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FSU supports the use of a variety of external applications that enhance both the teaching and learning experience. There are a few different ways you and your students can access external tools in your course site. Find out more below about how these applications function, where you need to go to view these apps, and how they can be installed in your course.
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External Apps: What's their Function?
A quick breakdown of the ways that the most popular external apps we support function:
Accessibility Tools
Bb Ally can help you ensure that your course content is accessible to all users, including checking your Microsoft Word documents and PDF files and making recommendations to make your course files more accessible. CiDi Labs Design Tools can help you to create accessible content within Canvas, but is much more limited than Bb Ally. Bb Ally is solely focused on accessibility, whereas Design Tools is focused on page design and incorporates accessibility into Canvas page design at the same time.
Course Design Tools
CiDi Labs Design Tools can help you to improve both the design and accessibility of your Canvas course. You can even create a great course syllabus that will automatically update the institutional policies for you each semester!
In-Class Polling
iClicker Cloud is our most popular polling tool at FSU with two different product options available to meet your needs. You can also use Top Hat in some similar ways to administer class attendance, quizzes, and more from your students' smartphones.
Video Hosting
Kaltura is the ideal tool to use because it allows you to create and share an unlimited amount of video and audio recordings in Canvas. Added bonus: Kaltura captions your media items automatically, giving your students closed captions and transcripts for the videos you create.
Plagiarism Checking
Turnitin is a top-ranked plagiarism deterrent service that integrates with Canvas so you can ensure that you students are submitting their own work and citing their sources appropriately.
Web Conferencing
Zoom Web-conferencing is robust and offers you and your students many options for synchronous interaction. Canvas's built-in web-conferencing tool, BigBlueButton, is also available for use but will not allow you to retain a recording of your conference for more than 14 days and does not allow you to easily invite non-FSU users to a conferencing session.
Keep reading to see all the external apps we support using!
External Apps integrated with FSU's Canvas
Pre-installed Integrations
| Pre-installed Integrations | |
|---|---|
| App | Function |
| Turnitin LTI (old) and Turnitin Direct (new) | Plagiarism Checking |
| WebAssign | Instructional Materials/Assessments |
| Cengage | Instructional Materials/Assessments |
| Kaltura | Media Hosting |
| Pearson | Instructional Materials/Assessments |
| McGraw-Hill Education | Instructional Materials/Assessments |
| iClicker Cloud | In-Class Polling |
| Annoto | Instructional Materials |
| Squarecap | In-Class Polling |
| FSU Library Tools | Instructional Material |
| BookShelf® by VitalSource | Instructional Material |
| BigBlueButton | Web-Conferencing |
| Office 365 | Free Software for FSU users |
| Design Tools | Course Design & Accessibility |
| FSU Career Portolio integration | Assignment |
| W.W. Norton | Instructional Materials/Assessments |
| TurningPoint | In-Class Polling |
| Piazza | Online Discussion Tool |
| Top Hat | In-Class Polling |
| Labster | Virtual Science Lab Tool |
| RedShelf | Online Textbooks |
| WileyPLUS | Instructional Materials/Assessments |
| Lumen Learning | Math Assessments |
| zyBooks | Instructional Materials/Assessments |
| Zoom Web-conferencing | Web-Conferencing |
| Padlet | Instructional Materials |
| Hypothesis |
Instructional Materials |
- Integration initiated directly from service provider's website
Integrations Requiring Approval
| Integrations Requiring Approval | |
|---|---|
| App | Function |
| ExamSoft | Instructional Materials/Assessments |
| Honorlock | Remote proctoring |
External Apps that can be used without an integration
Don't see what you're looking for here? Check out the Canvas App Center in your course as well as our External Apps (Third-party tools) in Canvas: Policy, Procedure, and Support resource.
How do I find the apps already installed in my course?
These apps have already been installed on your course site, and simply need to be enabled in your course Navigation menu:
Note: Kaltura can be found in Course Media/My Media
Create links to External Tools in Modules or as a “Submission Type” for Assignments:
How do I add an assignment using an external app?
How do I add an external tool as a module item?
You may want to simply create a link for your students to access the app in your course. You can add an external tool as a module item for quick and easy access.
Requesting certain applications (tools)
These tools will require installation from ODL Technical Support. To request an application installation, complete the Canvas External App Request Form.
- ExamSoft
- Lumen Learning (My Open Math)
External App Support Specialists and Resources
Some tools may require additional support or setup outside of Canvas. If you need assistance, please see the following contact information for the respective external tool representative.
