Tech Tool Suite
Canvas Integrations & Course Tools
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, including those not listed, please contact us.
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.
Canvas Accessibility Cheat Sheet
A short guide to help you build accessible Canvas sites.
Cidi Labs DesignPLUS
Course design toolset to create engaging, accessible, and beautiful Canvas sites.
Cidi Labs TidyUp
A Canvas course site cleanup tool that helps teaching teams identify unused files, duplicates, and outdated content.
Cidi Labs UDOIT Advantage
A guided accessibility assistant for Canvas, where users can scan and remediate issues.
Harmonize
An alternative to Canvas discussions and assignments, offering robust collaboration opportunities and a suite of peer review tools.
Learning Experience Platform (LXP)
Harvard Business School and HUIT (Harvard University Information Technology) developed an asynchronous and blended learning platform. Support is currently limited.
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365 combines document collaboration and sharing, email and calendar, productivity apps, and communication tools into a single, web-based platform.
Panopto
(in conjunction with the Multimedia Team)
Harvard's video platform for lecture capture and media storage.
Perusall
An alternative to Canvas discussions and assignments, offering robust collaboration opportunities and a suite of peer review tools.
PingPong
Create custom bots with the LLM (large language models) platform developed by the Harvard Kennedy School.
Redirect Tool
Add custom links to the Canvas sidebar.
SensusAccess
Accessible file conversion software embedded into Canvas.
Accessible file conversion software embedded into Canvas.
SensusAccess
SensusAccess is an accessible file conversion tool available in every Canvas site. Find and use it via the "Convert a file" menu option (if enabled), and via the blue "S" logo on Canvas pages.
Slack Enterprise
A flexible messaging platform that can be integrated into every course for asynchronous and synchronous communication.
Teachly
Helps instructors create increasingly personalized learning experiences with real-time stats.
TORSH Talent
Canvas plug-in for the TORSH platform.
Watermark Student Learning & Licensure
Canvas integration to help guide students through the TTL (Teaching and Teacher Leadership) program by measuring student progress and providing reports for Massachusetts educator licensure requirements.
Survey Tools
Surveying or polling tools available are:
Microsoft Forms
Quickly create quizzes, questionnaires, surveys, and polls.
Poll Everywhere
Polling and interactive tools to better engage your students in the classroom.