LTI Catalog
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The University of Illinois Chicago LTI Catalog is a comprehensive directory of 47 educational technology applications that integrate seamlessly with the university's learning management systems. This centralized resource serves as a one-stop reference for instructors to discover, evaluate, and implement digital tools that enhance teaching and learning experiences.
The LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability) Catalog provides instructors with detailed information about each available educational technology tool, including:
Tool descriptions and capabilities - Understanding what each application does and how it supports pedagogy
Category-based organization - Tools are grouped into 11 categories such as Assessment & Testing, Content Delivery & Digital Textbooks, Collaboration & Communication, and Specialized Academic Platforms
Platform availability - Clear indicators showing which tools work in Blackboard (46 tools) and Canvas, with transition timelines for Canvas migration
Support resources - Direct links to vendor documentation, user training materials, and setup guides
Implementation guidance - Specific instructions for Canvas integration and LTI configuration
The catalog enables instructors to:
Explore by Need: Whether seeking polling tools for student engagement (like Turning Technologies), video platforms for lecture capture (like Panopto and Echo360), or specialized discipline-specific resources (like Labflow for science courses), faculty can quickly identify relevant solutions.
Compare Options: With tools ranging from major publishers like Pearson and McGraw Hill to specialized platforms like Gradescope for AI-assisted grading, instructors can evaluate multiple options within their teaching domain.
Plan Transitions: As UIC migrates from Blackboard to Canvas, the catalog clearly indicates which tools are currently available, in progress for Canvas integration, or scheduled for October 2025 deployment.
Access Support: Each entry includes direct links to vendor support, training resources, and UIC-specific implementation guides, reducing barriers to adoption.
This catalog represents UIC's commitment to providing faculty with diverse, pedagogically sound technology options while ensuring proper institutional support and integration with existing learning management systems.
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LTI Catalog
| Tool Name | Description | Available in Blackboard | Available in Canvas | Title II Compliant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acadly | A comprehensive classroom management platform that combines attendance tracking, live polling, assignments, and communication tools for enhanced student engagement. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Acrobatiq | An adaptive learning platform that provides personalized instruction and assessment capabilities for various academic subjects. | Retired | Retired | |
| ACS Lab Safety UIC | A lab safety training and assessment platform specifically designed for University of Illinois Chicago to ensure compliance with laboratory safety protocols and regulations. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Aleks | An adaptive learning platform that uses artificial intelligence to provide personalized math and science instruction with detailed progress tracking. | Yes | Retired | No |
| Alexander Street | A digital library platform that provides access to streaming video content, including documentaries, performances, and educational videos for academic use. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Anthology Course Evaluations | A course evaluation system specifically configured for University of Illinois Chicago to collect student feedback and institutional assessments. | Yes | Waiting for vendor response | Yes |
| Api Packback | An AI-powered discussion platform that encourages critical thinking through structured online discussions and peer engagement. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Apollo Codio | A cloud-based development environment and curriculum platform designed for computer science education with integrated coding exercises and assessments. | Yes | Waiting for vendor response | Yes |
| Canvas Credentials(Parchment) | Parchment enables institutions to issue digital badges and certificates that track skills and achievements. It integrates with learning platforms to automate credential awarding and learner progress visualization. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Canvas Studio | An interactive video platform to share video and audio content, while also supporting commenting, collaboration, and quizzing directly on media timelines. It allows threaded discussions, inline feedback, peer-to-peer interaction, and automatic captioning, all centrally managed with robust analytics that track engagement for deeper insight into learning outcomes. Canvas Studio Integration | No | Yes | Yes |
| Cengage Gateway | An integrated learning platform that provides access to Cengage's digital textbooks, homework assignments, and assessment tools with grade passback capabilities. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ClassRanked | ClassRanked provides data-driven insights into course difficulty, student satisfaction, and instructor performance using verified student feedback. It helps students make informed course selections and supports departments with trend analysis. | No | Contract not yet appoved | |
