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Canvas delivers content.Delphinium delivers Engagement!

Delphinium transforms the Canvas courses you already teach into engaging student experiences and an early-warning system for parents and teachers. No migration. No extra work. Just turn it on.

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Cut fail-rate up to31%!
  • Go live in less than 3 minutes. Keep Canvas, enhance with Delphinium.
  • Zero learning curve. Teachers keep using Canvas exactly as before.
  • Built on science. 14 years of published behavioral research.

The hidden costs

Education moved online, Engagement didn't follow.

In a classroom, teachers can read the room, catch a glance, and stand by the student who is drifting. None of that survives the move to a screen.In a classroom, faculty can read the room, catch a glance, and stand by the student who is drifting. None of that survives the move to a screen.

When engagement breaks down...

Attendance

1 in 4

students are chronically absent, still elevated years after the shift online.

RAND / Return to Learn Tracker, 2024-25

Completion and retention

4 in 10

students drop out of college. About 2M a year leave with student loan debt, but no degree to help pay for that debt.

1 in 3

first-year students don't return for year two.

60%

of students don't finish a bachelor's in 4 years; 40% still haven't in 6.

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES / IPEDS)

AchievementHigher withdrawal rates

1 in 310–15%

students score below grade level. The lowest performers keep losing ground.for lower income and underprepared students in online courses.

The Nation's Report Card (NAEP), 2024Columbia University

CostEarnings and employment

$229K$1M

the cost of a K-12 education and lost potential when students don't finish.less in lifetime earnings without a degree, and twice as likely to be unemployed.

U.S. Census Bureau, FY2024Pew Research Center

ThreeThese are the stats that keep us up at night, and the reason we made Delphinium. crises, one cause: disengagement. Doing nothing is the most expensive option you have.

Canvas knows who's falling behind. It just won't tell you.

Every missed login, late assignment, and skipped module is a warning sign. Canvas records all the signals, then scatters them across pages nobody has time to read. By the time a struggling student shows up in the gradebook, the window to help them has often already closed.

  • Invisible until it's too late

    Struggling students rarely speak up. They go quiet, one missed assignment at a time, until they're too far behind to catch up.

  • Thirty messages, one at a time

    Every check-in is written by hand, one student at a time. So most of the messages that could save a student never get sent.

  • Detective work, not teaching

    You get hours of digging through gradebooks and reports, paid for with nights and weekends instead of time with students.

  • Parents in the dark

    Parents want to be the coach in their kid's corner, but most find out they're struggling after it's too late.

Stop hunting for struggling students, Delphinium brings them to you.

Control Tower

See everything, Act in seconds.

Delphinium pulls all of Canvas's scattered data into one clear view, so teachers see who needs support at a glance, and can reach out in seconds.

  • Turn Canvas into an early-warning powerhouse
  • Red, yellow, and green reveal who needs help first
  • One click gives the full picture: grades, progress, missing and late work, and more!
  • Send mass messages to parents and students

“I can see, with color, my students' progress – see their points, their percentages… to tell me where a student is very quickly. This has saved most of my Saturday nights!”

Natalie NiederhauserHigh School Math Teacher, Davis Connect
Schedule a demo Watch: Insightful data
Control Tower roster: every student in a row with grade, points, and green, yellow, or red activity and status flags.
Student detail panel showing grades, progress, observers, and engagement counts for past due, missing, and late work.

Community Builder

The right nudge, Right on time.

Stop blasting the whole class. Target exactly the students who need to hear from you, with exactly the right information – automatically. And include their parents too!

Right message, right person

  • Message one student, a group, or the whole class
  • Trigger outreach automatically from performance data
  • Automatically personalize with students' data
  • Keep parents in the loop with a single click
  • Auto-translate into 240 languages

Less work, wider reach

  • Schedule messages to arrive at just the right time
  • Progress reports and reminders that send themselves
  • Start from a saved template, or let AI draft for you
  • One message, six channels: Canvas, personal email, SMS, etc.
  • One history of who was told what, and when

“You just saved me hours of mail merging! This saves teachers so much time and really brings that part of personalized learning that we all strive to reach.”

Sarah RuizCurriculum Director

“We can send targeted communication to specific groups of kids – and the data shows us exactly who those kids are.”

