External Apps

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The tools made available below have been Vetted and Approved by our Information Security Office to ensure student data is protected.

Canvas Course Integration Guidelines:
Please note that some apps store FERPA Links to an external site.data. If you wish to install an LTI tool not available on this list, please follow these steps:
1. Determine if the LTI tool is using FERPA data. FERPA data may include course enrollment data, assignment submission data, and/or student grades. If you are unsure, please contact canvas@utlists.utexas.edu.

2. If FERPA data are being used, additional steps are necessary to ensure data is protected and agreements are in place with the vendor and our Business Contracts office. Please contact the Information Security Office (ISO) to ensure the LTI adheres to the ISO requirements. Important ISO vendor and application requirements can be viewed at: https://security.utexas.edu/risk/appreg Links to an external site.. ISO has also compiled a matrix to help identify approved services. The matrix is accessible here:https://security.utexas.edu/iso-policies/cloud-services/decision-matrix. Links to an external site.You can contact ISO by emailing security@utexas.edu.

3. A business contract is required to integrate an LTI into Canvas. Please collaborate with your business department to secure a business contract.

*If there is an Instructional Teaching Tool that is not listed and/or available via this approved Apps page you can make a request via this Learning Technology and Teaching Tools Integration Request Form. Links to an external site.

Check out the new UI refresh of the UT Canvas Apps page! We have made it easier to find and install approved apps in Canvas. Look for the new and improved "UT Canvas Apps" page located on the left course navigation in all courses.

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represents that the tool has been officially vetted with the LTAP process. You can view the LTAP report by clicking on the star.

Communication Tools:

Approved Tool Status:	Tool Name:	Tool Purpose:	Tool Information & Support:	Approved For:
	M365 Teams	MS Teams is an app to help you collaborate, communicate, and share files in a single area with a select group of people. You can manage access for the entire team and create channels or groups to allow sub-sets of employees/students to work and communicate on different topics.	M365 Information Links to an external site. M365 Support: Support Contact: UT Service Desk at (512) 475-9400 or Submit a Support Ticket Links to an external site. Installation Information	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: University/Enterprise Site License
	Zoom	Zoom allows students, faculty and staff to host meetings with up to 300 attendees. Those you invite can join by phone, app, or the web to get started. You can share your screen (PowerPoint slides), use the built-in whiteboard, answer questions in Chat and divide your participants into Breakout Rooms. Meetings can be recorded and posted to your Canvas course.	Zoom Information Zoom Support: UT ITS Campus Solutions Team Support Contact: Zoom@utexas.edu Installation Information	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: University/Enterprise Site License
	Panopto	Panopto is a video platform faculty can use to create course materials. Instructors can create asynchronous materials like video recordings, lecturing with PowerPoint or Keynote, and other video inputs like document cameras. Live streaming is also available for synchronous lecture capture and one-way audio/video delivery to students. Instructors can create Panopto "assignments" in Canvas and students can share their work in Panopto with other classmates.	Panopto Information Panopto Support-UT ITS Campus Solutions Team Support Contact: panopto@utlists.utexas.edu	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: University/Enterprise Site License
		Chatter is a free discussion-board tool originating at UT Austin. Students can communicate in free-form threaded discussions, moderated by a teacher or a TA.	Chatter Information and Support: Support Documents Links to an external site. Support Contact chatter@utlists.utexas.edu Installation Information Links to an external site.	*All Users-Site License* (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: NA
	Canvas Chat	Once Canvas Chat has been enabled in your course, the Chat tool can be used for real-time conversation with course users. Any user in the course can participate in a chat conversation and view all chat content. Instructors can use the chat tool to allow students to contact them when online, create virtual office hours, conduct group discussions or study sessions.	Canvas Chat Details Links to an external site. Canvas Support-UT ITS Campus Solutions Team Support Contact: canvas@utlists.utexas.edu	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: University/Enterprise Site License
		Ed Discussion helps scale class communication in a beautiful and intuitive interface.	Ed Discussion Information Ed Discussion Support-UT Campus Solutions Team Support Contact: canvas@utlists.utexas.edu Implementation Support - ITS Canvas@utlists.utexas.edu Technical Support: - https://edstem.org/us/help	All Users (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: Schools or Units that elect to use Ed Discussion will be included in a centrally administered contract, and billed back by the Office of Academic Technology for their seat counts. Contact Oat@austin.utexas.edu for contract support.