| Coerll | The Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning platform that provides language learning materials and resources. | Retired | Retired | |
| Echo360 | A lecture capture and video management platform that enables recording, streaming, and sharing of educational video content. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Elsevier (Evolve) | A comprehensive educational platform for health sciences that provides interactive learning resources, assessments, and digital textbooks for medical and nursing education. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ExamSoft Enterprise | ExamSoft is a secure offline exam platform that supports high-stakes assessments, analytics, and question tagging. It ensures controlled testing environments and provides detailed performance reporting. | Yes | Reseaching | Yes |
| Examsoft Legacy | ExamSoft Legacy refers to the earlier version of the ExamSoft assessment platform that delivers secure, offline exams with robust question banking and performance analytics. It supports high-stakes testing environments but lacks newer cloud-based enhancements found in ExamSoft’s modern suite. | Yes | Retired | No |
| Feedback Fruits | A pedagogical tool suite that provides interactive learning activities including peer review, group assignments, and comprehension exercises. | Yes | Retired | No |
| For Class | A student engagement platform that facilitates classroom discussions, Q&A sessions, and interactive learning activities. | Retired | Retired | |
| Gradarius | A learning management and assessment platform that provides tools for course management, grading, and student analytics | Retired | Retired | |
| Gradescope | An AI-assisted grading platform that streamlines the process of grading assignments, exams, and programming projects with automated feedback and analytics. Gradescope Integration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Holscience | A science education platform that provides interactive simulations and virtual laboratory experiences for science courses. | Yes | In Progress | |
| iClicker | iClicker enables real-time polling, quizzes, and attendance tracking to increase student engagement during live classes. Students can respond via mobile app or physical clickers. | Yes | Waiting for vendor response | Yes |
| InQuizitive (W.W. Norton) | An adaptive quiz platform that provides personalized practice questions and assessments based on Norton's educational content. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Canvas Intelligent Insights | Canvas Intelligent Insights uses AI-driven analytics to identify student engagement patterns, predict risk factors, and support data-informed teaching decisions. It provides dashboards and recommendations to enhance learning outcomes. | NA | Yes | Yes |
| Kortex | Digital textbook and course materials platform that provides students with access to over 400,000 digital textbooks from more than 700 publishers, including Pearson, McGraw-Hill, and Wiley. | No | Waiting for vendor response | Yes |
| Labflow | A digital laboratory notebook and workflow management system designed for science courses to track experiments and lab activities. | Yes | Retired | No |
| Law Evaluation Kit | A specialized evaluation and assessment platform designed for law school courses and legal education programs. | Retired | Retired | |
| LinkedIn Learning Production | The production version of LinkedIn's professional development and skills training platform for educational institutions. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Lucid | Lucid’s LTI integration allows students and instructors to create, edit, and collaborate on diagrams, flowcharts, wireframes, and digital whiteboards directly within Canvas. It supports interactive visual assignments, group work, and embedded diagrams inside course content. Lucid IntegrationLucid Integration | No | Yes | Yes |
| Matlab | MATLAB is a powerful numerical computing environment used for data analysis, modeling, simulation, and visualization. It integrates with LMS platforms to enable assignment submissions, automated grading, and interactive learning modules in STEM courses. | Yes | Retired | No |
| McGraw Hill Connect | A digital learning platform that provides adaptive learning technology, assignments, and assessments integrated with McGraw Hill's educational content. McGraw Integration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Microsoft OneDrive LTI | A cloud storage integration that allows students and instructors to access, share, and collaborate on documents stored in Microsoft OneDrive directly within the LMS. | Yes | Blocked by Compliance | Yes |
| Microsoft Teams | A collaboration platform integration that enables video conferencing, chat, and team collaboration features within the learning management system. | Yes | Blocked by Compliance | |
| MNV Gateway (Macmillan Achieve) | A gateway service for accessing educational content and resources through MNV Technology's platform. | Yes | Available Per Request | Yes |
| myBusinessCourse | An online learning platform that provides business education content, including accounting, finance, and business courses with integrated assessments. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MyOpenMath | An open-source online mathematics homework system that provides customizable problem sets and automatic grading for math courses. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| OpenOChem | An open-source organic chemistry learning platform that provides practice problems and educational resources for chemistry students | Yes | Waiting for vendor response | |
