Approved external digital tools (third party software) can be added to Canvas to add new features or functionality, such as publisher materials and specialized tools. CSU has a number of external tool integrations with Canvas. These integrations usually use an LTI (Learning Tool Interoperability) to connect these tools to Canvas.
Most approved external tools are added to a course module or an assignment in Canvas.
A few select external tools (Echo360, Pearson, Macmillan) can be added to the left course navigation.
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Approved External Tools and Support
Tool Name Purpose Who
Pays CostWho Can Use User Support: ALEKS (Chemistry) Chemistry homework tool Student pay College of Natural Sciences Aleks Support ARES eReserve Integrate eReserves Library All Campus CSU e-Reserve Support Attendance (Roll Call) Take classroom attendance Included with Canvas All Campus Roll Call Guides Banana Vision VR VR access to Canvas quizzes College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Certain Biomedical Sciences courses Todd Clapp – CVMBS Big Blue Button Part of the Conferences tool Included with Canvas All Campus BongoLearn Video feedback College of Liberal Arts Languages College of Liberal Arts Languages courses BongoLearn Support Canvas Credentials (formerly Badgr) Assign badges for complete tasks CSU Online CSU Online Canvas Credentials Support Cengage Homework platform Student pay All Campus Cengage Support ClioVis Visualization tool for mind-mapping, timelines, and presentations College of Liberal Arts History Department ClioVis Support CVMBS Anatomy LTIs Species specific interactive anatomy tool Free College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences See College Design Tools Cidilabs Page design, images, multi tool CSU Online All Campus CidiLabs Design Tools Support Echo 360 Lecture capture Central IT All Campus CSU Echo360 help FlatWorld Homework Flatworld Homework Student pay College of Business GoReact Video feedback Student pay All Campus GoReact Support Gradescope Tii Grading tool that allows for handwritten submission digitalization and automatic grading CSU All Campus Gradescope Support Great River Publishing e-texts Student pay All Campus Great River Support iClicker Classroom response system UTFAB paid for students All Campus iClicker Support Kaltura Video Content Platform College of Business, CSU Online College of Business, CSU Online Kaltura Knowledge Base LibApps Guides Add CSU designed library guides Library All Campus CSU Research Support LinkedIn Learning Business, technology-related, and creative skills training CSU All Campus LinkedIn Learning Support Lyryx Assessment tool for Math, Economics and Business College of Natural Sciences Math Department Lyryx Support Macmillan Learn LaunchPad Interactive e-text platform Student pay All Campus Macmillan Learn Support McGraw Hill Connect Online content and assignments Student pay All Campus McGraw Hill Support Microsoft Office 365 Collaboration tool Central IT All Campus Canvas Collaboration Guide Mobius Pre-calculus testing Student pay Math Department NameCoach Provide pronunciation recording, preferred pronouns, and honorifics for each user CSU All Campus NameCoach Support Norton SmartWork (Chemistry) Online homework system, used mostly by CHEM Student pay All Campus SmartWork Support PackBack Student pay All Campus PackBack Support Pearson MyLab & Reveal Online content and assignments Student pay All Campus Pearson Support Piazza Dynamic discussion tool Student pay All Campus Piazza Support PlayPosit Interactive content College of Business College of Business PlayPosit Community RamMobile Integration with CSU mobile app Division of IT All Campus Division of IT RamMobile Information ReadSpeaker/docReader Text-to-speech tool ATRC All Campus CSU ReadSpeaker Support Respondus Exam integrity Central IT Campus RI courses Respondus Support Rubin Education e-text Business communication skills Student pay All Campus Rubin Canvas Support Sage Vantage e-text requested by College of Business Student pay All Campus Sage Vantage Support SIMNet McGraw Hill Microsoft Office tutorial/training Student pay College of Business and upon request SIMnet Overview SmartEvals Campus course survey software Testing Center All Campus Course Survey Support SmartSparrow CVMBS Adaptive learning tool Student pay College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences SmartSparrow Resources TRUE+WAY ASL ASL Course curriculum College of Liberal Arts ASL Courses TRUE+WAY Support TurnitIn Anti-plagiarism, learn how to cite properly Central IT All Campus CSU TurnItIn Information Tutor.com Online tutoring assistance CSU Online CSU Online In Tutor.com tool U-Behavior Quiz analytics Free By request UDoIt Accessibility checker CSU Online All Campus Canvas Accessibility at CSU Verba VitalSource Bookstore eResource management Student pay – Option for students to opt out of purchase All Campus Inclusive Access Support Vista Higher Learning e-text platform Student pay College of Liberal Arts – LLC Vista Higher Learning Support WebAssign (Math Physics) e-text and homework platform Student pay College of Natural Sciences WebAssign Support WileyPlus e-text platform Student pay All Campus WileyPlus Support Yellowdig Interactive discussion tool Student pay All Campus YellowDig Support zyBooks Homework platform for Computer Science courses Student pay All Campus zyBooks Support -
External Tools Under Review
Tool Name Purpose Which College Requested CHEM 101 Chemistry homework and assessment tool Natural Sciences MATLAB Grader Automated MATLAB code grading Engineering -
External Tools Not Approved
Tool Name Purpose Which College Requested Reason for not approving Bb Ally Accessibility checker ATRC Have UDoIt – cost EAB Navigate Student success management CSA No LTI Evolve e-Text for Elsevier CVMBS CSU uses Unizin Engage for eText reader ExamSoft Exam creation, delivery, and analytics CVMBS Requires access to every colleges data Film Platform COB Film streaming Business Proxy Server Required – otherwise only on campus viewing Google Assignments Assignment integration Div of IT CSU has moved to MS Office 365 Hypothesis.is Annotation tool CSU Online Cost MacMillan RedShelf eText e-Text Liberal Arts CSU uses Unizin Engage for eText reader MS Teams Integrate meetings into Canvas calendar Div of IT Complexity of integration My Educator e-Text College of Business Request withdrawn OfficeMix PPT add-on for interactivity TILT Data privacy concerns OneNote Collaboration tool Natural Sciences Oxford U Press e-Text Liberal Arts CSU uses Unizin Engage for eText reader Padlet Digital bulletin board CVMBS Perusall COB Annotation tool College of Business CSU uses Unizin Engage for eText reader Redirect External resources as navigation items Liberal Arts CSU prefers to have external tools linked under modules TopHat e-Text & in-class response Div of IT iClicker selected as campus classroom response tool Turning Technologies Student achievement data Div of IT iClicker selected as campus classroom response tool Willo Labs Delivery method for LTI’s Natural Sciences Zoom Web Conference Virtual Meetings Div of IT Lack of campus standard for webconferencing -
Request External Tools and LTIs
If you are interested in having an external tool evaluated for inclusion in Canvas, please review and follow the steps for CSU’s external tool process with your College Canvas Coordinator.