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These tools are provided for you to support your online experience. You will find guides, help desk and other resources in the links below. If you have further questions on how these tools should be used, please ask your instructor.

Canvas

Canvas is the online learning management system used to host your course content.

Canvas Guides

In addition, Canvas apps are available for both Android and iOS mobile devices. Although the app does not contain the full functionality of the browser-based version of Canvas, basic tasks can be successfully completed. You can find out more here:

External Tools

Use the links below to access the privacy and accessibility policies for external tools that might be used in your course.

Google Drive

You can use shared drives in Google Drive to store, search, and access files with a team. Shared drive files belong to the team instead of an individual. Even if members leave, the files stay in place so your team can keep sharing information and work anywhere, from any device.

Information Technology - Google Drive

Microsoft Office 365

EWU faculty, staff and currently enrolled students are licensed for Office 365. You can access Office online, or install it on Windows and Mac computers. You are limited to 5 installs on personally owned devices.

Information Technology - Software

Online Student Orientation

If you are new to online learning at EWU, it is highly recommended that you complete this short orientation:

Online Student Orientation.

Panopto

Panopto is a screen-capture tool that is available through Canvas. Students are not automatically granted access to use Panopto, a faculty member must make it available within a course. If your teacher has set this up and asked you to use Panopto to make recordings, the instructions listed here will assist you in getting started.

Panopto

Proctoring

Some courses have exams that need to be proctored. Your instructor may require you to use Respondus Monitor with Canvas for these exams.

Respondus Monitor

Respondus LockDown Browser

Respondus LockDown Browser provides a secure testing environment to take an online exam in Canvas.

Respondus LockDown Browser

Copyleaks

Copyleaks is a cloud-based tool that helps instructors check student work for improper citation, potential plagiarism, or the use of artifical intelligence by processing it through their text comparison database, comprised of current and archived web pages, submitted student papers and partnered content publishers, as well as AI detection protocols.

If your instructor requires you to use Copyleaks, it will be indicated when you submit your assignment(s) in Canvas.

Copyleaks Overview

Zoom

Zoom is a web conferencing service which may be used for synchronous online sessions.

Zoom Support

The information on this page is maintained by Instructional Technology and was last updated on 12/15/2025