Overall I'm pleased with the setup of the assessment tools I've played with so far in Canvas - I can set something in one place (assessment weighting, standard) and then find it again in another. The ability to list for students the various outcomes they will be covering has been great as well - we can, as a class, tick off what we're doing and when.
The implementation of SBG, however, has really got me thinking in terms of the assessment I give. Unlike some courses where there are a few outcomes covered all year (students will analyze texts, etc), mathematics and physics sees a lot of very specific outcomes that don't always directly connect. Thus, in an attempt to set up SBG for a physics course, I notice that I really don't have the time to assess all of my standards terribly often to see a "meeting" or "not meeting". Sometimes I'm only able to get them once - a final unit test - and even then, it's only a question or two. Adding assessment is a possibility, but then I found I would have to do "summative" type assessments every class.
There are a few places that have great examples (Here, here and here) which I will have to read further into, but overall, it looks impressive. My only comment on the websites at this point is that they seem to have a lot of class time - way more than I ever get - but perhaps I can modify a bit of what they do to make myself feel more comfortable about assessing something as being "met".
I'm interested in delving a bit more into SBG and the discussion on e-portfolios in the last blog post and will look forward to discussing it with others in the future.