Head of School for Student Affairs, University School of Nashville

What's the difference?

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Canvas LMS

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Communications Hub
Class Attendance
1:1 messaging & announcements
SIS Integrations
For K-12 institutions
Two-way SIS Integrations
Academic Attendance
Customizable dashboards
ISO 27001
Progress reports
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Orah real-time capabilities, mood checks, and focus on student safety complement Canvas LMS in the area of attendance and student wellbeing.

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Our Orah experts are here to help you and your team safeguard your students while they are in your care.

"If we don’t know that our students are safe and they are where they’re supposed to be, then we can’t really do anything else. Orah has made that part of our job much more efficient and much more sound."

- Ashley McDowell, Dean of Students, Episcopal High School

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"This is hands down the best application on the market in terms of making sure parents and staff understand where students are at any given time during the day.

It also has done a great job of expanding into buy-in areas for students such as having event sign-ups inside the application. Having parent accounts also does a great job of keeping lines of communication open between the parents, school, and students.
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- Andrew Wright,
Foxcroft Academy, NY, USA