Social Learning Platform Piazza Adds Improved Security and Privacy Controls For University Administrators and Instructors

Added LTI version 1.3 and SAML SSO, provides expanded administrative controls including enrollment management, roster synchronization with the university LMS, and grade book integration

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Piazza, the premier social learning platform, today announced a significant upgrade to its platform that provides university administrators with tighter control where they can now lock down course creation and course sign-ups to Piazza directly through the university’s current learning management system (LMS). The addition of the latest IMS integration protocol, LTI version 1.3 and SAML SSO, enables Piazza to extend greater security and privacy controls to administrators allowing them to simplify and improve how they manage enrollment, roster synchronization, grade book integration all through the university’s preferred LMS.

“The latest protocol upgrade to our solution gives greater control to administrators with the increased flexibility and the ability to streamline and regulate Piazza enrollments through the university’s LMS,” said Pooja Sankar founder and CEO of Piazza. “As our university customers are continuing to simplify processes and navigate new learning models, we are thrilled to bring this protocol update that will allow university admins the ability to manage Piazza access directly through their LMS.”

The upgrade to the Piazza platform will extend integrated support to the leading LMS’s used by universities including Blackboard, Canvas, D2L’s Brightspace, Moodle and Sakai. As students and instructors continue to teach and learn from disparate locations, or on campus, the protocol integration will offer key features and benefits to securely manage logins and course enrollments.

Key features of the upgrade to Piazza’s platform include:

• Allows administrators to more easily provision and manage class creation and class enrollments on Piazza through the university’s LMS
• Enables single sign on via the university’s identify provider
• Enables automatic roster synchronization for seamless enrollment from LMS to Piazza, including roster updates during add/drop period
• Integrates student participation with grade book, which ports usage and participation statistics on Piazza to the university’s LMS.

The latest LTI version 1.3 and SAML SSO update is currently available to universities. Administrators can reach out to [e-mail] to get set up.

For details on purchasing a license and to see a list of universities that have purchased a license, visit our license page. To learn more about Piazza’s platform visit: www.piazza.com.

About Piazza

Piazza Q&A is the premier social learning platform today, helping more than 5 million students learn beyond the traditional classroom in more than 2,000 universities spanning 90 countries. Students from all disciplines use Piazza to work together collaboratively despite differences in learning levels, gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status, and instructors address their questions as they arise. While Piazza Q&A enables inclusive learning, the Piazza Network opens up career opportunities. Any student in the Piazza community can opt in to join the Network, where they can connect with potential employers as well as interact with other students in their network for career advice. With Piazza Talent Solutions, companies can sign up to connect with students in the Piazza Network to gain unprecedented access to the most sought-after talent segments.