Learning Tool Integrations

What are Learning Tools? 

Learning Tools are third-party integrations that extend the functionality of Canvas. They can offer features such as writing assessment, video communications, proctoring, or media storage.

Although some learning tools may be visible within your course already, most are hidden by default so you will need to display them. Additional tools may be installed in certain courses based on your school or department. For more about displaying learning tools, see the knowledge base article on how to incorporate learning tools in your Canvas course.

If instead you have an idea for an improvement to a core Canvas feature that is not for a new learning tool, please submit your request using the Suggest Canvas Enhancements form. If you are requesting a new learning tool, use the Request a Learning Tool button immediately below.

To request a learning tool for potential integration in Canvas, please submit an inquiry through the Courseware website. Please allow sufficient time for thorough security and privacy reviews.   

If you are having an issue with one of the learning tools, you can report the issue to the Penn State IT Service Desk.

Current Learning Tools at Penn State

While most learning tools are available for all courses University-wide, some are only available to select schools or departments, such as Penn State World Campus. Please check the availability listed under the details of each tool.

ToolDescriptionResourcesDetailsStatusCategories
Acrobatiq is a platform that combines courseware authoring, content, and analytics tools for educators and instructional design teams to develop interactive courses.Penn State Knowledge Base Article
Availability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedinteractive elements, content, student engagement
Adobe Express (formerly Adobe Spark) provides easy access to Spark projects within Canvas, allowing users to create and complete assignments.Penn State Knowledge Base Article
Pathways to Pedagogy
Availability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedcontent, video, student engagement
ALEKS is a research-based, online learning program that offers course products for Math, Chemistry, Statistics, and more.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedpersonalized/adaptive learning
Badgr is a platform for badge issuing, management, and tracking user achievements. You can use badges to help motivate students to complete the content in your course.In Reviewassessment, content
Anthology Ally is a revolutionary product that integrates seamlessly into the learning management system and focuses on making digital course content more accessible.Penn State Knowledge Base Article
Availability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedassessment, student interaction, personalized/adaptive learning
Bongo (YouSeeU) provides a platform for students and instructors to create and share videos in a secure, classroom-based environment.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: World Campus
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedvideo, assessment, interactive elements
Cengage LTI allows Cengage products – MindTap, WebAssign, Infuse, CNOW, OWL and eBooks to be integrated into CanvasPenn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook pruchase
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedebooks, content, interactive elements
Credo is a library tool that provides reference tools to perform research at any level of study.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedresearch content
Ed Disussion helps scale class communication in a beautiful and intuitive interface.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedstudent interaction
Edfinity provides ready-to-go homework mapped to dozens of courses and textbooks.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes- contact courseware@psu.edu
Integratedinteractive elements, personalized/adaptive learning, subject-specific: life sciences & mathematics
Evolve is a one-stop online portal for healthcare educators and students to access and purchase all of their Elsevier digital teaching & learning materials.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes- contact courseware@psu.edu
Integratedcontent, ebooks, subject-specific: nursing and health professionals
Examity is a proctoring tool used for proctoring exams. Examity provides a flexible test integrity solution including live, recorded and fully automated solutions.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedassessment, software
Google Assignments allows you to easily distribute, analyze, and grade student work with AssignmentsPenn State Knowledge Base Article
Pathways to Pedagogy
Availability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes- see courseware@psu.edu
Integratedassessment
gradescope logoGradescope is a tool that helps administer and grade assessments, allowing students to receive faster and more detailed feedback on their work, and allows instructors to see detailed assignment and question analytics.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: Brandywine, New Kensington, University Park, Worthington Scranton
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedassessment, critique
Great River Learning GRL Content) is a textbook platform and assessment tool that works one-on-one with instructors to develop engaging and relevant educational products for students.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedebook, assessment, content
H5P allows users to create, share, and reuse interactive HTML5 content in your browser such as interactive videos, presentations quizzes, and more.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes- see courseware@psu.edu
Integratedcloud hosting, interactive elements, student engagement
Hawkes Learning is an innovative, educational courseware platform providing instructional content and mastery-based learning to enhance student success in college courses.In Reviewcontent, ebooks