Ryan HansenDigital Learning Director
Message Center templates: Welcome to Class, Student Support Follow-Up, Weekly Progress Report, and Low Activity Warning, with default and disable settings.
Create Message window for personalized outreach, with a supportive note to students and an option to include observers.
Schedule a demo Watch: Communication that works!

Early intervention for every at-risk student. Do more, in less time.

Engagement Builder

Which class would YOU rather finish?

For online students, Canvas is school, and too often it looks like a gray wall of text.

CanvasA standard Canvas module: a gray list of pages, PDFs, and assignments for Unit 5, Nuclear Chemistry.
Canvas + Delphinium!The same kind of Canvas course with Delphinium on: a course home with teacher photo, a countdown to the last day to submit, and color-coded weekly unit cards with progress bars.

Clear progress. Real wins.

When it's hard to see progress and what's next, students fall behind without realizing it. One missed assignment becomes three, grades start to slip, and by the time a student realizes they're behind, catching up feels out of reach.

With Delphinium, students can see at a glance what's done, what's in progress, and what comes next, so they own the journey.

Schedule a demo Watch: Meaningful engagement

“If you ask kids, they don't like Canvas. It's basic… it needs something else to engage…”

Ryan HansenDigital Learning Director

“I was sitting on the couch watching Netflix and the thought popped into my head: I could be doing homework right now, and I did!”

Delphinium student survey response

Nobody quits when they're winning.

Every app on your student's phone is designed to capture their attention. Delphinium brings that same science of engagement into Canvas, so students build toward mastery instead of watching their grade slip away. Those apps took years to build. Adding Delphinium only takes minutes.

Engagement Builder widgets: Who's Near Me alias leaderboard, prize boxes, an avatar, a percent-complete gauge, a performance ring, and achievements.
Who's Near Me alias leaderboard, prize boxes, and a student avatar.Percent of assignments complete gauge, performance ring, and achievements.

Delphinium automatically creates success signals and milestones from the course you've already built. And teachers can always customize every piece.

  • Progress they can feel – Color-coded trackers count every point earned
  • Always a next step – Students know what's done, what's due, and where to go
  • Encouraging success signals – Avatars, prize boxes, achievements, celebrations, and more
  • Learning WITH others – Anonymous and optional comparison and competition build community
  • Urgency students can see – Nudges keep "I'll do it later" from turning into "I forgot"
Schedule a demo Watch: Effortless gamification

“Our students absolutely love the interactive elements where they earn points to enhance their avatars and unlock prize boxes.”

“We have had students redo a quiz that they did poorly on to earn more points so they could just earn googly eyes for their avatar!”

Tiffany DanceInstructional Coach

See who's using Delphinium

Trusted by schools like yours.

  • Davis School District
  • Utah Virtual Academy
  • Baker Web Academy
  • Kings Peak High School
  • Kelsey Peak Virtual Middle School
  • Rocky Peak Virtual Elementary
  • American Heritage Online High School
  • Mewa
  • Virtual Prince William

The full story

Hear it from educators Who use Delphinium every day.

Digital Learning and Curriculum Directors
Teachers and Instructional Coaches

Proof

Years of research behind every design decision.

Long before Delphinium was a product, its founders were researchers, studying what actually drives students to engage, and publishing what they found. Every engagement principle in Delphinium is grounded in peer-reviewed research, built on decades of work by the field's leading scholars.

  • Peer-reviewed14 yrsof published research behind the platform
  • Publications10peer-reviewed studies & book chapters
  • Cited by the field230+citations by other researchers

The Davis Connect study

31%

decrease in course failure rates.

Davis School District, Utah. 72 online classes and 6,000 students.

  • 14 sections, ~420 students
  • High-enrollment, high-failure freshman gateway courses, just like the toughest ones at your school

The courses didn't change. The teachers didn't change. Engagement did, and so did the outcomes.

More from the UVU studies

  • 64% fewer failures for part-time faculty
  • 67% fewer withdrawals
  • 65% fewer dropouts

More motivation

72%

of students say a Delphinium course is more motivating than a traditional Canvas course.

In their words

“Fun.”

One of the most common words students reported when we ask how a Delphinium course is different.