Collaboration Tools:

Approved Tool Status:	Tool Name:	Tool Purpose:	Tool Information & Support:	Approved For:
	Box	Box gives you one platform for secure content management, workflow, and collaboration.	Box Information Links to an external site. Box Support-UT ITS Team Support Contact: help@utexas.edu 512-475-9400	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: University/Enterprise Site License
		Perusall is a social annotation tool that allows students and their instructors to collaboratively markup pdf documents. Instead of reading a document and discussing it, Perusall brings the discussion to the text.	Getting Started with Perusall Perusall Support - Vendor Links to an external site.	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: FREE Tool
	Zoom	Zoom allows students, faculty and staff to host meetings with up to 300 attendees. Those you invite can join by phone, app, or the web to get started. You can share your screen (PowerPoint slides), use the built-in whiteboard, answer questions in Chat and divide your participants into Breakout Rooms. Meetings can be recorded and posted to your Canvas course.	Zoom Information Zoom Support: UT ITS Campus Solutions Team Support Contact: Zoom@utexas.edu	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: University/Enterprise Site License
	M365	Microsoft 365, formerly known as Office 365, is a suite of cloud-based services and applications that can be accessed from anywhere or downloaded on multiple devices. It’s way more than Microsoft Office Links to an external site. – Microsoft 365 is made of productivity tools dedicated to making communicating, collaborating, and sharing of ideas easier with classmates and colleagues.	M365 Information Links to an external site. M365 Support: Support Contact: UT Service Desk at (512) 475-9400 or Submit a Support Ticket Links to an external site.	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: University/Enterprise Site License
	Google Apps	Google Apps is another free file sharing app that allows UT faculty, students, and staff to share and collaborate on file much like UT Box. In addition to storing and sharing any type of file, Google also allows you to create documents, slideshows, spreadsheets, forms, and more.	Google Apps Support: Support Contact: UT Service Desk at (512) 475-9400 or Submit a Support Ticket Links to an external site.	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: University/Enterprise Site License
	Piazza	Piazza is a new style of discussion/Q&A site with a focus on educational institutions. This integration adds a link to the course navigation for Piazza discussions, and auto-logs the user into the course discussions area.	Piazza Details Piazza Support-UT ITS Campus Solutions Team Support Contact: canvas@utlists.utexas.edu	All Users-with approved License Subscription/License Fee Required

Assessment Tools:

Preferred Tool:	Tool Name:	Tool Purpose:	Tool Information & Support:	Approved For:
		UT Instapoll is a free and easy-to-use classroom response system that leverages a Canvas assignment to pass participation or performance grades back to Canvas.	UT Instapoll Details Support-UT ITS Campus Solutions Team Support Contact: canvas@utlists.utexas.edu Installation Information Links to an external site.	All Users (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: FREE
	Qualtrics Grade Passback	Qualtrics Grade Passback allows you to create a survey or quiz in Qualtrics and offer it to your students through Canvas as a graded activity. Grades can be either completion grades, or a grade calculated by Qualtrics.	UT Qualtrics Grade Passback Details Support: UT ITS Campus Solutions Team Support Contact: canvas@utlists.utexas.edu Installation Information Links to an external site.	All Users (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: FREE
	UT Peer Review Grading Tool	The Peer Review Grading Tool makes grading a peer review assignment much easier. After your students have reviewed and graded their peers (via a rubric), use this tool to easily view individual grades and comments, calculate average scores, identify outliers, export grades to Excel and/or import average scores to the Canvas gradebook.	UT Peer Review Grading Tool Details Support-UT ITS Campus Solutions Team Support Contact: canvas@utlists.utexas.edu Installation Information Links to an external site.	All Users (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: FREE
	Gradescope	Gradescope is an AI powered assessment tool that dramatically reduces the pain and time associated with grading exams, homework, and other written assignments. It enables instructors and graders to give better and more timely feedback, resulting in improved learning outcomes.	Gradescope Details Gradescope Support-Vendor Support Page Links to an external site. Installation Information Links to an external site.	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: University/Enterprise Site License
		Honorlock is an online exam proctoring tool.	Honorlock Details Support- UT ITS Campus Solutions Team Support Contacts: UNIVERSITY CONTACT: canvas@utlists.utexas.edu COLLEGE/SCHOOL CONTACTS: Support Page	*To Request Honorlock please visit the* Honorlock Details Page Funding Source: School/Department
	RegisterBlast	RegisterBlast allows users to register students seamlessly and virtually for anything on your campus. Schedule exams, events, and resources like tutors, advisors, and conference rooms.	RegisterBlast Details Links to an external site. Support-Vendor Support Links to an external site.	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: University/Enterprise Site License
	Course Evaluations	Course Evaluations are essential for collecting student feedback and remain a critical component of faculty review, program accreditation, and curriculum assessment at the University of Texas. As such, the Office of Academic Technology is committed to conducting surveys in a way that is transparent, consistent, and confidential.	Course Evaluations Details Links to an external site. Support Contact: ctl-cis@utlists.utexas.edu	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff) Funding Source: University/Enterprise Site License
	iClicker Macmillan	(1) iClicker Classic (remotes) and (2) iClicker Cloud Students can participate in iClicker polls and quizzes using their iClicker (Classic) remote, laptop/tablet or mobile app (Cloud). Instructors create questions for either participation or performance points that sync back to Canvas.	iClicker Details iClicker Support-Vendor	All Users Fee Required for Students Free for Educators
		Kritik is a peer to peer feedback platform, it helps student engagement and content retention by allowing them to share and receive feedback from a variety of sources.	Kritik Details Links to an external site. Kritik Support-Vendor Links to an external site. Installation Information Links to an external site.	All Users Fee Required for Students Free for Educators
		Squarecap is the easiest way to track attendance, encourage participation, and provide students with immediate feedback in class.	Product currently in review status

