Canvas External Tools Site

Canvas Management Tools

• Canvas Course Manager (CCM)
  • CCM aids instructors, designers, TAs, and admins perform some Canvas course management tasks quickly and easily. Examples include merging sections and adding users to courses.

Discussion & Community Tools

• Perusall
  • Perusall is a social learning platform that incorporates a novel e-book reader with collaborative annotation tools to ensure students learn more, come to class prepared, and become more engaged in the learning experience. 
• Piazza
  • Piazza is a web-based, collaborative, real-time, question-and-answer platform where students can ask questions and contribute collaboratively to community-edited responses. 
• Namecoach
  • Namecoach is an inclusive web-based tool that allows users to record, listen to, and learn names.
• Tandem
  • Tandem is an online tool that provides automated, personalized guidance for student teams through regular surveys, enhancing teamwork and helping instructors monitor performance.

Video & Media Tools

• MiVideo & Annoto
  • MiVideo is U-M's streaming and content management media service. 
  • Annoto is an add-on to MiVideo that adds a collaboration widget and interactive timeline to the MiVideo player.
• Adobe Express
  • Adobe Express helps users make content in a simple, intuitive, and fast way. Express is a tool included in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.

• Adobe Premiere Rush
  • Adobe Premiere Rush is a video editing app for desktop and mobile devices and is included in the Adobe Creative Cloud suite.
• Zoom in Canvas
  • Zoom in Canvas makes it easy for instructors to schedule online meetings from directly within their Canvas courses, invite students, share recordings, and stay connected from anywhere.

Publisher Tools

• Pearson MyLab and Mastering
  • MyLab combines respected content with personalized engagement to help students see real results.
• McGraw Hill Connect
  • Connect is a complete course platform that enables you to take your students further.

Assessment Tools

• New Quizzes
  • New Quizzes is an enhanced quiz engine that integrates with Canvas and will eventually replace Classic Quizzes, the original quizzing engine.
• Gradescope
  • Gradescope is an online grading platform that grades paper-based, digital, and code assignments.
• Problem Roulette
  • Problem Roulette is an online practice tool that offers randomized questions from past exams, allowing students to test their knowledge and prepare effectively for upcoming assessments.

Content Enhancement Tools

• Panorama

  • For faculty and instructional support staff Links to an external site.: 
    

    • Scan for accessibility barriers
    • Fix accessibility barriers
    • Access course-level reporting 
  • For Students Links to an external site.:
    • Generate Alternative Formats for course pages and documents
• LinkedIn Learning
  • LinkedIn Learning is a leading online learning platform that helps anyone learn business, software, technology, and creative skills to achieve personal and professional goals. 

Data & Feedback Tools

• MyLA
  • My Learning Analytics (MyLA) is a dashboard that provides students with information about their engagement with course materials and resources, assignments, and grades in a Canvas course. 
• Qualtrics Connector
  • Qualtrics Connector allows instructors to create an assignment in Canvas using a Qualtrics survey, and when a student completes the survey, a score is automatically recorded in the Canvas gradebook. 

File & Assignment Tools

• New Google Assignments
  • Google Assignments is a tool within Canvas Assignments that allows instructors to distribute, review, and grade student work. 
• Dropbox
  • Connect Canvas to your Dropbox account to easily attach files to courses or submit assignments without switching apps.