Third-Party Apps in Canvas
This is a selected list of some of the third-party apps that are available for use in Canvas. Explore the course settings menu for all of the external apps that may be available.
3C Media
- The DECT Captioning Grant offers funding for faculty, staff, and administrators of the California Community Colleges for captioning of educational media. 3C Media Solutions is in partnership with DECT and provides service through the 3C Media Solutions' website. Funding covers educational content with no length restrictions at this time. This service is available while funding exists and may expire without notice. In order to submit captions through 3C Media Solutions, you will need to be the owner of the media
Zoom
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Faculty can use Zoom to virtually meet with their students in real-time for office hours, virtual lectures, or virtual review sessions. To use Zoom in your Canvas course, please see the Guide on Adding Zoom to your Canvas course Links to an external site..
Google Collaborations
- Collaborations Links to an external site. leverages Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides. It allows all users to view and edit documents at the same time.
NetTutor
- Students can now access online tutoring services through NetTutor for no charge! The NetTutor link can be found in the course navigation menu in Canvas. Please select the NetTutor link in the course navigation to see available subjects and hours.
Turnitin
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Turnitin Links to an external site. is a plagiarism prevention service that allows faculty the ability to check student papers and written assignments for originality against internet sources, other student submissions, and academic databases. In addition, Turnitin provides teachers (and students) an "Originality Report," which is a color-coded report matching student writing with matching sources that used identical strings of words.
UDOIT
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The Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool, or UDOIT Links to an external site. (pronounced, “You Do It”) is a third-party application that is available for use from your Canvas site's Course Navigation menu. (The UDOIT navigation tab is not visible to students.) UDOIT enables faculty to identify accessibility issues in their Canvas course content. It will scan a course, generate a report, and provide resources on how to address common accessibility issues. Please note: Some items cannot be examined by UDOIT. Items that cannot be scanned by UDOIT include external documents, such as Word documents or PDFs, and some videos/audio files for captioning/transcripts.