Canvas a learning management system (LMS) that can

be a one-stop shop for learning resources in this age of bewildering abundance.
shift your roles from attendance taker, quiz grader, and class manager to teachers and mentors.
save you time and travel when you can share documents, communicate with students online on a platform they are familiar with.
migrate content from semester to semester and make improvements along the way.
facilitate departmental collaborate as you share learning resources more easily through a common digital platform.
give you better insights on the learning processes before the results come in (often too late already).
excuse-proof your courses when you can show digital footprints of students.
help you individualize your instruction based on student learning needs.
provide professional communication pathways among students, and between you and students.
address student concern that course-related information is scattered in different places. Most students are exposed to various functions of the LMS in other classes and may hope you can use it as well.