Quick Links: | Learning Management Systems (LMS) | Video | Academic Integrity | Support & Communication | Miscellaneous |
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Canvas
The university's primary learning management system (LMS). Campus supports Canvas in partnership with the LMS Advisory Group, which includes representatives from several technical and functional departments around the campus.
Canvas has many features built-in and even more that have been added or extended through integrations with other software.
Publisher Integrations
Chico State provides a whole list of supported publisher tools that are maintained as integrations with Canvas. These integrations are regularly evaluated to ensure they still meet usage, security, and accessibility requirements. A complete list of supported LMS integrations is available on the Learning Technologies Services website.
Ally
Ally is a tool that scans for and fixes accessibility issues in our learning management system (LMS).
If you are an instructor, Ally can assist you by scanning content, providing alternative versions of that content, and guiding you through steps to fix issues that cannot be resolved automatically.
Video
Kaltura
Kaltura is currently used within Canvas and Blackboard at Chico State, allowing students and instructors to easily upload and share video content.
Zoom
Zoom is an online video conferencing solution that is available to all faculty, students, and staff. Zoom can be used for virtual teaching, online office hours, group meetings, and more.
GoReact
Go React is a simple video assessment, recording, and skill development tool used to make virtual learning or idea sharing easy. By making normally complex video or media actions simple, Go React allows student and faculty to share and communicate easily. GoReact is only available for select classess in the Learning Management System.
Academic Integrity
Proctorio
Proctorio is a remote proctoring service software that works within your web browser to monitor test takers for suspicious behaviors. Proctorio is only available to select classess in the Learning Management System.
Turnitin
Reduces plagiarism by checking student work instantly for potential plagiarism using pattern recognition algorithms. An Originality Report is generated in a matter of seconds. It is accessible through the LMS platform or independently by participating campuses. It also has a convenient grading feature for submitted papers.
Support & Communication
Instructure Impact (formerly EesySoft)
Instructure Impact provides a fully-featured contextual knowledge base in the LMS, allowing learners and instructors to access relevant support resources. Impact also provides analytics that help inform Chico State's academic technologies training and support.
Poll Everywhere
Poll Everywhere allows users to host interactive meetings and events as well as real-time polling and sharing. Poll Everywhere offers the ability for faculty to engage with students with surveys and polls to create an interactive learning experience.
Miscellaneous
Google Classroom
Chico State's Academic Technologies department has partnered with the School of Education to give its student teachers learning management system (LMS) experience using Google Classroom. This integration is aimed to help aspiring teachers gain important skills.
Respondus 4.0
This powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed or published directly to Canvas. With its LMS integrations and desktop application, Respondus 4.0 has many time-saving features.
TechSmith: Camtasia & SnagIt
TechSmith creates two software applications that can be used on all campus-owned machines:
- Camtasia video capture + editing software
- Snagit screen capture software (still images and full video)