Available technology
UM Academic Technology provides a variety of software integrated into Canvas. All software is reviewed and approved to ensure it meets compliance standards regarding information security and digital accessibility. If you are looking for an application to enhance learning in your course and you do not see it on this list, please review the process for requesting new software, and submit a request.
| Title | Description | Pay Models | Campus Usage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic Search | Atomic Search for Canvas is an integrated Canvas application with comprehensive search functionality. Students and instructors can search their Canvas content in a user-friendly and accessible way. This will save time finding the information they need in a course site without spending time searching through all of the content. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| BlackBoard Ally | Blackboard Ally supports instructors by providing real-time feedback and accessibility scores for their course materials, helping them identify and resolve accessibility issues efficiently. It offers clear guidance on how to improve content accessibility, making the process more manageable and less time-consuming. Ally also has the ability to automatically generates alternative formats for course documents—such as HTML, ePub, audio, and electronic braille, ensuring content is accessible for students in multiple ways without requiring additional effort from instructors. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Blended Teaching | Blended Teaching provides resources and tools to support courses that combine online and face-to-face instruction. It helps instructors design, organize, and deliver learning activities across multiple instructional formats. | Student Purchase from Bookstore | UMSL |
| Canvas Portfolios | Canvas Portfolios provides students with a digital space to collect, organize, reflect on, and showcase academic work and accomplishments. Portfolios can be used to demonstrate learning, skills, projects, and achievements to instructors or other audiences. | Free | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Catalog | Canvas Catalog allows a Canvas course site to be listed publicly as a non-credit course that UM System users and non-UM System users can register to as a student.UM System users with a teacher role in an organization site or non-credit site, and UM System users, as well as non-UM System users with Alternative Login account created, can sign up as a student in an organization or non-credit site. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Cengage 1.3 | Cengage 1.3 integrates Cengage digital course materials, assignments, and assessments with Canvas. Students can access Cengage content through their courses, while instructors can connect courseware activities and synchronize grades with the Canvas gradebook. | Auto Access | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| EarTrainer | EarTrainer is an online music education tool designed to help students develop and practice aural skills. It provides interactive exercises for areas such as pitch recognition, intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, and other elements of music theory and ear training. | Student Pays Vendor | UMSL |
| Evolve | Evolve is an integrated set of texts, homework, simulations and other resources from Elsevier focused on Nursing and the Health Sciences and Professions. | Student Purchase from Bookstore | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| ExpertTA | ExpertTA is an online homework and assessment platform that provides interactive assignments, practice problems, and immediate feedback. It supports instructors in creating and managing course assignments while helping students practice and assess their understanding of course concepts. | Student Purchase from Bookstore | Mizzou |
| Explorance/Blue | Explorance Blue is a course evaluation and feedback platform used to collect, manage, and analyze student feedback. It supports course and instructor evaluations and provides reporting tools that help instructors and institutions understand student experiences and improve teaching and learning. | Site License | Missouri S&T |
| Gradescope | Gradescope allows you to more easily and consistently grade paper-based exams, quizzes and homework. In addition, Gradescope enables you to grade programming assignments (graded automatically or manually) and lets you create online assignments that students can answer right on Gradescope. Gradescope is only available on the UMSL and MST campuses. | Site License | UMSL, Missouri S&T |
| Honorlock | Honorlock is an advanced proctoring solution for online test security. Honorlock combines the power of live proctoring with AI to protect exam integrity and improve the testing experience. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Hypothesis | Hypothesis is an open source tool that lets users highlight and annotate any webpage or PDF. It can be used with a browser extension or inside your Canvas site. It promotes active reading, engagement, and peer interaction through shared annotations and discussions. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| iClicker Advanced Sync | iClicker is a student engagement and assessment tool that is integrated in Canvas. iClicker grades are pushed to Canvas with a push of a button. Due to the implementation of differential tuition at some campuses, please check with your campus leadership to make sure technologies can be paid for by charging students at your campus. | Department Pay, Site License | Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Kahoot! UMSL | Kahoot! UMSL is an interactive game-based learning platform that allows instructors to create quizzes, polls, and other activities for live or asynchronous student participation.It is a student-response system in use at the UMSL Campus. UMSL has purchased 100 licenses for instructors and they manage those licenses for users. | Department Pay | UMSL |
