Canvas can be extended by integrating external tools. Software companies, textbook publishers, and training websites all make Canvas external tools. Some are free, others must be purchased. Virginia Tech's Canvas external tools are categorized here based on broad categories for publisher tools, collaboration tools, multimedia tools, assessment tools, accessibility tools, and tools that didn't fit into those categories.
Instructors can request new external tools be added to Canvas.
To be easily integrated with Canvas, external tools should be designed according to the Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standard. Some companies refer to external tools them as LTI tools.
Canvas external tools are considered applications or apps. Canvas and some companies refer to external tools as LTI apps or external apps.
External tools appear in different places in a Canvas course site. See the table for tool type and where tools appear in Canvas.
Location in Canvas |
Publisher Tools | Collaboration Tools |
Multimedia Tools | Assessment Tools | Accessibility Tools | Other Tools |
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Course Navigation Menu |
- Attendance |
- Chat |
- Media Gallery (Course Gallery) | - Gradescope - LockDown Browser - New Analytics* - Portfolium - SPOT (Course Evaluations) - TopHat - Web-CAT |
- Blackboard Ally | - VT Add Guests* - LibGuides (VT Library Help) - Redirect |
Assignments |
- Attendance - Cengage - FlatWorld - InQuizitive - LinkedIn Learning - Macmillan Achieve - Macmillan HE LaunchPad - MatLab Grader - McGraw-Hill ALEKS - McGraw-Hill SimNet LTIA - Pearson Access (MyLab and Mastering or Revel) - Pressbooks - SCORM - WileyPLUS |
- Chat - Eli Review - Google Docs Cloud Assignment - Google Assignments - Hypothesis - Microsoft OneDrive - Microsoft OneNote Class Notebook - Packback - Piazza |
- YouTube - Vimeo |
- Gradescope - Kaltura Video Quiz - LabFlow (Chemistry) - Labster (Biology) - LockDown Browser - New Analytics - Portfolium - Top Hat - Turnitin Plagiarism Framework - Web-CAT |
- Equatio | - VT Add Guests - Redirect - Student Learning & Licensure (SOE) |
Modules |
- Attendance - Cengage - FlatWorld - LinkedIn Learning - Macmillan Achieve - Macmillan HE LaunchPad - McGraw-Hill Connect - McGraw-Hill Go - McGraw-Hill SIMnet - Pearson Access (MyLab and Mastering or Revel) - Pressbooks |
- Chat - Eli Review - Google Drive - Hypothesis - Microsoft OneDrive - Microsoft OneNote Class Notebook - Piazza - Zoom |
- Vimeo |
- Canvas Badges/Credentials (Badgr) - LabFlow (Chemistry) - Labster (Biology) - LockDown Browser - New Analytics - Portfolium - Top Hat - Turnitin Plagiarism Framework - Web-CAT |
- Equatio | - Apporto - VT Add Guests - Redirect |
Rich Content Editor | - FlatWorld - LinkedIn Learning - Pearson Access - Wiley Resources |
- Google Apps - Google Drive - Microsoft OneDrive |
- Media Gallery - My Media - Vimeo - YouTube |
- EquatIO |
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Collaborations | - Google Apps - Microsoft OneDrive |
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Files | - Blackboard Ally | |||||
Discussions | - SCORM | - Google Apps - Microsoft OneDrive |
- Vimeo - YouTube |
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Quizzes | - SCORM | - Google Apps - Microsoft OneDrive |
- Media Gallery - My Media - Vimeo - YouTube |
*hidden by default from the Course Navigation Menu.
How to access and use a tool depends on where it's integrated in Canvas:
Click the category to pull up the article or click on each tool for more information.
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Canvas external tools are evaluated for integration based on level of interest. If the tool you want is already under evaluation, please request it anyway!
On Hold | Under Evaluation | Reviewed and Approved | Reviewed and NOT Approved |
Perceivant | Approved tools appear under Using External Tools: Publisher Tools | FlipGrid | |
Perusall |
Make sure the tool is approved for use in Virginia Tech's Canvas.
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