The University of Saskatchewan has established formal terms of use agreements with software or textbook publishers listed below addressing required privacy, legal, security, and business requirements. 

For example, this might include sharing information between systems that improve the user experience such as class list synchronization and transfer of grade or performance information to Canvas or selling student data to third parties for data mining or analytics.

Can students be given direct access to an online homework system?

• Students can always access response systems that are approved, for example PollEverywhere
• Publishers may offer direct online access to their products and services.   Students login directly on the publisher’s website or in the app. Faculty and students who choose this mode of access must consider the following:
  • The direct access method will not offer integration with University systems and services (like Canvas gradebook)
  • The homework system many not comply with University privacy, security, and legal policy 
  • Support for the service is provided directly by the publishers to the instructor or student
  • Students are being required to pay for additional services in order to have access to graded assignments and tests, then may have their data sold or used in ways that they prefer not to consent to.

When accessed through Canvas, the following online homework systems have agreements to comply with University privacy, security, and legal policy:

 

Non-Commercial: None are currently enabled.  These systems could be approved through the same process to obtain formal terms of use agreements with software.