Delphinium is built on three proven theories of student engagement:

  • Self-regulated learning

    When students have the right information, they can set meaningful goals, monitor their progress, and reflect on what's working, adapting and driving their own learning.

    In Delphinium

    • Students see their progress, performance, and priorities at a glance
    • Progress updates create a feedback loop students use to adjust and improve
    • A clear view of the whole journey helps students set goals and take ownership

  • Behavioral economics (Nudge theory)

    When next steps are clear, timely, and easy to act on, students are more likely to follow through and build momentum toward success.

    In Delphinium

    • Clear visual cues make priorities and next steps easy to follow
    • Timely nudges prompt action before students fall behind
    • Celebrations and success signals reinforce momentum and persistence

  • Social presence

    When students feel seen, connected, and supported, they are more likely to engage, participate, and persist.

    In Delphinium

    • Personalized outreach helps students feel seen and valued
    • Students feel the class moving around them and know they're not alone
    • Teachers stay in sync with every student and build trust that fuels engagement
    • Parents and guardians get the visibility they need to support their student's success
Schedule a demo Watch: Evidence, research, and theory

Easy to deploy

Teachers and content don't change, Engagement does.

Lightning fast setup

Go live in less than three minutes. Delphinium adds a layer over the Canvas courses you already have and builds itself from your existing content. You get Delphinium-enhanced Canvas, with no migration, no rebuild, and no new platform.

Zero learning curve

Teachers keep using Canvas exactly as before. Edits in Canvas flow through automatically. Teachers do not learn a new tool. And because every course shares the same layout, students can navigate all their classes with ease.

FERPAHECVATWCAG 2.1 Level AALTI 1.3US-hosted on AWS

Schedule a demo Watch: Integration is easy!

Your schoolprogram already runs on Canvas, Make it work harder for you

Your turn

See Delphinium on one of your Canvas courses.

Meet Dr. Jared R. Chapman, the researcher behind Delphinium. See how it will work in your Canvas courses and get your questions answered.

Schedule a demo with Jared

You're invited

Delphinium + your Canvas courses

Dr. Jared R. ChapmanThe researcher behind Delphinium

Good to know

  • No migration to plan
  • Nothing to install before the call
  • You stay in Canvas
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Delphinium Privacy Policy

Delphi M.E., LLC (DBA Delphinium)

Effective / Last Reviewed: October 13, 2026

Your Privacy is Important to Us

At Delphi M.E., we are committed to respecting your privacy. We recognize that when you choose to provide us with information about yourself, you trust us to act in a responsible manner and to protect and safely manage any Personal Information that you share with us.

"Personal Information" means any information that may be used to identify an individual, including, but not limited to, a first and last name, a physical address and an email address or other contact information, whether at work or at home.

Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information. When reading through this Privacy Policy, please read the entire contents and do not rely on headings, which are illustrative of some but not all the contents and should not be read so as to limit any of the terms and conditions detailed below each heading.

This Privacy Policy should be read together with the Delphinium End User License Agreement at https://www.delphi-me.com/eula.

Definitions

  • "You" and "Your" refers jointly and severally to the individual accessing this site and the Delphi M.E. customer or partner by which You are employed or with which You are related.
  • "Materials" refers to the software, courseware, toolkits, documentation and all other information, whether tangible or intangible, that Delphi M.E. makes available.
  • "Services" refers to the services provided by Delphi M.E. in connection with the Materials, as well as any other related education or training services provided by or through Delphi M.E. via its website.
  • "User Content" refers to any data, text, links, media, or other content that You submit to Delphi M.E. via a Website.

Information We Collect

  • From the learning management system (Canvas / LTI) when an institution enables Delphinium in a course, we may receive:
    • LTI / OAuth access and identity tokens needed to authenticate the session;
    • Course context (course ID, title, section identifiers);
    • User roster fields provided by the LMS for authorized educational use (for example: name, email, LMS user ID, role such as learner/instructor);
    • Activity and gamification data generated in Delphinium (progress, points, badges, engagement events tied to the course);
    • Configuration set by instructors/admins.

Exact fields depend on the institution's LMS settings and the LTI version in use.

  • From institutions / Authorized Users: admin contacts, billing contacts, support tickets, training registrations.
  • From parents/guardians (opt-in SMS): mobile numbers and SMS consent records (see SMS/Text Message Data Privacy below).
  • From websites: device identifiers as described below; contact-form submissions.

