Lucid for Education

What is Lucid?

Lucid’s Education Suite empowers teachers and students with visual collaboration solutions anytime and anywhere within Canvas. With your Canvas account, you get free full access to the Lucid Education Suite apps Lucidchart and Lucidspark. Lucidchart is an intelligent diagramming application that allows you to visualize complex ideas, systems, and processes. Lucidspark is a virtual whiteboard application that enables teams to ideate, design, and build better ideas.

The Lucid integration provides tools that enhance engagement in learning, boost student collaboration, and enrich your course content. You can access the Lucid Education Suite directly from the Rich Content Editor (RCE) or create engaging assignments with the new assignment submission that allows a student to submit a Lucid document as the artifact that shows their learning. And it’s compatible with SpeedGrader!

Lucid Examples & Resources

Select the areas below to see specific examples of how Lucid can be used in a variety of ways in different academic disciplines.

Business

Finance, marketing, management, economics, and entrepreneurship.

UML Diagramming
Process Modeling
Experience Mapping
Entity Relationship Diagramming
Operational Flowcharts
SWOT Analysis
Org Charts
Group Projects
and much more!

Humanities

English, History, Philosophy, Languages, Social Sciences (Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology).

Text Comparison, Annotation, and Analysis
Research Paper Planning
Exit Tickets and Surveys
Organize, Analyze, and Vet Resources
Student-led Discussions
Visualize Legal Processes
and more!

Health Sciences

Nursing, public health, physical therapy, and occupational therapy.

Optimizing Patient Intake
Visualising Patient Care: Arterial Injury Diagnosis
Public Health Socio-Logical Model Framework
Medical Case Study
Procedure Mapping: COVID-19 Screening Procedure
Brainstorming Patient Rehab Exercises
Anatomy and Physiology Flowcharts
HIPAA Scenario Analysis
and more!

Arts

Music, theater, dance, and visual arts.

Engagement in music and culture courses

How to Use Lucid in Canvas

Lucid resources are integrated directly into Canvas, allowing instructors to bring visual learning tools to their courses seamlessly.

Instructors can easily enable Lucid in their Canvas courses by going to Settings > Navigation and dragging Lucid (Whiteboard) into the course menu. Once activated, this tool is accessible to instructors and students, providing a space for interactive learning and visual collaboration. Lucid can also be used directly in Canvas assignments.

Take advantage of this integration to streamline student collaboration and add a new dimension to your instructional strategies!

Use the resources below to learn more about Lucid functionality and how to use it in Canvas.

Training and Guides

Instructor Guide to Lucid in Canvas - Everything you need to learn how to use Lucid in Canvas!
Introduction to Lucid in Canvas - Enroll in this course hosted in Canvas, and created by Lucid. This course introduces instructors to Lucidspark and Lucidchart and how Lucid functions in Canvas by using it in Canvas!
Getting started with Lucidspark in Canvas: A guide for Instructors
Getting started with Lucidchart in Canvas: A guide for Instructors
Lucid Webinars

Video Resources

Using Lucid in Canvas - Learn the basics of using Lucid in Canvas by watching these short videos (1-5 minutes) from Lucid's YouTube playlist.
How Professors Use Lucid in the Higher Ed Classroom - Hear from Professors about why and how they use Lucid with students.
Lucid for Education - Lucid's YouTube Channel is an excellent resource for all things Lucid in Canvas!

Additional Information

For additional support, contact Academic Technology using the Academic Technology Request form.