Textbook/Publisher Tools:

Preferred Tool:	Tool Name:	Tool Purpose:	Tool Information & Support:	Approved For:
		Pearson-Inspire your students to achieve more. Help them build knowledge and unlock potential with our trusted, personalized course content, digital resources, and apps for higher education. Access Pearson-The Access Pearson integration provides the latest features, including assignment, course tool, or eText links, and improvements. This also gives instructors the option to choose your product—MyLab and Mastering or Pearson Revel, eText, or Live Response Links to an external site..	Vendor Provided Support Links to an external site. Links to an external site.Integration Support Contact: canvas@utlists.utexas.edu Access Pearson: Installation Information Links to an external site.	All Users Textbook Fee Required (Student Pay/Fee)
		Cengage MindTap-Deliver online homework that includes videos, assessments, study tools and seamless access to the eTextbook.	Vendor Provided Support Links to an external site. Integration Support Contact: canvas@utlists.utexas.edu Click here to Install this tool in your course(s)	All Users Subscription Fee Required (Student Pay/Fee)
		McGraw Hill textbooks support the learning experience. McGraw Hill Connect- A course management and adaptive learning solution that enhances your unique voice and teaching style. McGraw Hill SIMnet-SIMnet is one of the leading online training and assessment platforms for developing students’ skills in Microsoft Office applications, file management, operating systems, and computer concepts.	Textbooks Support Links to an external site. Connect-vendor support Links to an external site. SIMnet-vendor support Links to an external site.	All Users Textbook Fee Required (Student Pay/Fee)
		The Top Hat platform has everything educators and institutions need to deliver interactive and personalized learning. Aktiv Learning’s next-generation platform increases student engagement and improves student outcomes in STEM courses.	TopHat-Vendor Support Links to an external site. Aktiv Learning- Vendor Support Links to an external site.	All Users Textbook Fee Required
		Flat World is a publisher of college-level textbooks and educational supplements. Educator teaching supplements and materials consistent with industry norms are available at no charge.	Vendor Support Links to an external site.	All Users Textbook Fee Required

Course Content Tools:

Preferred Tool:	Tool Name:	Tool Purpose:	Tool Information & Support:	Approved For:
		Your solution to creating quality math formulas in your documents and digital content. MathType, the popular equation editor for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, is now seamlessly integrated into Canvas. Handwrite math equations and formulas easily from the Canvas editor toolbar.	MathType Information Links to an external site. Vendor Supported Tool	All Users Free for Instructors
		ChemType is a flavor of MathType designed to help you work with chemical notation Links to an external site.. It includes a personalized toolbar with the common chemical symbols, as well as a different user experience adapted to chemical notation needs. Look for the ChemType icon.	ChemType Information Links to an external site. Vendor Supported Tool	*All Users* Free for Instructors
	M365	Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud-based suite of productivity apps like Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and more.	M365 Information Links to an external site. M365 Support: Support Contact: UT Service Desk at (512) 475-9400 or Submit a Support Ticket Links to an external site.	All Users-Site License (Students, Faculty, Staff)
		Cerego is an adaptive learning technology platform based on principles of neuroscience and cognitive science. It uses the scientific method of spaced rehearsal as the basis for memory retention for content available via its website.	Vendor Support and Information Links to an external site.
		Add links to external web resources that show up as navigation items in course, user or account navigation. Whatever URL you specify is loaded within the content pane when users click the link.	Support Contact: canvas@utlists.utexas.edu	*All Users* Free for Instructors