Chat tools and AI assistants · Coming soon

Gmail

Most of the day a course coordinator is not in the LMS, they are in the inbox. Treating Gmail as a channel would mean a notification that says a batch is ready for review, a follow-up that keeps its place in the same thread, and a reply that reaches back into the course instead of stopping at a no-reply address. Nothing of the sort is built yet.

Not yet verified

  • There is no Gmail connection of any kind. No sign-in, no labels, no threading, and nothing reads a reply.
  • Which events are even worth an email, and how much a message may say about a named student, is not designed yet.

How it connects

Messaging tools connect through chat adapters built on the Vercel Chat SDK, so Lectora can answer where teachers and students already talk. AI assistants connect through the Model Context Protocol, where Lectora is added to Claude or ChatGPT as a tool server. Nothing is built for these channels yet, so this section describes the shape the connection will take rather than something you can switch on today.

Data and access

Lectora reads only what the assessment needs, and writes nothing back until an educator approves it. The Canvas access page documents the full scope, and our privacy policy, subprocessors and DPA cover the legal side.

Common questions

Lectora sends mail through its own provider, so it arrives in your inbox like any other mail. That is not a Gmail integration: nothing is labelled, nothing is threaded, and nothing is read back. Tell us what your department would want in the inbox.