Distance Education Tools & LTIs
SBCCD has a number of distance education tools and LTIs (Learning Tools Interoperability)
that are paid for, which can be used by both campuses. However, there may be some
that are only offerred by one campus or a specific department; these select tools
are paid with campus or department funds and not paid by the district. No matter where
the funding is coming from, though, the District DE Team is able to assit with training
or implementing it into your Canvas course.
The tools and LTIs list below are all ones that the district has paid for and that
can be integrated into your course either through Canvas or through the program's
website. If you do not see a specific tool or LTI on our list and would like for our
district to consider purchasing it, please submit a request form on the Request Forms page. These tools detail Accessibility, Communication & Community, Content Building,
Proctoring & Originality Checker, and Study Tools.
Accessibility
Canvas Accessibility Checker |
Housed in Canvas's RCE, this checker is the icon found on the bottom of the page.
Any accessibility errors found within the RCE will be flagged. Clicking on the icon
will give you some guidance on how to correct the issue and let you fix right there.
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Immersive Reader |
Assistance with not only font size and reading the material aloud, but also a way
for students to identify parts of speech, translate words/entire document, reformatting,
and even enabling a picture dictionary.
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Link Validator |
Found in Course Settings, this tool will check all links within a course and report
which ones are broken in need of being fixed.
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PopeTech |
Integrated into Canvas, this tool will delve deeper into checking for accessibility,
provide more detailed suggestions, and examples on how to improve or fix the error.
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TidyUp |
Scan your entire course to check for unused files, unpublished pages, and remove empty
folders. This will clean up the course, making copying and exporting the course quick,
seamless, and compact.
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UDOIT Cloud 3.0 |
Check the entire course for accessibility errors and provide guidance on how to improve
that accessibility of the content.
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Communication & Engagement
Flip |
Added app to Canvas allows the creation of short videos to help with ice breakers
and even small presentations. Available as a phone app as well.
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Pronto |
Texting service integrated in Canvas to allow for seamless messaging to one or all
students in each course. Available as a phone app as well.
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Starfish |
Monitor student progress in your courses; send kudos for a job well done; raise a
flag for any concerns on a student's academic success.
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StudentConnect |
Set-up Zoom office hours in one or all courses. Appointments can be scheduled for
the entire semester; short or long; students can sign up for a day and time available
that works best for them.
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Content Building
3C Media Solutions |
Funded by CCCCO, this site enables the uploading and storing of media, sharing media,
requesting captions, assistance with streaming media, finding other media shared,
event coverage assistance, and much more.
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Canvas Studio |
Integrated into Canvas, Studio allows for webcam, screen, or both recording features.
Videos will remain in your Studio library for easy access and the ability to embed
into specific courses. Additionally, videos can be edited prior to publishing and
even include quiz elements embedded into the video.
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DesignPLUS |
A design program that can be accessed in the RCE once training has been completed.
This program revamps Canvas pages to make them more engaging, organized, and elaborate
without knowing HTML.
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PlayPosit |
A service where videos uploaded, created, or live recorded lectures can have added
interactions where students have to answer questions, read notes, or provide feedback.
All of this can be integrated as an assignment in Canvas which in turn is recorded
into the gradebook.
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TechConnect Zoom |
The integration of Zoom into Canvas is now called TechConnect Zoom. This feature of
Zoom is linked to your Zoom account with SBCCD. Due to this, class meetings established
in Canvas will sync to the instructor's district Zoom account. Students can easily
access their remote class meeting by selecting the TechConnect Zoom page in the Canvas
course. Recorded lectures will appear here as well.
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Proctoring & Originality Checker
Honorlock 1.3 |
Utilizing a Chrome extension, this proctoring service opens in Canvas Quizzes when
enabled. Specific proctoring settings can be assigned to each quiz and the results
recorded per student that can be reviewed by the instructor.
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Turnitin |
Originality checker that reviews students's work to ensure that sources are cited,
work is original, and even if AI has been used to create the assignment.
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Study Tools
McGraw Hill |
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MyOpenMath |
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NetTutor |
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Pearson |
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