Platforms & Tools

Level up your classroom. Explore the ecosystem of platforms and ed-tech tools available to you at MIT Sloan.

Browse the Available Platforms & Tools

The MIT Sloan community has access to the following teaching tools that are supported by MIT, MIT Sloan, or both. Click on the name of a tool to learn how to access it, find support, explore resources, and more. 

Interested in adopting a tool that’s not included? Submit a proposal to bring that tool to the institute.

Platform or Tool Description Category Canvas Integration Related Resources
aPlus+ Attendance

aPlus+ Attendance is MIT Sloan’s Canvas integration that allows teaching teams to track, manage, and sync student attendance data within their course.
  • Course Management
 Yes
Canvas

Canvas is MIT’s modern, easy-to-use Learning Management System (LMS) that brings instructors, students, and course content together in one place. It’s cloud-based, so you can access all of your courses in real-time from anywhere, on any Internet-connected device.
  • Learning Management System (LMS)
 Yes
Course Overview

Course Overview is MIT Sloan’s custom Canvas integration that displays the course’s directory information (e.g. course description, meet times, etc.) within the Canvas course.
  • Course Description
  • Teaching Team Info
 Yes
Explain Everything

Explain Everything is MIT’s feature-rich digital whiteboard app for tablets and web browsers.
  • Whiteboarding
 No
FeedbackFruits

FeedbackFruits is MIT Sloan’s Canvas integration that provides students with opportunities to give and receive peer-review feedback.
  • Feedback
  • Group/Teamwork
 Yes
Gradescope

Gradescope is MIT’s tool for grading paper-based, digital, and code assignments. It’s designed to reduce grading time, increase grading consistency, and improve quality of feedback.
  • Grading
 Yes
Harvard Business Publishing (HBP)

Harvard Business Publishing (HBP) is MIT Sloan’s Canvas integration that provides teaching teams with copyright-cleared access to HBP Cases and Simulations.
  • Case Teaching 
  • Copyright Clearance
  • Simulations 
 Yes
Membership

Membership is MIT Sloan’s custom Canvas integration that allows teaching teams to:

  • provide students with temporary access to Canvas courses; and
  • add teaching team guests (Faculty Observers, Mentors, etc.) to Canvas courses.
  • Course Enrollments
 Yes
MITSIS Grade Export

The MITSIS Grade Export tool allows Faculty and Course Admins to export a final grade CSV file from Canvas for submission to MIT’s Online Grading System (OGS).
  • Grading
 Yes
Panopto

Panopto is MIT’s lecture capture tool and video hosting platform that allows you to record, host, share, and search videos. This tool is available in all Sloan courses in Canvas to help you build a more cohesive course experience.
  • Video
 Yes
Photobook

Photobook is MIT Sloan’s custom Canvas integration that displays student profile information and professional headshots from the student’s MySloan bio in their Canvas course sites.
  • Student Information
 Yes
Piazza

Piazza is MIT’s platform for instructors to efficiently manage class Q&A. It’s designed to simulate real class discussion.
  • Q&A
 Yes
Poll Everywhere

Poll Everywhere is MIT’s dynamic online polling platform that allows students to vote on custom teacher-generated polls through SMS, smartphone or computer.
  • Polling
 No
Qualtrics

Qualtrics is MIT’s online survey tool that allows you to build surveys, distribute surveys, and analyze responses.
  • Surveys
 No
Slack

Slack is MIT’s Canvas integration for messaging and collaboration. Teaching teams can create a private Slack workspace for a course. Members of the workspace can chat together in conversation channels for topics, projects, and groups, and send direct messages.
  • Communication 
 Yes
Stack AI

Stack AI is a no-code platform that enables the creation of AI-powered applications for teaching and learning. It allows faculty, staff, and students to build custom chatbots, simulations, and other interactive tools without coding experience. This tool is currently available for experimental use at MIT Sloan.
  • AI-Powered Applications
 Yes
Study.Net

Study.Net is MIT Sloan’s Canvas integration that provides students with access to their Study.Net digital course pack from within the Canvas course.
  • Copyright Clearance
 Yes
Zoom

Zoom is MIT’s cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars.
  • Communication 
  • Polling 
  • Video 
 Yes
Zoom LTI Pro

Zoom LTI Pro is MIT’s Canvas integration that allows faculty to schedule, manage, and join Zoom meetings right from their Canvas course. Students can join meetings from there, too. Because they are already logged in to Canvas, they will be logged in to their Zoom application. This ensures pre-assigned breakout rooms are more successful.
  • Communication 
  • Polling 
  • Video 
 Yes