We do not require students to create a separate Delphinium consumer account outside the institution's LMS path.

When We Collect Information

We collect information primarily when the institution installs/configures Delphinium and when users launch the LTI tool; also when parents opt in to SMS; when Authorized Users contact support or use marketing/docs sites.

How We Use Information

We use information solely to provide, secure, support, and improve the contracted educational Services for the Purchaser; to send Authorized User / parent communications they have consented to or that the Purchaser authorized under the Purchase Agreement; and for de-identified/aggregate analytics. We do not use student Personal Information for targeted advertising or for sale.

How We Protect Your Information

We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information. Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology. Also, Personal Information is stored in an encrypted format.

(See Retention and Deletion below for storage periods.)

JWT and Similar Technologies

We do not use 'cookies'. We use JWT and similar technologies:

  • Essential: required for login/session continuity and security of Delphinium and our sites.
  • Functional: remember UI preferences between page loads.

We do not use advertising cookies on student LTI surfaces.

How We Share Information

We do not sell Personal Information, and we do not use student Personal Information for targeted advertising.

We may disclose Personal Information only:

  • To the Purchaser institution that contracted for the Services (and to individuals that institution authorizes);
  • To service providers / subprocessors that process data on our behalf to operate the Services (for example: cloud hosting, SMS message delivery, email delivery, customer support tooling), under contracts that limit use to our instructions and require appropriate confidentiality and security;
  • If required by law, legal process, or to protect rights, safety, and security;
  • In a corporate transaction (merger, acquisition, asset sale), subject to equivalent protections and notice where required.

All the above categories exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent; this information will not be shared with any third parties.

A current list of material subprocessors is available upon request to support@delphi-me.com.

Text Messaging (SMS)

We will not share your opt-in to an SMS campaign with any third party for purposes unrelated to providing you with the services of that campaign. We may share your Personal Data, including your SMS opt-in or consent status, with third parties that help us provide our messaging services, including but not limited to platform providers, phone companies, and any other vendors who assist us in the delivery of text messages.

Message frequency varies. Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out or HELP for help.

Third-Party Links

We do not include or offer third-party products or services in Delphinium.

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

Security Incident Notice

If we become aware of a security incident that compromises Personal Information we process for a Purchaser, we will notify the Purchaser without unreasonable delay and in accordance with applicable law and any signed DPA after confirming the incident, via the security/admin contacts on file (email). We will provide information reasonably available about the nature of the incident, data involved, and remediation steps. Individual notice may be provided by or through the institution where required.

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN-SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

To be in accordance with CAN-SPAM, we agree to not collect email addresses for the purposes of commercial email through the Delphinium software.

Ownership and Storage of Information

Delphi M.E. and its licensors own the code, databases, and all rights to all software and any feedback You provide; provided that, as between You and Delphi M.E., subject to the terms of this Privacy Policy, You retain all rights to the Personal Information, materials, and user content You provide to Delphi M.E. If You incorporate into feedback any User Content, you hereby grant Delphi M.E. a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, and display the User Content when operating any Website and for Delphi M.E.'s internal business purposes.

Retention and Deletion

We retain Personal Information only as long as needed to provide the contracted educational Services to the Purchaser institution, to comply with legal obligations, to resolve disputes, and to enforce our agreements.

  • Live service data associated with an active institutional subscription: retained for the subscription term.
  • After contract end or written deletion request from the Purchaser: we delete or de-identify Personal Information from production systems at the request of the client, except where retention is required by law or a signed DPA.
  • Backups: residual copies in encrypted backups are overwritten on a backup rotation cycle.
  • User Content you submit via a Website (non-education-record feedback/content): destroyed within 60 days of a verified request by You.

We do not retain Personal Information indefinitely. De-identified or aggregate data that cannot reasonably identify an individual may be retained for product improvement and analytics.

Change Management of Privacy Policy

Delphi M.E. may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time by posting a revised policy on this Website, or a similar Website that replaces this Website. If Delphi M.E. amends the Privacy Policy, the new policy will apply to Personal Information previously collected only insofar as the rights of the individual affected are not reduced. If Delphi M.E. makes substantial changes to this Privacy Policy, Delphi M.E. will endeavor to notify You of such changes (e.g., by email). However, regularly reviewing this page is the best method to ensure You are always aware of the information Delphi M.E. collects, how it is used and under what circumstances.

