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Different ways to activate third-party tools in Canvas

There are multiple ways to activate third-party tools in Canvas. In the detailed description below you can learn more about the different methods and see a guide on exactly how to activate or deactivate a third-party tool.

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There are multiple ways to activate a third-party tool in your Canvas room:

  • from the Navigation tab in the room settings
  • from the Apps tab in the room settings
    • Activate in the Apps tab. Deactivate using click-and-drag in the lists in the Navigation tab in the room settings. Delete by using View App Configurations in the Apps tab in the room settings (does not apply to all third-party tools).
  • in the Rich Content Editor in pages, assignments, quizzes, discussions, announcements or in the Syllabus
    • Activate by clicking the power plug icon St?psel-ikonet fra teksteditormenyen i Canvas in the Rich Content Editor menu and then choosing View All. Deactivate by deleting the specific content in the Rich Content Editor.
  • in assignments
    • Activate in a specific assignment by choosing External Tool as the Submission Type and then click the Find button. Deactivate by changing the assignment's submission type or by deleting the assignment.
  • in modules
    • Activate by choosing External Tool when you add something to a module. Deactivate by deleting the row in the modules page.
  • with Redirect Tool
    • Actiate in the Apps tab. Deactive using click-and-drag in the lists in the Navigation tab in the room settings. Can only be deleted with the teacher role Emneansvarlig by using View App Configurations in the Apps tab in the room settings. Remember that students can see everything you add to the room menu with the Redirect Tool.
  • other
    • This can be for example a button located one or more places in the room, or something only available for courses piloting a new third-party tool. Only the system administrator can activate/deactivate it.

Where you activate third-party tools in Canvas

From where can you activate/integrate third-party tools?
Tool Navigation tab Apps tab Rich Content Editor Assignments Modules Redirect Tool Other
Ally yes   yes yes yes   yes
Blog           yes  
Canvas Commons     yes       yes
Dropbox (Business account at UiO)           yes  
EngageLab course analytics             yes
EngageLab informed consent tool             yes
EngageLab VIVA             yes
FeedbackFruits (i pilot) yes   yes yes yes    
G Suite at UiO           yes  
GeoGebra graphical calculator   yes   yes yes    
Github.uio.no           yes  
Inspera           yes  
JupyterHub           yes  
Leganto (Pensum) yes   yes yes yes    
MacMillan LaunchPad   yes          
Markdown Editor (wyelearning.com)     yes        
Mattermost           yes  
Mentimeter           yes  
Microsoft Immersive Reader             yes
Microsoft Teams           yes  
Nettskjema           yes  
Office 365 (OneDrive) yes   yes yes yes    
OneNote Class Notebook yes     yes yes    
Panopto yes   yes   yes    
R           yes  
Redirect Tool   yes          
Samtavla (Talkwall)           yes  
SCORM yes            
Twitter   yes          
Vimeo   yes yes yes yes    
Wiki           yes  
Wikipedia   yes          
YouTube   yes yes yes yes    
Zoom yes     yes yes    

 

Published Nov. 26, 2021 - Last modified Sep. 12, 2025