Add learning apps to Canvas
Instructors can create new learning opportunities and experiences for students by adding particular learning applications to Canvas.
- Review the list of apps that are currently available for use at Cornell.
- If you have identified an app you wish to use, see request process below.
- If you need help finding a learning app for a specific need, please contact us.
Canvas functionalities can be extended through the incorporation of a variety of third-party learning apps. These apps can be integrated with Canvas through Learning Tool Interoperability (LTI), a standard set of specifications for allowing third-party learning applications to integrate with educational platforms. Third-party LTI integration allows the application to connect to Canvas in order to extend features and functions.
Requests to integrate an app with Canvas should be initiated by the faculty or academic department. Any requests coming directly from a 3rd party vendor including publishers will not be considered.
Apps available in Canvas
| App | Description | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Apps on Demand | On-demand browser access to software applications in a virtual, windows-based, computer lab (by request: submit a request to use Apps on Demand in your course.) | Available on request |
| CampusPress | Flexible online spaces to meet a variety of teaching goals, including collaboration, digital literacy, and communication skills | Available on request |
| Codio | Teach computer programming in an online environment, at scale, by providing just-in-time feedback on student work (using this app incurs an additional subscription fee) | Available on request |
| Course Materials (Vital Source) | Cornell Store's electronic textbook program | Available in all courses |
| Digication | Digital portfolios to make student learning visible and shareable | Available in all courses |
| Ed Discussion | Ed Discussion offers the ability to collaborate on and run code snippets, upload documents and images, complete math equations, embedded video, and annotate images | Available in all courses |
| FeedbackFruits | A social learning platform that offers tools to facilitate online peer reviews and group reviews of submitted work, as well as group member evaluation for team projects | Available in all courses |
| GoReact | Instructors can provide just-in-time feedback to students on shared video content; for example, to comment on a process or sequence of actions the student has recorded | Available to specific courses (existing contract required) |
| Gradescope | Grading technology that saves time for Faculty and TAs and helps them provide consistent, high-quality feedback to students | Available in all courses |
| Hypothesis | A social annotation platform that allows students to collaboratively read and annotate and PDFs and websites | Available in all courses |
| iClicker | Student response system for in-class polling and peer instruction (requires student purchase of a physical clicker or subscription to an app) | Available in all courses |
| Kaltura | Upload, create, store, and stream video | Available in all courses |
| Library Reserves | Access course materials through the library | Available in all courses |
| McGraw Hill Connect | Publisher content collections and additional resources | Available in all courses (publisher account may be required) |
| Macmillan | Publisher content collections and additional resources | Available in all courses (publisher account may be required) |
| Panopto | Lecture recording, screencasting, video streaming | Available in all courses |
| Pearson (myLab) | Publisher homework, tutorial, and assessment | Available in all courses (publisher account may be required) |
| Perusall | Tool for students and instructors to collaboratively mark-up PDF documents | Available in all courses |
| Poll Everywhere | Student response system for in-class polling and peer instruction | Available in all courses |
| Turnitin | Provides similarity/originality reports for student work and can be used to help develop proper paraphrasing and citation skills. Also used to facilitate assessment with rubrics, in-line grading, and peer assessment tools. | Available in all courses |
| Vocareum | A flexible, cost-effective, fully managed lab of software for diverse computational practices. Grade and review student work. Access Jupyter Notebooks, Python, R, c/c++, java, and more (using this app incurs an additional subscription fee) | Available in specific courses (existing contract required) |
| W.W. Norton | Publisher content collections and additional resources | Available in specific courses (existing contract required) |
| Zoom | Remote video conferencing with interactive whiteboard and screen-sharing | Available in all courses |
Process for requesting integration of a learning app
Each request to integrate a new learning app will be reviewed in the areas of functionality, accessibility, security, FERPA compliance, and cost. Timeframes for integration depend on the unique attributes of each app. Requests should be initiated by the faculty or academic department. Any requests coming directly from a 3rd party vendor including publishers will not be considered. We recommend submitting your request as early as possible; the review process can take 1-2 months. Please contact us for more information.
Many learning apps come with costs associated. Unless the university has a general license allowing faculty use (see list above), learning apps must be paid for by individuals, departments, or colleges. CTI will help integrate the app with Canvas but cannot provide ongoing financial support.
Contact us with any questions.