CourseKeel
CourseKeel is a web-based curriculum authoring studio that links standards and outcomes with courses, objectives, assessments, and lessons across a program.
What CourseKeel is
CourseKeel is a web-based curriculum authoring studio that links standards and outcomes with courses, objectives, assessments, and lessons across a program. It is designed for instructional designers, curriculum directors, and academic leaders in K–12 schools, charter networks, and higher education. Teams can import standards through IMS CASE v1.1, Canvas outcomes, CSV, or AI extraction from PDF or text. Alignment maps place standards at Introduce, Develop, or Master depth and can be exported to CSV or printed. AI-generated assessment items connect to objectives and DOK levels, use uploaded course materials as grounding, and can be reviewed, edited, then exported as Canvas New Quizzes, QTI, or print-ready tests. CourseKeel publishes to Canvas and exports IMS Common Cartridge for Moodle, Brightspace, Blackboard, and Schoology. Direct Common Cartridge and Canvas API import remains in development. Institutional pricing is available on request, with unlimited users and courses.
Good
- Imports standards through several formats
- Maps outcomes by depth levels
- AI-assisted assessment authoring
- Exports to major LMS formats
- Unlimited users and courses
Watch out
- No free plan or free trial
- Pricing is available on request
- Direct course import is in development
- Accessibility evaluation is still in progress
Who it suits
CourseKeel suits education teams managing curriculum alignment, assessment authoring, and LMS delivery across programs. It is aimed at institutional leaders and designers rather than student users.
Verdict
CourseKeel connects standards, curriculum structure, assessments, and LMS publishing in one web workflow. Buyers should confirm import needs, accessibility expectations, and institution-specific pricing during a pilot.
Plans and prices
From CourseKeel's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Institutional pricing | Priced on request | Per institution · unlimited users · unlimited courses · no per-seat fees or per-course caps · tiers vary by integrations |
The facts
Each one read from CourseKeel's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Accessibility
- CourseKeel targets WCAG 2.2 AA, but its manual evaluation is in progress and it says it does not yet publish a verified conformance claim.checked 8 Oct 2026
- AI data handling
- The privacy policy says only the minimum relevant content is sent to Google Gemini for a request and customer content is not used to train AI models.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Alignment maps
- Users map standards or outcomes to courses at Introduce, Develop, or Master depth, then export the map to CSV or print it.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Assessment authoring
- AI-generated assessment items can be tied to course objectives and DOK levels, grounded in uploaded course materials, reviewed, edited, and exported as Canvas New Quizzes, QTI, or print-ready tests.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Audience
- It is aimed at instructional designers, curriculum directors, and academic leaders at K–12 schools, charter networks, and higher-education institutions.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Import limitation
- Direct course import from Common Cartridge and the Canvas API is in development; teams can currently rebuild structure with AI assistance and align courses retroactively.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The privacy policy lists Google OAuth, Microsoft Entra ID when enabled, Google Gemini API, Canvas LMS, Supabase, Vercel, Stripe, Sentry, PostHog, Resend, and Cloudflare Turnstile.checked 8 Oct 2026
- LMS delivery
- CourseKeel can publish to Canvas and export IMS Common Cartridge for compatible LMSs including Moodle, Brightspace, Blackboard, and Schoology.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Pilot and support
- CourseKeel offers sales-led pilots rather than self-serve free trials, provides a dedicated onboarding contact for the first 60 days, and says it usually replies to questions within one business day.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- CourseKeel is a curriculum authoring studio that connects standards and outcomes to courses, objectives, assessments, and lessons across a program of study.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy describes TLS 1.2-or-higher encryption in transit, AES-256 encryption at rest, organization-level tenant isolation, audit logging, and US data storage and processing.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Standards import
- Users can import standards through IMS CASE v1.1, Canvas outcomes, CSV, or AI extraction from PDF or text.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Student data
- CourseKeel says it is not student-facing and does not directly collect student personally identifiable information or education records.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- The homepage identifies Joseph Barr as founder and describes his background as a teacher, instructional designer, Canvas administrator, and Quality Matters Master Reviewer.checked 8 Oct 2026
