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Apps that are currently licensed MIT-wide, many of which are integrated with Canvas, are listed below. The 'Related Resources' column for each tool links to the lS&T landing page for that tool in addition to other resources about where you can find the tool and Canvas integration details.

Platform or Tool	Description	Category	Canvas Integration?	Related Resources
Canvas	Canvas is MIT’s modern, easy-to-use Learning Management System (LMS) that brings instructors, students, and course content together in one place. It is cloud-based, so you can access all of your courses in real-time from anywhere, on any internet-connected device.	Learning Management System (LMS)	Yes	IS&T Knowledge Base Canvas landing page Canvas Training Videos and Demo Videos Canvas Guides Canvas features
Dropbox	Dropbox is a file hosting service that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software.	File storage & sharing	Yes - for more info, see here	IS&T Knowledge Base: Dropbox landing page
Explain Everything	Explain Everything is MIT’s feature-rich digital whiteboard app for tablets and web browsers.	Whiteboarding	No	IS&T Knowledge Base: Explain Everything landing page Instructor example of using Explain Everything to give video feedback
Google Drive	Google Drive, like Dropbox (above), is a place to create, host, and share files.	File storage & sharing	No	IS&T Knowledge Base: Google Drive landing page
Gradescope	Gradescope is MIT’s tool for grading paper-based, digital, and code assignments. It’s designed to reduce grading time, increase grading consistency, and improve quality of feedback.	Grading	Yes - for more info, see here	IS&T Knowledge Base: Gradescope landing page
Lecture capture solutions	Several Registrar rooms on campus have automated lecture capture installed in them, to be used for recording your lectures if you happened to be booked in one of these rooms. You can also do self-service recording of your lectures in any classroom on campus that does not have lecture capture capability, using Zoom on an iPad. Additionally, IS&T has installed and supports lightweight lecture capture in a number of rooms, especially to support student access to lecture recordings during the pandemic.	Lecture capture	Automated lecture capture systems push to Panopto, which is integrated with Canvas (see "Panopto" below). Lecture recordings via other methods can also be uploaded to Panopto and therefore available via Canvas.	Classroom capture – automated in equipped rooms Classroom capture – self-service or paid Lightweight lecture capture IS&T Equipment Loan Program
Lightboard	The Lightboard studio on campus is intended to be a self-service capture facility for recording short modules of curricular content, using the Lightboard (a lighted glass pane to write on) with a video and audio capture system.	Lecture capture, Video	Lightboard videos can be uploaded to Panopto and therefore available via Canvas (see "Panopto" below)	Lightboard Studio info Lightboard Studio room calendar Lightboard Training
MATLAB Grader	MATLAB Grader is a browser-based authoring environment for creating, sharing, and auto grading MATLAB coding problems and assessments.	Grading	Yes - for more info, see here	IS&T Knowledge Base: MATLAB landing page Using MATLAB Grader in Canvas
Panopto	Panopto is MIT’s lecture capture tool and video hosting platform that allows you to record, host, share, and search videos. Panopto is fully integrated into Canvas and Zoom, allowing for seamless sharing of video with students.	Video	Yes - for more info, see here	IS&T Knowledge Base: Panopto landing page
Perusall	Perusall is an online collaborative annotation tool for instructors and students that is integrated with Canvas.	Collaborative annotation	Yes - for more info, see here	IS&T Knowledge Base: Perusall landing page
Photo Grid	Photo Grid allows instructors to view photos of registered students on your Canvas site.	Class Roster	Yes	IS&T Knowledge Base: Photo Grid Landing Page
Piazza	Piazza is MIT’s platform for instructors to efficiently manage class Q&A. It’s designed to simulate real class discussion.	Q&A/Discussion	Yes - for more info, see here	IS&T Knowledge Base: Piazza landing page
Poll Everywhere	Poll Everywhere is MIT’s dynamic online polling platform that allows students to vote on custom teacher-generated polls through SMS, smartphone or computer.	Polling	Yes - for more info, see here	IS&T Knowledge Base: Poll Everywhere landing page
Qwickly	Qwickly is an attendance-taking tool with different modes for checking students in, including the option for students to self-report attendance in Canvas using their own device.	Attendance	Yes - for more info, see here	IS&T Knowledge Base: Qwickly landing page
Redirect tool	The Redirect tool links to external websites from the course navigation bar. Whatever URL you specify is loaded within the content pane when users click the link.	External websites	Yes	Note: Not tied to IS&T, so no documentation available. Read more here.
Slack	Slack is a messaging and collaboration tool. You can create a workspace for a course, and members of the workspace can engage in conversation channels for topics, projects, and groups, as well as direct message.	Communication, Discussion	Yes - for more info, see here	IS&T Knowledge Base: Slack landing page
ThingLink	ThingLink is a tool for annotating and augmenting digital items embedded on a Canvas page, like images (including 360-degree VR images) and videos. Instructors and students can create multiple "hot spots" or tags that link to other rich media.	Interactive media	Yes	ThingLink website How to embed ThingLinks in Canvas Instructor example of using Thinglink for interactive student-driven content
Zoom	Zoom is MIT’s cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars.	Video, Communication, Conferencing	Yes - for more info, see here	IS&T Knowledge Base: Zoom landing page

Unless already available in the main navigation menu on your site or otherwise indicated above, you can find & add the above tools to your site by going to: your Course > Settings > Navigation.

The CAT-SOOP & Residential MITx platforms also have a level of integration with Canvas @MIT.

Go to main Canvas External Apps Seed Funds page.