IllumiDesk provides full-featured Jupyter Notebook images with multiple kernels and frameworks.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedresearch, stem, collaboration
Inquizitive is a formative, adaptive quizzing tool with gaming elements that supports select Norton textbooks.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes- contact courseware@psu.edu
Integratedassessment, personalized/adaptive learning, game-based learning
iSeek allows users to orchestrate a networked ecosystem of bots, agents, and advisers that ingest, comprehend, interpret, and transform your data into insights and action.Integratedresearch, subject-specific: health sciences
Kaltura enables teachers, students, and administrators to easily record, upload, manage, edit, clip, transcode, publish, and deliver high-quality video content.Penn State Knowledge Base Article
Pathways to Pedagogy
Availability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedvideo, student engagement, cloud hosting
Kritik is a peer-grading platform that distributes fair and accurate assessments by harnessing collective intelligence to simplify workflows and reduce turnaround time on feedback.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedassessment, collaboration, critique
Labflow prepares students for in-lab success in chemistry and biology courses with pre-lab preparation and post-lab coaching.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedcollaboration, research, stem
LingroHub is an all-digital language platform that uniquely integrates personalized, social, game-based learning.In Reviewstudent engagement, subject-specific: spanish
Listening Exams allow users to Create their own rhythmic, melodic, and harmonic dictations or choose from a large database.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedassessment, subject-specific: music
LoudCloud courseware platform lowers the cost of learning materials, is easy to personalize, and ensures your students have the course materials they need for academic success.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedebooks
Macmillan Learning is a publisher of textbooks and learning resources, including LaunchPad and Achieve, for university-level students.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes-contact courseware.psu.edu
Integratedebooks, interactive elements
OneDrive is the Microsoft cloud service that connects you to all your files.Penn State Knowledge Base Article
Pathways to Pedagogy
Availability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integrated
Microsoft Teams Classes helps educators and students easily navigate between their LMS and Teams. Users can access their class teams associated with their course directly from within their LMSUse Microsoft Teams Classes in your LMSAvailability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedstudent interaction
McGraw Hill Campus allows users to instantly browse, search, and access the entire library of McGraw-Hill instructional resources and services including e-books, test banks, PowerPoint slides, animations and learning objectsPenn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-Wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedebooks, content, interactive elements
Connect is the homework and learning management platform for educators and students.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-Wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedebooks, content, interactive elements
Möbius Assessment is a powerful online testing and assessment system designed especially for courses involving mathematicsPenn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-Wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? No
IntegratedContent, Assessment, student engagement
MyBusinessCourse.com is an educational content, technology, and services company.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedebooks, subject-specific: business
MyOpenMath is an online course management and assessment system for mathematics and other quantitative fields.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedassessment, stem, interactive elements
NameCoach provides accurate audio name pronunciations in the tools you use every day, to promote inclusion, belonging, and rapport in every interactionIn Reviewcourse management
Nearpod provides real-time insights into student understanding through interactive lessons, interactive videos, gamification, and activities.In Reviewstudent engagement, student interaction, interactive elements
OASIS is the powerful web application designed to facilitate medical school scheduling, record keeping, and curriculum tracking.Integratedcommunication, customer relationship management, subject-specific: health sciences
Office365 is an integrated experience of apps and services such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedcollaboration
Oxford Insight delivers high-quality content within a student-centered course delivery platform that optimizes the teaching and learning experience.In Reviewcontent, assessment, personalized/adaptive learning
Packback is an A.I. supported online discussion platform that improves student curiosity, communication skills, and critical thinking.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedstudent engagement, student interaction, collaboration
Pearson MyLab offers a collection of online homework, tutorial, and assessment products.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedebooks, content, interactive elements
Pearson Revel is an interactive learning environment that seamlessly blends authors’ narrative, media, and assessment, enabling students to read, practice, and study in one continuous experience.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedebooks, content, interactive elements
Perusall is a social reading platform available to students as an integration into the LMS. Perusall allows students (and teaching staff) to digitally annotate readings (with text, links, and embedded content).Penn State Knowledge Base Article
