Tech Tool Suite
We provide a suite of tools to assist online teaching and support in-person teaching. All the tools listed have been vetted to meet security and digital accessibility standards.
If you are curious about utilizing a tool in your course that is not listed, please contact us.
Canvas Integrations & Course Tools
- Cidi Labs DesignPLUS
- Course design toolset to create engaging, accessible, and beautiful courses.
- Cidi Labs UDOIT Advantage
- A guided accessibility assistant for Canvas, where users can scan and remediate issues.
- Cidi Labs TidyUp
- A Canvas course site cleanup tool that helps teaching teams identify unused files, duplicates, and outdated content.
- Harmonize
- An alternative to Canvas discussions and assignments, offering robust collaboration opportunities and a suite of peer review tools.
- Perusall
- A social learning platform where students can annotate text, video, and audio content.
- PingPong
- Create custom bots with the LLM (large language models) platform developed by the Harvard Kennedy School.
- Microsoft 365
- Panopto (in conjunction with the Multimedia Team)
- Harvard's video platform for lecture capture and media storage.
- Slack Enterprise
- A flexible messaging platform that can be integrated into every course for asynchronous and synchronous communication.
- Getting Started with Slack | HUIT
- SensusAccess
- Accessible file conversion software embedded into Canvas.
- Redirect Tool
- Add custom links to the Canvas sidebar.
- Teachly
- Helps instructors create increasingly personalized learning experiences with real-time stats.
- TORSH Talent
- Canvas plug-in for the TORSH platform.
- Learning Experience Platform (LXP)
- Harvard Business School and HUIT (Harvard University Information Technology) developed an asynchronous and blended learning platform. Support is currently limited.
- Calendly (limited seats)
- Scheduling tool that integrates with Outlook. Please note: we have limited seats for Calendly, and access is only given to members of the GSE community who meet our requirements.
Survey Tools
Surveying or polling tools available are: