What external tools are available in Canvas?
Below is a list of external tools (sometimes also called external apps or LTI apps) that have been installed in Canvas by IU campus. Although some may be visible in your course already, most are hidden by default, so you'll need to expose them. Additional tools may be installed in certain courses based on school or department, and you may be able to install some tools that are not installed already. For more about installing and exposing external tools, see Adding an external app to your course in Canvas.
| IUB | IUPUI | IUE | IUK | IUN | IUPUC | IUSB | IUS | IU School of Medicine | Manually created courses | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment | ||||||||||
| BadgeSafe For issuing badges to students based on criteria for assignments, modules, and total course points |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Bluepulse For gathering real-time anonymous feedback and conducting lightweight anonymous assessments |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | No | No | No | ✔Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Course Questionnaire (OCQ) For conducting mid-term and end-of-semester course evaluations/questionnaires |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | No | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | No | No |
| DropThought For gathering real-time anonymous feedback |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| LockDown Browser For preventing students from accessing external resources while taking quizzes in Canvas |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Taskstream* For conducting and participating in electronic portfolio programs and activities |
No | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | No |
| Taskstream Assignments* For exposing a Taskstream portfolio submission in Canvas as an external tool assignment |
No | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | No |
| Top Hat For asking questions and collecting student responses in class |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Turnitin For plagiarism detection, markup, and grading of assignments |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| View'em For posting a spreadsheet with scores, feedback, or other types of data for students to view |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Communication (real-time and asynchronous) | ||||||||||
| Chat For real-time chat in Canvas |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| CourseNetworking (CN Post) For academic networking and asynchronous discussion in a format similar to Facebook |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Piazza For asking and answering questions in an asynchronous discussion format |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Video Bridge For real-time conferencing via the IU Video Bridge |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| VoiceThread For asynchronous discussions focused on visual media, such as a documents, photographs, slides, videos, etc. |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Zoom For real-time web conferencing and collaboration |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Content creation, presentation, and management | ||||||||||
| Broadcast For distributing files to students' Box at IU accounts |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Canvas Commons For storing, finding, importing, and sharing course materials via the Canvas learning object repository |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| ForClass For presenting third-party and/or instructor-authored content and tracking student engagement (primarily for business courses) |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| IU eTexts (Unizin Engage) For reading electronic textbooks (eTexts) ordered through the IU eTexts initiative |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| IU Media Collections Online For accessing audio and video recordings from IU collections and select scholarly projects |
✔Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| IUSM Kaltura: Media Gallery For creating and managing a media collection for your course in Kaltura, IU's comprehensive video capture and management system |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ✔Yes | No |
| IUSM Kaltura: My Media For creating and managing media in your personal collection in Kaltura, IU's comprehensive video capture and management system |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ✔Yes | No |
| Kaltura: Media Gallery For creating and managing a media collection for your course in Kaltura, IU's comprehensive video capture and management system |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Kaltura: My Media For creating and managing media in your personal collection in Kaltura, IU's comprehensive video capture and management system |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| MediaSite 7 For creating and managing media in MediaSite, a video capture and management platform used by the IU School of Medicine |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ✔Yes | No |
| Office Mix For incorporating content published to the Office Mix server as assignments, as module items, or embedded within pages |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Reading Lists For creating and managing course reading lists of library resources |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | No | No |
| SCORM For uploading SCORM packages to use as graded or ungraded learning activities |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| SoftChalk Cloud For embedding interactive instructional content created in SoftChalk Cloud |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Course management | ||||||||||
| Cross-listing Assistant For cross-listing course sections in Canvas |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| IU Photo Roster For viewing and exporting course roster with official university photos and email addresses |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | No |
| Roll Call For taking and grading attendance |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Roster Status Report For determining when students were added to or removed from your Canvas course roster |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Digital Learning Tool (DLT) | ||||||||||
| Cengage MindLinks For accessing interactive online course material from Cengage |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| MacMillan Higher Education For accessing interactive online online course material from McMillan |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| McGraw-Hill Campus Connect For accessing interactive online course material from McGraw-Hill |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Pearson MyLab and Mastering For accessing interactive online course material from Pearson |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Pearson MyLabsPlus For accessing interactive online course material from Pearson |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| Library research | ||||||||||
| Library Research Guide For accessing customized and/or general research guides with links to online content from the IUPUI Library |
No | ✔Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Library Resources For accessing the main library page for the campus with which the course is associated |
No | No | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | No |
| Research Help For accessing customized and/or general research guides with links to online content from the IUB Libraries |
✔Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Miscellaneous | ||||||||||
| Campus course policies For accessing campus-specific course policy information |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | No |
| IUSM Resources For accessing online resources needed by faculty and students in the IU School of Medicine |
No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ✔Yes | No |
| WebDB Hosting environment for instructors teaching Oracle and SQL Server database concepts, SQL programming, and web development using .NET; this tool will be retired at the end of the spring 2018 semester |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| SIS integration | ||||||||||
| Export grades to SIS For exporting course grades in a format compatible with SIS |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes |
| SIS Faculty Center For accessing the SIS Faculty Center |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | No |
| SIS Grade Roster For accessing the SIS Grade Roster associated with the current course (redirects to the Faculty Center if the course has cross-listed sections) |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | No |
| SIS Performance Roster For accessing the SIS Performance Roster associated with the current course (redirects to the Faculty Center if the course has cross-listed sections) |
✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | ✔Yes | No |
Note:
Beginning October 1, 2017, Taskstream will only be available to students enrolled on the IUPUI campus and in the Schools of Education on the Bloomington, South Bend, and Southeast campuses.
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