Pathways to Pedagogy
Availability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes, contact courseware@psu.edu
Integratedstudent engagement, interactive elements, ebooks
Piazza is a robust discussion board. Anonymity options to encourage everyone to ask and answer questions. Instructor endorsements of good questions and answers let instructors push the class in the right direction.Penn State Knowledge Base Article
Pathways to Pedagogy
Availability: University-wide
Cost: None for basic features
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedstudent interaction
Pivot Interactives uses interactive video for lab instruction. Their library of ready-to-go lab activities let students learn from real-life events, without the limitations of the lab.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes, contact courseware@psu.edu
IntegratedInteractive elements, STEM, Student engagement
Practice Labs is a browser-accessible hosting solution for labs that features built-in lessons and lab activities.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedtechnology training, subject-specific: Information Sciences and Technology
RATE is a digital self-assessment tool developed by CLA that helps students practice these reflective skills.In Reviewassessment, critique
SAGE Vantage is an intuitive digital platform that blends trusted SAGE content with auto-graded assignments, all carefully designed to ignite student engagement and drive critical thinking.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes- contact courseware@psu.edu
IntegratedContent, ebooks, interactive elements
Simple Syllabus is a centralized, template-driven platform that enables instructors to quickly personalize and publish interactive class syllabi—saving your entire campus time, budget, and frustration.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes- contact courseware@psu.edu
Integratedcourse management
Springshare's LibApps LTI tools allow you to integrate your content into your institution's courses directly, displaying right within the LMS frame to view your guides or E-Reserves. This allows you to give them the resources they need right alongside all of their other course information, links, discussions, etcPenn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedcontent
Testout provides online IT training courseware and certification exams that help educators prepare students for certification and real-world skillsPenn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes- contact courseware@psu.edu
Integratedtechnology training, stem
Top Hat logoTop Hat allows instructors and students to communicate and collaborate, create assignments on the fly, and check for knowledge. Top Hat at Penn State
Pathways to Pedagogy
Availability: University-Wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedstudent engagement, interactive elements
Turnitin is a web-based writing assessment toolkit which allows instructors to provide feedback to students through markup tools, rubrics, proofing tools and originality reports to detect plagiarism. Turnitin also provides peer review options.Penn State Knowledge Base Article
Turnitin at Penn State
Pathways to Pedagogy
Availability: University-Wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedassessment, critique
Tutor.com is a service built into select Penn State World Campus courses to assist students in writing, math, and other subjects.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: World Campus
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedpersonalized/adaptive learning
The Universal Design Online Inspection Tool (UDOIT) allows faculty and staff who teach or manage courses in Canvas to identify accessibility issues in their courses.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization?
Integratedaccessibility
Vista Higher Learning (VHL) streamlines the organization of course content, grading, and assessments for instructors while providing students with an innovative vehicle to explore new languages and culturesPenn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedforeign language, content, subject-specific
Voicethread is a tool that allows you to place collections of media like images, videos, documents, and presentations at the center of an asynchronous conversation.Penn State Knowledge Base Article
Pathways to Pedagogy
Availability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedpresentation, student engagement, collaboration
WileyPLUS is a textbook tool that includes practice problems and feedback, course content and educational videos, and gives students the flexibility to increase confidence as they learn and prepare outside of class.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Free with textbook purchase
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedassessment, content, interactive elements
Yellowdig boards create a private network where learning communities can be established, allowing discussions, and sharing to foster the relationships, skills, and knowledge.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes, contact courseware@psu.edu
Integratedstudent engagement, student interaction
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, collaboration, chat, and webinars across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems.Penn State Knowledge Base Article
Pathways to Pedagogy
Availability: University-wide
Cost: None
Action Needed for Authorization? No
Integratedvideo, student engagement, cloud hosting
zybooks logoZyBooks combine the power of interactive tools, responsive questions, and animations to provide students with a rich learning experience.Penn State Knowledge Base ArticleAvailability: University-Wide
Cost: Yes
Action Needed for Authorization? Yes- contact courseware@psu.edu
Integratedpersonalized learning, interactive elements, subject-specific: stem