Chat Tool

Document Last Update: August 3, 2021

Product: Chat Tool

Name
Product Name

Chat Tool
Description
Vendors description of the product
The Chat tool is a basic tool to communicate with people. Is available in all Canvas courses. Instructors can use chat to conduct virtual office hours or facilitate group discussions. All chat messages have a time and date stamp and are preserved in the chat history.
Purpose
Requester intended use of the product. What will the tool accomplish? What benefits to the university, students, others?
The Chat tool in Canvas allows students and teachers to interact. 
ASE Product Report Card
Product Report Card URL
 
Installation Type
Only one will apply
  • Approved - Campus
  • Approved - Online
  • Approved - Campus & Online
  • Semi Approved - Individual only 
Approved- campus

Tool Information

Communication Path
Communication paths for product changes and emergencies,…
  • When do the owner, stakeholders, employees and students need to be notified?
  • Path for back end issue - upgrades, bugs, ...
  • Path for Interface issue - upgrades, bugs, ...
  • Emergencies (major, minor)

Involved in determining this - Corey Moore, Ben Wilson, Dane Bohman, Dean Allen

 

The process for incident/maintenance communication for I-Learn products and the roles of portfolio managers and system owners is highlighted in the IT Incident Management and IT Change Management documents which are linked here.  

Product Owner
The person who can make the ultimate decisions for the product - funding, road map, vision, governance and retirement.
  • Please include name, email, phone, job title.
 
Stakeholders
A person or group of people who have an interest in the product and its success. Can influence product decisions. Are impacted (directly or indirectly) by the product. e.g. requester, department, developer, ASE, portfolio manager, product manager
  • Please include name, email, phone, job title.

Stakeholders: N/A

 

Platform Services Director   

  ASE List:  

  • Dane Bohman - bohmand@byui.edu / 208-496-7217  

  • Ben Wilson - wilsonbe@byui.edu / 208-496-1550  

  • Amber Gneiting - gneitinga@byui.edu / 208-496-7015

Director, Software Engineering  

Portfolio Management   

Academics Product Manager  

  • Dean Allen - allende@byui.edu/(208) 496-7211

Audience
Who will use the product? (campus, online, pathway, Ensign, employees - more specific like - nursing students, specific department or course(s))
 
Students and professors for Online and Campus

Purchasing

  • Purchaser and requester information - name, email, phone
  • Licensing (description of the license agreement - site license, per user, per computer, ...)
  • How is the license renewed?
  • Next renewal date?
  • When should this product be reviewed again for purpose and outcome? Usually, this happens every 3-5 years.
  • BYUI Purchasing Agent  - name, email, phone

Licensing Contract (How many licenses were purchased for the product?) 

Canvas license 

Who is the contract contact? (Purchasing Department) 

N/A 

What is the technology use cap of this product? 

N/A

Other
  • Product documentation (URL)
  • Support and/or training documentation (URL)
  • ASE - maintenance needs and yearly maintenance estimate
  • Any custom code developed? (where can it be found)
  • Is this ADA compliant (URL to their official vendor statement)
  • Other
 
Data
  • Give description of all data and how it interacts with the university systems.
  • List all university systems used.
  • Installation instructions - URL or direction how to find the instructions.
  • Who is responsible for installation - please include email, phone, job title.

What system is this coming from (push/pull)? 

 

Push Destination 

  • No push data 

Pull Source 

  • Canvas content 

 

canvas_user_id 

canvas_course_id 

canvas_enrollment_state 

canvas_user_login_id 

lis_person_name_full 

lis_person_contact_email_primary 

canvas_course_id 

 

For additional data transfer information, please contact Ben Wilson

Vendor Information

Product Name Chat Tool
Product URL https://www.instructure.com/
Company Name Canvas

Vendor Account/Sales Rep
Please include Name, email, phone, job title.

Canvas Information Desk, info@canvaslms.com, 800.203.6755 

Vendor Support Rep
Please include Name, email, phone, job title.