Canvas is a nice kid, it plays nicely with other online tools!

An "LTI" (learning tool interoperability) is an online external app that is built to work right inside a Canvas course page. You can use these external apps to add functionality and accessibility to your Canvas Course. For example, rather than place links to a website like TedEd, you can directly embed a TedEd video into your page using the TedEd LTI.

At the top of your Rich Text Editor while editing a page look for some of the little icons or a chevron symbol with a drop menu of other LTIs. In the UEN Instructure account we have both UEN eMedia and TedEd resources available.

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Clicking on the eMedia icon allows the teacher to then search for UEN eMedia resources and add them directly to the page.

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Here's an example of a video link added to this Canvas page using the eMedia LTI. Click the link to see how the eMedia resource will open in a new pop up window through the Canvas course.

Sedimentary Rocks: Clastic sedimentary rock