SMS/Text Message Data Privacy

When parents or guardians opt in to receive SMS text messages through our platform, we collect their mobile phone number solely for the purpose of delivering text message notifications about their student's academic progress on behalf of the school or district. Mobile phone numbers and SMS opt-in consent data will not be shared with, sold to, or disclosed to third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes. We may share mobile phone numbers with service providers who assist in delivering messages (such as our SMS gateway provider), but only as necessary to operate the service and subject to confidentiality obligations. Parents and guardians may opt out of SMS messages at any time by replying STOP. Upon opt-out, their mobile number will be removed from active messaging lists. For questions about SMS messaging, reply HELP to any message or contact support@delphi-me.com.

Institutional Authorized User Communications

Separately, under our Purchase Agreement (https://www.delphi-me.com/purchase-agreement) Section 15, the Purchaser may authorize us to contact Authorized Users (teachers, administrators, and staff, not students) by email, SMS, in-product notice, or phone for onboarding, training, service notices, and support. We do not use Authorized User contact information to communicate directly with students. Opt-out: STOP for SMS; other channels as provided. Details are in the Purchase Agreement; this Policy governs how we handle the contact data.

Service Providers (Subprocessors)

We use carefully selected service providers to operate Delphinium. Categories include:

  • Cloud hosting: store and run the application and databases
  • SMS gateway: deliver parent/Authorized User text messages
  • Email delivery: transactional and support email
  • Customer support: ticket / helpdesk tooling
  • Analytics: product analytics

Providers may process Personal Information only to perform services for us and must not use it for their own marketing. Contact support@delphi-me.com for the current named list.

Children's Privacy (COPPA) and Student Users

Delphinium is offered to educational institutions, not as a consumer social product directed to children. When we receive Personal Information about students, including students under 13, we do so as a service provider to the school/district under the institution's direction and contract.

  • School consent model: We rely on the educational institution to authorize collection and use of student information for the contracted educational purpose, consistent with applicable law (including COPPA where the school acts as agent for the parent).
  • We do not condition a student's participation on disclosing more Personal Information than needed for the educational Service.
  • We do not use student Personal Information for targeted advertising.
  • Parents/guardians who want to review or delete student information should generally contact their school; we will support the school's verified request.
  • This Privacy Policy is not a substitute for any COPPA direct notice the school may be required to provide.

Your Privacy Choices and Requests

  • Students / parents (education records): Please contact your school or district first. We will assist the institution with verified access, correction, or deletion requests as required by our contract and applicable law.
  • Authorized Users / website visitors: Email support@delphi-me.com with "Privacy Request" in the subject. We may need to verify identity and the institution relationship.
  • SMS: Reply STOP to opt out; HELP for help (see SMS/Text Message Data Privacy above).

We may decline requests that are unverifiable, conflict with legal retention duties, or must be handled exclusively by the institution.

Education Records and Institutional Customers

For K–12 and higher-education customers, we process student-related Personal Information as a service provider / contractor to the institution to deliver the contracted instructional Services. The institution determines the educational purposes and remains responsible for its FERPA notices and parental rights workflows. This Privacy Policy is a public summary and does not replace a signed Student Data Privacy Agreement (DPA/NDPA). See also our FERPA statement and contact support@delphi-me.com to request a DPA.

California Privacy Rights (If Applicable)

If Delphi M.E., LLC is a "business" under the CCPA/CPRA for a given calendar year, California residents may have rights to know, delete, correct, and opt out of sale/sharing. We do not sell Personal Information. To exercise rights, email support@delphi-me.com.

Where We Store Data

Delphinium production systems are hosted in the United States. We do not intentionally transfer student Personal Information outside the United States except as a Purchaser directs or as a subprocessor's support path requires, with appropriate protections.

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below.

Delphi M.E., LLC (DBA Delphinium)

1754 E 260 N, Spanish Fork, UT

https://www.delphi-me.com

Privacy / support: support@delphi-me.com

Last Reviewed: October 13, 2026

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