Chapter 16

Ten Favorite Canvas Add-Ons

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Checking out the best Canvas add-on for adding video

Bullet Exploring the Google Assignments and Flipgrid LTIs

Bullet Adding external links with the Redirect Tool

Bullet Gamifying your course with ClassCraft

Sometimes the power of Canvas LMS gets an additional boost with add-ons that further enhance teaching and learning. We recommend the ten items listed in this chapter to really up your level of Canvas geekdom. Now, full disclosure, some of the add-ons do come with additional costs. However, we denote those that have additional expense involved in the descriptions that follow.

Canvas Studio

Canvas Studio (www.instructure.com/product/higher-education/canvas-studio) is an all-in-one video creation, screencasting, and video quiz-creation tool. It is an add-on provided by Canvas at an additional per-user fee. We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: We feel Canvas Studio is — by far — the number one Canvas LMS add-on. No other tool allows you the same level of video engagement packed into the platform as Canvas Studio.

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