Piazza

Integrates with

  • UVACanvas
  • NetBadge

UVA faculty, staff, and students wishing to use Piazza outside of Canvas or UVACollab can now access it directly via NetBadge. Select the Access Piazza button to sign in.

Overview

  • By encouraging open and honest inquiry through anonymous questions and answers
  • By cultivating students' pedagogical development through crowdsourcing and endorsed responses
  • By supporting mathematical and scientific discussions with LaTeX, code blocking, and other advanced formatting

In the Classroom

Resources

Support

Contacts
Learning Technology Services
For assistance with the integration between the tool and UVACanvas
Learning Tech
For assistance using the tool.
Piazza Support
For direct assistance from the tool provider
Additional Contacts
Piazza Help Desk
For direct assistance from the tool provider

Availability and Licensing

Availability:
All Access Tools, University

This tool is available to faculty, staff, and students affiliated with All Access Tools and University.

License:
Standard

This tool is available to all faculty, staff, and students affiliated with the organization that has purchased the license.

Access:
Direct/LMS

Access to this tool is available through a dedicated website or application and integrations with selected Learning Management Systems.

Student Cost:
No

This tool does not require any additional purchase from students.

Ratings

6
Ease of Setup
3.83/5
Ease of Use
3.67/5
Features and Options
3.33/5
Pedagogical Impact
3.67/5
Accessibility
4.00/5

Reviews

The processing speed is very slow on Collab. It takes nearly a full minute to load any page.
Krista Varanyak
Arts & Sciences
9 people found this review helpful.
App does not assist learning whatsoever. Negative impact on course.
Keith Kozminski
Arts & Sciences
9 people found this review helpful.
Helps all students hear answers to questions that someone has -- saves me repetition in emails or in class.
Rob Kelly
Engineering
Ten people found this review helpful.
I rely on Piazza. It's not perfect, but it is very useful for my classes. I use it for all my classes.
Bill Shobe
Arts & Sciences
9 people found this review helpful.

Specifications

This tool has provided a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT) or other resources that summarize its compliance with important accessibility standards.

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This tool conforms to the University’s regulations for data privacy and protection.

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Platform Requirements
Mac

Piazza has not posted any technical requirements for Mac devices. This typically indicates that the tool should function normally in current versions of commonly used web browsers.

Windows

Piazza has not posted any technical requirements for Windows devices. This typically indicates that the tool should function normally in current versions of commonly used web browsers.

iOS/Android
  • iOS: 14.7
  • Android: 4.4+