Many tools are integrated with Blackboard and Canvas. Use this page to see which tools are available and in which Learning Management System. Type Canvas into the search box to see which tools are in Canvas or have notes about Canvas. This page will be updated regularly as more tools are set up in Canvas.
- If you need a tool in Canvas that is already in Blackboard, contact us.
- If you need a new tool integrated with Canvas that is not in Blackboard, complete an ASRB review request.
| Tool Name | Short Desciption | Support | LMS |
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| Aktiv | A student engagement platform designed to help students interact with learning concepts in innovative ways. | Vendor Support | Blackboard |
| ALEKS Chemistry | An online artificial intelligence-based assessment tool. | Vendor Support | Blackboard |
| ALEKS LTIA | An adaptive learning platform that personalized learning experiences for students. | Vendor Support | Blackboard |
| Alexanderstreet / Clarivate | Provides academic streaming media and online resources and contents for libraries. | For full support contact: Mason Library Vendor Support | Blackboard |
| Ally | Automatically checks course materials for accessibility issues and provides guidance to instructors on how to improve accessibility: ensuring that all students can access and engage with content effectively. | For full support contact: courses@gmu.edu | Blackboard (Canvas has a built in accessibility checker, but a full accessibility tool with alternative formats is under consideration) |
| ATLAS | Vendor Support Vendor Email | Blackboard | |
| Atomic Learning | Self-Paced: Online Software Training | Contact Vendor Vendor Phone: 866-259-6890 ext. 8 | Blackboard |
| Biometric Signature ID | Authenticates users by capturing user's unique movements (gestures) as they draw a password with their finger or mouse. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Carnegie Mellon University OLI | An online platform that provides free and open educational resources and courses. | Vendor Support | Blackboard |
| Cengage Tool | Provide a range of educational tools designed to enhance teaching and learning experiences. | Vendor Support 800-354-9706 | Blackboard / Canvas |
| Class Collaborate Ultra | Online collaborative learning platform that enables real-time communication: interactive whiteboarding: and seamless content sharing among students and instructors in virtual classrooms. | For full support contact: courses@gmu.edu | Blackboard access ends December 2024 / Will not be in Canvas, use Zoom |
| Class | Class is a virtual classroom that adds teaching features to Zoom. | For full support contact: courses@gmu.edu | Blackboard access ends August 2024 / Will not be in Canvas, use Zoom |
| Course Evaluations | This is online assessment tool that allows educational institutions to gather feedback from students regarding their learning experiences and instructors' performance. | For full support contact: Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Planning | Blackboard; Canvas TBD (will not work in Blackboard and Canvas at the same time) |
| Course Materials / First Day (Barnes and Noble) | Provide textbooks, workbooks, study guides, and other resources required by specific courses. First Day. | Vendor Support | Blackboard; Expected to be added to Canvas (and removed from Blackboard) in late December 2024 (cannot be in two LMSs at same time) |
| CoursePoint | Lippincott CoursePoint is a fully integrated, adaptive, digital course solution for nursing education. | Canvas | |
| Course Reserves (Leganto) | Allow users to build lists of content including both our own content as well as from other sources like Youtube and other popular platforms. | For full support contact: Mason Library | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Datacamp | An online platform that offers courses and interactive learning experiences that focuses on data science and programming. | Vendor Support | Blackboard |
| EBSCO Library Resources | Choose EBSCO articles/resources to embed in a course. | See walkthrough video. Contact University Libraries for help. | Canvas |
| Echo 360 | Scalia Law School Only. A platform designed for lecture capture: video management: and active learning in educational settings. | For full support contact: Law IT Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Evolve | Allows user to provides an easy way to link content from Elsevier products and resources. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| ExPrep Grader | Assessment tool designed to streamline and automate the grading process for Microsoft Excel-based assignments | Contact Vendor | Blackboard |
| Flat World | Access to online textbooks and homework from FlatWorld | Blackboard, Canvas |
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| GoPeer | A collaborative tutoring platform that connects students with tutors from top-tier universities for 1-to-1 lessons. | https://gopeer.org/ | Blackboard |
| GoReact | GoReact is a tool for teaching performance-based skills online. It is a cloud-based video tool that integrates a variety of feedback options and grading of student video assignments. | Vendor Support | Blackboard |
| Gradescope | Gradescope helps you seamlessly administer and grade all of your assessments: whether online or in-class. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| H5P | A tool that lets instructors easily make interactive and engaging web-based content. Limited licenses available, request via form. | Stearns Center | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Harmonize | Harmonize is a media-rich online discussion tool that allows students to communicate: interact: and engage with one another through the LMS integration. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Hawkes Learning | Hawkes Learning is an innovative: educational courseware and textbook publisher providing instructional content and mastery-based learning course materials. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Honorlock | Honorlock is a remote proctoring service that creates a fair testing environment for all students by protecting exams and academic integrity. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Hypothesis Annotation | Annotate articles: websites: videos: documents: apps: and more without clicking away or posting elsewhere | No longer in Blackboard / Will not be in Canvas Try Perusall as alternative |
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| iClicker | An iClicker is a wireless handheld device that allows a student to anonymously respond to questions instructors pose in class. | Vendor Support | Blackboard / Canvas |
| ILP Integration | Blackboard, Canvas | ||
| InQuizitive | An adaptive learning platform designed to help students improve their understanding and retention of course material. | Blackboard | |
