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Northwestern Information Teaching and Learning Technologies offers a number of opportunities to compliment and extend the capabilities of your Canvas courses with supported apps and digital tools.
See the list below for some of the programs available to use in your Canvas courses today. Please note that these tools are only the ones which are available across all Northwestern schools. Your individual school's IT department will have a more comprehensive list which will include school-specific licenses.
If you're interested in something not listed below, send us an email. We're always happy to help.
Add a Learning App to My Canvas Course
Enhance Course Discussion and Collaboration
Share Content with My Class
Easy & Safe File Sharing
Box
- Product Name: BOX
- Used for: ONLINE FILE SHARING, CONTENT MANAGEMENT
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get started: CREATE A BOX ACCOUNT
Desktop Video Recording & Live Streaming
Panopto
- Product Name: PANOPTO
- Used for: VIDEO RECORDING, LIVE STREAMING, HOSTING
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get started: LOGIN, FEINBERG LOGIN, KELLOGG LOGIN
Share Library Materials with Class
Course Reserves
Course Reserves
Record, Share, or Stream Videos
Find & Share Entire Movies or Clips
Library Media
- Product Name: AVALON MEDIA SYSTEM
- Used to: ACCESS THE NU LIBRARY DIGITAL MEDIA REPOSITORY
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get started: ACCESS AVALON
Host, Record, & Share a Videoconference
BlueJeans
- Product Name: BLUEJEANS
- Used for: VIDEOCONFERENCING
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get Started: CREATE A BLUE JEANS ACCOUNT
Desktop Video Recording & Live Streaming
Panopto
- Product Name: PANOPTO
- Used for: VIDEO RECORDING, LIVE STREAMING, HOSTING
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get started: LOGIN, FEINBERG LOGIN, KELLOGG LOGIN
Record Myself in Canvas
Canvas Video
- Product Name: CANVAS VIDEO
- Used for: VIDEO RECORDING
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get Started: IN THE CANVAS EDITOR, CLICK THE MEDIA ICON (looks like a film reel)
Hold an Online Meeting or Videoconference
Host, Record, & Share a Videoconference
BlueJeans
- Product Name: BLUEJEANS
- Used for: VIDEOCONFERENCING
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get Started: CREATE A BLUE JEANS ACCOUNT
Desktop Video Recording & Live Streaming
Panopto
- Product Name: PANOPTO
- Used for: VIDEO RECORDING, LIVE STREAMING, HOSTING
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get started: LOGIN, FEINBERG LOGIN, KELLOGG LOGIN
Accessibility and Inclusivity Tools
Name Pronunciation Tool
NameCoach
- Product Name: NAMECOACH
- Used for: NAME PRONUNCIATION
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get started: VISIT NAMECOACH IN ANY CANVAS COURSE
Identify Accessibility Issues
UDOIT
UDOIT
Student Response Systems
Student Response System
Clickers
- Product Name: CLICKERS
- Used for: POLLING
- Cost: VARIES
- Canvas Integration: YES, WITH USE OF TURNINGPOINT SOFTWARE
- Get started: REGISTRATION AND SUBSCRIPTION FOR STUDENTS
Easy-To-Use Polling Software
TurningPoint Cloud
Easy-To-Use Polling Software
Plagiarism Detection
Anti-Plagiarism Software
Turnitin
Anti-Plagiarism Software
Analytics and Visualization Tools
Analyze Canvas Discussion Forums
Discussion Analytics
Discussion Analytics
Visual Discussion Board for Canvas
Nebula
Nebula
Secure Exam Proctoring in Canvas
Secure Testing Environment in Canvas
LockDown Browser
- Product Name: LOCKDOWN BROWSER
- Used for: EXAM SECURITY IN CANVAS
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get started: ADD LOCKDOWN BROWSER
Secure Exam Proctoring in Canvas
Monitor
- Product Name: MONITOR
- Used for: EXAM SECURITY IN CANVAS
- Cost: FREE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get started with Respondus Monitor and LockDown Browser
Submit Final Grades to CAESAR
Send Final Grades from Canvas to CAESAR
GradeSync
- Tool Name: GRADESYNC
- Used for: SUBMITTING FINAL GRADES
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get Started: IN ALL CANVAS COURSES, BUT HIDDEN BY DEFAULT
Access to Free and Low-Cost Course Materials
Affordable Instructional Resources (AIR)
Starting Points for Improving Access to Course Materials
Northwestern students are expected to budget upwards of $1,600 per year for books and supplies. These costs vary by discipline and can negatively affect academic performance, especially students from low or middle income backgrounds. While scholarships, grants, and loans help tuition and housing, textbooks and supplies tend to fall directly within the student’s family or individual contribution, causing disparity within the classroom.
To raise awareness of this issue and support faculty and instructors throughout the process of addressing course costs, Affordable Instructional Resources (AIR) is a network of Northwestern faculty and staff interested in reducing or eliminating supplemental costs associated with required textbooks, course packets, access codes, equipment, and software.
Participate in a Pilot
Get Help with Common Canvas Questions Quickly
Canvas Support Chatbot
- Product Name: CANVAS CHATBOT
- Used for: CANVAS HELP
- Cost: NONE
- Canvas Integration: YES
- Get started: HELP ICON IN THE MAIN LEFT NAVIGATION IN CANVAS
Grading Paper Exams in Large Courses
Crowdmark
Product Name: CROWDMARK
Used for: GRADING
Cost: NONE
Canvas Integration: YES
Get started: support@crowdmark.com
Planning to use video in your course?
Three things to note:
- Providing links to video is generally okay (or using things like YouTube’s embedding code, where applicable);
- Use a legal copy of the video (for example, don’t use an intermediate program to download YouTube videos);
- Licenses and contracts (like clicking “I agree” to the terms involved in creating a YouTube account) may trump the ability to use an exception like fair use.
Here are some other resources that go into a little more detail:
Using Video and Audio in Teaching (online and otherwise)
This is the more comprehensive resource—it addresses online video directly. Note that some of the descriptions are vague: “X may be fair use sometimes.” While that may be true, faculty still need to consider whether fair use applies the same way in their case.
While this brochure is a bit older, the principles it outlines are still solid: promotion of linking, public domain materials, fair use, and Creative Commons materials are all still great strategies. Note that the uses it covers are a bit broader than strictly online video.
Still not sure what to do?
Please send us an email. We're always happy to help.
Opportunities
Grading Paper Exams in Large Courses
Coordinating multiple graders while ensuring grading consistency and timely, helpful feedback can be challenging in large courses.