Many external digital tools have been created by third-party developers using Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) standards to work with Canvas. These external tools are hosted on the tool vendor’s own server, and use the LTI standard to connect to and work seamlessly with Canvas. We sometimes call these third-party tools because they were not designed by Canvas, and they are not directly supported by the UO or by Instructure (Canvas).
UO performs formal security and accessibility reviews when considering whether to integrate an LTI tool with our Canvas instances. Security review is important because flaws with a third-party application could make FERPA-protected data in the whole system insecure. Accessibility review is important because vendors differ in their adherence to legally-required accessibility standards.
For more information about what LTIs are currently available, see this Knowledge Base article on LTI Tools Status in Canvas . If you want to request a tool not on the list, please review this Canvas New Tool Request FAQ article.