Does Studeia replace Canvas/Moodle/Blackboard at a university?

It can fully replace them at small-to-mid-size universities (up to ~5,000 students) that want to modernize and reduce TCO (60–85% vs. Canvas/Blackboard). For large universities already running Canvas/Moodle, a complementary approach via LTI 1.3 is more realistic — Studeia as an external tool in specific new courses without disinvesting from the primary LMS.

Does LTI 1.3 work with Canvas?

Yes, Studeia is an LTI 1.3 tool provider. Go to Canvas Admin > Settings > Apps > Add App > By Client ID. Configure placements (course navigation, assignment, etc.). Grades sync back automatically via AGS (Assignment and Grade Service). The same flow applies to Moodle (Site Admin > Plugins > External tool) and Blackboard.

Is Studeia's gradebook suitable for university use?

Yes. Weighted categories (e.g., Exams 60% + Assignments 30% + Participation 10%), drop_lowest per category, multi-criteria rubrics with custom scales, academic integrity flags (tab switch, copy/paste, time anomalies), and CSV export with weighted final grade by category — compatible with legacy academic systems. Automatic late penalty and scheduled release by date are on the roadmap (today, visibility is controlled by the item's isPublished toggle).

Does Enterprise SSO integrate with academic systems (Banner, Workday Student)?

Yes, via SAML 2.0, OIDC, and SCIM 2.0. Configure in your institutional IdP (Shibboleth, ADFS, Okta, Azure AD) pointing to /api/auth/sso/[slug]. SCIM 2.0 automatically syncs users and groups. For deeper integration with Banner/Workday: Studeia's public API (166 documented REST methods) enables custom ETL.

How many students per instructor can Studeia handle?

The architecture imposes no student-per-instructor limit (multi-tenant + Redis for leaderboards + pgvector for RAG). It is designed for large university cohorts: the AI tutor uses streaming + a request queue, and the gradebook is server-side paginated to support large class sizes. The total number of enrolled students depends on the contracted plan; Enterprise plans serve high volumes under a custom contract.

Use Case: University with Studeia (LTI + gradebook + rubrics)

3 University Scenarios

Scenario 1: Full Replacement (new private university / modernization)

Profile: New online-only college, private university up to ~5,000 students, institution running legacy Moodle looking to modernize.

Why Studeia:

TCO 60–85% lower than Canvas/Blackboard Enterprise
Modern UX without 6 months of staff training
Real AI tutor (vs. nascent Canvas AI/Blackboard AI)
Native white-label mobile B2B app
Setup in 1–2 months vs. 6–12 months for Canvas/Blackboard
Native data-privacy compliance (data stored in Brazil)
Support in Portuguese

Migration: IMS Common Cartridge from Moodle/Blackboard + users via SCIM. Legacy courses via LTI 1.3 initially.

Scenario 2: Complementary via LTI (large public university already on Canvas/Moodle)

Profile: Large public universities with Moodle/Canvas in production for 5–15 years.

Why Studeia as an LTI tool:

Specific new courses (e.g., a Computer Science course with a real AI tutor) without disinvesting from the main LMS
A pilot department experiments before an institutional decision
Integrates with the existing gradebook via AGS grade passback
Students use their institutional SSO (Shibboleth) — no new password
Low cost: only the instructor and students of that specific course are billed (R$3–8k/month for 100 students)

LTI Setup (15 minutes):

Studeia generates Tool URL + Client ID + JWKS at /institution/lti-tools
Canvas Admin → Settings → Apps → Add App → By Client ID → paste
Configure placements (course navigation, assignment)
In a Canvas course: add the Studeia tool

Scenario 3: New Online-Only College

Profile: Recently authorized 100% online college, focused on competitive tuition.

