Third-Party Apps in Canvas
This is a selected list of some of the third-party apps that are available for use in Canvas. For a current list of district-supported tools, please visit the Instructional Technology page Links to an external site. on the SMCCCD Faculty Gateway.
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..
Panopto Videos
- Panopto Links to an external site. allows faculty to pre-record lectures, or to host and share Zoom recordings of live sessions with just their students. Record, live stream, host, share, and search videos with an all-in-one video platform.
Proctorio
- Proctorio is an online proctoring software that uses identity verification, plagiarism detection tools, and content protection tools within Canvas to ensure your online assessment’s integrity. It is a way to have proctored exams online.
Pronto
- Pronto Links to an external site. is an online messaging/chat system you can use to stay in contact with your CSM students.
PopeTech
- PopeTech Links to an external site. is a way to check the accessibility of any of your Canvas pages. It can be used to supplement the built-in Canvas Accessibility Checker.
Labster
- Labster is a virtual lab simulation for your online lab science courses.
Early Alert
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Early Alert Links to an external site. supports students experiencing academic challenge. Using it can help students improve their learning processes and outcomes. Instructors submit referrals and counseling staff reach out personally to each referred student.
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.
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
- The Universal Design Online content Inspection Tool (UDOIT) was created by the Center for Distributed Learning at the University of Central Florida. UDOIT will scan your course content, generate a report, and provide instructions on how to correct accessibility issues.
Validate Links
- In your Canvas Course Settings, use the Validate Links in Content link to have Canvas run a check on all your links.
Third Party Tools Request Process
If you are looking to pilot, or purchase, software and would like to integrate it with Canvas, then you will need to complete the Employee Technology Purchase Request Form.
The form asks some very important questions around who will support the technology, what type of student data is collected, etc. The support question is vital for both faculty and students. ITS, nor the local campus instructional technologist, support third-party applications, so it is good for us to know who we should direct students to in case they contact the general online course support helpline.
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