For information about FIPPA, please visit this link: https://ciel.viu.ca/learning-technologies-innovation/online-blended-learning/maintaining-privacy-while-supporting-innovation 

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For questions and more information, contact: learnsupport@viu.ca

Fully FIPPA Compliant Platforms and Tools

All Institutionally-purchased contracts for faculty teaching and student learning (and browser-related access):

1.         VIULearn (D2L)

2.         VIUTube + Capture Space (Kaltura/Kaltura Capture)

3.         VIUOnline Rooms (Zoom) (See rules re: student accounts)

4.         VIUBlogs (WordPress)

5.         Classroom Clickers (Turning Point 5)

6.         Lightboard (VIU)

7.         iPeer (UBC)

8.         Early Feedback Service (Remark)

9.         Web Help Desk/Learnsupport (Solar Winds       

Other tools that CIEL offers limited support on but that are not fully compliant:

Please note that many non-FIPPA-compliant tools can be used in FIPPA-compliant ways (e.g. used by the instructor only; used with students who log in anonymously and don’t have to self-identify within the tool, used by choice of student when FIPPA-compliant options were offered to them in an assignment). The important thing is that an instructor may not require students to use a non-FIPPA-compliant tool for assignments.  

The online tools below are hosted in the US or elsewhere, which makes them non-FIPPA compliant, unless used in FIPPA-compliant ways.  

•  Adobe Acrobat Pro

•  Creative Suite 8 (Photoshop, Illustrator etc.)

•  MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

•  Browsers (Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge)

•  GSuite (Classroom, Docs, Sheets, Slides etc.)

•  Technologies in VIU classrooms (projectors, document cameras, switching panels, wifi connectivity, instructor station components, etc.)

•  Clicker Alternative Web-based tools:

  • Socrative
  • Poll Everywhere