| Kaltura Media | A video management platform that allows users to create: upload: publish: and share video content. | For full support contact: courses@gmu.edu | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Kendall Hunt | Provide textbooks, digital content, and other educational resources. | Blackboard | |
| Knowledge Matters | Vendor Support | Blackboard | |
| Library Subject Guide | InfoGuides/LibGuides - autolinks to guide for that course's subject | For full support contact: Mason Library | Blackboard; Available in Canvas starting Spring 2025 |
| LinkedIn Learning | LinkedIn Learning (LIL) is an online learning platform that contains a video library of courses taught by recognized industry experts. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Macmillan/ BFW | Provides textbooks, digital learning tools, online resources, and other educational materials. | Vendor Support | Blackboard |
| Macmillan Learning | A publishing company that provides a wide range of learning solutions such as textbooks: digital resources: online platforms and etc. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| MATLAB Coding Problem | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
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| McGraw Hill Connect LTIA | An online learning platform offering interactive digital textbooks: personalized learning tools: and | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Microsoft OneDrive | A cloud-based file storage solution. It allows users to store files: documents: photos: and other digital content securely in the cloud: accessible from any device with an internet connection. | Blackboard, Canvas | |
| Microsoft Teams classes | Create an MS Teams site which keeps student enrollments updated | Canvas | |
| Mobius - Math Placement | Blackboard | ||
| myBusinessCourse (Cambridge) | Offers a wide range of educational resources and tools tailored specifically for business courses. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Myopenmath | An online platform that offers free, open-source resources for mathematics education. | Blackboard | |
| NoteFlight | A web-based music notation software that allows users to create, edit, and share musical scores directly in a web browser. | Blackboard | |
| OneNote Class Notebook | A digital notebook specifically designed for educational purpose. | ITS Limited Support: Level 2 | Blackboard |
| PatriotWeb - Send Grades | Allows the instructor of record to send a Blackboard Grade Center column to Patriot Web as the Midterm Evaluations or Final grade. | For full support contact: Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Pearson | Offering textbooks: digital learning materials: assessment tools: and online courses across various subjects. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Perceivant | A tool that specializes in creating interactive and engaging digital course materials. | Blackboard | |
| Perusall | A social e-reader platform designed to facilitate collaborative reading and active learning among students. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Poll Everywhere | An interactive audience response system that enables presenters: educators: and event organizers to engage their audience through real-time polls: surveys: quizzes: and open-ended questions. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| ProQuest Library Resources | Choose ProQuest and Alexander Street Press articles/resources to embed in a course. | See integration steps. Contact University Libraries for help. | Canvas |
| Qwickly Attendance | Attendance management tool. It simplifies the attendance-taking process for instructors by allowing them to record and track student attendance directly within your courses. | Limited Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Respondus LockDown Browser | A custom web browser that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard. | For full support contact: Vendor Support | Blackboard / Will not be in Canvas, use Honorlock instead |
| Riipen | A work-based learning platform to document student experiences | help@riipen.com | Canvas |
| SafeAssign / SafeAssignment | A plagiarism detection service integrated into Blackboard. | For support contact courses@gmu.edu | Blackboard / Will not be in Canvas (Replaced by Turnitin) |
| SAGE Knowledge and Research Methods | A tool designed to help researchers, faculty, and students with their research projects. | Vendor Support | Blackboard |
| SAGE Vantage | Textbook publisher platform | Sage Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Science Interactive | An online laboratory solutions for science courses. | Vendor Support | Blackboard |
| Films.com | A platform that host secure educational and documentary films. | Blackboard | |
| Send Grades to Patriot Web | Allow instructors to send midterm evaluation and final grades to Patriot Web | Blackboard / Canvas | |
| Stukent | The tool provides digital marketing simulation platforms and other online resources for higher education institutions. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Teachingchannel | Blackboard | ||
| Top Hat | Interactive teaching platform that engages students with course materials through polls: quizzes: discussions: and interactive slides: fostering active participation and enhancing learning outcomes in both in-person and remote learning environments. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Student Learning and Licensure (Via) | A platform that offers innovative tools to drive student learning assessment, portfolios, and field experiences. | For support email: VIAhelp@gmu.edu | Blackboard, Canvas |
| Turnitin | Canvas | ||
| Vista Higher Learning | An educational publisher tool specializing in language learning materials: offering a wide range of textbooks: online resources: and digital tools designed to support language acquisition and proficiency development for students and educators. | Vendor Support | Blackboard |
| VitalSource | A digital textbook platform that provides access to a wide range of academic materials: including e-textbooks: e-books: and digital course materials. | Vendor Support Integration/Admin Support: Barnes & Noble Manager | Blackboard |
| VoiceThread | An interactive multimedia platform that enables users to create, share, and discuss various types of content, including: presentations, images, documents, and videos. | Vendor Support | Blackboard, Canvas |
| VoiceThread Tool (Wiley use only) | WILEY ONLY | Blackboard | |
| Wiley Course Resources | Blackboard, Canvas | ||
| Willo labs | Provides digital learning privacy and management. | Blackboard | |
| WordPress Course Blogs | For full support contact: courses@gmu.edu | Blackboard | |
| Zoom | A virtual meeting conducted over the internet using the Zoom video conferencing platform. | Full support | Blackboard, Canvas |