Why Studeia:

Complete platform (CMS + AI tutor + gradebook + LTI + mobile) with no per-module charges
Mobile B2B is essential (online students primarily use their phones)
AI tutor reduces human tutoring costs (1 human tutor for 200–500 students vs. 1 for 30–50 without AI)
Verifiable OB 3.0 (Open Badges 3.0) certificates (W3C VC) — a differentiator vs. competing colleges

Critical Features for Universities

Professional Gradebook

Feature	Details
Weighted categories	Exams 60% + Assignments 30% + Participation 10%
Multi-criteria rubrics	Each with a 1–5 or custom scale + level descriptions
Drop lowest N	Drop the N lowest scores per category (e.g., drop 2 lowest quizzes)
Integrity flags	Inline ShieldAlert on quizzes with tab switches / copy-paste / time anomalies
Item publishing	isPublished controls grade visibility (scheduled release by date: roadmap)
Late penalty	Roadmap (automatic late penalty not yet applied)
CSV export	Weighted final grade by category + drop-lowest; compatible with Google Sheets, Excel, and legacy systems

Quiz Engine with Psychometric Analytics

For university assessments (exams, assignments):

12 question types (multiple_choice, true_false, multiple_select, fill_blank, matching, ordering, numeric with tolerance, short_answer with normalization, cloze, hotspot, essay, calculated)
Configuration: maxAttempts, timeLimitMinutes, shuffleQuestions/Options, accessCode, scoringPolicy
Analytics: item difficulty, point-biserial discrimination, distractor analysis, Cronbach's alpha, score distribution
Reusable question bank + RAG ingestion so the AI tutor can cite your own questions

LTI 1.3 Tool Provider

Studeia works as a tool inside Canvas/Moodle/Blackboard:

Student in Canvas
  ↓ clicks "Studeia Module" (LTI launch)
Automatic OIDC authentication
  ↓
Studeia renders inside the Canvas iframe (or new tab)
  ↓
Student completes activity
  ↓
Studeia sends grade via AGS endpoint:
POST {issuer}/api/lti/courses/{courseId}/line_items/{itemId}/scores
  ↓
Grade appears in the Canvas gradebook (Canvas remains source-of-truth)

No data migration required — Canvas remains the source-of-truth for courses.

Enterprise SSO

Enterprise plan. Setup 1–2 days:

Settings > SSO > Add Provider > SAML or OIDC
Paste XML metadata (SAML) or discovery URL (OIDC) from your institutional IdP
Allowed domains (e.g., @student.university.edu)
SCIM 2.0 for automatic provisioning (new university users are enrolled automatically)
Group → Course mapping (e.g., group "Computer Science 2026.1" auto-enrolls in the semester's courses)

Isolated Multi-Tenancy per Unit

Large universities can run Studeia as one tenant per unit (School of Engineering, School of Medicine, Online Division, etc.) with:

Data isolated per unit
Separate white-label branding (color + logo per unit)
Local admin per unit (institution_admin)
Provost/VP Academic Affairs as global admin (access to all units)

TCO Comparison — 5,000-Student University / 3 Years

Item	Blackboard / Canvas Enterprise	Studeia Enterprise
License	USD $40k–125k/year × 3 = R$600k–1.875M	R$108k–288k (R$3–8k/month × 36)
Setup + implementation	USD $25k–100k	R$0–30k
Staff training	USD $10k–50k	Included (docs)
Custom development	USD $50k–300k	Via public API
AI costs (5,000 × R$4 × 36)	N/A (Canvas AI is extra)	R$720k
3-Year Total	R$1.5M–3.5M	R$828k–1.038M

Studeia is typically 30–60% cheaper. The gap narrows because AI costs scale proportionally.

Honest Gaps

Academic accreditation badges: Studeia does not yet have specific MEC (Brazil's Ministry of Education) seals (expected in 2026 H2). For federal public universities, this may be a blocker.
SCORM 2004: NOT supported. For legacy SCORM courses, you'll need to recreate them or keep the old LMS (via LTI).
Brazilian academic systems (Banner, SISU, e-MEC): Integration via the public API is possible but requires custom development.
Academic research: We have no dedicated module for research management, papers, or study groups. Our focus is teaching.
Digital libraries: We don't integrate with Pearson, Cengage, etc. However, Drive/OneDrive sync works for your own materials.

None of these gaps block Scenarios 1–3 above — which is exactly why the recommended path is a low-risk pilot.

From Plan to Practice

Scenario 2 (LTI) exists precisely to eliminate decision risk: a department pilots Studeia inside its existing Canvas/Moodle environment, with grades syncing via AGS, with zero migration. Create a free Demo account, configure LTI in 15 minutes, and let one course compare the AI tutor in practice. Pricing and details on the university page.

Transparency note: TCO figures are illustrative estimates based on public pricing — not formal quotes.