| Panopto | A comprehensive video platform for education that provides lecture capture, video management, and interactive video learning capabilities. Panopto Integration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pearson Access | A comprehensive digital learning platform that provides access to Pearson's educational content, assessments, and adaptive learning tools. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Perusall | A social annotation platform that allows students to collaboratively read and discuss academic texts, PDFs, and other course materials with integrated discussions and analytics. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Piazza | A platform designed for academic courses that facilitates student-instructor and peer-to-peer communication and knowledge sharing Piazza Integration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Poll Everywhere | A real-time audience response system that enables interactive polling, quizzes, and surveys during lectures and presentations. | Yes | Waiting for vendor response | Yes |
| Redshelf | A digital textbook platform specifically configured for University of Illinois Chicago that provides access to e-textbooks and educational materials. | Yes | Retired | Yes |
| Respondus LockDown Browser | LockDown Browser restricts students’ computer functions during online exams, preventing actions like copying, screen switching, or visiting other websites. It is often paired with monitoring tools to ensure test integrity. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Runestone | An interactive textbook platform primarily used for computer science courses that combines reading materials with executable code examples. | Yes | Waiting for vendor response | |
| SAGE Vantage | An integrated learning platform that combines SAGE Publications' content with adaptive learning technology and assessment tools. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| SCORM | SCORM is a standardized format for packaging interactive learning modules that can be imported into LMS platforms. It ensures compatibility, tracking, and communication between learning content and the LMS. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Soft Chalk Cloud | A content authoring and delivery platform that allows instructors to create interactive online lessons and educational content. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Stukent | A digital marketing education platform that provides simulations, courseware, and hands-on learning experiences for marketing courses. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The Expertta (Expert TA) | An online homework and assessment system primarily used for physics courses, providing automated grading and detailed feedback for STEM subjects. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Top hat | Top Hat is an interactive teaching platform that supports polling, quizzes, attendance, discussions, and digital textbook delivery. It enhances student engagement during live or asynchronous learning through mobile devices. | Yes | Retired | No |
| Turning Technologies (PointSolutions) | An interactive student response system that enables real-time polling, quizzes, and classroom engagement activities to enhance learning and participation | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| TurnitIn | Turnitin checks student submissions for originality by comparing them to extensive databases of academic and web content. It also offers grading tools, feedback features, and writing analytics. | No | Yes | Yes |
| UIC Teaching Eval | A course evaluation system developed for University of Illinois Chicago to collect student feedback and assess teaching effectiveness. | Retired | Retired | |
| Virtual Machine | The Campus Virtual Machine provides instructors, TAs, and instructional designers with access to a stable, on-campus computing environment for running advanced LMS features, media tools, and integrations. It serves as a reliable alternative when a user’s local hardware or network connection cannot support high-performance tasks. | Yes | ||
| VoiceThread | VoiceThread allows asynchronous discussions through audio, video, and text comments on shared media. It supports interactive presentations, peer feedback, and accessible communication. | Retired | Retired | |
| Wiley (WileyPLUS) | An integrated teaching and learning platform that combines Wiley's educational content with adaptive learning technology and assessment tools. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Willolabs (Follett Willo Digital Delivery | A digital courseware delivery platform that provides access to digital textbooks and educational materials through Follett's content distribution system. | Retired | Retired | Yes |
| Zoom | A video conferencing platform integration that enables virtual meetings, webinars, and online classroom sessions within the LMS environment. Zoom Integration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Zybooks | An interactive online textbook platform that combines reading materials with hands-on coding exercises and animations for computer science and engineering courses. | Yes | Yes | Yes |