| Kritik360 | Kritik360 is a peer assessment and feedback platform that supports collaborative learning through structured peer review, self-assessment, and group evaluation activities. It helps students develop critical thinking and feedback skills while providing instructors with tools to manage and assess participation and performance. | Auto Access, Student Pays Vendor, Student Purchase from Bookstore | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Lucid (Spark and Chart) | Lucidspark is a virtual whiteboard designed to maximize team connection, collaboration, and creativity. Lucidchart is a diagramming tool intended to create next-generation diagrams with AI, data, and automation. | Free | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| MATLAB and Simulink Online Courses LTI 1.3 | MATLAB and Simulink Online Courses LTI 1.3 integrates MathWorks self-paced online courses directly into Canvas. Instructors can embed course content, assignments, and assessments, while students access interactive lessons and hands-on exercises in MATLAB and Simulink. Grades can be synchronized between the online courses and Canvas through the LTI 1.3 integration. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| MATLAB Grader | MATLAB Grader is an automated assessment tool that integrates with Canvas to provide students with hands-on MATLAB coding assignments and instant feedback. Instructors can create, distribute, and grade programming exercises, while students can develop and test MATLAB code directly within the learning environment. Grades can be automatically synchronized with the Canvas gradebook. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Packback 1.3 | Packback has three tool options for use: a student discussion platform, a writing lab for essays and writing assignments, and instructor tools for engaging every student.Packback is currently installed for all MU and UMKC course sites, and can be installed by request for UMSL course sites. Instructors and Students can access Packback through their Canvas course. | Auto Access, Student Pays Vendor | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou |
| Panopto Video | Panopto is a lecture capture and presentation recording tool that is integrated in Canvas. It can capture classroom lectures, or record lectures for students to view independently. Panopto can be used to share slides, documents, and other multimedia. An instructor or student accesses Panopto through the course navigation button or links that are within a Canvas site for their course. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Parchment Digital Badges | Parchment Digital Badges provides a platform for approved issuers to award badges to learners, and deliver verifiable digital credentials that complement transcripts and showcase real-world competencies backed by labor market data. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Pressbooks | Pressbooks provides an easy to use content and assessment integration with Canvas. Pressbooks provides a robust authoring environment built on top of WordPress. Pressbooks is also integrated with H5P and Hypothes.is. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| RegisterBlast | RegisterBlast is a registration and scheduling platform that integrates with Canvas to support course registration, testing, and appointment scheduling. | Department Pay | UMSL, Mizzou |
| Respondus LockDown Browser | Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom web browser that secures the online testing environment within Canvas. When students use LockDown Browser, they are prevented from printing, copying, accessing other websites, opening additional applications, or navigating away from the assessment, helping maintain exam integrity during online tests and quizzes. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| TidyUP | TidyUP is a software that integrates with Canvas to help users identify unpublished pages, delete outdated content, and remove empty folders in Canvas courses. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Top Hat (Ace) | Top Hat is an interactive teaching and learning platform that supports live questions, polls, quizzes, discussions, and attendance. It integrates with Canvas for roster syncing and grade submission. UMKC instructor accounts are free, while students pay $20 per semester, $30 per year, or $60 for five years. For training and support, contact at@umsystem.edu or Top Hat Support. | Student Pay, Student Purchase from Bookstore | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Turnitin Feedback Studio 1.3 | Turnitin Feedback Studio is a tool that provides resources to deter plagiarism, detect similarity to other sources, teach the value of authentic writing, as well as commenting and grading tools that make the feedback process faster, easier, and more consistent. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Turnitin Plagiarism Framework | Turnitin Plagiarism Framework integrates plagiarism detection and originality checking directly into Canvas assignments. Student submissions are compared against a vast database of academic publications, websites, and previously submitted papers, providing instructors with similarity reports to support academic integrity and feedback. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| VoiceThread | VoiceThread is an interactive collaboration and presentation platform that allows instructors and students to create, share, and discuss multimedia content. Users can add voice, video, text, and audio comments to slides, images, documents, and videos, enabling asynchronous discussions, presentations, peer feedback, and online engagement within Canvas. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| WileyPLUS next gen | WileyPLUS integrates seamlessly with Canvas to allow easy access and simple customization. The tools are designed with accessibility and ease of use in mind. | Auto Access | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| YouTube | YouTube is a video-sharing platform that provides access to educational, instructional, and multimedia content. Instructors can use videos to supplement course materials, demonstrate concepts, provide lectures, and support student learning through multimedia resources. YouTube videos embedded in Canvas may begin displaying advertisements due to changes in how Canvas integrates with YouTube. These advertisements are managed by YouTube and cannot be turned off in Canvas. | Free | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |
| Zoom UMSystem | Zoom UMSystem is a video conferencing and virtual meeting platform that supports live online classes, meetings, office hours, presentations, and collaborative activities. It provides features such as video and audio conferencing, screen sharing, chat, recording, and breakout rooms. | Site License | UMSL, UMKC, Mizzou, Missouri S&T |