Brightspace Add-ons and LTIs

Brightspace offers a variety of Add-ons/LTI integrations that enhance teaching and learning. From video tools to plagiarism checkers, these features streamline workflows and boost student engagement. Explore available tools.

Collaboration & Engagement

Feedback Fruits

A suite of interactive tools designed to facilitate collaborative learning, peer review, and interactive study materials.

Learn more about FeedbackFruits

Vevox Polling

A live audience polling, Q&A, and interactive quizzing tool used to boost engagement during live classes.

VoiceThread

A collaborative multimedia tool where users can present, share, and discuss via voice, video, or text asynchronously.

Learn more about Voicethread

Zoom

The primary web conferencing platform for real-time live lectures, breakout rooms, screen sharing, and virtual office hours.

Learn more about Zoom

Video & Multimedia

Echo360

A comprehensive active learning video platform used for lecture capture, video content management, and embedded student engagement.

IVQ (Interactive Video Quizzes)

Functionality that embeds quiz questions directly into video timelines to check for student understanding as they watch.

Assessment & Integrity

CodeGrade

(CSE courses only)

An auto-grading and feedback platform specifically designed for computer science and coding assignments.

DigitalDesk

An enterprise assessment platform for multiple-choice testing, exam scanning, and analytical grading

Gradescope

An assessment tool that streamlines grading for paper-based, digital, and coding assignments, often utilizing AI assistance to speed up rubric-based grading.

Respondus

An academic integrity tool offering a custom LockDown Browser and online video proctoring for digital exams.

TurnItIn/PeerMark

Originality-checking software used for plagiarism detection, which also includes the "PeerMark" module for facilitating student peer reviews.

Publisher Courseware

Upcoming workshops on publisher tools

Many publisher tools can integrate with Respondus Monitor, and Respondus provides training on this functionality.

ALEKS (McGraw Hill)

An adaptive learning and assessment platform primarily used for mathematics and chemistry.

Cengage Learning MindLinks™

An integration tool that connects course shells directly to Cengage’s digital content and homework systems.

Macmillan

Publisher integration for digital courseware (such as Achieve) and electronic textbooks.

McGraw-Hill

Publisher integration for digital learning platforms (like Connect, SimNet) and course materials.

Pearson's MyLab & Mastering

Publisher courseware featuring interactive homework, subject-specific assessments, and digital texts.

SAGE Vantage

A digital learning platform that pairs SAGE textbook content with multimedia and auto-graded assignments.

Web Assign

Cengage's online homework and assessment platform heavily used for STEM and quantitative courses.

WileyPLUS

Publisher courseware offering structured online learning, homework, and e-texts.

Accessibility

Ally

An integrated accessibility tool that automatically checks course files for accessibility issues and generates alternative document formats (like audio or Braille) for students.

Readspeaker

A text-to-speech engine integration that reads digital content aloud to assist with varied learning preferences and visual accessibility.

Open Educational Resources (OER)

Lumen Learning

A provider of OER course materials and digital courseware.

Lumen One

Lumen’s flagship OER platform, designed specifically to incorporate active learning and equity-centered design.

OpenStax

A non-profit provider of high-quality, peer-reviewed, openly licensed textbooks.

SUNY OLI

A regional hub used to build, deliver, and support OER courseware and open educational materials.

Course Admin & Storage

Concourse Syllabus

An online syllabus management system used to create, organize, edit, and archive standardized course syllabi.

Digital Backpack

A virtual portal providing students and faculty remote, 24/7 access to site-licensed academic software and digital desktop applications directly from their personal computers.

OneDrive

Microsoft's cloud storage service for file sharing, document collaboration, and central data storage.

Specialized Clinical

Core Ultrasound / SonoAnatomy

Specialized medical education software exclusively used for clinical training in ultrasound imaging and structural anatomy.